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I am so sorry. Sending you extra love.

“There is a certain amount of hubris required to throw oneself at an unsolved problem. But elsewhere, that hubris is a liability.“

The Public Scholar publishes one week from today. Please consider pre-ordering and/or asking your library to order. Authors really need your pre-orders to make a book go.

I think it's a useful book! More importantly, so do real scholars and writers!

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Great to see my @themmqb.bsky.social colleagues more active over here today 👋

And welcome to @mattverderame.bsky.social, who finally signed up today. I added him to my running SI staff starter pack.

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This Week in Literary History: Mae West is Sentenced to Ten Days in Jail for Obscenity This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. On February 9, 1927, Mae West was arrested after a performance of her play Sex, which she had written and in which she sta…

“She seemed to go to extremes in order to make the play as obscene and immoral as possible.” This week in literary history, Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity.

Really miss the days when "the pasta is listening to us" was just a sign that your uncle had dropped too much acid in the 60s

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag April 20 - psychology Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner

The #WIPSnips word for April 20th is "psychology"

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Even if you put aside how weird and creepy this is, it’s clear that too many of us think we are way more interesting than we actually are.

That might be the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time.

We need to fight data centers as hard as NIMBYs fight affordable housing.

Why are we just the fucking worst.

the pit series finale ends with every character waking up to find patrick duffy in the shower

Jessica Chastain Says Apple TV Will Finally Release ‘The Savant’ After Postponement Following Charlie Kirk Assassination: ‘We’re Going to See It’ (EXCLUSIVE) Jessica Chastain says Apple TV will finally release ‘The Savant’ after streamer postponed it following Charlie Kirk's assassination in September.

The wild cultural overreaction in the wake of Kirk’s death looks increasingly bizarre the further we get away from it.

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I love that one.

My Fair Lady.

That’s my answer, and I’m sticking to it.

The amount of water in baby carrot bags feels performative

Louisiana father fatally shoots 7 of his children plus another child in attack at house, police say Authorities say eight children were killed in the “domestic disturbance,” with the victims ranging in age from 1 to 14 years old. The shooting occurred around 6 a.m. on Sunday.

Authorities say eight children were killed in the “domestic disturbance,” with the victims ranging in age from 1 to 14 years old. The shooting occurred around 6 a.m. on Sunday.

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

Gross.

Green and white image talking about the D65 board planning to "reallocate" middle school librarians. The call is for library supporters to show up to the board meeting tomorrow, Monday April 20, at 6 pm. It's at the Joseph E Hill Education Center at 1500 McDaniel Ave in Evanston. You can also email a statement to qureshia@district65.net

Illinois folks: District 65–that's Evanston and Skokie–is planning to "reallocate" middle school librarians. In the midst of a literacy crisis and ongoing attacks on books, show up in support of librarians if you can tomorrow.

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Dr. Solomon Fuller - grandson of Virginians who bought their freedom & moved to Liberia - earned his MD from Boston University in 1897 & was invited by Alois Alzheimer to do research at the University of Munich in 1904. He was among the 1st neurologists to work on the disease now called Alzheimers.

Also: Adding "goofy ass" to my repertoire. I think it just unseated "clownhole."

"I can excuse predatory influencers and institutions actively encouraging young boys to demean, dehumanize, and commit violence against women, but I draw the line at women being UPSET about it" >:(

why the fuck do we keep giving these people keyboards

"Mother of sons" keeps popping up as a radicalization pathway.

I converted from Catholicism to Evangelical Protestantism in 2019 as part of an overall rebrand. Here’s what the pope could learn from my new friends Jason Aldean and Dana White.

by Sean Hannity

no basketball player - maybe no sports player - has ever had the hype that LeBron James did as a kid

he came into the league with his expectations set at “if he doesn’t finish top 10 all time he’s a bust”

he somehow exceeded them

A graphic promoting a poetry reading event with Dos Gatos Press, celebrating their new book of poetry, Notes of Light and Dark: Southwestern Aubades and Nocturnes. The event will take place on Monday, April 20 at 7:00pm at Blue Willow Bookshop.

Tomorrow! Don't miss our event with our friends from Dos Gatos Press, celebrating their new collection of poetry, NOTES OF LIGHT AND DARK: Southwestern Aubades and Nocturnes.

Please join us, poetry lovers! buff.ly/S4fA4vR

Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...