Nora J. Williams

Well ...this is just horrifying on any number of levels and shows just how sick and twisted Trump's regime is. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you've never read Chanel Miller's memoir, this is a fantastic time to change that uk.bookshop.org/p/books/know...

But I need to smile more.

My second (very late) installment in my chapter-by-chapter re-read of Kate Manne's _Down Girl_ is live now! nerdy-book-club.ghost.io/introduction...

A reminder that the institution cannot and will not love you back.

The person who brought in the Upskirting law is specifically accusing Rowling of breaking it.

@emer.bsky.social wrote a beautiful, brilliant book & I'm so excited for you all to read it!

Remember, the transphobic EHRC code is being implemented by this government by CHOICE, not because it HAS to. Labour is CHOOSING to implement transphobic segregation.

Especially important to complete this if, like me, you conscientiously object to the use of genAI on environmental, ethical, and intellectual property grounds.

‼️ The deadline to apply for the @srsrensoc.bsky.social Society for Renaissance Studies Scholars of Colour MA Scholarship is fast approaching. Applications must be submitted by 15 July 2026.   Full details and the application portal can be found on our website: rensoc.org.uk/apply/schola...

'Tis I! Scroll down the thread for archival recordings of performances and access to scripts from A Two Woman Hamlet 💀💐👑

Fascinating to me that when I'm really, really tired, my brain just refuses to understand Celsius. I have mostly lived outside the US since 2007, but that childhood programming dies hard I guess 🤣😭

What a disgrace?

Thanks for the photo @saaupdates.bsky.social ! Btw, you can preorder the Canonical Misogyny paperback for 30% off with code PAPER30 😉

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

The HPV vaccine is durably AMAZING.A massive Swedish registry study w 18 years of follow-up found no waning protection against invasive cervical cancer. If vaccinated before age 17, cancer risk is cut by ~80%. Even those vaccinated later still had substantial protection. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Unflinching refusal to use or allow the use of A.I. in reading & writing should be the uncontroversial, default position of teachers from K-12 to colleges & universities. If our administrators tell us we "have to" we tell them to eff off. We will not kill the planet's water for systemic plagiarism.

Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?

"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah, renewable energy, mRNA vaccines. Lots of cool stuff like that! Probably not the one whose main promise was cutting payrolls

What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.

This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

BREAKING: The Senate just blocked a bill that would have renewed ICE's budget without real, enforceable changes. This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.

*This*. It cannot be said often enough that Trump's 5th column in the UK is planning precisely the same fascist makeover. In broad daylight, and with "democratic" politicians being silent onlookers. And I wonder if Brits will have the courage of Minnesotans when it comes down to it.

My first Nerdy Book Club post is up! I'm starting with Kate Manne's now-classic work Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. Whether it's your first time or a re-read, come think with me for one chapter per week #booksky nerdy-book-club.ghost.io/preface-kate...

It's like a substack, but it's not substack lithub.com/the-case-aga...

Doing a thing 🫣 Subscribe for weekly-ish reflections on smart books by smart people, placed at ~1 chapter a week. No AI, no rush, no homework. Just turn up as you are & think with me. nerdy-book-club.ghost.io

beestung is now open for new work by two-spirit, genderqueer, and non-binary writers! beestungmag.com/about/

Unarmed woman executed by state may have been on committee to fight against unarmed women being executed by the state

We are doing new eps but just at a glacial pace - this one I'm super excited about! We've got the brilliant @fourfootedbeasts.bsky.social joining us to talk all things PERICLES!

Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.

Stop it because why am I tearing up at a cartoon wolf in a supermarket ad 🥹🥹

FACULTY GREW TOO POWERFUL excuse me while I laugh myself off this cliff

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.