Kim Middleton

+1 for the book cairn as a proper headstone.

If you're going to deform the human experience you have to make a case that the increased production is of worth weighed against the values of the institutional context. In business this is a relatively easy case to make - though I think it's still shortsighted - in education it's different.

Gen Z Beowulf Beowulf, a new prose translation into Gen Z. - - -Fam. The Spear-Danes in, like, pre-Boomer days And the kings who ruled them served courage and gr...

"Beowulf drops Grendel MMA-style—and bruh, he yeets his arm right tf off. And then on God this MF goes to Grendel’s mom’s house and deadass k*lls her, too. 💀💀💀No chill whatsoever."
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I’m assuming that you meant “inflection” here 🤓, but “infection” is an evocative descriptor, too, for the influence of human spaces and life-long learning.

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate a grammar joke in this era of AI slop.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

FBI raids LAUSD superintendent's home and office The cause of the investigation remains unclear. The DOJ recently petitioned to join a lawsuit alleging the district discriminates against white students.

FBI raids LAUSD superintendent’s home and office

The cause of the investigation remains unclear. The DOJ recently petitioned to join a lawsuit alleging the district discriminates against white students.

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax: Be Curious and Trust Yourself Podcast Episode · This Book Made Me · February 19 · 1h 26m

If you've ever thought it was too late to do something extraordinary, let this book change your mind. Many thanks to @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social and @scrimstreet.bsky.social for diving into *The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax* on This Book Made Me! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.

Angelenos and Asian American lit fans: the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social is considering dedicating the Echo Park Library Branch to the Filipino American writer and activist Carlos Bulosan. You can contribute at the link below to support his legacy in LA! www.lapl.org/dedication-e...

There's a fuckton of stuff going on. Horrible stuff. But don't let it stop you from reading books. Reading is more important now than ever. Reading educates. Reading is resistance. #BookSky

Headline in today's Guardian that reads "Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40 percent, study finds. Cognitive health in later life is 'strongly influenced' by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers."

This is why you need to be reading books and writing your own emails, by the way. When you outsource your thinking abilities, you risk turning your brain into soup. Heavy dependence on AI has already been linked with severe cognitive decline. What you don’t use, you will lose.

Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."

Enjoy! And good luck with your paper!

It’s in his book Inciting Joy. I can’t remember which essay, but I think that exact phrase comes up more than once.

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Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

Organizing Reading List — Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory

An amazing MN Librarian assembled us a reading list to add to the website so people can do more than donate, they can learn to organize in their communities.

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To honor the life of the incomparable #catherineohara, I a recipe where I could fold in the cheese.

Thinking of my Japanese American elders today, their resistance, their bravery in the face of state violence.

“Were you afraid of being arrested?”
Fred Korematsu: “No, I wasn’t because I didn’t feel that I did anything wrong. If anybody did wrong, it was the law.” www.instagram.com/reel/DUJAjhC...

FREE 📚 alert: I love free things and learning so I’m super grateful for the beloveds from @versobooks.bsky.social and @haymarketbooks.org for helping us grow in understanding ICE and this moment by sharing FREE books.

Download them via this link:

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Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:

ICE Out - Fundraising Nail Polish **Shipping Update** Shipping will continue once more ingredients have arrived for this polish. Orders should go out in about 2 weeks. Ice Out is a blurple based polish with a blue/aqua shift and pink ...

If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund

Ross Gay breaks down our dangerous fantasy of individualism by calling it "the dream of the unentangled life"—enchanting, but false and destructive.

I just checked—it turns out that Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Constitution of the United States does *not* say "The executive Power shall be vested in a bunch of sociopaths who think they can do whatever the fuck they want and make shit up as they go along."

Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939

YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**

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It actually blows my mind that so many people around me watched the same Lord of the Rings I did and still decided to work full time for Sauron.

Today marks three years since the tragic mass shooting at the Star Dance Studio in my hometown of Monterey Park - the deadliest mass shooting in L.A. County's history.

This room is used for Work Do not enter without knocking After you knock wait for an answer If you get no answer, go away and Don't come back This means everybody This means you This means Night and Day By Order of the Hellman-Military-Commission-for-Playwrights. Court Martialling will Take Place in the Barn, and your Trial Will Not be a Fair One.

Speaking of taping things up, here is the text of the note which playwright Lillian Hellman kept on the door of her work room to keep guests from interrupting her writing time.