Meg Florian
@megflorian.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Production Coordinator for humanities and social science journals at Duke University Press. Proud member of the DUP Workers Union. She/they. AuDHD.
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it's a miniature language model, completely sustainable and long-lasting, made to human scale and for human uses, proportional and modest
from @carcanet.bsky.social and in or through a bookshop near you
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017485...
from @carcanet.bsky.social and in or through a bookshop near you
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017485...
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
it's a miniature language model, completely sustainable and long-lasting, made to human scale and for human uses, proportional and modest
from @carcanet.bsky.social and in or through a bookshop near you
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017485...
from @carcanet.bsky.social and in or through a bookshop near you
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017485...
Mac and cheese ✅
Mashed potatoes ✅
Cranberry sauce✅
Pie dough✅
I am exhausted but prepared!
Mashed potatoes ✅
Cranberry sauce✅
Pie dough✅
I am exhausted but prepared!
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Mac and cheese ✅
Mashed potatoes ✅
Cranberry sauce✅
Pie dough✅
I am exhausted but prepared!
Mashed potatoes ✅
Cranberry sauce✅
Pie dough✅
I am exhausted but prepared!
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Most publishers (there are always exceptions) decide whether or not to buy a second book (or a third etc) based on how the previous book did. So when you pirate a book in most cases it’s less about the money you just stole from both author and publisher it’s about the future book you just killed.
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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helping ships stay off the rocks, that's a hardworkin' capy...
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
helping ships stay off the rocks, that's a hardworkin' capy...
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just because www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAME...
Andrew Marlin, Jordan Tice & Christian Sedelmyer "Diamond Joe" (The Aspen Sessions)
YouTube video by Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots
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November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
just because www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAME...
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Admitting you don’t know something! What a concept (let’s do this more often.)
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Admitting you don’t know something! What a concept (let’s do this more often.)
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man we should bring back the pamphlet
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
man we should bring back the pamphlet
If you're into Edmund Fitzgerald lore this November, might I recommend the Punch Brothers rendition of the song? You're welcome.
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you're into Edmund Fitzgerald lore this November, might I recommend the Punch Brothers rendition of the song? You're welcome.
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Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
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me, seeing a handful of typos and clumsy but well-intentioned sentences, in the era of gen AI: A+!
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
me, seeing a handful of typos and clumsy but well-intentioned sentences, in the era of gen AI: A+!
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"4 Hours Work, 4 Hours Nappin" from 2021.
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"4 Hours Work, 4 Hours Nappin" from 2021.
Well now I also need this
who has the recipe for the perfect coffee quickbread or loaf cake? (coffee as ingredient not coffee as accompaniment)
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Well now I also need this
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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The Screwtape Letters is a premium feature, lads.
Hold up
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The Screwtape Letters is a premium feature, lads.
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I’m broken hearted over the passing of Alice Wong. What a human.
In her memory, I will be donating to the project she co-founded, Crips for eSims, which has raised over 3 million dollars so that Palestinians in Gaza can stay in contact with the world & one another. chuffed.org/project/crip...
In her memory, I will be donating to the project she co-founded, Crips for eSims, which has raised over 3 million dollars so that Palestinians in Gaza can stay in contact with the world & one another. chuffed.org/project/crip...
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’m broken hearted over the passing of Alice Wong. What a human.
In her memory, I will be donating to the project she co-founded, Crips for eSims, which has raised over 3 million dollars so that Palestinians in Gaza can stay in contact with the world & one another. chuffed.org/project/crip...
In her memory, I will be donating to the project she co-founded, Crips for eSims, which has raised over 3 million dollars so that Palestinians in Gaza can stay in contact with the world & one another. chuffed.org/project/crip...
Hey hey, Wipf & Stock has a big AAR/SBL sale going on and you can get my book for half off with code CONFSHIP, plus Media Mail shipping is free ninety-nine. wipfandstock.com/978153260715...
