I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

One of the things that sucks about this era is having to think about the racists all the time, because they’re so boring. They have like, three tools in their toolkit, so we get to say things like “oh look, they’re using the hammer again”

If a shooter’s politics are hard to pin down, he’s a leftist

If a shooter’s politics are right wing, he’s hard to pin down

JD Vance is now using the term "blood libel" to describe criticism of ICE, saying, "The Democrats and the media — because they so hate the idea of a real border — are engaging in a kind of blood libel against ICE agents."

Somewhere, our ancestors wept.

OMFG
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

1) Nicholas Fesette's essay take on recent titles by Orisanmi Burton, Robin Bernstein, Holly M. Karibo, Melanie Newport and Doran Larson
doi-org.pitt.idm.oclc.org/10.1353/aq.2...

2/3

Many congratulations to historian Robin Bernstein, whose book FREEMAN'S CHALLENGE was named a nonfiction honoree by the Massachusetts Book Awards! Read more about the award and the book here: buff.ly/U5dy7fM

The Raisins of Wrath

Thanks for reviewing Freeman's Challenge, Nick! I can't wait to read this review.

Hi, @pinktweets.bsky.social. Thx for reaching out. Have you looked at the bookseller named after a river? They sell the e-book and hard copy for under $12; audiobook free w/trial membership. Better: many local libraries have the book in multi formats. If your library doesn't, please request!

Thank you!

Thank you so much, @pgourevitch.bsky.social !

Here's the full list of honorees: www.massbook.org/mass-book-aw... . Congratulations to @kcarterjackson.bsky.social!

I'm thrilled to announce that Freeman's Challenge has received Nonfiction Honors for the Massachusetts Book Awards. I'm incredibly grateful.

@uchicagopress.bsky.social
#BookAward
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#prisons

Backyard rabbit nest! Their eyes are still closed, but they're very active.

A person who is used to covering for and enabling pedophiles would say this

Swoon, US mixed media artist known for her street art and who specializes in life-size prints and paper cut-outs of human figures #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.

Totally. Even/especially WashPo.

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

I edited a book where the author, without checking first, had an AI application "tidy up" her notes. What it in fact did was redo them entirely, changing real citations to fictitious ones. It made a lot of extra work. AI has no concept of fact, only of probability, and has no place in scholarship.

Oh, I am so sorry to hear this.

Oh, I am so sorry to hear this.

100% attack 0% damage baby goat... 👀😅🤣 #bluesky