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"By sharing our responses to art, we start a conversation. In the process, our int. thoughts, feelings & judgments become public discourse & historical record: in some cases, a work of criticism is the only evidence that a performance or exhibition took place."
blog.democracyjanm.org/2025/11/25/w...
blog.democracyjanm.org/2025/11/25/w...
What Is Arts Criticism For? - Preserving Democracy
Guest author Sharon Mizota discusses how arts criticism is fertile ground for vibrant expression and a civic skill that everyone needs.
blog.democracyjanm.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"By sharing our responses to art, we start a conversation. In the process, our int. thoughts, feelings & judgments become public discourse & historical record: in some cases, a work of criticism is the only evidence that a performance or exhibition took place."
blog.democracyjanm.org/2025/11/25/w...
blog.democracyjanm.org/2025/11/25/w...
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In today's edition of I Read This So You Don't Have To, this nothing article about Six of Crows. Don't click, don't read, don't waste your time. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
From Young to Adult With ‘Six of Crows’: Your Favorite Books Are Being Quietly Re-Edited | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
Repackaged books with flourishes redesigned for current tastes are welcomed by fans. Is reediting, then, becoming just another add-on?
www.thecrimson.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In today's edition of I Read This So You Don't Have To, this nothing article about Six of Crows. Don't click, don't read, don't waste your time. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
"I am happiest in societies where friendliness, warmth, and hospitality are valued, especially among strangers."
cassandrapages.substack.com/p/re-entry
cassandrapages.substack.com/p/re-entry
Re-entry
Arts and Letters, Nature and Spirit
cassandrapages.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"I am happiest in societies where friendliness, warmth, and hospitality are valued, especially among strangers."
cassandrapages.substack.com/p/re-entry
cassandrapages.substack.com/p/re-entry
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You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
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We're seeing some confusion about this, so let's talk about it.
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We're seeing some confusion about this, so let's talk about it.
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
Feeling unknown...
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
Reach out, touch faith
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
Feeling unknown...
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
Reach out, touch faith
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
Feeling unknown...
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
Reach out, touch faith
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
Feeling unknown...
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
Reach out, touch faith
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It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
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Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Give me Eve Kendall elegance on a train destined west over any of the airport pajamas nonsense.
youtu.be/h5nhyFFSweU?...
youtu.be/h5nhyFFSweU?...
North by Northwest (1959) - Love on a Train Scene (2/10) | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Give me Eve Kendall elegance on a train destined west over any of the airport pajamas nonsense.
youtu.be/h5nhyFFSweU?...
youtu.be/h5nhyFFSweU?...
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Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
May he return to his home safe and sound, and may that dark suit be treated, cleaned, and stored for another day.
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
May he return to his home safe and sound, and may that dark suit be treated, cleaned, and stored for another day.
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But no resolutions condemning fascism, huh?
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
But no resolutions condemning fascism, huh?
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The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
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Uh well a lot of adjunct faculty are about to lose their jobs for no reason except someone else’s vanity—including myself. This is to say if anyone needs someone with 10 years of experience teaching urban design criticism, climate change narratives, writing for artists, etc…I am available.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Uh well a lot of adjunct faculty are about to lose their jobs for no reason except someone else’s vanity—including myself. This is to say if anyone needs someone with 10 years of experience teaching urban design criticism, climate change narratives, writing for artists, etc…I am available.
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Today is Pauli Murray's 115th birthday. If you're a law student (or just a curious person) and don't know who they are, look them up! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_M...
(And if you're in Durham, go check out @paulimurraycenter.bsky.social ! I had the privilege of visiting yesterday and it's great.)
(And if you're in Durham, go check out @paulimurraycenter.bsky.social ! I had the privilege of visiting yesterday and it's great.)
Pauli Murray - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today is Pauli Murray's 115th birthday. If you're a law student (or just a curious person) and don't know who they are, look them up! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_M...
(And if you're in Durham, go check out @paulimurraycenter.bsky.social ! I had the privilege of visiting yesterday and it's great.)
(And if you're in Durham, go check out @paulimurraycenter.bsky.social ! I had the privilege of visiting yesterday and it's great.)
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Since the decimation of the federal workforce last spring, an incredibly generous group of colleagues have been offering free career advising for former feds.
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Career Support Request
Use this form to request career support for people impacted by U.S. federal firings, funding cuts, and/or hiring freezes.
Support is coordinated by Derek Attig and provided by professionals in the G...
docs.google.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Since the decimation of the federal workforce last spring, an incredibly generous group of colleagues have been offering free career advising for former feds.
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Well, it's official. Second printing of "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is sold out. Next printing in Jan! Will post will sales or live, or sign up here:
www.wehere.space/we-here-pres...
www.wehere.space/we-here-pres...
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Well, it's official. Second printing of "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is sold out. Next printing in Jan! Will post will sales or live, or sign up here:
www.wehere.space/we-here-pres...
www.wehere.space/we-here-pres...
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I don't wish ill on anyone, but the heights of arrogance and sexism this guy has consistently displayed in life set him up squarely for this. Who can really sympathize? www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I don't wish ill on anyone, but the heights of arrogance and sexism this guy has consistently displayed in life set him up squarely for this. Who can really sympathize? www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
I appreciate the childfree discourse but truthfully, I wish more of the discourse would shift gears and refocus on how hard it is to be a caregiver to anyone, period.
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I appreciate the childfree discourse but truthfully, I wish more of the discourse would shift gears and refocus on how hard it is to be a caregiver to anyone, period.
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I long for a world where I am not *constantly* reminded, entirely and utterly against my will, of the icky sex proclivities of random mediocrities with money.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I long for a world where I am not *constantly* reminded, entirely and utterly against my will, of the icky sex proclivities of random mediocrities with money.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
"It’s not just that this rhetoric exemplifies the cruel optimism of a profit-ensorcelled managerial class that should be anathema to scholarship & art... it presents so starkly the vacuousness that would replace the exact ...values whose erasure they are justifying."
academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
The Eternal Synergy of the Spotless Mind
BY ADAM RZEPKA A large public university is wiping out all of its humanities departments. It isn’t sure why. As I write this, our Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS…
academeblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"It’s not just that this rhetoric exemplifies the cruel optimism of a profit-ensorcelled managerial class that should be anathema to scholarship & art... it presents so starkly the vacuousness that would replace the exact ...values whose erasure they are justifying."
academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
academeblog.org/2025/11/13/t...
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I interviewed ferociously brilliant filmmaker Mira Nair, a.k.a Zohran Mamdani’s mother, about how her voice and vision have shaped a man who sees a better way forward for all of us. SPOILER ALERT: Love matters.
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
How Mira Nair Built the World That Made Zohran Mamdani
The legendary director talks with Harper's Bazaar about becoming an artist and a parent
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I interviewed ferociously brilliant filmmaker Mira Nair, a.k.a Zohran Mamdani’s mother, about how her voice and vision have shaped a man who sees a better way forward for all of us. SPOILER ALERT: Love matters.
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
Instagram has made it increasingly harder to see and engage with photographs taken by real people I know, littering their platform with ads and videos by strangers.
Where is the social photograph sharing equivalent for right now? It can't be Signal or WhatsApp.
Where is the social photograph sharing equivalent for right now? It can't be Signal or WhatsApp.
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Instagram has made it increasingly harder to see and engage with photographs taken by real people I know, littering their platform with ads and videos by strangers.
Where is the social photograph sharing equivalent for right now? It can't be Signal or WhatsApp.
Where is the social photograph sharing equivalent for right now? It can't be Signal or WhatsApp.