@josparsons.bsky.social
These people detest their base.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
These people detest their base.
Feeling empathy but not much sympathy. Funny how that works zz
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Feeling empathy but not much sympathy. Funny how that works zz
I had an author whose wife was PO’d at the advance I offered. After they split she (my author) told me about it. I asked her whether she had earned out the advance. “Yes, many times over.”Me: “That’s why it’s shared risk.” I was confident of the book and went to my boss and got all I could.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I had an author whose wife was PO’d at the advance I offered. After they split she (my author) told me about it. I asked her whether she had earned out the advance. “Yes, many times over.”Me: “That’s why it’s shared risk.” I was confident of the book and went to my boss and got all I could.
I am a poooor wayfaring stranger…
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I am a poooor wayfaring stranger…
According to the News & Observer, one in five kids in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro aren’t showing up to school because they’re afraid of ICE. Julian Carr would be proud.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
According to the News & Observer, one in five kids in Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro aren’t showing up to school because they’re afraid of ICE. Julian Carr would be proud.
My little Nikon D60 remains close to my heart. Wish the action was a bit quicker—my sons played soccer-but no major complaints.
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My little Nikon D60 remains close to my heart. Wish the action was a bit quicker—my sons played soccer-but no major complaints.
Grotesque schlub is trapped in the eighties.
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Grotesque schlub is trapped in the eighties.
I wouldn’t trust these amateurs to represent me in Cook County traffic court.
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I wouldn’t trust these amateurs to represent me in Cook County traffic court.
I worked at Iowa and at UNC Presses, and there are financial obstacles to publishing short books, though on the right topic with the right author it’s viable. Yale used to publish “fastbacks,” but I’m not sure they still do. OUP’s Very Short Introductions are a good model, though.
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I worked at Iowa and at UNC Presses, and there are financial obstacles to publishing short books, though on the right topic with the right author it’s viable. Yale used to publish “fastbacks,” but I’m not sure they still do. OUP’s Very Short Introductions are a good model, though.
“But” what, Coach? If molestation had happened at OSU, you’d have gotten to the bottom of it, right?
Oh…
Oh…
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“But” what, Coach? If molestation had happened at OSU, you’d have gotten to the bottom of it, right?
Oh…
Oh…
“Besides, under the Republican health plan, granny will be dead soon.”
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“Besides, under the Republican health plan, granny will be dead soon.”
After he leaves office—knock on wood—maybe he can narrate audio books.
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
After he leaves office—knock on wood—maybe he can narrate audio books.
I’m not a lawyer, but I play one on Fox News.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m not a lawyer, but I play one on Fox News.
My ex wife got Stevie at her college graduation. I got Mike Wallace at mine.
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My ex wife got Stevie at her college graduation. I got Mike Wallace at mine.
Stevie Wonder, “Songs in the Key of Life”
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Stevie Wonder, “Songs in the Key of Life”
Eugenics? In the United States? I’m shocked!
(Actually not shocked at all.)
uncpress.org/978080785585...
(Actually not shocked at all.)
uncpress.org/978080785585...
Choice and Coercion
In August 2003, North Carolina became the first U.S. state to offer restitution to victims of state-ordered sterilizations carried out by its eugenics progra...
uncpress.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Eugenics? In the United States? I’m shocked!
(Actually not shocked at all.)
uncpress.org/978080785585...
(Actually not shocked at all.)
uncpress.org/978080785585...
And a DSA candidate is leading by a sliver against an incumbent supported by the mayor in Cleveland.
www.ideastream.org/government-p...
www.ideastream.org/government-p...
Tanmay Shah leads Cleveland council incumbent Danny Kelly by a razor-thin margin. What happens next?
Political newcomer Tanmay Shah is on the verge of an upset after unofficial election results showed the attorney leading Cleveland City Council incumbent Danny Kelly by only seven votes.
www.ideastream.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
And a DSA candidate is leading by a sliver against an incumbent supported by the mayor in Cleveland.
www.ideastream.org/government-p...
www.ideastream.org/government-p...
I went to a lot of MLAs as an acquisitions editor and remember well the female candidates block breathing before and after those interviews.
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I went to a lot of MLAs as an acquisitions editor and remember well the female candidates block breathing before and after those interviews.
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Ohio is a a dead heat with Indiana to become the Louisiana of the Midwest.
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ohio is a a dead heat with Indiana to become the Louisiana of the Midwest.
The Times has been both-sidesing since Methuselah was in short pants.
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Times has been both-sidesing since Methuselah was in short pants.