2. The American right is touting the phrase "Heritage American," the supposed identity of people who have been in USA for generations. Much can be said about this form of ancestor worship but maybe one path is to talk about a real Heritage American, Thomas Pynchon.

The Frankfurt School be like . . .

‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong

Breaking from Rider:

theridernews.com/rider-set-to...

in retrospect, there’s probably never been a name as threatening as “America Online”

Cutting your humanities programs is performance art in the guise of budget cuts and everyone in academia knows it and everyone outside does not and that's why they can keep going doing this bullshit.

This is a really, really important story, which is why I provided a gift link. Many people, when they think of higher education, think of elite universities. But most higher education is nonselective (i.e., they admit everyone), and a lot of it is community colleges.

Good afternoon to the woman reading Brothers Karamazov at Funzilla.

I made an argument in favor of keeping works of “serious literary value” in public schools. slate.com/life/2025/05...

typical corrupt science

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM

My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.

Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

“Working conditions are learning conditions, we like to say, and it is so obviously true you want to tattoo it on your clavicle.” New: Peter Coviello on austerity in the English department.