The two worlds contained within bluesky, people who don't understand shitposting, and people who yearn for shitposting.

It's great some authors will share their work if you email them for a pdf.

But this isn't a good use of your time, or theirs.

I do think academics have more important things to do than a system where they reply one by one to every potential reader who wants to read beyond the abstract.

Acceptance and commitment therapy is *an entire whole branch of therapy* devoted to stopping people from trying to shame ourselves into being better *because shame is corrosive*

'“If this…scenario is confirmed, basic research is heading for disaster,” Deketelaere wrote. “€31.5bn over seven years…is a fraction of what the USA and China invest (annually) in fundamental research.”' 2/2

Oh no, I adore the Hirshfield!

v specifically I've been reading this piece by
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
which argues that some level of shame is part of a robustly liberal society www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

he admits that shame is corrosive, just...idk I want more depth

I adore this. FWIW, here is quite possibly my favourite poem in the English language: poets.org/poem/fern-hill

I just think that poetry needs some kind of linguistic structure to resonate with me. I'm not a fan of Rupi Kaur-style prose poetry.

Absolutely!!