Cindy

While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.

When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future When you’ve spent your whole adult life working in and around book publishing you get used to hearing that people don’t read anymore and that the industry is on its last legs. There is always a cri…

I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...

Only a small flame like a match,birthday candle, etc

That would be awesome. A way to test is to put a small flame to an edge of the fabric. If it is silk it will go out. If it is polyester blend it will melt.

What a lovely lot of stuff. Is the white possibly interfacing?

hug your war criminals a little tighter today

The spiritual, political, and liberatory work of unlearning In a Q&A with Prism, journalist and activist Lewis Raven Wallace discussed his new book “Radical Unlearning,” a guide for breaking free from harmful ideologies

People are often invited into unlearning by love in the expansive sense. @lewispants.bsky.social noticed that what created the conditions for unlearning was, in part, or sometimes almost entirely about relationships. @prismreports.org

Happy to report that our book 'Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050' has been published! It is Open Access, so you can read (or download) it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

You are so cute Gonzo!

You look great!

You have a pretty traumatic life right now. Sometimes you have to rest.

Ok this is very niche but if you're looking to buy OuiSi for the holidays they're hoping to be sold out in November and on break in December. So order now!! OuiSi is the picture card game you can play with people who have dementia. This isn't an ad, I am just a fan.

Look, if all you did yesterday was survive, that's fucking something. They want us dead. Continuing to breathe is fucking doing something. If you survived AND did anything to increase your odds of surviving tomorrow, you're doing fucking awesome. Reshare some folks' fundraisers. Keep yourself alive.

Adam. Holy moly this is either your best or worst ever.

Holy moly read this thread

I think there has been a misunderstanding of why I use Bluesky. I am here to read about what academics & intellectuals are doing, including finding new books, to connect with my friends who have left other platforms, and to see @gonzo.bsky.social behavior reports. No interest in dating anyone, ever.

Hey. Good morning. Breathe. | Cindy Potts Get more from Cindy Potts on Patreon

On my Patreon (free to read!) I talk about a shocking thing that happened at this weekend's market: www.patreon.com/posts/142164...

When the autopsy on these years is written, there will be whole chapters given over to the role of the press in normalising criminality.

No, we have brought cat food, diapers, all different things using coupons. They are just happy to have it to give. Toothpaste and deodorant is a big hit.

I have to side with the cat. Good hobbit logic there!

Five witches in silhouette with pointed hats

Halloween is nearly upon us! Here's "Witches: five silhouetted figures." Aquatint by M. Dubourg after B.A. Townshend, 1815.

From the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social

Block list of US Gov Bluesky accounts. You don’t want them seeing your stuff.

Thank you

• THEWRAP. SUBSCRIBE Paramount to Name Bari Weiss CBS News Editor-in-Chief as Part of Free Press Deal Report Weiss will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison in an agreement expected in the coming days Corbin Bolies October 2, 2025 @ 2:30 PM

A potentially historic example of how manufacturing misinformation about universities is a reliable path to power and influence right now—and why that animus against universities is a symptom of broader threats to vital systems of public information + collective senses of fact, truth, and meaning.

Can't wait to read this

I think maybe a bow is needed for the full festive vibe. Or a small ornament?

This speech from Trump...as @dicknixon.bsky.social would say:

My God

And as for writing, don't get me started. Most often, the process of writing is not a laborious business of transcription, but a process of thinking itself. I'm not about to outsource my thinking to a machine.

This only happens to you once