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Greg Andree@gregandree71.bsky.social · 4h ago

Looking forward to adding Titan Of The Stars @ekjohnston.bsky.social to our junior high library, my 8th graders will love this Titanic meets Alien inspired book that is so much more than the sum of its parts. Friendship. Bravery. Class struggles. Breakups. Love. And screaming blood-soaked terror. 💜

That iceberg reall sneaks up on you. Just wait until September 1st, when the sequel comes out!

Greg Andree@gregandree71.bsky.social · 6d ago

The problem with auto-buy authors is I don’t read the book jacket descriptions, and just jump in. So today I was embarrassing far into Titan of the Stars @ekjohnston.bsky.social before realizing it was the Titanic disaster, and the iceberg is terrifying aliens devouring everyone. 😂😅😓 Love this.

Looking forward to adding Titan Of The Stars @ekjohnston.bsky.social to our junior high library, my 8th graders will love this Titanic meets Alien inspired book that is so much more than the sum of its parts. Friendship. Bravery. Class struggles. Breakups. Love. And screaming blood-soaked terror. 💜

I got a 3/4 size arcade machine, and aside from Mortal Kombat it plays Joust, and that is the game I play most. 1) Jousting on the back of Ostriches? Fever dream level 1980’s creativity. 2) Omg. When the disembodied lava hands attack, I scream 😂😂😂

Danny Lore@weredawgz.blacksky.app · 21h ago

1982 Arcade Game joust is gonna become as integral to my online persona as werewolves And i will likely never get good at it

TERFS are not feminists, a list: 1. Trans women are women, and you’re not a feminist if you’re actively trying to strip rights from any subset of women 2. Their ideological allies aren’t other feminists, they’re right-wing misogynists 3. They never seem to advocate actual feminist causes

Thomas K. Dye@projectionedge.bsky.social · 23h ago

Yes, because they are NOT feminists

This is the tragic yet logical result of a decades-long project—undertaken by rightwing politicians and “business-minded” administrators alike—to distort the meaning of higher education, to deny the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge, to deprive us all of richer, more purposeful lives.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

we talked about this more at the time but initially a lot of the ppl who died were in big blue cities and were not white. this is not incidental to the revisionist and eugenicist nonsense we hear now.

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 3d ago

this boils down to "the pandemic didn't actually happen but they still closed the applebees" which frankly i think is a trauma response by a lot of people that buy it - lot easier to be in denial that things were that bad instead of reckoning with 1.3m dead people [in this country]

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

Reading Titan Of The Stars, the @ekjohnston.bsky.social YA novel inspired by the idea of Alien meets the Titanic. And the way she captures the feeling of starting each new creative project… 🙌

"Hardly Believable Score" Is there anything this man will not lie about?

IrishStar.com@irishstar.com · 3d ago

President Donald Trump reportedly shot a 70 at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, claiming yet another senior and club championship victory — adding to what's said to be more than 40 wins across his properties.

Reading Titan Of The Stars, the @ekjohnston.bsky.social YA novel inspired by the idea of Alien meets the Titanic. And the way she captures the feeling of starting each new creative project… 🙌

kids should know how to type, yes. but i am telling you as a teacher, this is BROADLY not the reason kids are using ChatGPT. They use it for the same reason adults do: because it's a shortcut and they don't see the value of the work they are being asked to do or the skill underlying it.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d ago

I wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵

Neoclassical econ assumes rationality. The corollary of, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is "you're rich, so you must be very smart!" Thus, people assume that if powerful, well-compensated CEOs insist that "AI is changing everything," well then, *AI must be changing everything*. 1/

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/d... 2/

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

Romantic comedy does not require, but should encourage, dinosaurs.

Ma🌵🌵hew Brenden Wood | 🌎🚀🌙@matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 5d ago

Doing another writing challenge and once again I'm given a romantic comedy prompt and I have to keep reminding myself that this genre doesn't require dinosaurs

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

Subs for our next issue close TONIGHT! Polish it up and get it IN 🔥⏳

FIYAH Literary Magazine@fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 2w ago

One week left for our last submission cycle of the year! If you have a Black magic school story this is your time to shine! Don't self reject ⏳

"We're on a mission from God."

The Blues Brothers: Hit It!

ALT: The Blues Brothers: Hit It!

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C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

The new Spider-Man movie was great. It felt like the best issues of Marvel Team-Up in the 80s.

Spider Man Brand New Day

ALT: Spider Man Brand New Day

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The new Spider-Man movie was great. It felt like the best issues of Marvel Team-Up in the 80s.

Spider Man Brand New Day

ALT: Spider Man Brand New Day

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"Under Act 372, individuals who “furnish a harmful item to a minor” could be charged with a Class A misdemeanor. Those who violate the law could face jail time or fines of up to $10,000."

On my first day in Major British Writers I at Lawrence University in 1998, Prof. Bertrand Goldgar, cold-opened with a recital of Larkin’s “This Be the Verse.” I can still hear it in his voice now—a treasured memory of college. I took every class he taught. I am so sorry for students in Florida.

Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says (Gift Article)

South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.

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Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. Grosse Pointe Blank (just to keep with the Dan Aykroyd thing)

Grosse Pointe Blank: Dan Aykroyd's Popcorn

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Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

With my maternal grandparents, I'd be fresh from the Azores, working in a Fall River textile mill. Impossible noise and heat. And from breathing fabric particles and chemicals develop pulmonary fibrosis, and die for lack of breath. It was the same for my mom and aunts. So . . .

Good Times with Margaret Jo Mc Cullin & Terry Rialto

ALT: Good Times with Margaret Jo Mc Cullin & Terry Rialto

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Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d ago

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

this is such absolute fucking BULLSHIT. you can comment to the WNBA using this form. contact.nba.com/wnba/

Defector@defector.com · 6d ago

WNBA suspends Seattle Storm minority owner for being rude to transphobic shitheads:

I hate that we've memory-holed 2020. My spring 2020 experience was 1) seeing ambulances pulling out dying seniors from a downtown Palo Alto center 2) the GOP's claim of "brutal lockdown" was remote school for only spring/fall 2020, with masked return in Jan-and that was far stricter than most places

Shematologist, MD@shematologist.medsky.social · 6d ago

Back in 2020, as a pediatric hematologist married to a physician, we signed up to volunteer in a field hospital for patients with COVID. We wrote our wills and worried about getting our kids sick. I posted about terrifying outcomes in kids and received death threats. Fauci is a goddamn hero.

Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.

The problem with auto-buy authors is I don’t read the book jacket descriptions, and just jump in. So today I was embarrassing far into Titan of the Stars @ekjohnston.bsky.social before realizing it was the Titanic disaster, and the iceberg is terrifying aliens devouring everyone. 😂😅😓 Love this.