Reposted by @mr-pierce.bsky.socialMatthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Petar Musa just scored a goal. I enjoyed that. 1521410
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 16/04/2026You should give your end of year awards picks for the NBA. 000
Reposted by @mr-pierce.bsky.socialTexas Observer @texasobserver.org · 11/03/2026New from Kalyn Gensic: "I entered this profession just as storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather, but I enrolled in a librarian program hoping it would pass me like lamb’s blood was painted on my doorframe. And for the first three years, wishful thinking worked ..."texasobserver.orgHow a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for LibertyI entered this profession just as the storm clouds of the current book-banning push were starting to gather; now I’m in the middle of it. 14725
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 25/01/2026My high schoolers read the article that preceded the book every year, and we discuss the new manifestations of this problem as they've experienced it. They love the article and the discussion. thefederalist.com/2014/01/17/t...thefederalist.comThe Death Of ExpertiseTo reject the notion of expertise, and to replace it with a sanctimonious insistence that every person has a right to his or her own opinion, is silly. 020
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 28/09/2025I'm curious about what aare some of your favorite novels that *are not* in the science fiction and fantasy realm. (I've seen at least one list of favorite scifi works.) 020
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 01/07/2025#booksky #quotes #bigbeautifulbill #usaid 000
Reposted by @mr-pierce.bsky.socialNathan Hill @afterburn.soccer · 27/06/2025This is the government and cruelty so many voted for. Because they don’t believe these victims are human. 011
Reposted by @mr-pierce.bsky.socialMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Banger column by David Brooks www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m Normally a Mild Guy. Here’s What’s Pushed Me Over the Edge. 89518
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 05/04/2025I am pretty convinced of the thesis that Americans have had things so good for so long that they have lost perspective on how good their government actually has been. This is a needed corrective that happens to be thoroughly enjoyable. 000
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 05/04/2025#booksky #30daybookchallenge I thought I'd add one more book to the 30 day challenge--the book I wish people would read now. The Fifth Risk - Michael Lewis Lewis talks to federal employees to see what they do--and it is surprisingly emotional and beautiful. 130
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 04/04/2025#booksky #30daychallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 30: The book I'm reading now. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin 0100
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 04/04/2025#booksky #30bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 29: A book cover I love. Woodhouse's Scrub Jays are a glorious bird. 070
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 02/04/2025#booksky #30daychallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 28: A classic novel I still intend to read I read The Moonstone recently--so The Woman in White should be up soon. 1101
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 01/04/2025#booksky #30daychallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 27: A book I read every year. This is one of the books I teach every year... The Light Princess by George MacDonald 040
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 01/04/2025#booksky #30daychallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 26: A biography everyone should read This is a highly underrated, though little known, autobiography of life in North Texas. 020
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 30/03/2025#booksky #30bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 25: A villain that I actually love. This one stumped me, but maybe Shylock. 040
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 23/03/2025#booksky #30daychallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 24: A collaboration by 2 or more authors I evidently am not a big fan of collaborations because I have few to choose between, but one of my all-time favorite volumes of poetry is a collaboration. Ted Kooser and Jim Harrison's Braided Creek 011
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 22/03/2025#booksky #30bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 23: A book quote you know by heart. It seems I have a lot of lines from Wendell Berry down. 180
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 21/03/2025#booksky #30daychallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 22: LGBT Love Story 020
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 21/03/2025#booksky #30daychallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 21: An anthology I love. I love all of the "Good Poems" anthologies. 010
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 20/03/2025#booksky #30daybookchallenge #30daychallenge Day 20: A (favorite) book with an unreliable narrator Easy choice 020
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 19/03/2025#booksky #30daychallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 19: An audiobook you liked because of the narrator's voice Timothy West's The Warden 010
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 18/03/2025#booksky #30bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 18: A book you like by an author no longer living. I'm pretty sure I read more books by dead authors than by living ones, soo not an easy one to pick. I'll go with Wallace Stegner. I wish there were more books by him. 000
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 16/03/2025#booksky #30bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 17: A book with a name in the title (may be a fictional name or not) 030
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025#booksky #30daychallenge #30daybookchallenge Day 16: A book I've read more than once. 010
mr-pierce.bsky.social @mr-pierce.bsky.social · 14/03/2025#booksky #30daybookchallenge #30daychallenge Day 15: A book that made you cry sad tears (I can't tell the difference between this one and Day 6, to be honest.) This is a sad book I like though. 020
