Mike Odom
@mikeodom.bsky.social
Sr Instructor, English, U of Illinois
Narrative junkie and lover of horror in all its artistic forms
Member of the church of baseball
He/him
Narrative junkie and lover of horror in all its artistic forms
Member of the church of baseball
He/him
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Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
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Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
March 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
The irony of a creationist saying that data doesn’t lie . . .
Johnson: "Elon's cracked the code. He's now inside these agencies. He's created these algorithms that are constantly crawling through the data & as he told me in his office, data doesn't lie. We're gonna be able to get the information. We're gonna be able to transform the way federal govt works."
February 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The irony of a creationist saying that data doesn’t lie . . .
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Recency bias edition for Day 14.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Recency bias edition for Day 14.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
February 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Recency bias edition for Day 14.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Recency bias edition for Day 14.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
With everything going on, who even knows what day it is anymore.
Okay, it’s Day 13. Nonsequential, obvs.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
With everything going on, who even knows what day it is anymore.
Okay, it’s Day 13. Nonsequential, obvs.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
January 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
With everything going on, who even knows what day it is anymore.
Okay, it’s Day 13. Nonsequential, obvs.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
With everything going on, who even knows what day it is anymore.
Okay, it’s Day 13. Nonsequential, obvs.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
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The music doesn’t stop on Bourbon Street for a blizzard
January 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The music doesn’t stop on Bourbon Street for a blizzard
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So incredibly happy to see so much snow in Louisiana. Growing up on Bayou Lafourche, I remember seeing snow the first time in my life at 10 years old…
There are kids who never leave the bayou, who have never seen this before, and they’re in heaven right now.
Have fun y’all.
There are kids who never leave the bayou, who have never seen this before, and they’re in heaven right now.
Have fun y’all.
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So incredibly happy to see so much snow in Louisiana. Growing up on Bayou Lafourche, I remember seeing snow the first time in my life at 10 years old…
There are kids who never leave the bayou, who have never seen this before, and they’re in heaven right now.
Have fun y’all.
There are kids who never leave the bayou, who have never seen this before, and they’re in heaven right now.
Have fun y’all.
I see people saying that this is college freshman-level reasoning.
No, it’s not. I teach freshmen. They are far smarter and more nuanced in their thinking than Yarvin is in his 50’s.
This is the student who doesn’t bother going to class because they think it’s a waste of their brilliance.
No, it’s not. I teach freshmen. They are far smarter and more nuanced in their thinking than Yarvin is in his 50’s.
This is the student who doesn’t bother going to class because they think it’s a waste of their brilliance.
This is really not the appropriate way to approach Yarvin, but I guess it’s better than pretending he doesn’t exist: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done (Gift Article)
The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I see people saying that this is college freshman-level reasoning.
No, it’s not. I teach freshmen. They are far smarter and more nuanced in their thinking than Yarvin is in his 50’s.
This is the student who doesn’t bother going to class because they think it’s a waste of their brilliance.
No, it’s not. I teach freshmen. They are far smarter and more nuanced in their thinking than Yarvin is in his 50’s.
This is the student who doesn’t bother going to class because they think it’s a waste of their brilliance.
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In re Claremont, Paul Fussell rightly pointed out back in the 80s that think tanks and institutes with all their talk of “scholars” and “fellows” was just people playing at university without having actually to put in the work—or, I’d add, having to face oppositional views from colleagues.
January 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
In re Claremont, Paul Fussell rightly pointed out back in the 80s that think tanks and institutes with all their talk of “scholars” and “fellows” was just people playing at university without having actually to put in the work—or, I’d add, having to face oppositional views from colleagues.
Poststructuralism: The Board Game
Seriously though, I really want to check this out. Guessing it will come up when I teach Crying of Lot 49 this semester.
www.polygon.com/tabletop-gam...
Seriously though, I really want to check this out. Guessing it will come up when I teach Crying of Lot 49 this semester.
www.polygon.com/tabletop-gam...
