James M. Fraleigh
@jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social
Deadlines are my lifeline! Solo copyeditor (academic, scholarly, textbooks, trade/narrative nonfiction) and proofreader (any genre!). 🍩 appreciator. Enthusiastic New Jerseyan 🤌🏻 user. Trivial Democratic apparatchik. He/him.
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so tired of being sad & angry but last week i made friends with this beautiful creature. i think he’s bigger than i am. anytime my attention strayed away from him for half a moment he nudged me like “excuse me, what could possibly be more important than cuddling me,” & he was right. a perfect being
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
so tired of being sad & angry but last week i made friends with this beautiful creature. i think he’s bigger than i am. anytime my attention strayed away from him for half a moment he nudged me like “excuse me, what could possibly be more important than cuddling me,” & he was right. a perfect being
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Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows
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If the music is good, you don't need to understand the lyrics.
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
If the music is good, you don't need to understand the lyrics.
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Ah yes, the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction. The incident where Justin Timberlake ripped a woman’s top off and everyone got mad at her for it. Nothing describes the US quite like a black woman being assaulted on live TV and blamed for the whole thing while her white assailant gets away with it.
February 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Ah yes, the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction. The incident where Justin Timberlake ripped a woman’s top off and everyone got mad at her for it. Nothing describes the US quite like a black woman being assaulted on live TV and blamed for the whole thing while her white assailant gets away with it.
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When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
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wow netflix really wants me to watch ER a TV show from thirty years ago so much that they've sent me multiple messages and emails about it and maybe they should take this as a sign to create new 22 episode shows that people will want to watch in thirty years idk
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
wow netflix really wants me to watch ER a TV show from thirty years ago so much that they've sent me multiple messages and emails about it and maybe they should take this as a sign to create new 22 episode shows that people will want to watch in thirty years idk
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mask blocs will often handoff, drop, or mail you masks and/or tests
🤩
mask wearing is nonbinary. if you are unable for work or whatever it doesn’t mean you can’t mask in other places
pick a place and try!
public transit is a great place to start!
masking is also *antifascist*
need masks?
dm me
🤩
mask wearing is nonbinary. if you are unable for work or whatever it doesn’t mean you can’t mask in other places
pick a place and try!
public transit is a great place to start!
masking is also *antifascist*
need masks?
dm me
if masks are pricey for you, reader, check out covidactionmap.org + maskbloc.org to see if there are groups near you who can provide them. no one near you? check the link in my bio for the “how to start a maskbloc” zine, & the thread below for tips on making air at your gatherings a lil safer.
don’t know where to start? here are some brands that i like (+a vid of me wearin some, for a visual):
•Bonafide Masks
•WellBefore
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•Laianzhi
•Breatheteq
•BNX
•3M
•MaskC
•CambridgeMask
*buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product
•Bonafide Masks
•WellBefore
•Dräger
•BeHealthy
•Laianzhi
•Breatheteq
•BNX
•3M
•MaskC
•CambridgeMask
*buying directly from distributors (some use amazon)=best way to avoid less than quality product
February 10, 2026 at 10:52 AM
mask blocs will often handoff, drop, or mail you masks and/or tests
🤩
mask wearing is nonbinary. if you are unable for work or whatever it doesn’t mean you can’t mask in other places
pick a place and try!
public transit is a great place to start!
masking is also *antifascist*
need masks?
dm me
🤩
mask wearing is nonbinary. if you are unable for work or whatever it doesn’t mean you can’t mask in other places
pick a place and try!
public transit is a great place to start!
masking is also *antifascist*
need masks?
dm me
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Incidentally, a 44 to 47.5 percent cut to the length of the Washington Post's slogan would bring it precisely down to the two words "democracy dies."
The Washington Post layoffs were a bigger bloodbath than you thought. New figures reveal 44 to 47.5 percent of the paper's newsroom was eliminated during last week's cuts.
