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Continuing class prep this morning...
Soundtrack so far are some of the (few!) interesting new releases last week:
* Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart
* Sault - 10 / Chapter 1The new Sault record, Chapter 1, is great, very much in line with the top notch stuff from last year. An online friend spied Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis among the credits, which is pretty cool to see, and I can feel a bit of their vibe running throughout.
BUT it had me reaching back to their "10" record from last year, in part bc Chapter 1 feels a bit darker/bitter in spots. Maybe the Little Simz drama? Not what I'm looking for this morning, right at this moment.
Jenny on Holiday wasn't really my thing BUT "Dolphins" and "Groundskeeping" were both great songs I'll return to.
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Continuing class prep this morning...
Soundtrack so far are some of the (few!) interesting new releases last week:
* Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart
* Sault - 10 / Chapter 1The new Sault record, Chapter 1, is great, very much in line with the top notch stuff from last year. An online friend spied Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis among the credits, which is pretty cool to see, and I can feel a bit of their vibe running throughout.
BUT it had me reaching back to their "10" record from last year, in part bc Chapter 1 feels a bit darker/bitter in spots. Maybe the Little Simz drama? Not what I'm looking for this morning, right at this moment.
Jenny on Holiday wasn't really my thing BUT "Dolphins" and "Groundskeeping" were both great songs I'll return to.
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Continuing class prep this morning...
Soundtrack so far are some of the (few!) interesting new releases last week:
* Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart
* Sault - 10 / Chapter 1The new Sault record, Chapter 1, is great, very much in line with the top notch stuff from last year. An online friend spied Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis among the credits, which is pretty cool to see, and I can feel a bit of their vibe running throughout.
BUT it had me reaching back to their "10" record from last year, in part bc Chapter 1 feels a bit darker/bitter in spots. Maybe the Little Simz drama? Not what I'm looking for this morning, right at this moment.
Jenny on Holiday wasn't really my thing BUT "Dolphins" and "Groundskeeping" were both great songs I'll return to.
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Continuing class prep this morning...
Soundtrack so far are some of the (few!) interesting new releases last week:
* Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart
* Sault - 10 / Chapter 1The new Sault record, Chapter 1, is great, very much in line with the top notch stuff from last year. An online friend spied Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis among the credits, which is pretty cool to see, and I can feel a bit of their vibe running throughout.
BUT it had me reaching back to their "10" record from last year, in part bc Chapter 1 feels a bit darker/bitter in spots. Maybe the Little Simz drama? Not what I'm looking for this morning, right at this moment.
Jenny on Holiday wasn't really my thing BUT "Dolphins" and "Groundskeeping" were both great songs I'll return to.
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Continuing class prep this morning...
Soundtrack so far are some of the (few!) interesting new releases last week:
* Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart
* Sault - 10 / Chapter 1The new Sault record, Chapter 1, is great, very much in line with the top notch stuff from last year. An online friend spied Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis among the credits, which is pretty cool to see, and I can feel a bit of their vibe running throughout.
BUT it had me reaching back to their "10" record from last year, in part bc Chapter 1 feels a bit darker/bitter in spots. Maybe the Little Simz drama? Not what I'm looking for this morning, right at this moment.
Jenny on Holiday wasn't really my thing BUT "Dolphins" and "Groundskeeping" were both great songs I'll return to.
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I absolutely *loved* this article, which is ostensibly an investigation of fandom, but ultimately uses that to poke at things like criticism, aging, community, and more.
Super well-written, super funny, and a bit moving. It even moves with the breathlessness, the rhythm of fandom. I loved everything about it. Could easily use it in a #Writing class of some sort.
#GiftLink below.
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I absolutely *loved* this article, which is ostensibly an investigation of fandom, but ultimately uses that to poke at things like criticism, aging, community, and more.
Super well-written, super funny, and a bit moving. It even moves with the breathlessness, the rhythm of fandom. I loved everything about it. Could easily use it in a #Writing class of some sort.
#GiftLink below.
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I absolutely *loved* this article, which is ostensibly an investigation of fandom, but ultimately uses that to poke at things like criticism, aging, community, and more.
Super well-written, super funny, and a bit moving. It even moves with the breathlessness, the rhythm of fandom. I loved everything about it. Could easily use it in a #Writing class of some sort.
#GiftLink below.
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I absolutely *loved* this article, which is ostensibly an investigation of fandom, but ultimately uses that to poke at things like criticism, aging, community, and more.
Super well-written, super funny, and a bit moving. It even moves with the breathlessness, the rhythm of fandom. I loved everything about it. Could easily use it in a #Writing class of some sort.
#GiftLink below.
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I absolutely *loved* this article, which is ostensibly an investigation of fandom, but ultimately uses that to poke at things like criticism, aging, community, and more.
Super well-written, super funny, and a bit moving. It even moves with the breathlessness, the rhythm of fandom. I loved everything about it. Could easily use it in a #Writing class of some sort.
#GiftLink below.
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Not an easy plate to take an attractive picture of, but my wife made me tofu and cauliflower katsu with Mac salad (Hawaiian style) for my b-day.
Plate lunch is my comfort food, nostalgia food, tasty food. Complete with a copycat l&l katsu sauce.
Everything was great. #Food #Cooking #platelunch
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For anyone who teaches, or is interested in literacy issues, you might check out this article on dyslexia and its relationship to debates about reading instruction:
Dyslexia and the Reading Wars | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/29/dyslexia-and-the-reading-wars
(sorry that it is behind a paywall, if anyone can't access but really wants a copy, DM me)
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"As long as I have a knife, some soy sauce, and a bit of soybean paste, I can do anything."
