Kendra Preston Leonard (she/her)

ICYMI!

See Ben's thread. The sense that one could imagine having under a normal government—that enforcement will be in the spirit of genuine accessibility and disability justice—is now replaced by the nagging feeling that this will just be a weapon with which to attack universities at their discretion

Once again asking people not to repost text blobs without alt text and especially not to repost text blobs of Twitter conversations between unlikeable famous people without alt text.

I have some people's names word muted, and that's very intentional.

The house is constructed near a forgotten spring. It is afflicted by brass instruments. It is peculiarly gifted.

and making hats

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.

My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!

go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

Emerald Peacock Butterfly (Papilio palinurus), seen at the greenhouse of the botanical garden today. The wings are dark green to black on the upper side. A broad, green fluorescent band runs across both wings. The rear edge of the hind wings is wavy and double-lined with black.

Something shiny

Ugh, no. Go after the guy for what he does, says, stands for, not his appearance. Appearance tells us nothing about a person, appearance has nothing to do with morals or ethics of anything else.

please include alt text for images!

When you mock someone for their appearance and/or abilities—whether they're fat, have limb difference, don't have "conventional" facial symmetry or whatever—all it does is shows that YOU are ableist or bigoted. Attack people's actions, policies, viewpoints! Not bodies.

This is not hard.

also, I don't know if you've seen Monster Meat, My Lady? It's like human versions of Fel in a Bridgerton-like world and is also super OTT and funny.

My other current fav is a slice of life anime called With You and the Rain, in which a sentient tanuki adopts a shy (possibly autistic-coded) writer. Very little happens, but it is lovely and cozy and sweet, and the tanuki is hilarious. It's just 1 season so far, but perfect for de-stressing.

I hope there's another season coming.

I love Campfire Cooking.... my spouse describes it as "a boy and his dog eat things" and it is truly charming and very funny.

Sympathy. I've worked on and advocated for access for ISs for years now, all the way back to my days with the Natl Coalition for ISs (which is basically useless), but we need a paradigm change with the scholarly societies at the helm.

Libretto is about a survivor of IPV helping others escape from the same situation. Set in Scotland, possibly during the Clearances. Some mythology/folklore worked in.

Chicago: This is pretty amazing.

Opera libretto plotting and laundry today. The dogs are snoozing in the sun.

Finished E. H. Lupton's Dionysus in Wisconsin last night and loved the world-building and great characters. Can't wait to read the next in the series!

Given the WaPo disaster, I’m re-posting my starter pack of indie journalists—it probably needs an update so give me a shout to add folks.
#wapo #journalism
go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5

Color image of four women in an office/library/research setting. Behind them are file cabinets and book shelves. To the right is a Christmas tree. The women are posed around the desk: A woman (Katharine Hepburn) is at center, behind the desk and answering the phone. At the right, a woman (Joan Blondell) in a festive black dress is seen in profile and is laughing. At the left, wearing a patterned black dress with white collar and holding a paper cup, is a young woman (Sue Randall). At bottom right, in a light purple dress, is a seated woman (Dina Merrill), also holding a white paper cup. Champagne bottles sit on the desk.

We need an updated "Desk Set" (1957) in which women fact-checkers beat the AI bros. And drink buckets of champagne.

We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.

The text "Read Black Comics" on an inky almost-grey textured background.

CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS!

Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!

Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027 This residency supports writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.

The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced a two-week residency with Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Sheree Renee Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. Yes you DO want to do this.

banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

Submission Window Open!

The Manchester Review is looking for prose, poetry and art in response to these themes for our upcoming special issue Displacement.

We will welcome submissions between 1st-28th February.

If you don't have the time, patience or sufficient will to live to watch 15 different adaptations... I did it for you!

The workshop will navigate everything from bad 60s wigs, to incest narratives, to Medieval Japanese retellings, to the lost 1920 film, to Laurence Olivier's brooding turn, & more!

Wuthering Heights on Screen Seminar Day with Sam Hirst | The Brontë Parsonage Museum This full-day workshop explores the adaptation history of Wuthering Heights, from the lost 1920 film to the most recent adaptation. You will have the chanc

I am going to be running an in-person day of workshops on Wuthering Heights adaptations at the Bronte Parsonage in March!

You'll get to deep dive into adaptation history AND you'll get the chance to go and look at exhibits in the archives found nowhere else!

www.bronte.org.uk/events/wuthe...

Please include alt text!

Excellent

Something wonderful