Karen Russell
@karenrussell.bsky.social
Books, travel, higher ed, and PR/media.
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Pointillism up close
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Pointillism up close
Pointillism from a distance
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Pointillism from a distance
First edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe at the Lincoln presidential museum in Springfield, Illinois
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
First edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe at the Lincoln presidential museum in Springfield, Illinois
If anyone is thinking of getting Hulu Live for tv watching, beware your kid in college has to get a separate account and cannot login using yours. Unless they’re still in your zip code 😤
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If anyone is thinking of getting Hulu Live for tv watching, beware your kid in college has to get a separate account and cannot login using yours. Unless they’re still in your zip code 😤
#BlueskyArtShow The #sky over the Grand Canyon putting on a show at sunset. 2023
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#BlueskyArtShow The #sky over the Grand Canyon putting on a show at sunset. 2023
Reposted by Karen Russell
“The most surprising thing about the current attack on higher ed is the fact that we’re surprised by it” — panelist at the UW-Madison Center for Humanities discussion on the survival (?) of American universities last night
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“The most surprising thing about the current attack on higher ed is the fact that we’re surprised by it” — panelist at the UW-Madison Center for Humanities discussion on the survival (?) of American universities last night
Every once in a while I just stop and think, “what a bunch of losers”
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Every once in a while I just stop and think, “what a bunch of losers”
This #WindowsOnWednesday I’m thinking about awnings 🙂
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This #WindowsOnWednesday I’m thinking about awnings 🙂
@mlenrios.bsky.social I actually played two days in a row. Did better today!
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December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@mlenrios.bsky.social I actually played two days in a row. Did better today!
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Academic Freedumb
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Academic Freedumb
I used to kind of like the Steelers, and maybe it’s just a strong dislike of Rodgers influencing my perspective, but it seems like a lot of them are jerks now. 🧐
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I used to kind of like the Steelers, and maybe it’s just a strong dislike of Rodgers influencing my perspective, but it seems like a lot of them are jerks now. 🧐
Reposted by Karen Russell
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
Three different windows at the Art Institute of Chicago: Tiffany, Frank Lloyd Wright and Chagall
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Went through my 2025 photos for some unexpected examples of #warmth for the #BlueskyArtShow this week. Enjoy!
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Went through my 2025 photos for some unexpected examples of #warmth for the #BlueskyArtShow this week. Enjoy!
Where I live the day after Thanksgiving is Ho-Chunk Day in recognition of the Native Americans who lived here first. madison365.com/day-thanksgi...
Day After Thanksgiving Declared ‘Ho-Chunk Day’ in Madison
At a recent meeting, the Madison Common Council passed a resolution proclaiming the day after Thanksgiving as “Ho-Chunk Day” throughout the city of Madison.
“I can’t tell you how much that means to...
madison365.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Where I live the day after Thanksgiving is Ho-Chunk Day in recognition of the Native Americans who lived here first. madison365.com/day-thanksgi...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
• A loaf of bread
• A container of milk, and
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Bluesky friends 😘
a cartoon of a group of children sitting around a table
Alt: a Charlie Brown cartoon of a group of children sitting around a table with a random assortment of food such as popcorn and ice cream
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November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Bluesky friends 😘
This makes me giggle
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This makes me giggle
And since it’s #rockinTuesday here’s another from Death Valley #NationalPark
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
And since it’s #rockinTuesday here’s another from Death Valley #NationalPark
The bluest sky I’ve ever seen. Death Valley #NationalPark where the rocks and sand provide stark contrast to the unchanging deep blue over head. #ProtectOurParks
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The bluest sky I’ve ever seen. Death Valley #NationalPark where the rocks and sand provide stark contrast to the unchanging deep blue over head. #ProtectOurParks
Dear Congressional Republicans, I’m writing to introduce you to Article 1.
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dear Congressional Republicans, I’m writing to introduce you to Article 1.