Rachel Dean-Ruzicka (She/Her)

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

Check out the colossal array of great Murphs in the replies.

Fucking fruit flies.

I'm in a place with this dumb nerve pain that means wearing pants kinda sucks because it rubs against my skin which apparently hates being even moderately touched.

Related: school starts again soon and pretty much requires wearing things on your bottom half.

Look how low down the list the two Democratic senators from Georgia, a state Trump won in 2016 and 2024 are. Tremendous respect for them both.

Is that...compostable? #flaminglips

Best out of context spouse message: "Yeah. Still wondering if the wigglers."

Altocumulus clouds

The sky was incredible in Brisbane this evening

And all of a sudden you're writing a book on Stranger Things...

A thread at the juncture of This Is Horrible and This Is Very Weird.

Do yourself a favor and go check out the #mildhorror posts. They're giving me life today. @randomhorror9.bsky.social and @cracksh0t.bsky.social you especially!

Another semester, another moment to thank that guy from Rice University who made that syllabus maker thing. I love you

wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...

to be clear i don't hate AI sex bots bc they're dirty i hate them bc they're hideous little planet killers that plagiarize from real pornographers

"And I hate to even use these terms, but I said, ‘Those are her nipples.’ And then I was looking closer, and I got a full-body view, and I was like, ‘That is pubic hair.’ Even right now, I couldn’t even tell you what I was watching.”

No way to get through your day without a little crack, local seller of crack precursor chemicals reports

Maybe when I retire I'll write a popular history book on public baths.

Get the words down. Format later.

Having just watched Andor/Rogue One in preparation for Star Wars: a New Hope at the Fox Theater tonight I propose the following: let's all agree Episodes I-III didn't happen, and that our prequel to New Hope is the story of the Rebellion, not of Vader.

No lit class for me, sadly. I think it's time for a new career, for reals.

Amazing.

This sucks so bad. Canvas was the best organized CMS I've used and WCP is still doing ePortfolios through this system so I have to use it for at least one thing :(

Still the greatest takedown of men who complain about women's voices on podcasts/radio (written by Katie Mingle of 99% Invisible)

Bummer! The trailer looked super interesting.

There's a documentary about Mavis Beacon! I haven't seen it yet but the trailer is fascinating. Seeking Mavis Beacon g.co/kgs/oEUyDSV

This class is mostly an excuse to teach Ice because it is so weird and seems underappreciated. Same with Lathe of Heaven. Great cli-fi.

If I may whine for a second, I'm recovering from surgery and have to sleep on my back. This is causing pressure on my lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, (meralgia paresthetica) and is driving me bonkers as my quad is numb, tingly, random shooting pains, and a general sense of a big bruise. Hates it.

I'm thinking Kavan's Ice, Atwood's Oryx and Crake, LeGuin's Lathe of Heaven, and Butler's Parable of the Sower. Maybe Frankenstein, but it's long. This list also skews too white, so I'm happily taking suggestions for medium length novels or short stories.

So, a possibility may have come my way to teach a lit class (gasp!) and I'm thinking of doing a women's lit course focused on Science, Ethics, and Obsession. What would y'all include here?