S.J. Pearce

@homophonous.bsky.social

Andalusi lit and cultural history at NYU. Medieval, but not like that. Trying to strike a balance between critical and creative writing. Chaos muppet, always. Still perfecting my gazpacho.

We see a version of this in the academy some: women who had to come up professionally in difficult circumstances because of their gender and their male colleagues generally being intolerant can turn around and make life as hard as possible for younger female colleagues because why shouldn’t… 1/2

Victor Ray@victorerikray.bsky.social · 5h ago

What an unimaginably ghoulish outlook. In a rational world, this would be disqualifying. "Darline Graham’s vision, it seems, holds that because her own parents worked so hard, couldn’t take sick days, and died untimely deaths, others shouldn’t expect anything different."

What an unimaginably ghoulish outlook. In a rational world, this would be disqualifying. "Darline Graham’s vision, it seems, holds that because her own parents worked so hard, couldn’t take sick days, and died untimely deaths, others shouldn’t expect anything different."

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterday

Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care." So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents. It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2148...

Before Doucet, baseball terminology in Quebec was a lot of franglais - "le shortstop a struck out sur un curveball" etc. - but that didn't fly with Quebec broadcasting laws, so he basically had to invent a French word to use for every bit of the baseball lexicon. Here are some of them:

Some French baseball terms coined by the late Jacques Doucet

amorti (deadened) - to bunt
balle fronde (slingshot ball) - splitter
balle papillon (butterfly ball) - knuckleball
chandelle (candle) - pop fly
souricière (mousetrap) - rundown
sabotage - blown save

Three journalists from the nation’s independent military newspaper are suing Pete Hegseth and other top officials to prevent their firings, which they allege came in retaliation for negative news coverage and speaking out about the importance of press freedom. New @ms.now:

Stars and Stripes journalists sue Defense Department over attempted firings

The three journalists allege Pentagon officials retaliated against them for defending the military newspaper’s editorial independence.

ms.now

The argument that Donald Trump invaded Canada today is much more compelling than many realize. The border between Canada and the United States runs through the middle of Lake Ontario. By claiming to have the power to rename the entire lake, Trump is claiming the lake. That's invasion by declaration.

Antisemitism, racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Arab hate, and other forms of bigotry thrive when we’re convinced our safety depends on someone else losing theirs. The most extreme voices are working to pit our communities against one another. We reject that zero-sum vision.

JCPA graphic featuring the text “Jewish safety is not zero-sum” above raised fists representing people of different backgrounds, with the JCPA logo at the top.

Lots of people are feeling the need to respond to “if you claim to embrace diversity, you should consider treating people different from you with respect and not being a jerk” with “I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE A JERK THE REAL PROBLEM IS JEWS,” and that’s not great.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d ago

Greetings, non-Jews in academia! As we start another semester, here's your regularly scheduled reminder that the Jewish High Holy Days are coming up. If you wouldn't schedule an important meeting or exam on Christmas or Easter, don't schedule one on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur.

One wild thing about doing recent history is I can interview someone about their activities of years past, and sometimes share archival docs they haven't seen since. Yesterday I shared letters from inmates at Elmira w/a news director who visited them to better craft radio for them. (ca. 1975)

Letter from a man incarcerated at Elmira prison, New York, explaining how much the show Night Sounds means to him and his fellow inmates.