Jeffrey Dean

Gaza Still Needs You The fight for true Palestinian liberation is far from over.

If the bombs really have stopped falling, that is something to celebrate. But @jackmirkinson.bsky.social writes that after that, it’s time to get back to work. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

FYI I strongly encourage any Ohio State faculty instructors who face issues like these restrictions on conference attendance, use of research funds, etc, to let @osuaaup.bsky.social know by filling out our Campus Concern Form so we can support you: www.aaup-osu.org/campus-conce...

K1: mommy?
Me: yeah?
K1: everyone at school is having a relationship but I don't want one
Me, very firmly: it's ok not to want a relationship for now, or not forever
K1: oh, ok!
Me inwardly going augh not already I am not ready for this

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

The image includes the following quotation in white on a red background: Christian Nationalism is looking at Jesus' three temptations and thinking he made the wrong choices. William Youngblood

Christian Nationalism is looking at Jesus' three temptations and thinking he made the wrong choices.

William Youngblood

One effect of 'AI' is that it actually atrophies our stores of information and knowledge. Explain to me how this is progress 🫠

Title slide for talk to be presented at the Bordeaux colloquium in honor of Jean-Noël Biraben, 14 Oct 2025, by Monica Green, "Taking 'Prodrome' Seriously: A Decade of Rethinking Black Death Narratives in the Age of Evolutionary Genetics." The images include a manuscript image of a cemetery scene, a photograph of an excavated cemetery in Austria; and a chart showing the date ranges of the mass graves found at that same Austrian site.

Just posted: the bibliography for my talk later today, "Taking 'Prodrome' Seriously: A Decade of Rethinking Black Death Narratives in the Age of Evolutionary Genetics," doi.org/0.17613/m0r4...

do they really think people won't see their own moms posting selfies from these events on facebook

A horizontal bar chart titled “19 climate-friendly choices, ranked” shows actions individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint, ordered from most to least impactful. The x-axis represents projected impact in tons of CO₂ equivalent per capita per year (tCO₂e/cap/yr), ranging from 0 to about 2.5. Each action is color-coded by sector: transportation (blue), energy (orange), and food (green). Go car-free – highest impact (blue bar extending to about 2.5 tCO₂e). Fly less (blue, about 1.5). Shift to renewable home energy (orange, about 1.4). Switch to EV or hybrid car (blue, about 1.2). Go vegan (green, about 1.0). Walk, bike, or take transit more (blue). Make energy-efficient renovations (orange). Use clean cooking equipment (orange). Go vegetarian (green). Shift driving habits (e.g., carpooling) (blue). Increase telecommuting (blue). Shift to regional/seasonal diet (green). Move to energy-efficient home (orange). Decrease food waste (green). Eat less meat (green). Use less energy at home (orange). Reduce packaged food, dining out (green). Use energy-efficient appliances (orange). Compost – least impact (green, under 0.1). A note clarifies that these are meta-analytic estimates of greenhouse gas reduction potentials, drawn from 659 estimates across 47 academic journal articles. The average person emits 6.28 tonnes of CO₂e per year, though this varies widely by income and country. Wealthier populations may emit up to 110 tonnes per year, while lower-income populations may emit as little as 1.6 tonnes. Source: WRI, based on data from Ivanova et al., 2020.

Ok, since many people are obviously not reading the article, here's a pertinent figure from it showing the top actions to reduce emissions.

Dust flies and wood breaks under the titanic efforts of two Scallop Nuns, the largest land animals of Lemuria. Their home are the open woodlands, which they formed in part themselves as they constantly topple smaller trees. This open up the landscape for grasses and ferns and...

Goes back to the argument I made in the Guardian earlier this year that the world is in danger because the techbros have completely misunderstood a bunch of sci-fi and fantasy...

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

I forgot to photograph the skillet after I’d sautéed them in a little butter so they’ll keep in the fridge until Tuesday, when my sister-in-law and nephew will be passing through. I plan to feature them in a risotto.

Bay boletes after picking, on paper towels: 7 stipe up on the left to show the yellow pores (and black bruising); 6 cap up on the right to show the characteristic colour.

A glass bowl of sliced bay boletes, showing the characteristic blue surface after slicing.

Bumper crop of bay boletes (Imleria badia) this year. They grow in our front garden, but usually there aren’t enough to harvest after the slugs and squirrels have got to them. This year there were 478 grams (over a pound) after trimming. They were Antonio Carluccio’s favourite wild mushrooms.

Seriously what the hell is there to celebrate, you psychopaths

"Ex libris Professor Dr. Eduard Müller". This ex libris - showing a Man fighting Death on a giant book - is glued into a medical book from 1793. Source: http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN1804462381

As the legend goes, the German Prof. Dr. Eduard Müller is still fighting Death over a giant book. This ex libris is pure excellence and of #bookhistory and #booksky fame. Go, Ede!

Portland baristas: “If ICE agents come to buy a coffee, serve them robusta.”

I think letting children make books together gets them thinking in a lot of ways that inevitably lead to increased media literacy. Telling stories helps you to recognise stories elsewhere. Who is telling them? How are they being told? And why are they being told this way?

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, Kellie Bright, AI girlfriends, lessons from the Pelicot trial Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, her drama about a group of mid-life women's punk rock band

Woohoo! We made the cut! Listen again to our segment on Woman’s Hour at 4pm today on Weekend Woman’s Hour
#nuntastic

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...

This REALLY annoyed me: “She is often compared unfavourably by her critics, particularly those on the left, with Thunberg, who is willing to put herself in physical danger”

Malala was literally shot in the head by the Taliban for her work and she keeps going 1/2

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

We go amongst you, carrying on, trying to do stuff, living our lives as best we can. We are more resilient than most normies will ever know. Disabled people are hard af. I think I’m past Disability Pride and heading towards Disability Rage.

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

The Senate is Inching Closer to Recognizing that War is not the Answer | Friends Committee On National Legislation Yesterday evening, Sens. Adam Schiff (CA) and Tim Kaine (VA) forced a vote on their War Powers Resolution, S.J.Res.83 to stop the President from using the military in illegal attacks in the Caribbean.

📣Sen. Rand Paul: "A republic that allows its Executive to kill without law is a republic in deep peril.”

What to know about the Senate vote this week on Trump's illegal military strikes in the Caribbean -- and where we go from here. ⬇️🕊️

Waning immunity. A significant Covid wave in England. No new variant.
Thanks Prof Pagel for highlighting and contextualizing

From the Nobel Committee today:

“Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.”

Do not let them take your freedoms without a fight.

Show up, be loud, protect each other. If we don't show up now, we'll never have another chance.

This is our country, we we're not going to let them take it.

It’s because of these assholes that I’ll be attending my first No Kings rally on October 18. I value my rights so much I’m doing what I think is the best course of action to preserve them, which is the opposite of “hating the country”.

Quite remarkable how the completely wishy-washy, vague, let's-all-be-nice "progressive" label is now marking people out as too hardline for the leadership of the Labour Party.

A photo of steps at Canterbury cathedral, on the wall a graffiti-style graphic in red and black reads "god, what happens when we die?"

People online are losing their absolute minds at this art installation at Canterbury Cathedral and all the ridiculous reasons they're giving as to why it's bad kind of prove the point of why it's good, actually.

There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.

We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.