Look what came in the mail today, @uncpress.bsky.social @simpsonvos.bsky.social @profsommerville.bsky.social! 🗃️

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

doomscroll break

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

Writing friends, I need a venue that will consider a long short story (10k words), horror genre, trans and queer themes.

The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life

Fun time to be teaching the fall of the Roman Republic.

They say to do something every day that scares you, so I'm finally going to look into the wheezing, chthonic kaleidoscope I found in the catacombs.

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

Hey, do you have someone who can help you apply for food stamps and section 8?

Worry about who you are, and who you want to be, not what you think you're "supposed" to be. Indulge hobbies, and don't stop being curious. Whether it's writing, gardening, woodworking, whatever. You do not know what lessons those will teach you that may be far more important than you realize.

In memoriam...

Timeline cleanse.

Newspaper clipping, 1906.

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.

"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

(solemnly) You've had mail.

Hey folks:

Many of you have been asking for a syllabus for "America at 250" -- the lecture course I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage.

Here you go (scroll down to the bottom):
president.yale.edu/committees-p...

I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

One instinct in response to propagandistic lies is to try to fact check them away.

Fact-checking can help maintain shared reality among those already not adhering to propaganda—but it is NOT an antidote to propaganda itself.

Propaganda is IDEALOGICAL TRANSMISSION: Facts are secondary to narrative.