Matthew P. Brown
@mpbrown.bsky.social
english & the center for the book, uiowa / ed, ui press / author, *the pilgrim & the bee* (penn, 2007) and *the novel & the blank* (jhup, 2025) / opinions about drink are, in a certain sense, from my employer https://english.uiowa.edu/people/matthew-brown
the three essential things for habitability are not atmosphere, rocks, and flowing water. the three essential things are missy elliott, bob, and ray. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/s...
Astronomers Find an Atmosphere on a Nearby Earthlike Planet
It’s the first potentially habitable world known to host an atmosphere, making it a lead contender in the search for life beyond our solar system.
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Anyone who is mad about the appropriation of @rachelcleves.bsky.social 's research should go buy her book and encourage others to do the same: bookshop.org/p/books/char...
Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
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Your summer power bill spiking isn't bad luck, it’s by design. Iowa utilities raise rates every June 1 - Aug 31, built into the rate plan. And Alliant just stacked TWO rate hikes about +$17 month onto the average bill. Corporations are profiting, data centers are moving in and WE pay the price.
"Dear Recipient, Your terminated NEH award is eligible for reinstatement pursuant to the rulings issued on May 7, 2026. . . To begin the reinstatement process, complete the Reinstatement Assurances Form. You can find this document in the Forms tab in eGMS Reach." Happy about this? Rejoin the MLA.
my partner, who is from new york, is for the knicks wtaf
Universities run on: - undergrad money, - grad student labor - faculty expertise …and staff *everything else*. And most universities pay those “everything else” folks poorly, offer them no security, and let them go first.
Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 2mo agoUMD fired 84 people today, largely staff. In addition to the (many more) vacancies that are being closed. Guys with 25+ years of service. Moms who gave birth last week. The amazing woman who puts in 18 hour days to make our college commencement happen. In the richest state in the union, per capita.
Doug Gillard has a new record out, splayed across your streaming services. In honor of PARALLEL STRIDE, listen on the every other 2 various, mesmeric Gillard guitaring--with Guided by Voices, with the posthumous Game Theory record, with the astonishing Bambi Kino, and solo. Ears up! 2-3pm CT krui.fm
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oh look the sixers are standing around watching embiid
We’re tripling our energy use so 11th graders can cheat on the dual enrollment class they’re taking to “get out of” a college history requirement.
The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 3mo agoBackers of the massive data center campus say at full buildout it will consume 9GW of electricity, more than double the entire state of Utah’s current energy use. They say they intend to burn fossil fuels on site to make all that electricity. Box Elder County will vote on the proposal Monday.
the pope is correct about the war bc he is correct on the merits and not because he is the pope likewise Trump is wrong about the war on the merits and not bc heads of state should never criticize religious leaders or engage in blasphemy which is actually fine thank you for coming to my ted talk
Fire up your dirigibles and rev up your wind-powered gondolas: this talk in Duluth has been rescheduled for April 16 due to a blizzard 2 weeks ago. With mighty head nods to @njdames.bsky.social and @djbduncan.bsky.social and @melvillequotes.bsky.social #bookhistory #18c #c18 #vastearlyamerica
Matthew P. Brown@mpbrown.bsky.social · 4mo agoGood bloople of bluesky, join me in Duluth! With more in the shout out vein to @adamwithbooks.bsky.social and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Will Slauter. #bookhistory #18c #c18 #vastearlyamerica
Me, after reviewer 2 gets done with my paper
Don’t Go Jason Waterfalls@jtwashin.bsky.social · 4mo ago“I will beat Geno’s ass” - Dawn Staley
Good bloople of bluesky, join me in Duluth! With more in the shout out vein to @adamwithbooks.bsky.social and Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Will Slauter. #bookhistory #18c #c18 #vastearlyamerica
Matthew P. Brown@mpbrown.bsky.social · 4mo agoHonored to be giving the Janofsky Lecture in Duluth at the University of Minnesota on April 2nd. Come hear about what I’m calling the modular turn in book history, with shout outs to Lucille Chia, Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien, @whitneytrettien.bsky.social, @jeffmakala.bsky.social, and @mlmcgill.bsky.social!
bluesky's type case ran out of h's and o's and so belatedly i say xxly sxit ucxnn
Honored to be giving the Janofsky Lecture in Duluth at the University of Minnesota on April 2nd. Come hear about what I’m calling the modular turn in book history, with shout outs to Lucille Chia, Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien, @whitneytrettien.bsky.social, @jeffmakala.bsky.social, and @mlmcgill.bsky.social!
I have The Perfect Joke, the set up is identical to the punch line the set up is identical to the punch line
King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 5mo agoI have a joke about Cassandra that you wouldn't believe.
good bloople of bluesky, give me some, i listened to all 78 minutes of that song by the necks last night
This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m... I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.