Actually, the Washington Post Layoffs Were a Bigger Bloodbath Than You Thought - Washingtonian
The layoffs announced last week at the Washington Post were disfiguring to the esteemed news organization, with whole sections and departments—sports, books, staff photography—wiped away, and…
washingtonian.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Incidentally, a 44 to 47.5 percent cut to the length of the Washington Post's slogan would bring it precisely down to the two words "democracy dies."
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
MORE OF THIS PLEASE, says this New Jerseyan:
HOOOOOO boy.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
MORE OF THIS PLEASE, says this New Jerseyan:
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Since we're re-litigating Ring's sins: How did they grow so fast?
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Emails from 2016 Show Amazon Ring's Hold on the LAPD Through Camera Giveaways
In March 2016, “smart” doorbell camera maker Ring was a growing company attempting to market its wireless smart security camera when it received an email from an officer in the Los Angeles Police Depa...
www.eff.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Since we're re-litigating Ring's sins: How did they grow so fast?
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
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The thing is elite schools love to gloat about their "radical" past. They bragged at Cornell about the student takeover of the student union that established the African American studies program. They love that shit retrospectively
"But if the member presidents choose the guise of institutional neutrality as a way to gain political cover, they may now be leading higher ed toward greater authoritarianism."
Well the AAU is gonna love this (miniest of threads)
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Well the AAU is gonna love this (miniest of threads)
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
How Elite Colleges Aided Censorship During the Red Scares
Powerful organizations during the Red Scares crafted a world where “academic freedom” was conditional on political allegiance.
www.insidehighered.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The thing is elite schools love to gloat about their "radical" past. They bragged at Cornell about the student takeover of the student union that established the African American studies program. They love that shit retrospectively
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Publishing job:
We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @oupress.bsky.social to support our acquisitions editors and authors!
It's a good entry point for a career in book publishing.
The position is on-site in Norman.
Questions? andrewb@ou.edu
Apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @oupress.bsky.social to support our acquisitions editors and authors!
It's a good entry point for a career in book publishing.
The position is on-site in Norman.
Questions? andrewb@ou.edu
Apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
Acquisitions Coordinator
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
ou.taleo.net
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Publishing job:
We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @oupress.bsky.social to support our acquisitions editors and authors!
It's a good entry point for a career in book publishing.
The position is on-site in Norman.
Questions? andrewb@ou.edu
Apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @oupress.bsky.social to support our acquisitions editors and authors!
It's a good entry point for a career in book publishing.
The position is on-site in Norman.
Questions? andrewb@ou.edu
Apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Plus ça change…
In 1963 MLK supported a nationwide boycott of Xmas shopping. @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social notes that the NYT editorial board wrote a piece slamming the effort called “Strike Against Santa Claus” which they said would “put civil rights activists on the same level as those who did the church bombing.”
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Plus ça change…
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Had no idea about this field recording show on WFMU, super cool! Thanks @mattbormet.com
www.wfmu.org/playlists/OU
www.wfmu.org/playlists/OU
Out Here in the Field with Amanda
Playlists & archives
www.wfmu.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Had no idea about this field recording show on WFMU, super cool! Thanks @mattbormet.com
www.wfmu.org/playlists/OU
www.wfmu.org/playlists/OU
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Friends with a new, renewed, or amplified interest in the Spanish language and Latin America, consider checking out the work your colleagues/neighbors in departments of Spanish/Romance Languages/Modern Languages/etc--they're likely in the corner of an old campus building 1/
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Friends with a new, renewed, or amplified interest in the Spanish language and Latin America, consider checking out the work your colleagues/neighbors in departments of Spanish/Romance Languages/Modern Languages/etc--they're likely in the corner of an old campus building 1/
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mr beast would secretly smuggle a xenomorph to earth
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
mr beast would secretly smuggle a xenomorph to earth
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If I make my body Pure and Good, I will live forever and the govt won’t hurt me
this was way more prevalent when i was still on tiktok but it feels like people are getting really weird about alcohol, coffee, anything that might make you happy--even in innocuous amounts! feels like we're re-engineering puritanism as a method of maintaining control (over ourselves, each other)
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 AM
If I make my body Pure and Good, I will live forever and the govt won’t hurt me
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Wear a mask! Ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
Covid is not over. The government pushed a “back to normal” agenda for the economy, not because it was safe.
