Currently reading: Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut 📚
Still maintaining this sprawling 1200+ song playlist of indie music across genres, focused on women vocalists and players. open.spotify.com/playlist/…
Needed this vibe. Currently reading: An Immense World by Ed Yong 📚
There’s a reasonable argument that this is the single biggest breach of public data by private person, ever. NYT gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/1…
The ham-handed relationship between governments, trustees and schools as boards get politicized. PBS: www.pbs.org/newshour/…
On “institutional neutrality,” a conservative approach to dampen political speech on college campuses.
⚡ A trust-building exercise in an era of "flooding the zone"
While institutions are backing away from making position statements, news outlets are making lengthy statements of intent. This one from Madison is interesting because it also acknowledges that a portion of their audience may be intentionally avoiding news about the White House. This is a traditional trust-building strategy applied in a new way: explaining how the news outlet plans to allocate their resources in an era of “flooding the zone.”
The bureau speak is v amusing. Currently reading: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 📚
Finished reading: Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom 📚
Updated my reading list, while slowly making my way through half a dozen books at once.
Book club categorically disliked this one. Finished reading: The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry 📚
Dang, this is good. Currently reading: Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom 📚
Finished reading: Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange 📚
🧶 Wonky Star quilt
Posting about my latest quilt for posterity. This is a “wonky star” quilt using 10” precuts, measuring about 60 X 70”. I completed the sides last night and will hand quilt all of it with a mix of big stitch quilting.
Finished reading: Lit by Mary Karr 📚
So long
Deactivated my Twitter account after fifteen years (sheesh).
Finished reading: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates 📚
Finished reading: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 📚
Just talked myself into and out of $300 of yarn.
Currently reading: Abortion by Jessica Valenti 📚