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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Master’s tools dismantling the master’s house. Makes me think of the scene in The Wire where Brother Mouzone asserts that the most dangerous thing in America is a black man with a library card.

Photo of The Wire’s Brother Mouzone, from the shoulders up, with Baltimore row houses in the background. His clothing and eyeglasses are modeled on Malcolm X: crisp white shirt, black suit coat, plaid red bow tie, and horn rimmed glasses. He’s dead serious, and deadly. Out of view: his assassin’s hardware, his library card, and the latest issue of Harper’s Magazine.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🛶 Revised schedule for James, 9/1-9/27 Short book, busy month--as suggested, I've spread out the reading, and added breaks for holidays/life/etc. Pages are for the print edition (Doubleday, 2024). Hope this will work for everybody! Looking forward to hearing what you think of this book!

Date, Chapters, # Pages

9/1 Part 1: 1, 2 (20)
9/2 3, 4, 5 (19)
9/3 6, 7 (8)
9/4 8,9 (15)
9/5 Break
9/6 Break
9/7 Break
9/8 11, 12 (9)
9/9 13, 14 (9)
9/10 15, 16 (8)
9/11 17, 18 (12)
9/12 Break
9/13 Break
9/14 19, 20 (15)
9/15 21, 22, 23 (16)
9/16 24, 25, 26 (16)
9/17 27, 28, 29 (14)
9/18 30, 31, 32 (16)
9/19 Break
9/20 Break
9/21 Break
9/22 Part 2: 1,2,3 (18)
9/23 4, 5, 6 (20)
9/24 7, 8 ,9 (21)
9/25 Part 3: 1, 2, 3, 4 (20)
9/26 5, 6, 7, 8 (16)
9/27 9, 10, 11, 12 (17)

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

🛶 I mean, really, can you blame Huck and Jim for being tired of humoring this royal nonsense? (But fawning to keep the king and the duke placated makes all kinds of survival sense. Twain’s reveal of the sausage-making behind the grift is…instructive.)

A still image from Schoolhouse Rock: a cartoon King George III scowls, right index finger in the air, as he says “Anything I say, do it my way now.” He’s dressed in royal red robes and a tiny crown.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

If we talk about Huck and Pap and Widow Douglas and Jim, we're talking about what's still happening to some kids and some groups.

A demotivational poster showing a robot raising its gun-loaded arms. Captioned MOTIVATION: YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🛶📖 Huck Finn readers, see you on Saturday, 8/15, to talk about chs. 1-5. Optional extra reading below in the comments.

An 1884 photograph of Mark Twain. He is standing up, wearing a white (linen?) suit and spiffy loafers, and holding hat and cane in his right hand. The backdrop is a studio photographer's painting of a creek at the edge of the woods. Twain is looking off in the distance, perhaps slightly annoyed that he's not actually outdoors.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore.

Huge shiny egg sculpture, AVAM, Baltimore; mirror mosaic.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Test build from Tait Global, to give you a better sense of scale.

A photograph of the UFC cage in its test build stage at Tait Global in Lititz, Pa. Giant metal arches rise from a parking lot months before the structure is transported to the White House. Photo from LancasterOnline.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Aimee Semple McPherson—Sister Aimee--is back.

A full-length portrait of evangelist/grifter Aimee Semple McPherson—Sister Aimee--in a long white gown with flowing sleeves. It bears an uncanny resemblance to Paula White.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Stuff those bad feelings waaaay deep down, it’ll be fine

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Making my way through Hell’s Heart. Bulkington sighted! 🐋

Cover of Alexis Hall’s novel, Hell’s Heart. A one-eyed, many tentacled pink space monster swims among the stars.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The Smallweed Family by "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne) for Bleak House. Link has more illustrations: victorianweb.org/art/illustra...

The Smallweed Family by "Phiz" (Hablot Knight Browne) for Bleak House: A black and white illustration of a small room in the Smallweed house. Mr. Smallweed is in his chair by the fireplace, hunched over and exhausted. Judy, a sharp-faced woman with a carving knife in hand, looks angrily at a downcast girl in a bonnet (Charley). An old woman sits in the chair across from Mr. Smallweed. The kettle is on and steaming, and bread and butter is on the menu.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Editor: You get those photos of Mr. Tulkinghorn? Photographer: Sure did boss, real freakin' cold and lawyerly just like you asked. Editor: what. 🔒

Charles Dance in costume as Mr. Tulkinghorn. He stands, in his ancient suit and silks, with his hands behind his back, in front of a fireplace in a well-appointed drawing room. He is pensive but hawk-sharp and observant.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

@nkjemisin.bsky.social’s “The World We Make” is a damn delight. Inventive, smartly-written, all the accolades — but most of all, heartening. Strength-giving. Hopeful. It’s the book I need right now.

