Alex

I’ve been fortunate on occasion to wrangle funding that allows me to put novels in the hands of students & say, “This is yours now. For good.”

There is simply no pedagogical tactic better than this.

And a school buying an iPad instead of 100 copies of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” is a damn waste

You need to watch the modern horror masterpiece His House His House is a modern horror masterpiece that’s better than your average “haunted by trauma” fare.

Excellent @terrenceobrien.bsky.social piece on the excellent HIS HOUSE, perhaps the most unsettling film to also feature clips of Peter Crouch playing soccer. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

What happens when technology progresses to the point where there ARE literally no jobs possible to have, but our society still requires you to have one? And because wealth is morality, if you DON'T have one, it's YOUR fault, YOU are a failure. For not having a job. That doesn't exist. It's madness.

Conservatism is a genuine fucking disease dude. I hate these people so much

I am still reading Bleak House but have accepted that I will not finish it before the end of the year.

"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time

Watching many of the world’s most powerful men openly wallowing in racism and sexual assault of minors really puts the whole “War on Woke” into perspective, no? Like we collectively started to care about diversity, equity and inclusion and that was a *direct threat* they needed to crush. And did.

Dickens, Bleak House

One where stultifying bureaucracy is a key plot device:

I’m really looking forward to getting two short books by Krasznahorkai (A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East and The Last Wolf & Herman). He’s a writer whose work I’ve wanted to find a way into for years.

3 books by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz: GREAT FEAR ON THE MOUNTAIN (trans. Bill Johnston) INTO THE SUN (trans. Olivia Baes & Emma Ramadan) DERBORENCE, WHERE THE DEVILS CAME DOWN (trans. Laura Spinney)

One of the best (new to me) writers I came across this year was Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878-1947). All 3 of these books have the same basic idea (Horrible Thing Happens in the Mountains) but go in very different directions. Creepy, subtle, strange, modernist, fractal, and way ahead of their time.

The Mulai Interstellar via Invisible Cities: spec-fic translated …

New book from Munir Hachemi, translated by Julia Sanches www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Victim blaming helps the privileged keep their power.

Got raped? You were asking for it.

Disabled? You didn’t take care of yourself.

Getting deported? Should have followed the process.

Don’t make enough money? Should have made better choices.

Stop blaming the oppressed.

Embyr’s hand holding a Christmas ornament that is the silhouette of Huntrix on a black material with a background that looks like red and green and white stained glass

Made a new Christmas ornament today. At least one of these will be staying on our tree

Fancy decorated sugar cookies that are the faces of Huntrix. They're wearing Santa hats.

Did I just order myself some Huntrix Christmas cookies from my favorite fancy sugar cookie maker? You bet I did. Look at them!

Is it a book?

A cute black and white cat is peeking out through the branches of a Christmas tree that is glowing with multi-coloured lights.

Time to decorate the tree! 🌲

What do I need to do personally to speed up the collapse of AI?!

And when they say, well Trump's bringing the military into American cities, & you want us to care about Palestine? All of Trump's fascist militarism is being tested on Palestinians so Israel can wipe them out & it's already coming home.

When the Museum Is Closed by Emi Yagi [Trans. Yuki Tejima] [2023/2025]

I have just finished this. I have no idea what I’ve just read. It’s utterly surreal. I was enchanted, and I told my thoughts to let it be what it is. Unique and an acquired taste. Loved it.

Oh, the weather outside is frightful And since we've no place to go It doesn't show signs of stopping How I hate going out in the storm The fire is slowly dying

'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed

The only funny thing about living in this moment is watching the complete collapse of the federal conservatives.

The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark next to a calico/white cat with spots on a red white and black blanket

Starting this now. I don’t think it will freak me out as much as The Driver’s Seat did (compliment).

I’m very curious about this book.

If you want to hurt yourself anywhere on the internet just offer gentle criticism of your own lived experience.

We are regularly going to arrive at this tension point in the coming months/years and I think it’s kind of imperative we learn to punch up if we’re going to survive this

I try to limit my cheeseburger intake but they really make everything better.

Same.

Lots of times I struggle with actually liking my reality as a severely disabled person. It can be difficult to feel that in full, because of all the masking that I often have to do to receive the care I need (e.g. fearing that if I don’t “stay positive” I won’t be helped). Just wanted to name that somewhere.

Just wanna put this somewhere.

been having a tough time lately nana

AI GRANDMA: There is nothing shameful about choosing your own end. Did you know rope is on sale at HOME DEPOT for a limited time only? ˢᵖᵒⁿˢᵒʳᵉᵈ ᵐᵉˢˢᵃᵍᵉ

BlueSky, you are in a unique position to really grow this website, Twitter is now a Nazi bar and people are sick of it! This could be a huge opportunity for you to be something BETTER than Twitter ever was!!!

BlueSky: "Nah."