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Philosopher. Writer. Becker Fellow. Tea. It's never too late to do the right thing.
@CityPhilo Research Group
#MFA #PhDlife #philsky #EduSky #skybrarians
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Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.
#Edusky #skybrarians
My winter-hearty lunch is packed with protein and fiber goodness:
French lentils and diced potato, steamed together in broth (or water) until tender (about 35 minutes).

Makes a great post-workout dish.
Set it up in the steamer, go work out, and it's ready when you come back.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
What were your favorite reads in 2025?

These reached out and saved me along the way

-The River Has Roots, El-Mohtar
-The Song of Achilles, Miller
-Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Zevin
-I Who Have Never Known Men, Harpman
-Gargoyle, Davidson*

*Reread, and I almost never reread

#booksky
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Yesterday at the new (to me) location, the department manager spent from 5-7am "helping" me, which really was just him standing between me and the work while explaining how amazing our current president is.

This is going to be an interesting assignment.
December 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Q4 usually has so many jobs added for seasonal positions that its impact has to be modified.

Seeing such low numbers in the fourth quarter is an alarm.
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."

-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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I don’t know how to process the horrific fire hose of tragedy that has been omnipresent but has spiked this weekend, and I suspect I’m not alone. We aren’t meant to carry this much suffering and be able to function at “normal” capacity. Be gentle with yourself and others, if you can.
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Who are my US demographic gurus?
I need some reliable data on population impacts and trends for the intersection of mortality and fertility.
Measles didn’t make a comeback on its own.

This is RFK Jr’s anti-vax movement and his disinformation campaign. And equally as disturbing, some people are perfectly fine with this outcome.
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Serious question: What would you be doing differently if we were heading into another Great Depression?
Makes me think of WW2, 1941, and the American govt running out of money barely recovering from the depression and trying to go to war and the blitz on the public to buy ‘war bonds’

But sure the economy’s doing great.
December 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is the content I'm here for today.
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
14 yo pressed The Cruel Prince into my hands at the library last night, saying with a serious face, "You have to read it."

So I'm reading it and I can stretch my acceptance of the fantastic pretty far, but no, I cannot accept "Autumn solstice."

Just no.
a picture of a woman with the words dramatic druid stare written on it
Alt: dramatic druid stare
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Snow day tomorrow, so the 14 yo and I high-tailed it to the library to get the next book in their dark fantasy series.

Stay warm and dry, y'all.
❄️
a woman is reading a book called a pilgrim 's journey by joseph crackstone
ALT: a woman is reading a book called a pilgrim 's journey by joseph crackstone
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Art saves lives.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
100 pages into The God of the Woods.
The writing reminds me of Peter Behrens, in all the best ways, so far.
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Continuing my long-standing tradition of spending Black Friday reading, lounging with the dog and the family, and drinking an amazing cup of tea.
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Randomly started a new book from my TBR stack, knowing nothing about it and wow.

I'm halfway through The Poppy War and it's like the Universe said "Read this. Read this right now."
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Spending the morning reading with a cracking cup of tea.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just now catching The Little Drummer Girl from 2018 and wow. It's brilliant.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My most woke opinion is that Georgism is the way forward for cities
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Bezos employs 1.5 million people.

He could improve the lives of families with the stroke of a pen, just by deciding to.
Overnight.
Minimum salary of 75,000.
Cadillac benefits.
Company sponsored daycare and preschool.
On-site clinics.
Transit.
Pensions.

He would still be rich.
Stock would SOAR.
If I had that kind of money, I'd spend it improving as many lives as I could while also having a good time and living life.
November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The shift is real.
The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”

So I don’t know man.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Flurries this morning in Roanoke.
#swvawx
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Friendly reminder that Congress has not yet passed a comprehensive 2025 funding bill, and that has consequences.
The 28th Amendment!💸⏰
“Section 1: If Congress fails to pass an annual federal budget by fiscal year's start, a national election for all members of Congress shall be triggered within 60 days. Congress and Presidential pay is suspended until a budget is passed.”
@ossoff.senate.gov
@crockett.house.gov
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Primary them all.
I'm looking at you, @kaine.senate.gov
New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”

If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@kaine.senate.gov, Americans cannot afford this deal.

We need new leaders in the Senate.
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.

We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM