@joshsako.bsky.social
@scalzi.com Having read your film criticism from your blog and now this from another author I like very much, would you say the form itself helps you develop as a writer?
Excerpt from Hilary Mantel’s review of Robocop archive.spectator.co.uk/article/20th...
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
@scalzi.com Having read your film criticism from your blog and now this from another author I like very much, would you say the form itself helps you develop as a writer?
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The Institute for Ideas and Imagination has posted a lecture I gave in September on extractivism, ”AI”, and book slavery in Ancient Rome on their podcast feed. open.spotify.com/episode/5cGH...
The Book as Extractive Technology
open.spotify.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The Institute for Ideas and Imagination has posted a lecture I gave in September on extractivism, ”AI”, and book slavery in Ancient Rome on their podcast feed. open.spotify.com/episode/5cGH...
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Schumer needs to be defeated as leader in January 2027.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Schumer needs to be defeated as leader in January 2027.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
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Abolish Ice should be a centrist position
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Abolish Ice should be a centrist position
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Are you a PhD student studying urban or metropolitan history? Apply to join the inaugural Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium that we're running at the SACRPH conference this October.
Come for the snacks, stay for the mentorship, camaraderie, and writing help.
Come for the snacks, stay for the mentorship, camaraderie, and writing help.
Are you a PhD student working on a dissertation that engages with the history of the city or metropolitan planning (anytime or place)? Apply to participate in the inaugural Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium at the SACRPH Conference in Cincinnati on Oct 15! Please repost and share offline.
Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium
sacrph.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Are you a PhD student studying urban or metropolitan history? Apply to join the inaugural Alison Isenberg Dissertation Colloquium that we're running at the SACRPH conference this October.
Come for the snacks, stay for the mentorship, camaraderie, and writing help.
Come for the snacks, stay for the mentorship, camaraderie, and writing help.
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This looks very cool.
An upcoming exhibit at the Museum of the City of NY—exhibit on occupied NYC during the Revolution.
mcny.orghttps//www.mcny.or...
An upcoming exhibit at the Museum of the City of NY—exhibit on occupied NYC during the Revolution.
mcny.orghttps//www.mcny.or...
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
This looks very cool.
An upcoming exhibit at the Museum of the City of NY—exhibit on occupied NYC during the Revolution.
mcny.orghttps//www.mcny.or...
An upcoming exhibit at the Museum of the City of NY—exhibit on occupied NYC during the Revolution.
mcny.orghttps//www.mcny.or...
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JOB: Early Career Faculty Fellow, History, Barnard College
Early Modern empires
2 year appointment, 1-1 teaching load
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
Early Modern empires
2 year appointment, 1-1 teaching load
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
January 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
JOB: Early Career Faculty Fellow, History, Barnard College
Early Modern empires
2 year appointment, 1-1 teaching load
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
Early Modern empires
2 year appointment, 1-1 teaching load
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
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I'm not a sports columnist or else I'd be busy right now banging out my column: "The Enshittification of the NHL Winter Classic."
January 3, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I'm not a sports columnist or else I'd be busy right now banging out my column: "The Enshittification of the NHL Winter Classic."
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Do people know that there are almost 1 million Muslims in NYC? Where are the stories about how Muslims are feeling about the first Muslim Mayor in NYC?
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Do people know that there are almost 1 million Muslims in NYC? Where are the stories about how Muslims are feeling about the first Muslim Mayor in NYC?
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No one could read before Gutenberg. Except five priests and the pope. The alphabet was a secret.
January 2, 2026 at 2:27 AM
No one could read before Gutenberg. Except five priests and the pope. The alphabet was a secret.
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What does the so-called zombie apocalypse of drug addiction in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, have to do with early-modern drunkenness? Check out my latest short piece about the monstrous drunkard's "Beastly Transformations" in @contingent-mag.bsky.social.
Beastly Transformations
as gluttonous as a pig, as angry as a lion, as quarrelsome as a dog
contingentmagazine.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What does the so-called zombie apocalypse of drug addiction in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, have to do with early-modern drunkenness? Check out my latest short piece about the monstrous drunkard's "Beastly Transformations" in @contingent-mag.bsky.social.
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WELCOME MY SIBLINGS IN PIE
Over the last 24 hours I have had slices of key lime pie, apple pie, and pumpkin pie. Feel like I am starting to understand @scalzi.com better. Pie is good!
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
WELCOME MY SIBLINGS IN PIE
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This spectacular image of the planetary alignment of Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter above the Sydney Opera House was taken in the early morning around April 21, 2022, and featured as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on April 26, 2022
December 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This spectacular image of the planetary alignment of Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter above the Sydney Opera House was taken in the early morning around April 21, 2022, and featured as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on April 26, 2022
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🔭 Yesterday I made a last attempt to capture 3I/ATLAS, our interstellar visitor.
By now its brightness has faded to just magnitude 13.3, but after an hour of exposure it still showed up. A faint glimpse of a traveler from beyond our solar system. 😀
#Astrophotography #seestar #3iatlas #comet
By now its brightness has faded to just magnitude 13.3, but after an hour of exposure it still showed up. A faint glimpse of a traveler from beyond our solar system. 😀
#Astrophotography #seestar #3iatlas #comet
December 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🔭 Yesterday I made a last attempt to capture 3I/ATLAS, our interstellar visitor.
By now its brightness has faded to just magnitude 13.3, but after an hour of exposure it still showed up. A faint glimpse of a traveler from beyond our solar system. 😀
#Astrophotography #seestar #3iatlas #comet
By now its brightness has faded to just magnitude 13.3, but after an hour of exposure it still showed up. A faint glimpse of a traveler from beyond our solar system. 😀
#Astrophotography #seestar #3iatlas #comet
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No one should have to be awake for dentistry and healthcare should fully cover sedation.
#SedatedDentistry2026
Do I have your vote?
#SedatedDentistry2026
Do I have your vote?
December 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
No one should have to be awake for dentistry and healthcare should fully cover sedation.
#SedatedDentistry2026
Do I have your vote?
#SedatedDentistry2026
Do I have your vote?
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related: teeth are not optional bones and dentistry should be fully covered.
December 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
related: teeth are not optional bones and dentistry should be fully covered.
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❤️❤️❤️
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
❤️❤️❤️
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This is NGC 2264, also called the "Christmas Tree Cluster." It's a cluster of young stars about 2,500 light years away.
They were 'born' during the Pliocene Epoch (2-5 MYA), about the same time as early hominids like Ardipithecus or Homo habilis, so they're barely older than humanity.
🎄💫🔭
They were 'born' during the Pliocene Epoch (2-5 MYA), about the same time as early hominids like Ardipithecus or Homo habilis, so they're barely older than humanity.
🎄💫🔭
December 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is NGC 2264, also called the "Christmas Tree Cluster." It's a cluster of young stars about 2,500 light years away.
They were 'born' during the Pliocene Epoch (2-5 MYA), about the same time as early hominids like Ardipithecus or Homo habilis, so they're barely older than humanity.
🎄💫🔭
They were 'born' during the Pliocene Epoch (2-5 MYA), about the same time as early hominids like Ardipithecus or Homo habilis, so they're barely older than humanity.
🎄💫🔭
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We're all descendants of a bunch of Mesozoic mammals who scrambled around trying to avoid being lunch for dinosaurs.
I don't know what that makes you feel, but remember how far your DNA has come, and that there lies within you a plucky survivor.
I don't know what that makes you feel, but remember how far your DNA has come, and that there lies within you a plucky survivor.
December 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We're all descendants of a bunch of Mesozoic mammals who scrambled around trying to avoid being lunch for dinosaurs.
I don't know what that makes you feel, but remember how far your DNA has come, and that there lies within you a plucky survivor.
I don't know what that makes you feel, but remember how far your DNA has come, and that there lies within you a plucky survivor.
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"Weiss is following a long-standing instinct to turn every Trump abuse into a debate, a generosity she does not afford targets on the left...impossible to take her objections at face value given the context in which she's operating."
-@jonathanbchait.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
-@jonathanbchait.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Stop Defending Bari Weiss
It is impossible to take her actions at face value given the context in which she is operating.
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"Weiss is following a long-standing instinct to turn every Trump abuse into a debate, a generosity she does not afford targets on the left...impossible to take her objections at face value given the context in which she's operating."
-@jonathanbchait.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
-@jonathanbchait.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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BEAUVAIS MISSAL ALERT! I am so excited that @rarebookschool.bsky.social acquired this leaf! Here's its record in @fragmentarium.bsky.social , updated with the new location! Can't wait to use this for teaching in '26! fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-0...
December 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
BEAUVAIS MISSAL ALERT! I am so excited that @rarebookschool.bsky.social acquired this leaf! Here's its record in @fragmentarium.bsky.social , updated with the new location! Can't wait to use this for teaching in '26! fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-0...
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That character on here who keeps insisting "you can't read everything! no one actually reads all of the literature in their field" has never met an exam committee.
December 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
That character on here who keeps insisting "you can't read everything! no one actually reads all of the literature in their field" has never met an exam committee.
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fwiw, for me the whole discourse about AI "summarizing" materials comes from the idea that doing the Humanities is "easy" and books/ articles are simply information conveyance mechanisms, not the thing they are - knowledge creation machines with nuanced arguments
December 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
fwiw, for me the whole discourse about AI "summarizing" materials comes from the idea that doing the Humanities is "easy" and books/ articles are simply information conveyance mechanisms, not the thing they are - knowledge creation machines with nuanced arguments
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is a surgical dismantling of yet another dumb Matt Yglesias argument by a former clean energy exec and current Representative. This is the sort of thing that should make people stop listening to people like Yglesias.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.