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Teacher, writer, waterman, woodworker.
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A fun fact about JD Vance is that he's openly backed purging anyone who disagrees with him from the government, comparing it to "de-Nazification," and illegally defying court orders to do so.

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There is never any shame in using the library, and much benefit in doing so. They are the closest thing to an unmitigated social good that we have in these United States, which is why the hard right is gunning so fervently for them these days. A world without libraries and librarians is a poor one.

My book-buying budget is not what it once was, which is precisely why I’m using the library more. It also gives me the opportunity to read books that I’m not sure I want to add to the home library (not that there’s a lot of room to do that anyway).

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The Shadow magazine, dated July 15, 1939. Cover by Graves Gladney.

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If you aren't having fun, write something that is, and just for you. Something that you keep as your own and only introduce to the world if you decide to. Something that energizes you. -Wrtr #amwriting ..Keep Writing. #author #writing

Also, from my what-to-give-high-school-freshmen-to-read list. I really liked this one. Fantastic. Powerful. It'll be on the book club shelf, but wouldn't likely get away with teaching to this one. John Green. Looking for Alaska

This one from my what-to-give-high-school-freshmen-to-read list. I liked it more than I thought I would. Paper Towns: John Green. Followed this with Looking for Alaska by him as well.

Messed up my system.

This one from my what-to-give-high-school-freshmen-to-read list. I liked it more than I thought I would. Paper Towns: John Green. Followed this with Looking for Alaska by him as well.

Me hearing weather person announcing real-feel temps.

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i summed up project 2025 in one sentence. feel free to use. www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-wind...

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If you missed its run last year, our film The YouTube Effect is now on PBS for free :)

THIRTEEN Specials | The YouTube Effect | PBSwww.pbs.org Alex Winter's troubling look at YouTube, a site that changed how we experience the world.

Why did I wait to read this? Love all of @joannechocolat.bsky.social 's works. Fantastic! Insight, surprises, not knowing quite who to sympathize with. Wow. Wow. Wow!!! The type of book I want to go take other books out of people's hands and say, "No. Read this one!" Not that I would ever.

Bad Monkeys: Matt Ruff. We have a class set of this in our school storage. So checked it out. NOT what I was even close to expecting. I enjoyed the game of this book immensely. Sadly, I can see the letters from home if I tried to teach to it. Independent reading offer, perhaps. Yikes!!

I love this for him.

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PERFORMATIVE DESPAIR IS NOT A POLITICAL STRATEGY. Do not conjure your own imagined demise. In particular, don't do it collectively, on a communication system meant to amplify emotional contagion. (simpler/more esoteric: don't do death magic at collective scale on your own minds, for fuck's sake)

Personal Me: performative despair is not a political strategy. You do not need to read it, boost it, otherwise encourage it or absorb it. Taking time offline is a super good idea today.

Because it's summer, getting thru a lot of them. THIS BOOK!!! I teach to Huck Finn, so had to check this out. It may become required reading in class. So powerful, so honest, and surprising all the time. So good! I have so many questions for Mr. Everett.

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Here's a picture of Houdini meeting Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Not sure if they kissed?

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Into my third reread of Sandman, but only now thought to look. And, sorry, I am lazy and can't figure out how. Did you ever use the phrase "teamwork makes the dream work"?

Sandman 10: The Wake. This doesn't feel as sad as I remember the first time. I see the triumph in hard decisions. Gaiman's a master. What else can I say?

Project Pope: Has anyone written about Clifford Simak's long form story endings? This was lining up to be a very strong piece on faith and knowledge, and then just...I dont know. I love the short works. The novels are frustrating me.

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This seems bad. “Gen Z workers are more likely to go to college, have jobs and make more money than millennials did. But they are also paying 31 percent more for housing than their counterparts … health insurance spending for that age group is up 46 percent after inflation.” wapo.st/4csZGCo

Millennials had it bad financially, but Gen Z may have it worsewapo.st Generation Z is spending more on housing and car insurance than millennials did. They’re also more likely to be in debt, despite higher wages and more jobs.

Trying to expand teacher brain. This had some good points, but didn't know what it wanted to be. In the middle of the book, there is a how-to se lion of a decent length. Wanting to know how it works and doing it are two different things. But I WILL try to use ideas posited here.

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I don’t think enough has been written about how the adult is shaped by books read as a kid. For me, Alan Garner, Nicholas Stuart Gray and Tolkien provided me with a worldview that still influences my perspective. I suspect @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com probably agrees with the premise.

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Looks like I'll be on All In with Chris Hayes tonight to talk about this. Let's say ... 8:25ish eastern.

Threw together a quick post from the book here: open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...

Thou Shalt Notopen.substack.com When I saw today’s news that Louisiana has become the first state to mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms, I thought it sounded a lot like the 1950s campaign to ...

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Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from June 20, 1909.

I found a very old pack of plastic straws in my parents' house. I disposed of them properly. Is climate fixed?

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Harken unto our new episode on Gawain and the Green Knight whilst you navigate your way homewards, hoping not to lose your head en route and to arrive back in under a year and a day. @iammilliam.bsky.social @johnmitchinson.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/214

214. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Backlistedwww.backlisted.fm

Lull due to reading about five books at once and a busy switchover schedule. Been chipping away at this for a time. Some fantastic pieces in here. With such a rich topic for mining, I am surprised there is only one of these. The Sandman: Book of Dreams, edited by Neil Gaiman.

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Somewhat of a surprise even to myself: I have more to say about Percival Everett's "James."

The Trouble Begins with Matt Seyboldyoutu.be The Mark Twain House & Museum welcomes back Matt Seybold to the Trouble Begins virtual stage for a lecture and discuss about Percival Everett’s new book Jame...

Ragtime: EL Doctorow. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Not as amazing as what I remember the buzz about it being. But I have recommended it already for its historical and cultural elements. So, maybe it is. This may be one that will marinate in my mind for a while.

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"The child wasn't following the man's orders, the story reported." Cops, bombs, billionaires, gun maniacs, and other luxurious cruelties we've been sold. Things we never could afford that we should stop paying for. www.the-reframe.com/cruel-luxuries

Cruel Luxurieswww.the-reframe.com Those who insist that we all as a society pay the cost of a serious problem they are creating, just so that they can imagine themselves to be the solution. Things we could never afford and should stop...

Sorry. Gonna be late. Island life. IYKYK.

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📷 Finishing up w/ great discovered #historical #photos of #artists — #MarkTwain, #age 68, & long-time #friend John T. Lewis, Quarry #Farm, #Elmira, #NewYork — #colorized by #Jecinci #history #twain #tomsawyer #photography #historicalphotos #portraits #19thcentury #oldphoto #vintage #author #writer