Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email. It must be read:

Every time I see this there's more. This is what I love about people

Oh man, if you like giggling at silly names, Germany is the place for you

If you're staff, faculty, grad or undergrad student, alumni, or other community member of any UNC system school, please send Peter Hans a letter opposing the mandatory public release of syllabi. First amendment & academic freedoms aside, this policy could actively endanger instructors of record.

Bullies will be defeated, folks will find their soul mates, and a mad scientist will invent a safe and efficient tabletop fusion reactor. Sounds like a fantastic year to me

I was wondering what the non-Christmas/Christian inflatable holiday decoration scene looks like, and the Muslims are really bringing it newtraditionsstore.com/collections/...

We say goodbye to actor, filmmaker and activist Rob Reiner. A dedicated storyteller with sincerity that imbued his prolific work and the causes he believed in, Reiner’s heartfelt portrayal of the human condition reminds us of the power of film and its abilities to stay with us.

ALEXANDRE: "I have actually been to several of the locations where they shot Inglorious Basterds, but what you might not know is that most of them are in Berlin and not in Paris."

Calling all #kidlit authors and illustrators! We’re awarding a $4,000 fellowship for you to come and spend time with incredible archives to inspire your next work. Richard Scarry, Esphyr Slobodkina, James Marshall… our holdings are outstanding. Apply! Repost! library.uconn.edu/location/asc...

Have to say, the genre of music I dislike the most is when a composer takes an existing song and puts Christmas lyrics to it. Heard an atrocious Christmas rewrite of Nina Simone’s “Feelin’ Good” today

I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism. A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count. If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

I haven’t spent as much time with Stoppard’s work as I should, but Enigma is one of my favorite movies and this is why: a clever film about clever people, it’s really about fighting and dying for the most meaningful things on earth (companionship, love of country, a future without fascism)

Here’s the thing about settling to keep the government grant $ flowing: this administration is actively trying to destroy state capacity to fund research at anything close to its current scale. If they’re successful, the entire model of the research university is dead.

Dr Pepper is a woman, thank you and goodnight

Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.

The Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society and the Lydia Maria Child Society are pleased to announce a joint symposium, to be held June 24-27, 2026, on the campus of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Read the complete CFP on the Sedgwick Society website and circulate widely

The English Department at Virginia Tech is hiring a Collegiate Assistant Professor to teach courses in literature and creative writing. Please forward the listing to qualified candidates in your networks.

My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate! careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

In text messages to a convicted pedophile, Larry Summers referred to the Chinese woman he was sexually pursuing as “peril.” I’ll let y’all connect the dots on that slur. What a pile of hot, fetid shit this man is and has always been.

What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are: Smart professionals fix a problem Mediocre man gets better Hot people pretend they dislike each other Tom Cruise runs This romcom is really about female friendship

OJO Obrero (ojonc.org) is now available. This website features information about confirmed ICE operations in our state to help parents and workers get to school and work safely. OJO Obrero only features sightings that we can confirm involve federal agents, rather than crowdsourced reports

Okay, it is still open enrollment and i am still trying to convince you to go and sign up for health insurance. I know it is expensive and scary. But you can do it. The thread embedded here is a tutorial on how to understand and make that decision. I will now write a quickie version.

I have arrived in Philadelphia for #SSAWW2025. Love Philly, love this conference, can’t wait to see wonderful scholars and friends

If a woman providing unpaid labor to support her husband’s career is a scandal, let me introduce you to the history of agrarian civilization

Go vote, America! 🗳🇺🇲🗳🇺🇲 If you run into any issues at the polls, call our Voter Assistance Hotline at (833) 336-8683.

The English Department at Virginia Tech is hiring a Collegiate Assistant Professor to teach courses in literature and creative writing. Please forward the listing to qualified candidates in your networks.

The Catharine Maria Sedgwick Society and the Lydia Maria Child Society are pleased to announce a joint symposium, to be held June 24-27, 2026, on the campus of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Read the complete CFP on the Sedgwick Society website and circulate widely

Our culture: why are Gen Z poors buying a coffee every week? A healthy culture: why are the rich taking a private jet ride every day?

again a reminder that the NYT leadership supports Cuomo *because* of his record of sexual harassment, not *despite* it. they have a strong interest in making sure that they and their friends can never again suffer the indignity of being held accountable by their inferiors.

When I was a kid the Black Panther Party sustained me with kindness and free bag lunches over one dismal, hungry summer. I'm white. I was almost as nervous as I was hungry the first time I stood in line. I'll never forget that gentle man's smile or his friendly "See you tomorrow". 😭

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

Is there a single person in the American electorate who finds this message (and photo) motivating?

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness) As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

It's odd for me to realize that my first-year undergraduates are at an age where they don't really remember that there was a form of US politics prior to Donald Trump. For them, Trump is not an aberration from the normal course of political discourse, but just how US politics is done.

Private jets should be illegal except for heads of state on official state business

By an entire parsec, the Trump administration has undertaken the most illegal set of budget actions in history. This is why we desperately need guardrails to restrain and go after budget malfeasance from the White House.

This is a helpful thread for someone (me) who grew up in the white flight suburbs of Atlanta in the 80s, which was basically the anti-Portland. Also, Dr Aubin’s podcast is super fun

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

i don’t really understand why this made me start bawling i just really love seeing people try to help each other in creative ways and that this shit is necessary

While I’m at it: You guys know what to do!! youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

Re: today's march in Chicago at 1 pm at 50 W Washington: I have seen some people posting complaints about this march that don't make sense, and I want to respond. First, some people complain that folks should take action in affected communities. They are. It's called rapid response. (Thread.)

What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.

I think one of the better, more subtle tributes to Robert Redford's life is the string of utterly iconic female co-stars who've come forward to eulogize him; each of them take-no-shit types like Fonda and Streisand, and every one of them without a single bad thing to say. A model for male behavior

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

Coo-oh-mo killed me