With a president trying to downplay racism at the SMITHSONIAN, it would be a really REALLY REALLY good time to follow, read, and spread the word of Black historians, professors, scholars, and artists, white people.

So excited about this article in *Poetics Today* on Charles Yu’s *How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe*. Contemporary lit, obviously, but lots on fictionality and infrastructure for the 18th/19th century folks: Siskin, Baucom, Gallagher and Greenblatt read.dukeupress.edu/poetics-toda...

America is Red Lobster. Though it was better than some places, it was never really "great." Many other countries had far better offerings. You could still afford it, & although it was mediocre, there were still a couple of good things (at least the biscuits were good).

I become more convinced by the day that the Trump regime, as well as bulldozering the rights of vulnerable and marginalised people, will crash the US economy in a truly spectacular fashion. We all need to brace.
Take care, especially American friends.

Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office visit ended early when Donald Trump and JD Vance began angrily yelling at him. Here's why women like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are too emotional to be president.

This quilt circa 1935, tiny stitches of a flower garden pattern, lovingly made for a baby boy. He was breech and my grandmother almost died. Then whooping cough and he almost died. And now it seems unbelievable there are some who are against science and what it has given to reduce human suffering.

Trump is deporting the guy who mows your lawn but releasing the guy who bashed a police officer’s head in back to your community.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Christian that Franklin Graham failed to be.

Last year was rough, but on the very last day of it an old friend reached out to say hello. So I’ll count it as good. I had a lovely day at home on the first day of the new year, I’ll count that as good too.