The alien board game people are spending months translating
Amabel Holland’s latest game is written entirely in an alien language
www.polygon.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Poststructuralism: The Board Game
Seriously though, I really want to check this out. Guessing it will come up when I teach Crying of Lot 49 this semester.
www.polygon.com/tabletop-gam...
Seriously though, I really want to check this out. Guessing it will come up when I teach Crying of Lot 49 this semester.
www.polygon.com/tabletop-gam...
This is breaking my brain this morning. Also, I really need to see this.
Escape from the terrordome: how Netherlands panopticon prisons are being reborn as stunning arts hubs
Escape from the terrordome: how Netherlands panopticon prisons are being reborn as stunning arts hubs
They were built to instil fear. Now these giant domed jails, which date back to the 1700s, are being turned into creative centres – complete with cells for rent and escape rooms
One of the architectural features that marks out the skyline of Haarlem, a…
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is breaking my brain this morning. Also, I really need to see this.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 12
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 12
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
January 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 12
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 12
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 11
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 11
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
December 31, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 11
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 11
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
You may be cool, but are you Cutch casually hanging in the dugout cool?
What was your favorite sports card purchase of 2024? 👀
As the year winds down, it’s a great time to look back on your personal collecting journey.
Here are our top five personal favorite pickups:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/601...
As the year winds down, it’s a great time to look back on your personal collecting journey.
Here are our top five personal favorite pickups:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/601...
December 26, 2024 at 4:44 PM
You may be cool, but are you Cutch casually hanging in the dugout cool?
Lost count with the holidays.
/checks feed
Ah, Day 10 it is, then.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
/checks feed
Ah, Day 10 it is, then.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
December 26, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Lost count with the holidays.
/checks feed
Ah, Day 10 it is, then.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
/checks feed
Ah, Day 10 it is, then.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
This is one of the things that I admire about my favorite authors. Find the seams, pull at the strands ‘til they break, then weave them back together.
December 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM
This is one of the things that I admire about my favorite authors. Find the seams, pull at the strands ‘til they break, then weave them back together.
The Dems had a choice in the 90’s. Come hard at Reaganism or capitulate to Gingrich and the “Republican Revolution.” Thanks to Bill Clinton, the “Third Way” became entrenched as strategy, and we’ve been paying for it ever since.
December 18, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The Dems had a choice in the 90’s. Come hard at Reaganism or capitulate to Gingrich and the “Republican Revolution.” Thanks to Bill Clinton, the “Third Way” became entrenched as strategy, and we’ve been paying for it ever since.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9
#BookChallenge
#BookSky
Day 9
#BookChallenge
#BookSky
December 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9
#BookChallenge
#BookSky
Day 9
#BookChallenge
#BookSky
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 8
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
December 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 8
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 7
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
December 13, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 7
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 6
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
December 12, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Day 6
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Okay, back to the challenge. (I mean, no one said they were consecutive days, amirite?)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
December 10, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Okay, back to the challenge. (I mean, no one said they were consecutive days, amirite?)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
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💀The history of the found-footage horror movie…*💀
*for a fairly elastic definition of horror, and indeed found footage.
I’m a huge fan of this sometimes-maligned genre. I’ve seen all of these, but I’m always on the lookout for more; does anyone have any recommendations for films not on this list?
*for a fairly elastic definition of horror, and indeed found footage.
I’m a huge fan of this sometimes-maligned genre. I’ve seen all of these, but I’m always on the lookout for more; does anyone have any recommendations for films not on this list?
December 8, 2024 at 11:26 AM
💀The history of the found-footage horror movie…*💀
*for a fairly elastic definition of horror, and indeed found footage.
I’m a huge fan of this sometimes-maligned genre. I’ve seen all of these, but I’m always on the lookout for more; does anyone have any recommendations for films not on this list?
*for a fairly elastic definition of horror, and indeed found footage.
I’m a huge fan of this sometimes-maligned genre. I’ve seen all of these, but I’m always on the lookout for more; does anyone have any recommendations for films not on this list?