Also, may I direct your attention to the Salem's proposed FY 2026 budget...

www.thebulwark.com/p/nations-ar...

I know that we have far more disturbing fish to fry right now but can I just say that "swang" still haunts me.

It may just be the gray unmedicated abyss that I am wading through right now but I think scholars in pretty much every discipline should be confronting climate collapse and death in their work at this point. To neglect both is to render our narratives, our research, ourselves incomplete.

I was gifted a *wearable blanket* and I am pleased to report that I will never be wearing anything else again.

ACLU-Oregon information on immigrant rights (state-specific):
www.aclu-or.org/en/know-your...

Immigrant Legal Center Resource Cards: www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...

It feels weird to be thinking about desire right now when *gestures around*, but then again maybe this is the perfect time. I've been loving this because Taddeo's love for her subjects--formerly strangers to her-- is on every page, and I don't think you can do powerful NF work