The Middle of Things- Wipf and Stock Publishers
In the tradition of classic essayists from Virginia Woolf to Annie Dillard, Meghan Florian combines personal narrative with careful analysis, taking the ordi...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hey hey, Wipf & Stock has a big AAR/SBL sale going on and you can get my book for half off with code CONFSHIP, plus Media Mail shipping is free ninety-nine. wipfandstock.com/978153260715...
Well well, it's replay every potentially stupid thing I've ever said in my head instead of falling asleep o'clock.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Well well, it's replay every potentially stupid thing I've ever said in my head instead of falling asleep o'clock.
We're talking official merch! Managed by her estate etc! 😭😭😭
I've been getting promoted posts for Mary Oliver MERCH over on IG and every time I see one I die a little more inside.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We're talking official merch! Managed by her estate etc! 😭😭😭
I've been getting promoted posts for Mary Oliver MERCH over on IG and every time I see one I die a little more inside.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I've been getting promoted posts for Mary Oliver MERCH over on IG and every time I see one I die a little more inside.
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Frame: these African women soccer players aren't really women
Negation: actually they were all assigned female at birth
Kirby: TRANSPHOBES ARE ALWAYS RACISTS. They are trying to define whose bodies are acceptable. The league must reject that project, not claim to meet its standards
Negation: actually they were all assigned female at birth
Kirby: TRANSPHOBES ARE ALWAYS RACISTS. They are trying to define whose bodies are acceptable. The league must reject that project, not claim to meet its standards
The @nwslsoccer.com & @nwslplayers.bsky.social statements accept the frame of the right wing and it sucks!
They are bad faith attacks from bigoted folks who don’t care about women’s sports at all. Stop justifying their “concerns”. No Murdoch-owned org actually cares about the NWSL.
They are bad faith attacks from bigoted folks who don’t care about women’s sports at all. Stop justifying their “concerns”. No Murdoch-owned org actually cares about the NWSL.
i made a helpful reference
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Frame: these African women soccer players aren't really women
Negation: actually they were all assigned female at birth
Kirby: TRANSPHOBES ARE ALWAYS RACISTS. They are trying to define whose bodies are acceptable. The league must reject that project, not claim to meet its standards
Negation: actually they were all assigned female at birth
Kirby: TRANSPHOBES ARE ALWAYS RACISTS. They are trying to define whose bodies are acceptable. The league must reject that project, not claim to meet its standards
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Frame: food stamps are used by undeserving / Black people
Negation: actually many people on food stamps are deserving / white
Kirby: THEY ARE STARVING PEOPLE ON PURPOSE. They are using racist tropes to justify it bc many people will find that persuasive. Everyone deserves to eat
Negation: actually many people on food stamps are deserving / white
Kirby: THEY ARE STARVING PEOPLE ON PURPOSE. They are using racist tropes to justify it bc many people will find that persuasive. Everyone deserves to eat
Seeing all the content focused on centering all the people who need help who aren’t “fat, ghetto asses” and we can already see how the deserving/undeserving rhetorical lines are going to fall.
October 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Frame: food stamps are used by undeserving / Black people
Negation: actually many people on food stamps are deserving / white
Kirby: THEY ARE STARVING PEOPLE ON PURPOSE. They are using racist tropes to justify it bc many people will find that persuasive. Everyone deserves to eat
Negation: actually many people on food stamps are deserving / white
Kirby: THEY ARE STARVING PEOPLE ON PURPOSE. They are using racist tropes to justify it bc many people will find that persuasive. Everyone deserves to eat
Happy Halloween from Grant and Alyssa, The Couple You Can't Believe are Together
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Happy Halloween from Grant and Alyssa, The Couple You Can't Believe are Together
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I heard this once as "In a just world, only a few people are guilty, but everyone is *responsible*" and that has really stuck with me.
I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I heard this once as "In a just world, only a few people are guilty, but everyone is *responsible*" and that has really stuck with me.