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Novelist. PhD in early modern lit. History of science fan. THE VILLAGE HEALER'S BOOK OF CURES (Lake Union 10/23). Oregonian. Rep'd by Alicia Brooks/Martin Literary Management
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I'll remember this email my entire life.

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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”

submitted 17 hours ago • 22 comments

The New Middle Ages What castlecore and romantasy are doing with medievalism. by @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social (who I just got to talk to last night on @skiffyandfanty.com ) at Slate: slate.com/news-and-pol...

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"The rebels called it a 'digital opiate,' but have they ever knitted little beanies for their pet bunny in a Parisian loft they designed themselves? Doubt it"

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Here’s an opportunity to help some kids and get some cookies 🍪 digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/sixk34....

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I heard the NEA is only considering proposals related to 1776 & the USA’s 250th birthday & I was feeling intensely patriotic, so I’m printing these really big posters inspired *directly* by the Founding Fathers The cut was carved from the masthead of a 19th century newspaper

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And not just any kings, but STUART kings. Yes, those guys, the ones the Brits spent the 17th century fighting for their rights.

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Love my new morning routine of waking up, brewing some coffee, logging on and checking the End Times Billboard to see what new Calamities were pinned there overnight. Then I ride that cortisol high, like I'm surfing on piranhas and broken glass, baby.

submitted 5 days ago • 56 comments

Calling yourself a king doesnt make you a king. Delivering an all-time banger of a speech on St. Crispin’s Day does.

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Black and white college students went to MISSISSIPPI in 1964 to register people to vote. They got shot at, bombed, beaten and killed. These pampered fucks need to take accountability and act.

submitted 3 days ago • 45 comments

Today's vibe

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if you were accidentally fired while transporting a nuclear warhead and currently need a place to stay with said warhead please know that i have a sizable backyard and an abiding desire to be a nuclear power

submitted 4 days ago • 506 comments

This thread ❤️

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Math is hard

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NEW: A letter from an anonymous federal worker. Please read and share: www.muellershewrote.com/p/letter-fro...

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“There are currently four people remaining over there to do the work of 15 people. The danger to the national airspace can’t be understated." "This is a very real threat to the American flying public.” EXCLUSIVE ⤵️

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Planes are crashing because Trump and Musk wanted to cut their own taxes even more. Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.

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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

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Not surprised that it's community colleges that are fighting back. Community colleges serve the greatest number of people facing systemic barriers. A large percentage of community college students are the first in their family to attend college.

submitted 4 days ago • 28 comments

Library of Congress

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This is so antithetical to the English legal tradition that they killed Charles I about it, and then they couped James II

submitted 8 days ago • 96 comments

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

submitted 9 days ago • 885 comments

Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

submitted 8 days ago • 221 comments

You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

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Update: be the moss that consumes and destroys the gears of fascism

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Sometimes you have to match the energy. (Response to my repugnant state rep)

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Trump and Musk are currently dismantling wide swaths of the federal government, in flagrant violation of the Constitution. The New York Times is asking the tough questions.

submitted 8 days ago • 33 comments

Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.

submitted 9 days ago • 12 comments

I write & research about the history of witchcraft, magic, divination & ghosts, at a post-1992 University. Exactly the sort of "waste of space" Humanities academic disliked by the Far Right. But these topics provide important insights for decoding events in the world today.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

submitted 9 days ago • 558 comments

Lisa Jardine Grants are travel grants from @royalsociety.org to support archival research & career development. Open to PhD students and EC researchers in history of science, and other interdisciplinary studies combining humanities and the natural sciences. Deadline for applications: 11 March 2025

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NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.

submitted 9 days ago • 1565 comments

I really want people to engage with the possibility of “B”.

submitted 9 days ago • 44 comments

ok hear me out

submitted 10 days ago • 158 comments

jfc these assholes

submitted 10 days ago • 46 comments

Teaser: I'm in the middle of editing a great little mini-series, coming soon to the many-headed monster blog! If you are interested in all things printed images and visual culture, keep your eyes peeled!

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We're seeing a level of executive overreach that is unprecedented in the US But other countries have defeated autocratic forces before—& Americans can learn from their successes We outlined a pro-democracy blueprint👇-TN www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...

submitted 12 days ago • 31 comments

saying "go birds" but just rooting for birds in general, hope they're having fun and not catching that flu

submitted 13 days ago • 30 comments

I have not become completely numb; I can still be shocked by some depths of depraved sadism inflicted by this collection of despicable thugs, giggling sociopaths, and dead-eyed apparatchiks. May their days be short and frustrated.

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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 17 days ago • 617 comments

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

submitted 20 days ago • 615 comments

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

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