Josh Cook

You don’t demand it because he’ll do it, you demand it because normalizing any of this to any degree is ghoulish and brings us no closer to any fucking political victories or great reconciliation with the brainwashed parts of the public. You demand it because they shot up the fucking CDC

just a reminder again that we were told over and over that a 13 year old downloading a Limp Bizkit mp3 was an existential threat to society

Southern Strategy started the radicalization of the Republican Party. Criminalization of weed to disenfranchise likely Democrat voters/activists. Rules & Stone were Nixon guys & the idea of liberal bias in media was created to defend him. We are living in the Nixon era

Oh for sure

Yeah. We somehow need to reset things so students understand that the essay isn't actually the point, but the understanding you develop while writing it

To me this is a pretty obvious result of a culture that prioritizes "producing" above all else. I'd throw the framing of education in general as essentially job-preparation as a big part of that culture. AI let's people produce & since they don't know the value of creating, they use AI to produce

Which two booksellers are talking about putting together a playlist of the most Death Grips songs? The answer will...not be a surprise. Like at all.

I can never stress enough that transphobia is in part turbo charged sexism. TERF's talk about women like a weird farmer talks about livestock and its so telling.

Quote from Bread and Jam for Francis that says But sunny-side-up eggs lie on the plate and look up at you. And sunny-side-down eggs just lie on their stomachs and wait. There is emphasis ok the word wait.

Honestly, I did not expect Francis to go this FREAKIN HARD. I'll never look at fries eggs the same way.

ICYMI, Watertown Public Library is not removing a book from its *suggested* summer reading list because the librarians are rational people with professional training and know what libraries are for. I love this quote from MLA VP Kelly Linehan:

Right!?!? I don't need another copy but at the same time...

Oh I watched the hell out of these. They are an incredible example of what can happen when you let creative minds play in an interesting world

Oh I hadn't even noticed that!

I'm not generally a fan of glow-up new covers for books, but goddamn the new Victor Lavalle covers are incredible & if a bunch of new readers discover him because of them that's a win

Just don't do it. It's not a law. And it's not like they're going to build the capacity to actually do what he's asking for

Cornyn Says F.B.I. Will Help Find Texas Lawmakers Who Fled State

Hey, Texas friends?

Time to raise hell over this. This is not the purpose of the FBI, and the idea that Cornyn even brought this up is an abuse of federal power.

Today show some support to an author who is important to you. Send a message on social media or the contact form on their website. Bonus points if their books are being banned. Bonus bonus points if they're from a community that is being targeted. Cannot overstate how meaningful these notes can be.

The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.

This is how you do it!

Drawing from the past, we'll talk about how we can protect the present and build towards a better future portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Oh hell yeah

Tonight! @authorsabb.bsky.social members will be talking with Ira Wells author of On Book Banning, about defending the right to read. The event is free & online so you can watch from anywhere

ok wait hold up they got away with his phone though?

IF THE TEENAGERS ARE READING THIS, FIND A REPORTER ON HERE WITH SIGNAL IN BIO AND THE COURAGE OF THEIR CONVICTIONS, HAVE THEM HELP YOU FIND AN EXCELLENT LAWYER, THEN UNLOCK THAT DAMN PHONE AND GET US SOME ANSWERS

Some of you haven't sat on your front porch in Somerville, drinking bourbon, eating cheez its, working on a book you have no idea when you'll finish while listening to Morphine's Cure for Pain and watching your toddler sleep on the baby monitor and it shows

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax' Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.

1. The extra marginal tax rate will affect millionaires' daily lives almost not at all, which is why in reality none of them would leave the state.

2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.

www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Also, you get the sense that at some point someone told TCW that he was an affirmative action hire and he drew the exact wrong conclusion from that moment

Your Name Here by Helen DeWitt & Ilya Gridneff A book of unparalleled scope and vision, Your Name Here is a spectacular honeycomb of books-within-books. In this death-defying feat of ambition, collaborators Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff weave together America's "War on Terror," countless years of literary history, authorial sleight of hand, Scientology, dream analysis, multiple languages, emails, images, graphs, into something wondrous and unique.

OK! OK! Nobody panic! Or better yet, EVERYBODY PANIC so at least we're all on the same page. Your Name Here has a publisher: @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social Your Name Here has a release date. (September 23) Your Name Here has a cover! Now all Your Name Here needs is your preorder!

This is EXCELLENT & gets at so many different issues

Zero Tolerance Five years after the George Floyd protests, many liberals blame “wokeness” for stifling open debate. So why can’t they handle being disagreed with?

I bet that reading Andrea Long Chu on Thomas Chatteron Williams will brighten up my day. www.vulture.com/article/post...