Min Hyoung Song

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english prof, bc

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Everything is getting me down and the heat is overwhelming me, so I’m just going to read this book about beavers for the rest of the afternoon.

Literary formalism will save the day.

BIDEN: And furthermore no more of this limited series bullshit! (CHEERS) BIDEN: A 4-6 part program broken into two hour segments is a miniseries, for crissakes! (CROWD ERUPTS)

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Solidarity with the Teamsters social media manager, who clearly is a person who stands for the working class

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sometimes I get mad that people aren't aware of what's up with solar/batteries, and are just ignoring what is essentially a new industrial revolution; then I wonder if the reason no one is noticing is also the reason it's happening at all

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A lot of people are choosing to look away right now in the face of something that is making Doctors Without Borders say things like this

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It also outlines the need to cut off federal funding for any school that teaches "critical race theory," in the same breath. So, teach history the jingoistic way we demand or don't get funding. And erase queer people or we will pursue legal action.

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Psst: Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders. Pass it on.

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“A number of polls and studies show that the #debate itself had very little impact on the race. But the two weeks of pundit panic have.” lithub.com/rebecca-soln... #Biden

Rebecca Solnit: It’s the Pundits Who Have Turned on Biden, Not the Partylithub.com The biggest story this weekend is that one presidential candidate’s ear got grazed by a bullet from a shooter who also killed a bystander before he was shot down himself. But the biggest stor…

I haven’t read it and I really don’t want to, but this can’t be a real excerpt, can it?

I’ve made a lot of jokes about the J.D. Vance sparkling water story from Hillbilly Elegy, to the extent that it probably sounds made up, but you owe it to yourself to read the real thing if you haven’t

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The latest cover of the New Yorker:

Still got it going on.

Spain has it going on.

Meh

The 100 Best Books of the 21st Centurywww.nytimes.com As voted on by 503 book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

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wth

Ah haha oh god, VUW English Department is closing its Facebook page because Meta AI is automatically responding to comments there like it is the actual English Department. I don't actually know how this is not illegal.

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Today I was delayed getting to New York from Boston to do an interview about climate change because we haven’t adapted our transportation systems to climate change. *chefs kiss*

Worth reading for this phrase alone! “Mimetic isomorphism.” Explains so much.

Hamrah w the judgement that is a critic's responsibility: "They are the shows in which people are literally soiling themselves + by extension, the viewer. Would we be better off if The Bachelor, or Cops, or The Apprentice had never been made? The answer is yes." www.bookforum.com/culture/time...

Time to Face Realitywww.bookforum.com Emily Nussbaum charts the history of a TV phenomenon – A.S. Hamrah

The hydrangea in New England are gorgeous this year, partly because of a mild winter and downpours. Still, they’re amazing to see.

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Look how fun shutting down fascists is. I want this for us, too

The takeaway from France (if these results hold) and England seems to be that a coalition of center left parties can beat back the far right if they can find a way to stand together. The same is probably true for the U.S.

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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I shared my thoughts. I am not sure they were well recieved. Interesting mix of people. Some tech, some managerial, one who I think was a bean counter because me saying I make a decent enough living already and am happy with it seemed to perplex him deeply. I don't think we'll end up being friends

this "think tank" wants me to join them on a call later today to "share your thoughts" on the future of AI in science fiction writing and by golly I'm going to share a great many thoughts with them

The hydrangea are really extraordinary this year. So big and puffy!* *Sadly, it’s because of a mild winter plus lots of downpours, all consequences of you guessed it.

I was JUST noticing all the gorgeous hydrangeas this morning on my walk to work.

Requests for tubal ligation and vasectomies are on the rise after the end of Roe. This feels like an extraordinary fact.

How ob-gyns are handling more requests for sterilization after ‘Roe’ was overturnedwww.npr.org Tubal ligations doubled in the 16 months following the Dobbs decision. Vasectomies also increased, but men still get sterilized much less often than women.

What a muddle the world has become. It’s enough to chase sleep away.

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Everyone knows Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine, but people don't talk as much about how 7 Up used to contain lithium as a mood stabiliser.

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"There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorialwww.inquirer.com Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

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For the good of the country, Donald Trump should drop out the 2024 presidential race.

Donald Trump Should Drop Out | Washington Monthlywashingtonmonthly.com We’ve had months of calls for Joe Biden to drop out because of middling poll numbers. The grounds for a Trump withdrawal are far firmer.

Watched “Cleo from 5 to 7” last night, and I’m convinced it’s primarily about the impact of the Algerian War on French society.

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“AI” is the culmination of the tech industry. Every time you use it, you destroy the environment, erode labor protections, endanger workers overseas, enrich the ruling class, and make something unforgivably worthless, all at the same time – and it's all hidden from you in a frictionless distraction.

Every time I hear anything about how Biden did at the debate, my heart beats real fast and I get very anxious.