Lydia E. Ferguson

Little Golden Book origin story of Smokey the Bear from 1955 (1970 edition). Image one shows a baby bear being held up by a park ranger and clearly suffering burns from a forest fire. In image two, he’s still burned, but drinking from a tin like a bottle and using the ranger’s pack as a pillow.

No. After the fiery death of his mother, Smokey was rescued by a park ranger and acclimated to humans.

Oh shit—they sent me a really reasonable counter offer.

When you randomly check if there are first editions you can afford by your favorite #19c author and end up submitting an offer 😬

#AmLit #AALit #CharlesChesnutt #AcademicSky

Friend one: “Is there even any point to applying to a Fulbright?”

Friend two: “Well, they’re accepting applicatio…wait a minute. Says they’re “prioritizing American Studies in light of the country’s 250th anniversary.”

Friend one: “I …don’t think they know what ‘American Studies’ means.”

Outdoor pigs killed my uncle

a blue cartoon cat with sharp teeth is laying on a ledge ALT: a blue cartoon cat with sharp teeth is laying on a ledge

Got big plans this weekend
#kpopdemonhunters

But when working women do that we’re made to feel like bad mothers.

Oh no 😥

PragerU is absolute trash.

Kate Culkin and her new book, "Emerson’s Daughters: Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith Emerson Forbes, and Their Family Legacy"

Prof. @klculkin.bsky.social explains that her new book, “Emerson’s Daughters,” asks readers to think about the often-invisible work women contribute to families www.gc.cuny.edu/news... @umasspress.bsky.social @bamcuny.bsky.social

They’re great to make when you need to take your aggression out. To make really good ones, soak the tenderloins in buttermilk overnight and then pound the hell out of them. Mmmm

The trick is to order 2-3 extra buns. Damn, I miss dinner-plate tenderloins.

When you know someone’s in Indiana in .01 seconds:

I’m currently working on promotion materials and accidentally switched between Word and Google a few times—grrrrrrr

Had a nightmare that I was a student in a math class and, of course, was completely lost. I’ve been teaching #Humanities in #highered for 16 years now (yes I used a calculator), so at what point does my brain quit messing with me?

The waitressing dreams can also stop anytime.

At least in this crazy world, #microsoftword is reliable: “Oh, you wanna clear formatting? Okay, but I’m changing your font from Calibri 13 black to Arial 11 gray.”

#academicsky #edusky #teachers #syllabusprep #sisyphus

I can have nice handwriting, but it takes too long, so I speed through and hope it makes sense later.

Been saying it for years—Teen Vogue does great journalism.

Tall, midcentury lamp featuring an elf carved from wood—the light fixture is comprised of several arabesque lanterns cascading from behind the elf.

Ooh! A distracting lamp thread? Yes, please! This one’s for sale near me.

Started watching with my kids thinking it was a series, heard the first song and was like, “this is really good quality for a 30 min show”—then realized it was a movie and gave it proper attention—I seriously enjoyed it.

They had me at the carb loading scene.

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is now censoring its own exhibits to serve the political goals of the Trump administration. How much longer before we must conclude that it is no longer interpreting American history for the general public? www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Everyone who has a “difficult” name or has worked customer service is nodding along to this post.

Where in Fulton? One of the universities?

Rarely see the kids so hyper focused. I might need to lose “valuable” earrings in the backyard pool more often.

maybe there's still some good left in this world after all

Unbelievably, it was in my hometown in rural Indiana! Hence the shock and giddiness.

I love seeing my favorite words in use in the wild, and once got giddy seeing "tertiary" as an option at an ATM.