Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain. 52530662
Reposted by Suzanne BSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Don’t forget, this is how the Kennedy center dismantling started. The folks at your institution doing equity work might be the first targeted, but the institutions themselves are always the target. Hope folks have learned this now. 3948328
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If you are still sending me work emails at 7 PM Friday before a holiday, I really hope you get your meds right. 544214
Reposted by Suzanne BDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton helped millions of children learn how to read and saved millions of lives by funding COVID vaccine research. She improved more people’s lives than almost any political leader in office. Her impact will be felt by generations. 51133271
Reposted by Suzanne BJason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 23/08/2026one real miracle of Trumpism is that his odiousness has done more to bring the Quebecqois together with the rest of Canada than anything a Canadian has done in my lifetime 322025
Reposted by Suzanne BIan @hylian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The one thing that bothers me the most now is people recording entire segments of a concert on their phone and if you are behind them you see a sea of phones recording a show. Like I understand getting a 15 second clip but put your damn phones away! It’s a concert. 1818714
Reposted by Suzanne BDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The USAID thing will eventually be talked about like a genocide 1205226835
Reposted by Suzanne BMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It is a sign of the total failure of our constitutional order that, a mere six years after we were all desperately praying for a miraculous scientific breakthrough to end the worst global pandemic in a century, that the President of the United States can do what he did today & face no consequences. 171289260
Reposted by Suzanne BKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout 159115282683
Reposted by Suzanne BSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I believe this 100%. The moral injury of the period, the grief from not just the too and so many deaths but the kinds of lives we had before, the laying bare of disposability, the non covid deaths it sped, the institutional strain, the collective fear and distrust, the prioritization of work anyway 25751156
Reposted by Suzanne BJonathan Harris @jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026He's quite possibly one of the worst people to have ever lived. 3413512635
Reposted by Suzanne BMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I'm actually fine with sounding old. 4363036222
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Some of yall are so strange and not in the “makes life interesting” kind of way. 318812
Reposted by Suzanne BNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Put 3 kids thru college w/ a blue collar job. Worked dawn to dusk, building homes. Loved his wife of 30yrs & John Deere. Lived here longer than I've been alive It doesn't make a life more valuable. But so many immigrants detained, deported, dying bear the trappings of "real America" we mythologize 6799262
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Sent these to my therapist at 9 am. I’m totally normal, why do you ask?? 941451
Reposted by Suzanne BDr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026It's not that a Humanities education turns all its graduates into good people, it's that it arms good people with the skills and knowledge they need to understand and advocate for themselves, others, and society. 546096
Reposted by Suzanne Bjon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 06/07/2026Anyway, I think what makes for a good pundit is someone who knows how to read, reads constantly, and reads widely. Some people like that are academics, but many aren't. The issue is that many pundits seem basically illiterate. 126926
Reposted by Suzanne BChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/07/2026NEW: Two-hundred-and-fifty years in, Justice Jackson is doing the work that is needed from our leaders. The United States needs leaders willing to speak forthrightly about our past and ambitiously about our future in order to make it through the treacherous present. This Fourth, at Law Dork:lawdork.comTwo-hundred-and-fifty years in, Justice Jackson is doing the work that is needed from our leadersThe United States needs leaders willing to speak forthrightly about our past and ambitiously about our future in order to make it through the treacherous present. 191502383
Reposted by Suzanne BDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Four years ago, a coordinated right-wing smear campaign condemned Monticello for "going woke." Bridget Gillespie was working there at the time, and she gives this revelatory inside account of the harassment staff endured and ultimately how the institution buckled. Amazing piece.prospect.orgWhat Broke Monticello - The American ProspectHow a right-wing smear campaign tried to silence the reality of Thomas Jefferson’s life, and in some ways succeeded. 221154502
Reposted by Suzanne BLiving well @thebestrevenge.info · 27/06/2026Every other politician just sucks compared to this guy. This isn’t even saying I like him, though I mostly do; he’s just better at this than everyone else. 710518
Reposted by Suzanne BJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Every now and then it's nice to pick your head up from your book, have a good look at the world around you, take a hard pass and immediately go right back to reading. Balance is important ❤️ 301898251
Reposted by Suzanne BActing the Fulemin @actingthefulemin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Millions of lapsed Catholics realizing that they have become realigned with the Pope against their will 1084355647