They told us “only the vulnerable” needed to worry, but covid is a multi system vascular virus that is dangerous to everyone.
Covid is not over. The government pushed a “back to normal” agenda for the economy, not because it was safe.
They told us “only the vulnerable” needed to worry, but covid is a multi system vascular virus that is dangerous to everyone.
February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
Cardiovascular...
www.bmj.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Wear a mask! Ideally a well fitted respirator like an N95.
Covid is not over. The government pushed a “back to normal” agenda for the economy, not because it was safe.
They told us “only the vulnerable” needed to worry, but covid is a multi system vascular virus that is dangerous to everyone.
Covid is not over. The government pushed a “back to normal” agenda for the economy, not because it was safe.
They told us “only the vulnerable” needed to worry, but covid is a multi system vascular virus that is dangerous to everyone.
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Medical research continues to advance, to affirm theories of Covid's mechanisms and make new findings. Covid continues to kill and disable. In the UK, total failure to control its spread continues as a policy, by a government that has chosen to sacrifice people on the altar of "Never mention Covid".
February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
Cardiovascular...
www.bmj.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Medical research continues to advance, to affirm theories of Covid's mechanisms and make new findings. Covid continues to kill and disable. In the UK, total failure to control its spread continues as a policy, by a government that has chosen to sacrifice people on the altar of "Never mention Covid".
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don't forget they were trying to sell you NFTs on latenight talk shows, they were asking you to join the Metaverse without any legs, they were claiming you could raise your family up out of poverty on gambling apps.
now it's 'writing' 200 books a year - the same shitshake with a new flimsy straw.
now it's 'writing' 200 books a year - the same shitshake with a new flimsy straw.
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
don't forget they were trying to sell you NFTs on latenight talk shows, they were asking you to join the Metaverse without any legs, they were claiming you could raise your family up out of poverty on gambling apps.
now it's 'writing' 200 books a year - the same shitshake with a new flimsy straw.
now it's 'writing' 200 books a year - the same shitshake with a new flimsy straw.
"Uh-oh—Romulans!" (Girls Town)
The "Nor-mal view!" chant (MST3K: The Movie)
"I just got outta the tube, man!" (same)
"Blood! Flesh! Entrails! The contents of a human spilled!" ("Snow Thrills")
The "Nor-mal view!" chant (MST3K: The Movie)
"I just got outta the tube, man!" (same)
"Blood! Flesh! Entrails! The contents of a human spilled!" ("Snow Thrills")
Does anyone else have an MST3K line they use regularly, even if it makes no sense out of context?
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
"Uh-oh—Romulans!" (Girls Town)
The "Nor-mal view!" chant (MST3K: The Movie)
"I just got outta the tube, man!" (same)
"Blood! Flesh! Entrails! The contents of a human spilled!" ("Snow Thrills")
The "Nor-mal view!" chant (MST3K: The Movie)
"I just got outta the tube, man!" (same)
"Blood! Flesh! Entrails! The contents of a human spilled!" ("Snow Thrills")
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Just dropped by X, which is consumed by a war between factions of the Democratic Party, and there's really no way to exaggerate the fact that everyone involved, on every side, in every capacity, is making an utter & complete ass of themselves.
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Just dropped by X, which is consumed by a war between factions of the Democratic Party, and there's really no way to exaggerate the fact that everyone involved, on every side, in every capacity, is making an utter & complete ass of themselves.
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Analysis: we fired all our arts and culture writers
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Analysis: we fired all our arts and culture writers