Jonah
@jsuttonmorse.me
Quaker, Parent, Hobby Farmer, sometime reader of books, often SFF except when they’re not
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LTRY is also currently available at 20% off - www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...
January 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM
LTRY is also currently available at 20% off - www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...
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📣 It's here: the 2026 @strangehorizons.bsky.social Criticism Special!
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
26 January 2026
Welcome to the annual Strange Horizons criticism special!
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January 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
📣 It's here: the 2026 @strangehorizons.bsky.social Criticism Special!
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
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BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
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I wrote a short essay for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome To Hell World about Minneapolis' opposition to ICE.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I wrote a short essay for @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome To Hell World about Minneapolis' opposition to ICE.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
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Beautiful!
January 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Beautiful!
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For eight days the Balrog has climbed secret tunnels with Gandalf in pursuit. Finally they reach the Endless Stair of many thousand steps, which brings them to Durin’s Tower and a narrow ledge atop Zirak-zigil. The Balrog bursts again into flame. The Battle of the Peak begins.
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM
For eight days the Balrog has climbed secret tunnels with Gandalf in pursuit. Finally they reach the Endless Stair of many thousand steps, which brings them to Durin’s Tower and a narrow ledge atop Zirak-zigil. The Balrog bursts again into flame. The Battle of the Peak begins.
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Guys, the US economy is like the Edmund Fitzgerald. As big freighters go, it's bigger than most; probably some real good stuff happens to it in the third verse, I'm not sure
January 22, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Guys, the US economy is like the Edmund Fitzgerald. As big freighters go, it's bigger than most; probably some real good stuff happens to it in the third verse, I'm not sure
6-year old has gotten pretty interested in MLK, and distinguishing black people and white people, and how their biracial friend from preschool fits into this. I said that “black” (like gender) is less about biology & more about how society treats you, which she paraphrased as “the world around us”
January 22, 2026 at 12:06 AM
6-year old has gotten pretty interested in MLK, and distinguishing black people and white people, and how their biracial friend from preschool fits into this. I said that “black” (like gender) is less about biology & more about how society treats you, which she paraphrased as “the world around us”
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The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen J Gould was published in 1981 but is nonetheless still a serviceable introduction to the ways in which IQ testing is and has always been racist as fuck.
I know this is far from the point, and please understand I'm simply adding context.
Actually, Somali refugees and any immigrant community in the U.S. will score low on IQ tests intended to uphold white domination and supremacy.
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Actually, Somali refugees and any immigrant community in the U.S. will score low on IQ tests intended to uphold white domination and supremacy.
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So far, I am only seeing TPM, Mediaite, and Daily Beast focusing on this.
We live in a world where the president calling an ethnic group "very low IQ" and "bad for our country" while insisting they "ought to get the hell out of here" barely makes headlines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
We live in a world where the president calling an ethnic group "very low IQ" and "bad for our country" while insisting they "ought to get the hell out of here" barely makes headlines. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen J Gould was published in 1981 but is nonetheless still a serviceable introduction to the ways in which IQ testing is and has always been racist as fuck.
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friendly neighborhood barred attorney telling you to never put your ID on your phone
iPhone driver’s licenses: Here are all the states working on support
iPhone driver’s licenses: Here are all the states working on support
At WWDC 2021, Apple announced support for adding driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet. Since then, over a dozen states in the United States have rolled out support for the platform.
As that number continues to grow, here’s where driver’s licenses and state IDs could come next …
more…
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January 20, 2026 at 9:42 PM
friendly neighborhood barred attorney telling you to never put your ID on your phone
Oldest kiddo put together an executable (not an app, im informed) to generate new genders by mashing up nouns and adjectives, so the gateway to tech geekery remains undisturbed by new developments.
January 20, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Oldest kiddo put together an executable (not an app, im informed) to generate new genders by mashing up nouns and adjectives, so the gateway to tech geekery remains undisturbed by new developments.
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Over the past several days Legolas has been spending time wandering through Lórien and amongst its Elves—especially at night while the Company is asleep. Now he has started taking Gimli with him as he explores.
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Over the past several days Legolas has been spending time wandering through Lórien and amongst its Elves—especially at night while the Company is asleep. Now he has started taking Gimli with him as he explores.
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Every story of ICE abduction and brutality is terrible, but if you know the history of the Hmong people and their arrival in the US, this is even more infuriating.
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Every story of ICE abduction and brutality is terrible, but if you know the history of the Hmong people and their arrival in the US, this is even more infuriating.
I think the whole “let’s treat ICE occupying cities as rival (if probably amicable) sports fandoms” things might be what finally gets me off this app.
January 19, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I think the whole “let’s treat ICE occupying cities as rival (if probably amicable) sports fandoms” things might be what finally gets me off this app.
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
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Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Are there any non-right-wing reports of people deliberately spreading water in Minneapolis to impede ICE agents, or is this another case of people who should know better celebrating stuff that may or may not have happened.
January 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Are there any non-right-wing reports of people deliberately spreading water in Minneapolis to impede ICE agents, or is this another case of people who should know better celebrating stuff that may or may not have happened.
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How you can tell the protesters aren’t paid agitators: Watch the videos. It’s the accents.
Those accents have a favorite Zorbaz.
Those accents can tell you EXACTLY where they were on 10/31/91.
Those accents have thrown a bra off the SkyGlider.
Those accents get emotional about Randy Moss.
Those accents have a favorite Zorbaz.
Those accents can tell you EXACTLY where they were on 10/31/91.
Those accents have thrown a bra off the SkyGlider.
Those accents get emotional about Randy Moss.
January 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
How you can tell the protesters aren’t paid agitators: Watch the videos. It’s the accents.
Those accents have a favorite Zorbaz.
Those accents can tell you EXACTLY where they were on 10/31/91.
Those accents have thrown a bra off the SkyGlider.
Those accents get emotional about Randy Moss.
Those accents have a favorite Zorbaz.
Those accents can tell you EXACTLY where they were on 10/31/91.
Those accents have thrown a bra off the SkyGlider.
Those accents get emotional about Randy Moss.
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So on @withouthistoryband.bsky.social's recommendation, I tracked down the essay "Necessary Golems" by sci-fi critic John Clute this morning.
And yeah, people need to read this, cause boy does it feel relevant.
And yeah, people need to read this, cause boy does it feel relevant.
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
So on @withouthistoryband.bsky.social's recommendation, I tracked down the essay "Necessary Golems" by sci-fi critic John Clute this morning.
And yeah, people need to read this, cause boy does it feel relevant.
And yeah, people need to read this, cause boy does it feel relevant.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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Does anyone have experience of Quaker meetings for worship, or churches in general, finding ways to make the post-service "coffee in the hall" less horrendous for neurodivergent people? (Question inspired by realising last night *why* I had just fled, again, from the post-meeting bunfight)
January 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Does anyone have experience of Quaker meetings for worship, or churches in general, finding ways to make the post-service "coffee in the hall" less horrendous for neurodivergent people? (Question inspired by realising last night *why* I had just fled, again, from the post-meeting bunfight)
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My article on Whiteness and Quaker Universalism in Britain is now available as a free download. I think it's quite good. I hope you do too. Enjoy! digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol142/i... #theology
Whiteness and Quaker Universalism in Britain
In this article I do not address Fox’s message or his cultural limitations. Rather, I turn this question back on to the Quaker universalist discourse itself. How is the theology of the Quaker Universa...
digitalcommons.georgefox.edu
January 15, 2026 at 9:44 AM
My article on Whiteness and Quaker Universalism in Britain is now available as a free download. I think it's quite good. I hope you do too. Enjoy! digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol142/i... #theology