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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 16h

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17h

Luminous as always! Waiting til I'm back from England to order my copy, btw.

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 19h

You’d think there would be some kind of back-up plan

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 23h

Wait I’m stuck on the hotel not being able to give people bedrooms just because the computers are down

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 7d

lol hard same. I guess I hoped they wouldn’t notice? (They did)

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 7d

Then you will just be battling through your long list of image permissions and curse yourself for all those archive trips … or maybe I’m projecting.

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 7d

Great! While we’re it, let’s go back to state funding of the UC that would make tuition free.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 8d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 14d

[clears throat]...I have another book coming out in the near future

if you'd like to read a bit about LYRIC LOGIC, there are some very generous blurbs over at @columbiaup.bsky.social

(my thanks to Marjorie Levinson, Oren Izenberg, Theo Davis, Nan Z. Da, and also @philipleventhal.bsky.social)

Lyric Logic | Columbia University Press

Between the Civil War and the Cold War, American literary modernism and philosophy both grappled with the challenge of novelty and the chance to make it new.... | CUP

cup.columbia.edu

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 15d

'Ilaheva Tuaone and I are still seeking panelists for our ASECS roundtable, "The Unwritten Word: Alternative Texts, Epistemologies, and Ontologies." Full description here: asecs.org/sessions2026/

Please get in touch with any questions!

List of Sessions 2026 – ASECS

asecs.org

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 16d

If you get a chance, check out the Chumash Museum in Santa Ynez or the exhibits at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. Some incredible objects.

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17d

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you!

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17d

Omg high bar!!

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you!!

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17d

By the way, the title is from Emily Dickinson:
"In this short Life that only lasts an hour
How much - how little - is within our power"

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you!

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Caroline Eisenmann @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social · 17d

Such an honor to work on this one, on so many levels-- it's a special project, and going to be a beautiful, incredibly thoughtful book.

Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17d

I'm so happy to finally share this news. This book is about how the past 9 years changed my ideas about family, community, and care, and how those ideas fit into a long history. Huge thanks to my agent @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social, who held my hand through much angst, and to my editor Abby Mohr.

A Publishers Marketplace Deal Report for "How Much, How Little" by Rachael King. "UC Santa Barbara professor Rachael King's HOW MUCH, HOW LITTLE, about how her life was transformed in the wake of her late husband Ady Barkan's ALS diagnosis, and how it galvanized her to search for a new vision of caregiving in America, to Abby Mohr at One Signal, by Caroline Eisenmann at Francis Goldin Literary Agency (world English)"

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17d

thank you!

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 17d

I'm so happy to finally share this news. This book is about how the past 9 years changed my ideas about family, community, and care, and how those ideas fit into a long history. Huge thanks to my agent @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social, who held my hand through much angst, and to my editor Abby Mohr.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 22d

Lander does this shit when he's not even running for anything. The realest possible one

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 22d

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

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Jaysun Silver @jaysunsilver.bsky.social · 22d

I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 22d

I’ll never forget Jimmy Kimmel tearing up while talking with Ady about how they both hoped their children would remember them. Horrible that he has been silenced.

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...

Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Down in Emotional Interview With Ady Barkan

The late-night host and the dying healthcare champion shared some laughs. Then things took a heavy turn.

www.vanityfair.com

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · 24d

It was a pleasure to read!

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · Sep 8

Currently have “Golden” stuck in my head

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Rachael King @rscar.bsky.social · Sep 5

They actually like their uniforms!

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