Yes, a noble and affectionate creature 😀

Very nice!

At first, suffering from eyestrain today, I thought you said the kangaroos in your area were small, like personalized.

But "like small-person-sized" is almost the same thing, I guess

So for the final post in my blog series on indigenous voices from whom I've thankful, one crucial way Ned Blackhawk's vital book revises our collective stories, & one small but beautiful way! @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social

blackwhiteandread.com/november-28-...

Earlier this year I belatedly but very happily read one of the most vital recent public scholarly American Studies publications: Ned Blackhawk's *The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History* (2023). Like the best such books, it fundamentally shifted my perspective.

yeah, saw that yesterday and sort of shook my head

I'm sure they think it's edgy

Reminds me very much of something I struggle to explain to my students. Sometimes, when one reads a French academic or literary essay or monograph, it just has a very distinctive tone and style: meandering, almost studiously literary and philosophical. Hard to describe, but I know it when I see it

It would be worth it to get a ticket just to be able to use that excuse!

We've got a bunch around here, periodically parading through the yard. Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoyed the piece very much for its insight and nuance: a great model for how we can research and write about objects as windows onto history

I think @kresysiberia.bsky.social would appreciate it, too