-- Venerable Sunjae, Culinary Class Wars
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Didn't expect the posthumous D'Angelo leaks/releases to get so hot so quick, but here we are
D'Angelo - It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night/1999 (Carnegie Hall rehearsal, 2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDqojDPYrg8That's Quest's voice so I'm guessing he played this on one of his live insta/youtube shows at some point recently?
Dopeness.
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"'What a piece of work is man!' marvels Hamlet, "how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! ... in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! ... the paragon of animals!"
In a few short lines, Shakespeare gives us the most prominent theme in the history of Western thought: human beings are the most clever, moral, and capable spcies on earth.
But I wonder, if we truly believe we are so much better than other species, why have we spent thousands of years driving home the point?"
-- #FirstSentences of *The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters* by Christine Webb
Started today, 2026-01-02. Reading notes will be shared here.
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"'What a piece of work is man!' marvels Hamlet, "how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! ... in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! ... the paragon of animals!"
In a few short lines, Shakespeare gives us the most prominent theme in the history of Western thought: human beings are the most clever, moral, and capable spcies on earth.
But I wonder, if we truly believe we are so much better than other species, why have we spent thousands of years driving home the point?"
-- #FirstSentences of *The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters* by Christine Webb
Started today, 2026-01-02. Reading notes will be shared here.
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"'What a piece of work is man!' marvels Hamlet, "how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! ... in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! ... the paragon of animals!"
In a few short lines, Shakespeare gives us the most prominent theme in the history of Western thought: human beings are the most clever, moral, and capable spcies on earth.
But I wonder, if we truly believe we are so much better than other species, why have we spent thousands of years driving home the point?"
-- #FirstSentences of *The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters* by Christine Webb
Started today, 2026-01-02. Reading notes will be shared here.
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"'What a piece of work is man!' marvels Hamlet, "how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! ... in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! ... the paragon of animals!"
In a few short lines, Shakespeare gives us the most prominent theme in the history of Western thought: human beings are the most clever, moral, and capable spcies on earth.
But I wonder, if we truly believe we are so much better than other species, why have we spent thousands of years driving home the point?"
-- #FirstSentences of *The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters* by Christine Webb
Started today, 2026-01-02. Reading notes will be shared here.
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"'What a piece of work is man!' marvels Hamlet, "how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! ... in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! ... the paragon of animals!"
In a few short lines, Shakespeare gives us the most prominent theme in the history of Western thought: human beings are the most clever, moral, and capable spcies on earth.
But I wonder, if we truly believe we are so much better than other species, why have we spent thousands of years driving home the point?"
-- #FirstSentences of *The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters* by Christine Webb
Started today, 2026-01-02. Reading notes will be shared here.
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#ReadingNotes thread for 2026!
Going to try my best to corral my reading notes in this thread this year, making it easier to mute/filter (if you desire).
So first sentences, running commentary, etc. will be posted as responses to this thread.
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#ReadingNotes thread for 2026!
Going to try my best to corral my reading notes in this thread this year, making it easier to mute/filter (if you desire).
So first sentences, running commentary, etc. will be posted as responses to this thread.
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#ReadingNotes thread for 2026!
Going to try my best to corral my reading notes in this thread this year, making it easier to mute/filter (if you desire).
So first sentences, running commentary, etc. will be posted as responses to this thread.
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#ReadingNotes thread for 2026!
Going to try my best to corral my reading notes in this thread this year, making it easier to mute/filter (if you desire).
So first sentences, running commentary, etc. will be posted as responses to this thread.
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#ReadingNotes thread for 2026!
Going to try my best to corral my reading notes in this thread this year, making it easier to mute/filter (if you desire).
So first sentences, running commentary, etc. will be posted as responses to this thread.
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"I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.... I think I have found out (here's presumption!) the simple way by which species become exquisitely adapted to various ends."
Darwin, quoted in Roberts, p. 305
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Introduce a couple of line breaks and this could stand on its own as a #FoundPoem!
The full letter is here.
https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-729.xml
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"I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.... I think I have found out (here's presumption!) the simple way by which species become exquisitely adapted to various ends."
Darwin, quoted in Roberts, p. 305
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Introduce a couple of line breaks and this could stand on its own as a #FoundPoem!
The full letter is here.
https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-729.xml
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"I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.... I think I have found out (here's presumption!) the simple way by which species become exquisitely adapted to various ends."
Darwin, quoted in Roberts, p. 305
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Introduce a couple of line breaks and this could stand on its own as a #FoundPoem!
The full letter is here.
https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-729.xml
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"I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.... I think I have found out (here's presumption!) the simple way by which species become exquisitely adapted to various ends."
Darwin, quoted in Roberts, p. 305
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Introduce a couple of line breaks and this could stand on its own as a #FoundPoem!
The full letter is here.
https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-729.xml
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"I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.... I think I have found out (here's presumption!) the simple way by which species become exquisitely adapted to various ends."
Darwin, quoted in Roberts, p. 305
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Introduce a couple of line breaks and this could stand on its own as a #FoundPoem!
The full letter is here.
https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-729.xml
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Wild storm line just passed through. Short but super intense. Now, in the next 6 hours or so, major temp drops and even stronger winds.
(they've already been notably strong!)
Crossing our fingers for no major damage, but won't be able to get out and check for a bit.