We desperately need to get away from arguments for the humanities that elevate them because of what they do for technology. The humanities should not be understood as service disciplines. They are an extension of us, and that is enough.

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

How Moon Palace Books became a hub of anti-ICE resistance.

actually my thing is the best thing you could read about her because it knows what a memoir is www.patreon.com/posts/144031...

In his work, Ronald M. Schernikau paired strong political commitments with a rigorous engagement with craft. Ben Miller writes on his queer Bildungsroman, “smalltownnovella,” out this month in an English translation from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social.

love a crisp fall day with a high of 82°

Others have remarked on this but the resurgence of the R word across the political spectrum is really wild? Like did I miss a memo about this? I expect it from some people but from others, you really can't come up with a better and more interesting way to describe people you don't like?

A poem got picked up but this selfie feels important, too. Happy NYE

I should post more about my writing but I get distracted by my good beard days 😔

Am I the only one who cannot hear about this book without immediately chanting LET THE BODIES KEEP THE SCORE, LET THE BODIES KEEP THE SCORE in my head www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...

Han Kang delivered her Nobel Prize lecture in literature on December 7th at the Swedish Academy. There was so much beauty and wisdom in that lecture, but I want to focus on her questions. Specifically, the questions that drive her literary force.

The rise of virtual life is stuck in a feedback loop with the declining appeal of our cities. We can break the cycle.

where is Neil deGrasse Tyson to explain that it’s technically impossible to hold space

🚨 Pink has been removed from Gays of Bluesky “Actually I’m not” - Pink

I had a really great time having my fun little (and first published) poemt made public by Poetry Trapper Keeper over on Substack. It’s quick it’s about the housewives, enjoy. And follow PTK!!! open.substack.com/pub/poetrytr...

Taking a moment from errands/writing to announce I am experiencing beard euphoria today.

Loved writing with Contingent a few years ago-give em a follow!

Take Your Tom to Work Day

Loved finding @renfro.bsky.social new book on my work’s bookshelves! Going to dive into this asap (and everyone should buy it from your local indie)

person ahead of me on the train skipped past a TikTok from a Zizek lecture to watch a full scene from Breaking Bad

at least once a month i get an email from an app i use every day that’s like ‘good news! patreon’s got a fresh new look 😎 also we moved every button to a place where you’ll never ever find it!!’

Birthday weekend meals with Leslie Jamison’s Splinters ARC 🤌🏻

Any time Lauren Boebert is trending I know it’s going to end in crying before bedtime.

Denver theater security to Lauren Boebert

You’d think in the 21st century they would be making waterproof/sweatproof hearing aids but no

Despite losing a lot of my closet to smoke damage my newer wardrobe has had some cute fits

having my body cryogenically frozen so I can experience being chill just once

inside you there are two creeps

Does Blue Sky have circles or an equivalent yet? In times of crisis (aka my life rn) I just find posting pole very healing

Thinking about making this my staff pick at the bookstore