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My memoir-essay on growing up with Norman Rockwell Thanksgivings is up in Vogue this morning. Here’s a small extract: www.vogue.com/article/norm...
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My memoir-essay on growing up with Norman Rockwell Thanksgivings is up in Vogue this morning. Here’s a small extract: www.vogue.com/article/norm...
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I really loved reading this essay by @shreedaisy.bsky.social about artists and their obsessions, glistening food, illustrators, impassive televisions, and the funhouse version that rumbles beneath our fantasies of Thanksgiving.
www.vogue.com/article/norm...
www.vogue.com/article/norm...
The Fantasy of a Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving
www.vogue.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I really loved reading this essay by @shreedaisy.bsky.social about artists and their obsessions, glistening food, illustrators, impassive televisions, and the funhouse version that rumbles beneath our fantasies of Thanksgiving.
www.vogue.com/article/norm...
www.vogue.com/article/norm...
The Fantasy of a Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving
www.vogue.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I really loved reading this essay by @shreedaisy.bsky.social about artists and their obsessions, glistening food, illustrators, impassive televisions, and the funhouse version that rumbles beneath our fantasies of Thanksgiving.
www.vogue.com/article/norm...
www.vogue.com/article/norm...
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You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
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10 years later, soulless people wander the wasteland that was this country thinking
“hmm i wonder why there are no great nonfiction books these days or plays or art or happiness or tenderness or regret.
oh well fuck it time to log onto torment nexus for my afternoon torment!”
“hmm i wonder why there are no great nonfiction books these days or plays or art or happiness or tenderness or regret.
oh well fuck it time to log onto torment nexus for my afternoon torment!”
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
10 years later, soulless people wander the wasteland that was this country thinking
“hmm i wonder why there are no great nonfiction books these days or plays or art or happiness or tenderness or regret.
oh well fuck it time to log onto torment nexus for my afternoon torment!”
“hmm i wonder why there are no great nonfiction books these days or plays or art or happiness or tenderness or regret.
oh well fuck it time to log onto torment nexus for my afternoon torment!”
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I didn’t even go all cultural economy on this because we are kind of stuck on the pre-reqs. But yes. Digital isolation reinforces about of issues associated with concentrated poverty. And people shouldn’t be forced into more alienation from sociality to access food, a basic human need
Yes, the social aspect! My mom can’t drive herself places anymore and she really misses just the little chitchat with cashiers. Definitely not getting that from gig deliveristas who are sprinting to next assignment.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I didn’t even go all cultural economy on this because we are kind of stuck on the pre-reqs. But yes. Digital isolation reinforces about of issues associated with concentrated poverty. And people shouldn’t be forced into more alienation from sociality to access food, a basic human need
As a call center employee in one of my nine lives, I recall how long it took to explain *direct deposit* to a factory worker looking for a paycheck on Friday morning.
We are making lives more inhospitable by forcing each other to talk to the bots.
We are making lives more inhospitable by forcing each other to talk to the bots.
"AI can land a rocket on a cocktail napkin, but it can’t conduct a simple, rational conversation about went wrong with my insurance claim. Know who can? Humans!" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
As a call center employee in one of my nine lives, I recall how long it took to explain *direct deposit* to a factory worker looking for a paycheck on Friday morning.
We are making lives more inhospitable by forcing each other to talk to the bots.
We are making lives more inhospitable by forcing each other to talk to the bots.
"AI can land a rocket on a cocktail napkin, but it can’t conduct a simple, rational conversation about went wrong with my insurance claim. Know who can? Humans!" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"AI can land a rocket on a cocktail napkin, but it can’t conduct a simple, rational conversation about went wrong with my insurance claim. Know who can? Humans!" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
"I’ll make the claim, based on this observation, that close reading should be understood as teachable, precisely because it has the logical structure of argument, which includes the prerequisite of good faith."
