Cindy
@cindypotts.bsky.social
I make pretty things using genuine intelligence. Old lady. Everylittlebit.etsy.com
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My wife of 29 years, bookbinder and book artist Jana Pullman, passed away in February after a long illness. She’s gotten some great memorials, including a posthumous award and a binding in a new exhibit at MN History Center. Here’s her take on that work: aboutthebinding.blogspot.com/2012/08/open...
Open Horizons
This binding was done on the book Open Horizons by Sigurd F. Olson. It is about his love affair with the wilderness in Wisconsin. It i...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My wife of 29 years, bookbinder and book artist Jana Pullman, passed away in February after a long illness. She’s gotten some great memorials, including a posthumous award and a binding in a new exhibit at MN History Center. Here’s her take on that work: aboutthebinding.blogspot.com/2012/08/open...
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Why. Were. So. Many. Men. Regularly. Emailing. Jeff. Epstein. After. He. Was. A. Known. Pedophile?
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Why. Were. So. Many. Men. Regularly. Emailing. Jeff. Epstein. After. He. Was. A. Known. Pedophile?
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While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
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I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future
When you’ve spent your whole adult life working in and around book publishing you get used to hearing that people don’t read anymore and that the industry is on its last legs. There is always a cri…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
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hug your war criminals a little tighter today
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
hug your war criminals a little tighter today
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People are often invited into unlearning by love in the expansive sense. @lewispants.bsky.social noticed that what created the conditions for unlearning was, in part, or sometimes almost entirely about relationships. @prismreports.org
The spiritual, political, and liberatory work of unlearning
In a Q&A with Prism, journalist and activist Lewis Raven Wallace discussed his new book “Radical Unlearning,” a guide for breaking free from harmful ideologies
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October 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
People are often invited into unlearning by love in the expansive sense. @lewispants.bsky.social noticed that what created the conditions for unlearning was, in part, or sometimes almost entirely about relationships. @prismreports.org
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Happy to report that our book 'Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050' has been published! It is Open Access, so you can read (or download) it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Happy to report that our book 'Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050' has been published! It is Open Access, so you can read (or download) it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Ok this is very niche but if you're looking to buy OuiSi for the holidays they're hoping to be sold out in November and on break in December. So order now!! OuiSi is the picture card game you can play with people who have dementia. This isn't an ad, I am just a fan.
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Ok this is very niche but if you're looking to buy OuiSi for the holidays they're hoping to be sold out in November and on break in December. So order now!! OuiSi is the picture card game you can play with people who have dementia. This isn't an ad, I am just a fan.
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Look, if all you did yesterday was survive, that's fucking something. They want us dead. Continuing to breathe is fucking doing something. If you survived AND did anything to increase your odds of surviving tomorrow, you're doing fucking awesome. Reshare some folks' fundraisers. Keep yourself alive.
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Look, if all you did yesterday was survive, that's fucking something. They want us dead. Continuing to breathe is fucking doing something. If you survived AND did anything to increase your odds of surviving tomorrow, you're doing fucking awesome. Reshare some folks' fundraisers. Keep yourself alive.
Holy moly read this thread
NEW RESEARCH
Americans who embrace Christian nationalism more likely to agree situation f/ people with disabilities is good as it is, disabled people demand too much from rest of society, & there have been enough societal efforts in favor of people w/ disabilities.
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
Americans who embrace Christian nationalism more likely to agree situation f/ people with disabilities is good as it is, disabled people demand too much from rest of society, & there have been enough societal efforts in favor of people w/ disabilities.
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Holy moly read this thread
I think there has been a misunderstanding of why I use Bluesky. I am here to read about what academics & intellectuals are doing, including finding new books, to connect with my friends who have left other platforms, and to see @gonzo.bsky.social behavior reports. No interest in dating anyone, ever.
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I think there has been a misunderstanding of why I use Bluesky. I am here to read about what academics & intellectuals are doing, including finding new books, to connect with my friends who have left other platforms, and to see @gonzo.bsky.social behavior reports. No interest in dating anyone, ever.
On my Patreon (free to read!) I talk about a shocking thing that happened at this weekend's market: www.patreon.com/posts/142164...
Hey. Good morning. Breathe. | Cindy Potts
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October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
On my Patreon (free to read!) I talk about a shocking thing that happened at this weekend's market: www.patreon.com/posts/142164...
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Halloween is nearly upon us! Here's "Witches: five silhouetted figures." Aquatint by M. Dubourg after B.A. Townshend, 1815.
From the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
From the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Halloween is nearly upon us! Here's "Witches: five silhouetted figures." Aquatint by M. Dubourg after B.A. Townshend, 1815.
From the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
From the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
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Block list of US Gov Bluesky accounts. You don’t want them seeing your stuff.
October 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Block list of US Gov Bluesky accounts. You don’t want them seeing your stuff.
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A potentially historic example of how manufacturing misinformation about universities is a reliable path to power and influence right now—and why that animus against universities is a symptom of broader threats to vital systems of public information + collective senses of fact, truth, and meaning.
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A potentially historic example of how manufacturing misinformation about universities is a reliable path to power and influence right now—and why that animus against universities is a symptom of broader threats to vital systems of public information + collective senses of fact, truth, and meaning.
Can't wait to read this
COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"
The Public Scholar
A Practical Handbook
www.press.jhu.edu
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Can't wait to read this
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September 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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And as for writing, don't get me started. Most often, the process of writing is not a laborious business of transcription, but a process of thinking itself. I'm not about to outsource my thinking to a machine.
September 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
And as for writing, don't get me started. Most often, the process of writing is not a laborious business of transcription, but a process of thinking itself. I'm not about to outsource my thinking to a machine.
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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The American experiment itself is Antifa, and is organization comprised of every true American who honors the Constitution. Membership is our birthright.
September 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The American experiment itself is Antifa, and is organization comprised of every true American who honors the Constitution. Membership is our birthright.
Isn't practicing medicine without a license against the law? Not that the president cares about the law, but who is he to give medical advice?
September 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Isn't practicing medicine without a license against the law? Not that the president cares about the law, but who is he to give medical advice?
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One of the many social plagues of our time is the decline in literacy. I don't just mean people's ability to read, but that so few read good literature anymore, even in schools. The study of literature helped create a shared moral reality. We could sure use some of that now.
September 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
One of the many social plagues of our time is the decline in literacy. I don't just mean people's ability to read, but that so few read good literature anymore, even in schools. The study of literature helped create a shared moral reality. We could sure use some of that now.