Ashley Patriarca

Agreed. So sandy, so mealy, so very, very bland.

Y’all, I genuinely cannot wait until the primetime airing of these closing ceremonies. It’s deliciously weird shit that is going to confuse the hell out of certain parts of the U.S., and I am here for it. (Am also here for the Johnny-Tara commentary throughout.)

Save the date! This upcoming Eisner Week, there will virtual event over Zoom hosted to celebrate the life and work of Will Eisner with creators Dan Mazur and Stephen Weiner! Join us alongside instructors/creators Brian Michael Bendis and David Walker, we'll see you there!

There it is, y'all.

That sounds amazing!

Chris made sausage gravy & biscuits this morning, and I will now be sleeping through the entirety of Snowmageddon 2026, Round I Lost Count

Meanwhile, last time they cancelled Monday *and* Tuesday classes on the Friday before.

A group of amazingly generous folks are 3D printing whistles and sending them (for free) to people across the country whose areas are under attack by ICE. They've sent almost a million. Want to help? Buy them filament 👇

I loved the episode so much, and this detail only makes me love it more. Time to rewatch!

This is such a good hook

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

there is an extremely simple answer to the "abandon trans rights" folks and it is "no" and also "fuck you"

And if you’re wondering “Why is there a blob in the back?” Well, that’s where the first woman president was supposed to go. More than a century later, it remains unsculpted.

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.

My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!

go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

I became Senior VP at a multi-million dollar company at age 26. My salary was $600k. This was in 2018. How did I do it? Blacked out lines CEO (my dad) promoted me to SVP. There are no gimmicks. There are no shortcuts.

This is blackout poetry to me

if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.

Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store

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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

now Matt's politics have always been this, for anyone paying attention, but this is also a great little piece on Big Tech's relationships to fascist governments and and how it uses our shared love of dogs to inveigle its way into/surveil our lives and produce all manner of harms

Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.

Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.

They're Coming for Our Daughters The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures

The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”

The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...

Bad Bunny's historical advisor is an assistant professor at UW-Madison.

Hell of a flex for your tenure file.

Me holding copy of the book

You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽

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I would absolutely watch this documentary.

They’re legit ruining sports!

I usually watch for the commercials (and halftime, of course), but it’s all AI/crypto/betting bullshit this year. If I didn’t already hate those three things, I definitely would now.

#SuperBowlLX #CoPilot