Wrote a bit about this year's edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing - and posted the Notables jaimealyse.beehiiv.com/p/basnw25

He’s surely going to go after libraries and he will find out fast that people don’t like that, no they do not.

I can’t stand even reading the headlines these days.

An Education Learning while teaching

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Wordy Bird | Susan Orlean | Substack A few thoughts on what I'm wearing, words I'm writing, and the world we wander. Click to read Wordy Bird, by Susan Orlean, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Writing this one cracked me up: susanorlean.Substack.com

Hiya!

All in the Family Relatives are a relative thing

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I’m on my way to Panama! If war breaks out while I’m there please come get me.

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Enough with the plagues, LA.

ALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are real The American Library Association responds to the Department of Education's dismissal of complaints about censorship and discrimination: the "effort to terminate protections... advances the demonstrabl...

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My most recent Substack is especially meaningful to me. I’d be thrilled if you read it. Susanorlean.substack.com

The speed with which companies are abandoning DEI is a clue about how shallow their commitment to it ever was.

So happy for you and your family! Fuck those jerks in DC.

Yay!!!

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I think if you google it, you can find it? I installed it quite a long time ago (first Trump era) so I don’t have the link anymore.

A while ago I thought about deleting my Make America Kittens Again plug-in, which replaces all photos of Trump in the NYTimee with pictures of kittens. Little did I know it would again become an essential quality-of-life item!

I think this is going to be one of those days.

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Thank you for the word “chucklefuck”. It’s divine!

The Burning Book Fire and Los Angeles, entwined

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It’s been a horrible week here in Los Angeles. So many friends have lost their homes. We were evacuated but are home now, and grateful that we’re safe. I’ve written in more detail at susanorlean.substack.com

Word of the week: Rawdog And a few words about the Los Angeles fires.

Plus a personal note about the L.A. fires, with links to writing I admire by @susanorlean.bsky.social @meghandaum.bsky.social @theatlantic.com @sfstandard.com fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-th...

Wind is roaring like a beast here. We aren’t really close to any of the fires but we’re worried our windows might blow out: It’s that intense.

The Palisades Fire from a a flight landing at LAX, approaching Santa Monica, California.

Definitely unnerved. Not expecting to sleep tonight.

Wow I worded my request so poorly! I am looking for folks who need help organizing something like… a closet. Or toys. Or a drawer.

Send me your challenge!

A challenge organizing something! Like your books. Or spices. Sorry worded it badly!