Reposted by Suzanne BArt Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Swalwell is done because of the excellent reporting of the @sfchronicle.com. That story must have taken a huge amount of time and considerable resources to compile and lawsuit-proof. Newspapers have their shortcomings, but this one just saved the whole state of California. Subscribe. [gift article]sfchronicle.comSwalwell ends governor campaign after Chronicle investigation into sexual assault allegationsRep. Eric Swalwell ended his campaign for governor two days after the Chronicle reported allegations he sexually assaulted a former staffer and CNN reported additional allegations. 218338
Reposted by Suzanne BElizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 08/04/2026these idiot adult converts are going to drive me back into the extremely questionable arms of the church 323878596
Reposted by Suzanne BMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/04/2026you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it. 301181043745
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026You know how people tell you repeatedly to tell them how they can help you? Then eventually you ask them for that help. And then they don’t do it? I don’t like that. 102935
Reposted by Suzanne BBones Hamilton @boneshamilton.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I haven’t been shouting for years, especially at single people, JUST GO DO THINGS/ACTIVITIES ON YOUR OWN. BE LONELY. ENJOY TIME WITH YOU. Especially away from your phone. 0152
Reposted by Suzanne BShay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Ten years after his first term, watching white folks clutch their pearls over Trump's racism feels disingenuous. It's like folks have no memory. 47214
Reposted by Suzanne BRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off. 287238876167
Reposted by Suzanne BJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 15/01/2026i've got one eye on WWIII; one eye on civil war 2; one eye on a pandemic that hasn't gone away; one eye on a pandemic-yet-to-come; one eye on rising cost of living; one eye on fewer jobs; one eye on 1x-in-a-century storms that come every yr; one eye on fires; one eye on my neighbors to keep 'em safe 834878
Reposted by Suzanne BBoze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 08/12/2025“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read. 3332481274
Reposted by Suzanne BLouise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Why is startup culture always “I am inventing a coffeeproof phone you can put in your coffee cup to keep it warm with cell radiation” and never “I’m inventing a new library wholesaler to replace the single company that is shutting down and sending libraries into crisis” 9537107
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/11/2025I don’t know who needs to hear this, but any professional service provider tells you that “you won’t have to do a thing!” is a stone cold liar. You will have to do many many things. Always. Sometimes, you will have to do ALL THE THINGS AND STILL PAY THEM. 224025
Reposted by Suzanne BRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse. 457182785764
Reposted by Suzanne BDesTROY McClure 🧟♂️ @trozen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Me today and well every day 0334
Reposted by Suzanne BRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 22/10/2025We can participate in democracy and be flawed while also having non-negotiable. No nazis. No racists. We aren’t abandoning trans people. Triple the minimum wage. Universal healthcare. Reproductive freedom. Etc etc etc. Stand for something! Appeasement accomplishes very little. 8950197
Reposted by Suzanne BMarly Marie @marlymarieport.bsky.social · 10/10/2025I still am appalled by the pure capitulation by so many powerful institutions. 315930
Reposted by Suzanne BGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 09/10/2025They are a generation primed for manipulation and fascist conditioning 05217
Reposted by Suzanne BNew York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 09/10/2025This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights.. 17643826410505
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2025I cannot believe what we are subjected to, day after day. 91369137
Reposted by Suzanne BPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 02/10/2025We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness. 22686495396
Reposted by Suzanne BThe RAD Seed @theradseed.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025For me: Ref Dwarf Chef Are You being Served? Keeping Up Appearances BBC to PBS pipeline knew what they had there 1184
Reposted by Suzanne BAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I’m no Newsom fanboy, but figuring out how to change the incentives of institutions considering capitulation is one of the big tasks of our moment. 352588476
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025It’s not just that video is too slow. It is that. It’s also not my own understanding happening. I also truly believe that the mind and life I want to have does not happen through watching but does through reading. Wild that this is even a little bit provocative but I suspect that mostly just online 1632221
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025So Hegseth. One, I told y’all it was a meeting that could have been an email and I really want my credits. Two, when all you have is a tv face, you have to turn your job into a tv show. It’s a theme of this administration. 11955131
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025It finally hit me. This woman snarkily told me that she likes advice because other people’s mistakes helps her not repeat them. And it dawned on me that yeah that is what reading does too but without the annoying navel-gazing from strangers. Then I was like ohhhhhh you don’t read a lot. 11936
Reposted by Suzanne BTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I just figured out something that has confused me for ages. You know how some people love advice and how much I loathe it?? Well, see, I read. I read books and stories. That’s my advice. 1337727
Reposted by Suzanne BRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I wrote about the dangerous fantasy of the civility framework in political discourse. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Civility Is a Fantasy 22794181