Read this by @johannawinant.bsky.social --
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
Read this by @johannawinant.bsky.social --
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 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"I’ll make the claim, based on this observation, that close reading should be understood as teachable, precisely because it has the logical structure of argument, which includes the prerequisite of good faith."
Read this by @johannawinant.bsky.social --
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
Read this by @johannawinant.bsky.social --
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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First time in history?
US Military and Indigenous Nations
Slave Patrols, including state sanctioned enslavement of FREE people.
Lack of actual law enforcement against the KKK of which many sworn officers were members
Forcible removal and internment of Japanese Americans
Zoot Suit Riots 1/
US Military and Indigenous Nations
Slave Patrols, including state sanctioned enslavement of FREE people.
Lack of actual law enforcement against the KKK of which many sworn officers were members
Forcible removal and internment of Japanese Americans
Zoot Suit Riots 1/
Thanks for sharing this!
We must spread the word about #ICELawlessness!
We must spread the word about #ICELawlessness!
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
First time in history?
US Military and Indigenous Nations
Slave Patrols, including state sanctioned enslavement of FREE people.
Lack of actual law enforcement against the KKK of which many sworn officers were members
Forcible removal and internment of Japanese Americans
Zoot Suit Riots 1/
US Military and Indigenous Nations
Slave Patrols, including state sanctioned enslavement of FREE people.
Lack of actual law enforcement against the KKK of which many sworn officers were members
Forcible removal and internment of Japanese Americans
Zoot Suit Riots 1/
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All of this.
“The anger isn’t about the goods. It’s about the breach of contract. The American Deal was that Effort ~ Security. Effort brought your Hope strike closer. But because the real poverty line is $140,000, effort no longer yields security or progress; it brings risk, exhaustion, and debt.”
“The anger isn’t about the goods. It’s about the breach of contract. The American Deal was that Effort ~ Security. Effort brought your Hope strike closer. But because the real poverty line is $140,000, effort no longer yields security or progress; it brings risk, exhaustion, and debt.”
"The second earner isn’t working for a vacation or a boat. The second earner is working to pay the stranger watching their children so they can go to work and clear $1-2K extra a month. It’s a closed loop."
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
All of this.
“The anger isn’t about the goods. It’s about the breach of contract. The American Deal was that Effort ~ Security. Effort brought your Hope strike closer. But because the real poverty line is $140,000, effort no longer yields security or progress; it brings risk, exhaustion, and debt.”
“The anger isn’t about the goods. It’s about the breach of contract. The American Deal was that Effort ~ Security. Effort brought your Hope strike closer. But because the real poverty line is $140,000, effort no longer yields security or progress; it brings risk, exhaustion, and debt.”
Read the whole thing, please.
And for LIS folks, consider how much our entire field is rife with poverty wages and yet, how little professional associations and advocates do to help us rise above to meet a humane standard of living.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
And for LIS folks, consider how much our entire field is rife with poverty wages and yet, how little professional associations and advocates do to help us rise above to meet a humane standard of living.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
"This is the trap. To reach the median household income of $80,000, most families require two earners. But the moment you add the second earner to chase that income, you trigger the childcare expense."
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Read the whole thing, please.
And for LIS folks, consider how much our entire field is rife with poverty wages and yet, how little professional associations and advocates do to help us rise above to meet a humane standard of living.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
And for LIS folks, consider how much our entire field is rife with poverty wages and yet, how little professional associations and advocates do to help us rise above to meet a humane standard of living.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
"This is the trap. To reach the median household income of $80,000, most families require two earners. But the moment you add the second earner to chase that income, you trigger the childcare expense."
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"This is the trap. To reach the median household income of $80,000, most families require two earners. But the moment you add the second earner to chase that income, you trigger the childcare expense."
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Will not take this setup seriously because serious cooking requires that the spices must be kept in mismatched jam and condiment jars and recycled yogurt containers with labels faded all the way.
you got this as a wedding gift and you're just gonna leave it set on the counter???
