This is your regular reminder that rationality is an emotion. It is not the opposite of emotion. It is the feeling of being calmly certain. That is not the same thing as being right. It is the FEELING of being right.

“Legalizing the denial of bodily self-determination increases patriarchal control over ALL people deemed socially transgressive.”

— @lewispants.bsky.social

truthout.org/articles/sup...

As part of my work, I help to facilitate college-in-prison programs in SoCal. We do this because we believe education is a human right + should be open to all.

We are raising money for tuition for incarcerated students. Since they make less than $1/hr, this is essential! Please donate if you can.

go.bsky.app/9tig3Xx I’m not remotely sure how to do this. Please let me know if you’d like to be off this list or on it.

"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the great wastage is in the verbs and adjectives, but there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well. It isn't only the synonyms; there are also the antonyms." --Nineteen Eighty-Four

Some lists of bad actors to block (click subscribe, then select block). Didn't create these, but I block 'em all! Up to you how you want to handle!

MAGA

Right Wing Propaganda

Far right

NFT/AI/Crypto

More NFT/AI/Crypto

British Bigots

Nazis

Content Scrapers

In the next couple months I need to figure out how to stay informed without endlessly exposing myself to all the dark (probably accurate) predictions of how Terrible Trump Part Deux will be. It’s just too much, seeing all these doomsday scenarios.

Hi, BlueSky! I’m a queer English professor and prison educator/abolitionist. When I’m not worrying excessively, I also knit, read, and rock hound. Pictured here is a pair of handmade baby socks and my beloved, elderly dog, whose breed is 1/2 meatball and 1/2 potato.