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I've been teaching @jpbrammer.bsky.social's excellent essay "Angry Person" in my composition class for a couple years now. Really tempted to switch to this one in the spring.

Want to help people in Minneapolis right now? Here are a lot of ways to help!

A family member let me know about this church that is packing food boxes for families in the Twin Cities that can’t go to work because of the ICE invasion. Please join me in donating: www.dhhmn.com

One of dozens of mentions in Schulman's ACT UP history of the NYT's active role in minimizing the AIDS epidemic and dehumanizing gays and activists. From there to Judith Miller to "Screams Without Words" to literally supplying language for anti-trans legislation, this is who they've always been

This is really, really great. wantmymtv.vercel.app

My first viewing of 2026 was Hud (1963), a gorgeous neo-Western whose rotten-to-the-core title character (Paul Newman, mesmerizing), at one point says, "This whole country's run on epidemics"

Really touched by this. What a wonderful choice

Here is my most favourite photo of 2025. I’ve come to describe my images as capturing the moments between the moments. This image a pause in play, a small paw reaching up, tiny claws extended is absolute trust. I find these moments tell the story best. #bear #brownbear #wildlifephotography #Alaska

THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context

Joseph Weizenbaum, the creator of ELIZA, on questions regarding scientists' responsibility to the public

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice in Chains

I now get why "It's not worth it bruv" is the transatlantic standard for fight deescalation. It actually works! Just intervened in a fight in my neighborhood park. 20 minutes of talking to both guys as they kept goading each other. Only thing that consistently cooled the temp was "It's not worth it"

I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC. There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI. Spread the word. www.ribc.org/donate-blood/

Click through for phone numbers and scripts demanding Yuanxin and Fei's immediate reunification and release

Trans people need to be careful about talking about DIY. Yes talk about it in the general sense, quote the facts and figures but be careful. Don't give away sources to cis folks. Don't talk to journalists about the details. They're coming for it.

Can't remember who said "We fund what we value, we police what we don't," but after a recent English dept email exchange about using genAI to "support" students with accommodations I'm thinking, "we shove genAI into what we don't, resulting in more policing in those arenas and of everyone."

Really happy with my switch to Qobuz. They pay artists well, aren't doing evil shit, specialize in high-res audio, their collection seems as good as any platform's, and they easily transfer your library/playlists over. Plus they're human-centered! Playlists and reviews & write-ups by actual people

STILL MISSING!! The first grader has been separated from his dad for almost a week, following ICE abducting them for the third time this year! ICE refuses to disclose the 6 yr old’s location. WHERE IS YUANXIN? Call your Reps & ask them to pressure ICE/DHS to reunite Fei & Yuanxin & release them!

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

Yes. Another instance of the left's lack of message discipline/failure to understand the rhetorical occasion. Drives me (a trans academic w/plenty of opinions re grading) up the wall. The right doesn't voluntarily concede on procedural details, not when the stakes are this high, or frankly ever.

So good. And would make a great trio of readings on the fundamentally embodied nature of consciousness/cognition/"intelligence" with these two pre-chatgpt essays: 1) "Artificial intelligence research may have hit a dead end"

this is mesmerizing

Not the main point, but throughout this article the authors disclose the conviction history of almost every CO abuse victim they interviewed, a practice that is editorially superfluous and ethically obscene—a violation of, yes, privacy that papers routinely subject incarcerated people to. 1/

i get that the past two popes also had cranky uncle energy but this still whips

Stealing this from Pasolini for my classes

I'm always heartened to hear good news from Mohammed, who's working with incredible steadfastness at getting his degree amid an ongoing genocide. If you're able to, please consider supporting his survival and education here: chuffed.org/project/gomo...

The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative. The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.

New York AG James said she's received complaints of stores in her state refusing EBT cards and has already sent out several cease and desist letters. Stores are not allowed to refuse SNAP benefits. If this happens to you, call the AG's hotline to report at 1-800-771-7755.

Ahhh I've been looking for an event like this and it's in my neighborhood, but right at the time of my Saturday class :( someone else go and fold a few for me!

Mahmoud is asking for help covering $450 of his brother's university fees this semester (his uncle has kindly loaned them $637.32). I think we can get this covered for them! chuffed.org/project/1336... @mommunism.bsky.social @satwatr.bsky.social

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Great piece from @hellgatenyc.com on registering people to vote at Rikers

With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.

One thing I've tried to prepare myself to do if I see this happening with no rapid response nearby: approach the person if possible & ask their full name + a phone number for a loved one, so at least someone knows what's happened. Easier said than done for many reasons, but it's what I've got.

Please support my wonderful friend Mahmoud and his family ❤️

if you want to defend the working class? buy out a street vendor’s cart so they don’t have to choose between their income or kidnapping by ICE

and the weight we once / thought a burden turns out to form / the pulse of our life and the compass for our brain

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

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Dear friends, As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here: #everynightapoem

Mahmoud’s account has been deleted again on Bluesky. He’s struggling to raise funds for his family. Please can you help by sharing and/or donating. Thank you 🙏🏽 He’s been verified by @mommunism.bsky.social chuffed.org/project/1336...

I'll be speaking with @jwassers.bsky.social on Friday, October 3 (3:30pm) at the Wagner School at NYU on the topic of music, Southeast Asia, and transnational aesthetics. It's a joint book talk! Jeff's is lovely (and available as an audio edition). Come one come all. www.nysean.org/events/songs...

Anyway, there's a truly horrifying number of Palestinians telling me they're on the streets in the south now. No tents, no food. Nothing. I feel that should be very high up in the news mix.