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LONG thread. Read the whole thing.
The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
LONG thread. Read the whole thing.
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The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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September 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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Imagine going to college, graduating, thinking you're entering show business, and *that* becomes your career.
Your boss, who is in the Epstein files, emails you like "we got a new client, congrats" and it's fucking Woody Allen.
A decade later, you're hired to do it for Louis CK
Your boss, who is in the Epstein files, emails you like "we got a new client, congrats" and it's fucking Woody Allen.
A decade later, you're hired to do it for Louis CK
November 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Imagine going to college, graduating, thinking you're entering show business, and *that* becomes your career.
Your boss, who is in the Epstein files, emails you like "we got a new client, congrats" and it's fucking Woody Allen.
A decade later, you're hired to do it for Louis CK
Your boss, who is in the Epstein files, emails you like "we got a new client, congrats" and it's fucking Woody Allen.
A decade later, you're hired to do it for Louis CK
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Goodbye to the master.
❤️
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November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Goodbye to the master.
❤️
❤️
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This is a really powerful piece about the enduring value of close reading, both within and beyond the university. I enjoyed its precise articulation, and very personal grounding, of faith in that value.
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is a really powerful piece about the enduring value of close reading, both within and beyond the university. I enjoyed its precise articulation, and very personal grounding, of faith in that value.
With all the talk around “why don’t reporters speak up to support their colleague?” it’s worth considering that not freezing up requires strategic thinking and preparation. I highly endorse Julie S. Lalonde’s one–hour FREE training, Dec 6. Good for all types of people, cameras off.
Thanks!
If anyone wants to learn bystander intervention, I have one more free training available for anyone to take. It's just one hour and cameras and mics are muted, so it's very chill.
December 6 @ noon EST
linktr.ee/JulieSLalonde
If anyone wants to learn bystander intervention, I have one more free training available for anyone to take. It's just one hour and cameras and mics are muted, so it's very chill.
December 6 @ noon EST
linktr.ee/JulieSLalonde
@julieslalonde | Linktree
Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!
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November 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
With all the talk around “why don’t reporters speak up to support their colleague?” it’s worth considering that not freezing up requires strategic thinking and preparation. I highly endorse Julie S. Lalonde’s one–hour FREE training, Dec 6. Good for all types of people, cameras off.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Feist
Rough Trade
kd lang (1987)
Laurie Anderson
Doobie Brothers, Massey Hall
Feist
Rough Trade
kd lang (1987)
Laurie Anderson
Doobie Brothers, Massey Hall
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Bad Brains
Solange
JMSN
Currensy
Odd Future
Bad Brains
Solange
JMSN
Currensy
Odd Future
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
OutKast
Corrine Bailey Rae
Lupe Fiasco
John Mayer
N.E.R.D.
OutKast
Corrine Bailey Rae
Lupe Fiasco
John Mayer
N.E.R.D.
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Feist
Rough Trade
kd lang (1987)
Laurie Anderson
Doobie Brothers, Massey Hall
Feist
Rough Trade
kd lang (1987)
Laurie Anderson
Doobie Brothers, Massey Hall
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
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Michael Mcdonald sitting stoned at home, thinking he is watching himself.
Michael Mcdonald SCTV
YouTube video by Sit Down Zumock
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Michael Mcdonald sitting stoned at home, thinking he is watching himself.
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a cancer nurse in a state I've never been to told messaged me and said that reading out Rice Truck aloud as it happened was the only day in her entire 14 year career on chemo ward that nobody cried and it's probably the best compliment I will ever get in my life
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
a cancer nurse in a state I've never been to told messaged me and said that reading out Rice Truck aloud as it happened was the only day in her entire 14 year career on chemo ward that nobody cried and it's probably the best compliment I will ever get in my life
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I've shared on here before, why more cops do not and cannot reduce the murder rate in US cities.
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
Baltimore Streets
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
m.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I've shared on here before, why more cops do not and cannot reduce the murder rate in US cities.
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
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If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Yep.
"the tendency of the policy community to yaddayadda important facts like 'extremely normal things for people to have in their life plans, like starting a family, are unaffordable.' …
If you want a theory of economic vibes, it is vibes you need to be theorising about."
If you want a theory of economic vibes, it is vibes you need to be theorising about."
at the 'stack, I continue to worry around some of my issues with Data Guyism ... backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vi...
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Yep.
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at the 'stack, I continue to worry around some of my issues with Data Guyism ... backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vi...
ways of vibing
treatments and responses in the real world
backofmind.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
at the 'stack, I continue to worry around some of my issues with Data Guyism ... backofmind.substack.com/p/ways-of-vi...
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Good Fast Times article on New York Times headlines. I was interviewed. One thing I should have noted: the rage-bait comes increasingly from the opinions section.
www.fastcompany.com/91450316/nyt...
www.fastcompany.com/91450316/nyt...
Annoyed by a 'New York Times' headline? It seems like that's increasingly the Gray Lady's goal
Several ‘New York Times’ headlines in 2025 have earned severe social media backlash. Is it happening on purpose?
www.fastcompany.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Good Fast Times article on New York Times headlines. I was interviewed. One thing I should have noted: the rage-bait comes increasingly from the opinions section.
www.fastcompany.com/91450316/nyt...
www.fastcompany.com/91450316/nyt...
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“What would a society look like if it valued our time as much as our data?”
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“What would a society look like if it valued our time as much as our data?”
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There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
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“To me, disability is not a monolith, nor is it a clear-cut binary of disabled and nondisabled. Disability is mutable and ever-evolving. Disability is both apparent and nonapparent. Disability is pain, struggle, brilliance, abundance, and joy.” - Alice Wong
Disability rights are human rights.
Disability rights are human rights.
A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“To me, disability is not a monolith, nor is it a clear-cut binary of disabled and nondisabled. Disability is mutable and ever-evolving. Disability is both apparent and nonapparent. Disability is pain, struggle, brilliance, abundance, and joy.” - Alice Wong
Disability rights are human rights.
Disability rights are human rights.
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Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
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“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves.” Stories at four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, were removed after an investigation by The Local. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves.” Stories at four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, were removed after an investigation by The Local. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)