Last Summer's "Book Proposal Summer Camp" was so much fun, I decided to bring it back for twice as much fun this year. 2 sessions - June & July - for academic and trade nonfiction writers. Let me know if you have questions! thewritemalloy.com/summer-camp/

Changes in the roles (legal, social, cultural) of English queens before and after 1066. Which I hadn’t thought about in years until I gave a talk on a cruise ship with the Bayeux Tapestry in the stairwells… and now I give talks on the tapestry! Crazy full circle!

Got to love when Google Alerts start going off daily because a new reality tv contestant has your name (and who knew Farmer Wants a Wife was up to season 4 already!)

Wild! While I'm like 99% appalled, I do appreciate that it's finding a way to define one of the serious problems/disconnects in higher ed: what does a degree mean? what can it mean?

And I did not have "someone in the administration has actually heard of the Avignon Papacy" on my mine 🤪

just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him

Underestimated how viscerally and instantly enraging it would be to see ICE f-ing around doing nothing at O'Hare.

“If faculty use a feature like AI grading to remove themselves from the responsibility of providing feedback and having conversations with students... That short-circuits human connection” So teaching can be replaced by AI, but the "real" human work - grading - is saved for the faculty - omg

WOAH - Mamdani name-checking Roger Casement was NOT on my St. Patrick's Day bingo card! I would love to know who his Irish history advisor is! (anyone know?)

75 times... or more 🤪

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

Today marks the first day of Women's History Month; yesterday was the last day of Black History Month. Every day is for women's history and Black history and Black women's history. Because these are not histories that are separate from histories of war and economy.

According to his own explanation of what journalism now is, we can assume he just tossed his few ridiculous complaints into the "AI rewrite" program and the AI wrote this for him, too, right?

I’ve had some wine on my flight, I’ve watched a great, uplifting halftime show, and I’m on my way to go do work at the British Library. In this brief moment, I feel like life is OK - like it turned out the way it was supposed to after all. It’s surreal… it will pass.🤪

This is an aside, but like… in 50 years time, good luck convincing any regular person that th etymology of “trumped up charges” doesn’t come back to this era

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Walz: "If it was the intention of Donald Trump to make an example of Minnesota, then I'm damn proud of the example that the world is seeing"

IL congresswoman Delia Ramirez addressing now the crowd as well, calling attendees freedom fighters. Just to give a sense of scale for how many people are out here in the snow and cold, this is just the outer fringe of one half of a block of Congress Plaza, which is completely full.

Bold, cold, determined HUGE crowd today in Chicago organized by @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social et al. Inspired by @delia.bsky.social @julianastratton.bsky.social Frank Chapman Proud to stand shoulder to shoulder against ICE and fascism. 1/

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

It’s funny how Wikipedia used to seem relatively unreliable, because it was written by regular people instead of encyclopedia experts, and now it seems relatively reliable, because it’s written by regular people instead of glib CliffsNotes robots

i need authors and agents to be much louder with their publishers how much they hate gen ai and make it embarrassing/financially harmful for publishers to be associated with it at every level (incl marketing, publicity, and sales)

Ocular migraines - new, annoying thing

Just glanced at the (silent) tv where my husband left on CNN and it's Jake Tapper interviewing Rahm Emanuel -ugghhhhhhhh 🙇 (I know it's a "bow" emoji, but I also think it captures "drops head on desk in exasperation" quite well)

Missed this Friday statement from the Nobel folks - love it. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...

I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Just lovely - for when you want to visit and celebrate the National Parks this year and not the wanna-be dictator www.thesageleafstudio.com/products/nat...

Venezuela is just the start. Trump & Putin's plan: - Trash rule-based international order - Usher in "spheres of influence": Russia controls Ukraine & Europe. US controls Western Hemisphere - Run USA as well as Russia as a dictatorship On 1/3/26, Heather Cox Richardson explains in clear language:

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

📢 Stop the bombings! No war on Venezuela! The Coalition Against the Trump Agenda, Anti-War Committee, and other organizations announce an emergency rally today, Saturday Jan 3rd, 5:00 pm, Chicago's Federal Plaza. Info at FB page: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DrB... @chicago-cata.bsky.social

We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions

I sold Charles Barkley a suitcase once. And Jeffrey Lurie. I thought it was Barkley when he walked in, but thought he'd be a lot taller. Confirmed when he handed over his credit card. He was quite nice.

Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow chicagoshovels.org

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Wait til he finds out about Aptos!

📈 Here's how much money Los Camp! make from streaming... On the occasion of #SpotifyWrapped, we thought now would be a good time to share some cold, hard stats about how much money our band makes from streaming royalties. 📖 tinyurl.com/LCwrapped

Did you know the Monterey Aquarium has playlists for relaxing and studying? This one is all about nudibranches. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ...

It's a dark time for artists. Many are struggling! It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer. This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop! Artists! Drop your shop links! & check out SquidFacts.net 😘

WOW

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Rally to protest the teacher violently taken by federal agents at a private daycare this morning on Addison near Western.

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Oh hell no

Guys, I don’t mean to sound like this but there is a felon down the street making AI videos of himself as a king shitting on Americans and the American flag and he is literally tearing down the White House as we speak

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

Assata Shakur

Chicago cyclists are buying out tamale carts to keep vendors home and safe from ICE. blockclubchi.co/42KQ57O