This amazing online event is happening tomorrow, Tuesday, April 21st. Susanna Clarke, @amalelmohtar.com, Gregory Maguire and I will be talking about fairy tales, fairy lore, and fairy tale literature for the @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Please join us!
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absolute queen right here (alt text: a census form filled out by Alice Knox, head of her own household, 48 years and 10 months old, female, marital status: single, with the parenthetic addendum "Thank God")
my fellow girlies, a moment of your time: it appears the drop waist is unfortunately attempting to come back in fashion. remember that it is our sacred charge to hold the line
Jacob talking about budgets and when it comes to telling new cast members about it 👀
Sometimes you walk into class with virtuosic understanding of the text and sometimes you bring in a weird poem you read recently and collectively poke at it with a stick.
✨️ pedagogy ✨️
A flatscreen display on a "smart" water fountain, demanding to be reconnected to the internet.
In 1999, I was playing a decker in Shadowrun, and tried to distract a guard by hacking a water fountain to overflow, and my GM said "why would a water fountain be on the network? That's fucking stupid. No you can't try."
Well it's 2026 and I just want you to know, Phil, that I FUCKING CALLED IT!
This is more broadly generalizable: If you don't do the research yourself, you have no idea if AI is making stuff up. And if you do the research yourself, then AI isn't saving you much labor, if any.
Take my money
The Old Man of Storr, Skye
Pic: Steven Murphy
I would like no new information today. Let me get through Friday without me having to learn about or react to something new. Except for the ’The Pitt’ season finale 🥰
a cream colored canvas tote bag with navy straps that says “Don’t F*ck With Us, Don’t F*ck Without Us” on the pocket over the Planned Parenthood logo. inside the pocket is a purple card stock rectangle with a floral border that says “Power to Protect” with the PP logo
iconic gala swag, nice work PP
Please add your name (in case you haven't already).
Trans women are women; trans men are men; trans rights are human rights.
Forbidden! At The Social Media App
That’s so real
I don't know what you've done while Bluesky was down earlier today, but I finished writing a book, started a new book, took a walk, knitted a sweater, went swimming, took a nap, caught up on the reading, learned a new language, prepared a harsh comment about Papal theology, and wrote a love letter ❤️
Update: the system caught up and I am no longer ’Fru Damkjær’. Thank feck; I found that hard to live with
OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
For this summer’s conference travel, it is crucial that I do not get June and July mixed up the way I did back in 2015 🤣
I went in and changed my title to ’Doktor’ but the ’Fru’ (’Mrs’) is still there in the shorthand; I think it’s tied to my gender. Yuck.
I may be getting sidetracked from booking these flights I need
My uni’s travel booking site for some reason has my title as ’Fru’, which just gave me the full-body ick, just complete feminist ’NOPE’ response
The best way to read Bleak House is to pour yourself a drink every time Ester insults herself. You’ll get toasted but the text will improve.
Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs.
Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026.
This is what corporate greed looks like.
Thackeray's image of Becky Sharp throwing the "Dixonary" from a coach window.
Happy birthday to Johnson's Dixonary, being spitefully flung out of coach windows for 271 years.
So delighted that my book from @uvapress.bsky.social received honorable mention for the Rudikoff Prize from NVSA! Thrilled, too, by the judges’ kind words: “The book achieves an impressive feat of being economical, smart, and accessible while addressing a wide range of interdisciplinary concerns.”
im reading bleak house and they just got to the house and guess what. its really nice. so what the fuck
I’m sure mine would be from Middlemarch (basic b*tch Victorianist)
a just and loving god would have let Hilary Mantel live to hear “the pope is weak on crime”
They’re not wrong, though.
Lovely! Also may I recommend french onion soup with Beluga lentils - I’ve never looked back!
