Saw this tonight because “Suspiria for boys”—how could I not? tbh it doesn’t deserve the bad reviews.

My two-day media break turned into a five-day break and it definitely helped. I’m back to say that if you’re going to the Neon Trees show in SLC tonight, my son’s band is opening, so cheer and good vibes for Poolhouse!

Don’t think I’ve ever done a social media and/or news mental health break, but living in Orem is A LOT right now. Has anyone done a break? For how long? Was it complete or limited? Trying to figure out what’s best. Suggestions?

I’m not interested in debates with new Bluesky accounts with no posts and only negative engagement. I will block even sooner next time.

I fear the mainstream media is completely media illiterate. This comment on TikTok is all too true: They are going to need a meme analyst when investigating crimes now. 😅 Here are a few explanations of the meme references from the casings: 1/

This what anyone who’s not chronically online needs to watch. It’s not a short video but is the best explanation of the context I have seen. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Shxomt/

Reposting with alt text.

I’m seeing news that Charlie Kirk was shot at UVU

MAGA and the republicans: the violent J6 rioters were FBI agents; the FBI is evil, corrupt, and needs to be defunded. Also, MAGA: Trump was an FBI informant working with the FBI on the Epstein child sex ring scandal. 👇🏾

There are plenty of real photos of Trump and Epstein. Circulating the AI ones undermines confidence in those. Stick to the real photos, to he long record of Trump’s behavior, and to his current desperate attempt to without information about his complicity

Wow. The print edition. Naming all the names with photos of @democrats.senate.gov Most will hate it but, gotta say, on this, good for NYT and Klein. The oped was spot on and so needed for this moment

So, a movie based on Heart of Darkness in which ends with finding a corpulent, insane Brando leading a death cult. Trump has himself in the wrong role.

Reposting as a reminder to myself because I know my stuff is in there. If you’re an author, check if they also stole from you.

Yes DC!

Can’t express in words how big this rally in Chicago is. The president’s fascist goon squad is not welcome here.

Caught Stealing (spoilers and rant) I’m not looking for a debate or trying to rage bait, but I just have to know: Am I the only one who doesn’t think a movie about a white guy self-actualizing through the deaths of two Black women and various minorities is not the zany romp the preview suggests? 1/

Amazingly concise video summing up the more actionable items from "The AI Con" WE CAN BUILD A TECH FUTURE WE WANT youtu.be/HYOeBFoJjpk?...

I deleted a hot take merely because of spoilers, so if it ends up in your timeline anyway and you haven’t seen Caught Stealing then scroll right by

Look what I found inside my interlibrary loan ethnomathmatics book

WOW. The person unambiguously did it, but ChatGPT gets the exonerative "allegedly." News outlets evidently more afraid of being sued by ChatGPT than by humans.

Ugh, he's very unwell, but not beyond priced-in expectations. Can't listen to any more of this grating inanity.

On tenterhooks

yes. tasting fabrics is one of the easiest ways to test fiber composition. natural fabrics, such as wool, cotton, and linen, breakdown in the digestive tract. synthetics such as polyester will not. so to test fiber composition, eat the garment. if fibers appear in your poop, it was synthetic.

Well worth a read. Frustrating, though, to see failures to register copyright by so many publishers

Please talk to some Black people before dismissing the psychological impact of having Feds running around the neighborhood hemming people up en masse.

“This photo proves Trump is in perfect health”

Happy 86th birthday Lily Tomlin. My first memory of Lily was watching her singing and signing "Sing” on Sesame Street. Till this day, I still associate this song with Lily more than The Carpenters.

“scopic regime” —pretentious academic speak but a great name for a punk band

I’m ditching the math chapter of my book and replacing it with a fashion chapter. Feels like 10th grade all over again.

Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be

🧵Why people THINK AI is thinking when it is not: Since I know my writing has been stolen as AI training data, I finally decided to see what would happen if I gave it a prompt based on something very niche and specific to my work: Reading Possession (1981) through its refrigerators 1/4

This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.

Nerdy fashionista post. Shoutout to the app Stylebook that I have used to record my outfits for two years straight. Best $5 I’ve ever spent. Favorite thing is to look at all the stats (like cost per wear, least/most worn, etc), and creating packing lists with it is kind of fun.

NEW: Tenure-track position in History at UC Berkeley in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. We are casting a wide net here: *all* periods, places, and fields are under consideration. I'm on the search committee, so do let me know if you have questions.

Started a thread about students and AI, but deleted it because it would take too long, so here’s AI’s answer: Jk I would never, but seriously, the problem is real and there are significant drawbacks to solutions I am hearing.

Gift link—Do u miss pandemic era online learning but wanna pay $15K-$65K/yr? Alpha school might be right for your 5-8yo. 2hrs a day on a screen followed by 5mi bike rides & “financial literacy” activities like ✨managing airbnb properties✨ 🫠 Surprise, they’ve donated $Ms to school choice lobbying

So not only does this creep live in my neighborhood, he was also our “ministering brother” (and thankfully never visited) www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...

“What begins as a show of strength can end as a permanent state of siege. Streets that once belonged to citizens become parade grounds for armed troops. “

NYC peeps: This will be 💯 amazing!

Some Utahn needs to tell Trump that “Modest is hottest”

I never imagined myself as Luddite, but I really want to throw my shoes into a data center.

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" in 2026. Please circulate!

He is going to war with Americans‼️

I generally prefer that professional voice actors do the readings on audiobooks (just because you wrote a thing doesn’t mean you’re the best person to read it) but I just finished Ann Lamott’s Bird by Bird and no one could beat the author on that one.

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Violence baguettes violence

This is not a massive decision or any kind of change. Costco has never carried mifepristone in its pharmacies. An anti-abortion group is taking credit for something that didn't happen, possibly to generate disingenuous left-wing ire against one of the few corporations that hasn't gone MAGA.