At this point few things about this administration are surprising but this is astonishing
10.10.2025 17:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0@audrajwolfe.bsky.social
I wrote two books on science & the Cold War, formerly @ColdWarScience. Developmental editor to the should-be stars. Mostly Philly, sometimes Indiana, always weaving.
At this point few things about this administration are surprising but this is astonishing
10.10.2025 17:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.
I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.
Similar pomodoro style but with 10 minute tactile craft breaks in between, knitting or weaving or whatever, it really helps to get up and touch something
08.10.2025 19:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This is fantastic, congratulations!!!!
08.10.2025 18:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Y/n cardinals are quintessential Midwestern baseball but also itβs. Mississippi city
08.10.2025 18:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is correct! Was just explaining to a friend that βOhio Valleyβ is an entirely different thing than βGreat Lakesβ
08.10.2025 13:22 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 2 π 1This is a direct transfer of wealth from consumers, who are paying ludicrous tariffs on necessary goods, to soybean farmers
07.10.2025 21:00 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I am currently surrounded by soybeans and corn and can think of 50 better ways to spend $10-15 billion
07.10.2025 20:58 β π 13 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0A reminder for academic book authors:
Yes, itβs totally fine to flag a couple of people who should not peer review your book
But do it in a phone call, not the proposal, not an email
Was just going to post on the alarming existence of olive loaf! A common find in low-end grocery stories in the Ohio Valley
07.10.2025 02:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Frozen tater tots are delicious straight from the bag
07.10.2025 02:52 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I like to include length w/ notes and w/o and then do little experiments to see how much of the problem can be fixed through notes alone
07.10.2025 02:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nods rapidly from SW IN
07.10.2025 01:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentroutβs just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmannβs Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentroutβs bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmannβs has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected β and delicious β form of supernatural protection."
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
02.10.2025 15:25 β π 1849 π 453 π¬ 48 π 515But also a) many of the stories are about landowners, not farmers (active farmers are not sad about declining cash rent prices); b) no mention of crop price insurance; c) articles mostly omit role of elevators? Like, at all? As if farmersβ contracts are direct w/ China?
02.10.2025 15:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0But anyway weβre changing over to the bean head this afternoon, very exciting!
02.10.2025 15:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is an interesting question. So far not much of an issue in Indiana, in part bc thereβs an oil processing plant nearby. Only other thing Iβll say is that natl mediaβs lack of ag reporters and knowledge is very very telling rn.
02.10.2025 15:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Selfie of a woman wearing a sun hat, sunglasses, and earplugs, standing next to two grain bins and a blue grain truck over a small pit. The grain truckβs bed is full of corn. The bed is lifted and corn is pouring out of the gate into the auger
Back at my post
02.10.2025 15:05 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Do think the single most likely do or die flashpoint for this administration is gonna be the seating of the 120th Congress
01.10.2025 03:09 β π 980 π 179 π¬ 20 π 15I don't know what's going to happen but I'm really alarmed that no one, as far as I can tell, is doing any planning for a total institutional break and what would follow
30.09.2025 15:36 β π 144 π 19 π¬ 6 π 8My rage at the 6 nominally βcentristβ GOP senators who could have done something in 2016 remains unbound. They had the power in their hands. And just didnβt.
There are plenty of other people to be mad at, too. But they are personally responsible for all that has followed.
The fact that they didnβt clap doesnβt make it any less chilling
30.09.2025 16:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
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The wounded knee thing is really Trumpism distilled to its essence. Itβs not enough to be able crush people who canβt fully defend themselves, itβs not enough to actually crush them, you also have to love and admire those who do the crushing otherwise the Trumpistsβ delicate feelings are injured
26.09.2025 12:43 β π 9359 π 2311 π¬ 165 π 84Good god I regret opening up my phone this evening
26.09.2025 00:24 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I actually think it's off base for the descriptor of these angry young white men who think violence is cool and/or funny to be "non-political." They are making rape jokes and saying racist things and wanting to sow chaos. That's literally the Alex Jones, Steve Bannon playbook.
25.09.2025 02:15 β π 2125 π 554 π¬ 7 π 60I have now turned down three projects that centered on βcivility,β I just canβt do it.
24.09.2025 15:47 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If Chotiner ever calls me I will know I have already fucked up beyond my comprehension
23.09.2025 19:24 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers canβt find them and theyβve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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