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Will not take this setup seriously because serious cooking requires that the spices must be kept in mismatched jam and condiment jars and recycled yogurt containers with labels faded all the way.
"Universities must resist the temptation to reduce the library to a digital archive and study space and ensure that these structures remain spaces for rigorous research, critical reading, intellectual discovery and knowledge creation, rather than just digital repositories or study halls."
"...what I am witnessing is the unfortunate proletarianization of the library profession, with access to tenure increasingly restricted and librarians being treated as peripheral to the academic mission."
Lots to think about. Read more: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Lots to think about. Read more: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
What’s gained, what’s lost in the evolving university library
What’s gained, what’s lost.
www.insidehighered.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Universities must resist the temptation to reduce the library to a digital archive and study space and ensure that these structures remain spaces for rigorous research, critical reading, intellectual discovery and knowledge creation, rather than just digital repositories or study halls."
"...what I am witnessing is the unfortunate proletarianization of the library profession, with access to tenure increasingly restricted and librarians being treated as peripheral to the academic mission."
Lots to think about. Read more: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Lots to think about. Read more: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
What’s gained, what’s lost in the evolving university library
What’s gained, what’s lost.
www.insidehighered.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"...what I am witnessing is the unfortunate proletarianization of the library profession, with access to tenure increasingly restricted and librarians being treated as peripheral to the academic mission."
Lots to think about. Read more: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Lots to think about. Read more: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
"By sharing our responses to art, we start a conversation. In the process, our int. thoughts, feelings & judgments become public discourse & historical record: in some cases, a work of criticism is the only evidence that a performance or exhibition took place."
blog.democracyjanm.org/2025/11/25/w...
blog.democracyjanm.org/2025/11/25/w...
What Is Arts Criticism For? - Preserving Democracy
Guest author Sharon Mizota discusses how arts criticism is fertile ground for vibrant expression and a civic skill that everyone needs.
blog.democracyjanm.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"By sharing our responses to art, we start a conversation. In the process, our int. thoughts, feelings & judgments become public discourse & historical record: in some cases, a work of criticism is the only evidence that a performance or exhibition took place."
blog.democracyjanm.org/2025/11/25/w...
blog.democracyjanm.org/2025/11/25/w...
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In today's edition of I Read This So You Don't Have To, this nothing article about Six of Crows. Don't click, don't read, don't waste your time. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
From Young to Adult With ‘Six of Crows’: Your Favorite Books Are Being Quietly Re-Edited | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
Repackaged books with flourishes redesigned for current tastes are welcomed by fans. Is reediting, then, becoming just another add-on?
www.thecrimson.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In today's edition of I Read This So You Don't Have To, this nothing article about Six of Crows. Don't click, don't read, don't waste your time. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
"I am happiest in societies where friendliness, warmth, and hospitality are valued, especially among strangers."
cassandrapages.substack.com/p/re-entry
cassandrapages.substack.com/p/re-entry
Re-entry
Arts and Letters, Nature and Spirit
cassandrapages.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"I am happiest in societies where friendliness, warmth, and hospitality are valued, especially among strangers."
cassandrapages.substack.com/p/re-entry
cassandrapages.substack.com/p/re-entry
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You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
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We're seeing some confusion about this, so let's talk about it.
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We're seeing some confusion about this, so let's talk about it.
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
Home Depot has been complicit as ICE snatches day laborers out of parking lots. At minimum Home Depot is turning a blind eye, and there have also been rumors they may be more actively complicit. Organizers including #weaintbuyingit 🧵
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
Feeling unknown...
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
Reach out, touch faith
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
Feeling unknown...
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
Reach out, touch faith
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
Feeling unknown...
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
Reach out, touch faith
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
Feeling unknown...
Lift up the receiver
I'll make you a believer
I will deliver
You know I'm a forgiver
Reach out, touch faith
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It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...