Shoot for the stars. Even if you miss, you'll land among the moon.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 16h ago

SpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collision

Since we're doing trolley discourse, I might as well link to the shirts! This is the first shirt I designed for my shop, but there's other (cool?) stuff in there too. www.bonfire.com/abstract-tro...

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My undergrad alma mater is under evacuation orders from the Spokane fire.

finally someone had the courage to ban all unauthorized outdoor burning

No shade to Alice and Bob, but I think philosophers have basically figured y'all out already. Time to start with Zed, Yael, and Xena and see what happens.

New conference rule: if flirted with nonconsensually you are permitted to play Alanis Morissette "Uninvited" once (1) per conference for purposes of rebuff

We have citronella candles on the back patio, but one of them has a weird ineffectual wick. You need to scoop around it before lighting it. So when I go out there in the evenings to write, I bring matches and a spoon, and I guess I need you guys to know that it's not even a little bit for heroin.

Weird Q: Do you guys know if it's normal for a hiring committee to request (and receive) a candidate's personnel file from a previous institution during the hiring process?

Reclassifying the counterexamples to my theory as advanced teachings

Make like a tree and stay there.

I've had a really wonderful summer, but man it feels like hard mode with elementary aged kids.

(wokely) what if women were meat?

BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 6d ago

a worrying number of PETA's ads appear to be basically 'the writer's barely disguised fetish'

Prolegomena to Any Future Playerhood

Justin Weinberg@dailynous.com · 7d ago

Alex Rails again.

Departments holding mock conferences to facilitate professional development* * virtuous flirting

Hi. I'm Alex Rails. And you're watching Alex Rails' Rail Tales.

Leaves of Grass 2 leaves 2 grass L3aves of Grass

(exiting the theater) well, that was a journey

Tried to kick the habit but I accidentally kicked the bucket instead. Not sure why they keep the habit and the bucket right next to each other like that.

Does the property of being a nepo baby intensify or dilute if you're the nepo baby of a nepo baby?

Giving every annoying poster one (1) court-appointed chance to annoy someone again. What a beautiful marketplace of ideas.

If you block me I should be able to pester you a little bit. Let's call it the gentleman's pester. Pleas, I am pure of heart.

marked safe ✅ from using a colonial metaphor to describe what I'm doing in my paper

Folks, I did my first blackberry picking of the summer, and tonight I'm baking a pie.

Anniversary date! 13 years. I bought an oil can.

boys becoming men, men becoming wolves

Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago

deadheading marigolds to harvest the seeds because apparently this is who I am now

There were lots of good moments at NASSP x CSWIP, but one of my favorites was when Quill and Rowan Bell asked the trans bartender about their queer night, and she responded, "You aren't gay, are you?"

Did I mention that I designed the swag for this year's NASSP x CSWIP conference? The image in black is from a linocut.

Day 2 was fun! Got clocked as okay Kelly for the first time (hi @andrulus.bsky.social 👋). Great talk by @audreysh.bsky.social and wonderful keynote on spatial agency by @quillkukla.bsky.social