Cover of N.K. Jemesin’s “The World We Make.” Excellent urban fantasy that fights the horrors—eldritch, political, personal—with resourcefulness and attitude. “I ❤️ NY” means fighting for and alongside its many aspects. This is book #2; do yourself a favor and go read “The City We Became” and then treat yourself to this one.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

And this one, for women of a certain stage.

Book cover for Kristin Bair's novel, Clementine Crane Prefers Not To: a white woman in a white bathrobe reclines in a cozy green chair, with her feet up on an ottoman. Her family's crap (sports gear, spilled drink, clothing on floor) surrounds her. Clementine sips her coffee and Does Not Care. She has been inspired by the spirit of Bartleby the Scrivener.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Moby-Dick is like HIS GRANDPARENTS’ OLDSMOBILE Hop in my novel, It’s as big as a whale And we’re about to set sail! The Pequod is a little old ship where We can get together Love ship, baby, love ship 🐋

Still of the B52s from the Love Shack video.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

How about this version (1953)? I kept it because of the Edward Gorey illustrations!

Title page of Charles Dickens’s novel, Bleak House. Black and white illustration by Edward Gorey depicting caged birds near a window overlooking a city. There’s a volume labeled Jarndyce v Jarndyce nearby.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Right??? One dumb hack is that I make sure to sound totally human in discussion, so the instructor hears a "voice." An opinionated voice, but hey. I might also attach an editorial P.S. about a source. Or footnote a crappy AI answer I came across. Or "All errors are custom-made by a human."

Cover of X. Fang's delightful picture book, "We Are Definitely Human." Three blue aliens with purple outfits float in space, along with their flying saucer. This one is fun to read again and again, and I totally recommend it to parents, aunts, uncles, etc. as a non-boring book with sweet illustrations and a kind message. MORE X. FANG, PLEASE.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

”…an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time…” 🐋

The Ancient Mariner with the Wedding Guest first page of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', by S.T. Coleridge, published by Harper und Sons, New York, 1876 (wood engraving)), by Gustave Dore. The ancient mariner, seated, holds forth as the wedding guest looks on and listens.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My college textbook, full of notes in my very tiny handwriting! Wish I still had the binder full of seminar readings—so many primary sources!

The Norton Critical Edition of Melville’s Moby-Dick. The cover has a slightly olive green frame around a 19th century engraving of a whale’s tail thrashing around and upsetting small whaling boats and their crews.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Cocktail recipe for "Celery Sour," containing celery bitters from "The Complete Buffet Guide, or, How to Mix All Kinds of Drinks" by V. B. Lewis (1903), via The Food Historian Blog (www.thefoodhistorian.com/blog/categor...). No eggs! No yogurt!

Cocktail recipe for "Celery Sour," containing celery bitters from "The Complete Buffet Guide, or, How to Mix All Kinds of Drinks" by V. B. Lewis (1903). Celery Sour: Fill mixing glass two-thirds full fine ice. One teaspoonful pineapple syrup. One teaspoonfull lemon juice. One-quarter tablespoonful celery bitters. Stir well, strain into a claret glass with fruit, and serve.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

in the dark I light that little fire

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Sinners is excellent movie-making. Don’t wait for it to come to the small screen—it’s a feast for the eyes and ears in big ways. The COSTUMES, my God, the costumes, each of them an essay on time and place, just gorgeous!

Michael B. Jordan, dressed in a finely tailored suit from the 1930s, sits outside, cross legged, contemplating the sepia-toned Mississippi Delta sky in a scene from Sinners.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Where is the love for Pepe, the king prawn? Why I gotta ‘splain to you people???

Pepe the king prawn raises his eyes to the sky and asks, with all four of his arms, WHY. He has enough confidence that he expects God to answer, and enough fatalism to accept a shrug right back. But do not worry: his natural charm and impatience will help him make it through.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I just googled Pennsylvania State Trooper drinking a milkshake Courtesy of www.padairymens.com

Pennsylvania state trooper on horseback smiling and holding a chocolate milkshake WITH A STRAW IN IT. Look, Farm Show milkshakes are for everybody, according to the PA Dairymen's Association.

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Hat Full of Sky @hatfullofsky.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

(Anyway, just wondering how much trauma is involved here, and why uncle wants nothing to do with them, and how the current governess is gonna stay out of the cornfield. Maybe Jessel and Quint are angry at the kids for reasons?) 🪛