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State legislators have attempted to ban CRT in every state in the nation, except Delaware.
DNF: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz đ
Huge fan of the authorâs previous work, but I simply could not find an entry point. Too many characters, and the emotional stakes were too abstract. I made it about 100 pages in.
Just dropped the needle on this monster for the first time in a long time and let me tell you, it still absolutely owns.
Definitely not going to take this personally.
If you’re suddenly in the market for a less fashy RSS reader, I can wholeheartedly recommend NetNewsWire.
(I’m also experimenting with Readwise Reader, which I’ll have more to say about soon, but its RSS features are currently underwhelming.)
Because of the way campaign finance works (or doesnât work) in America, itâs often much easier to understand a candidateâs priorities by understanding their donors rather than listening to their stump speech.
This rundown is⊠illuminating.
Finished reading: The Idiot by Elif Batuman đ
One morning, on my way to a lecture on Balzac, it came to me with great clarity that there was no way that that guy, the professor, was going to tell me anything useful. No doubt he knew many useful things, but he wasn’t going to say them; rather, he was going to tell us again that Balzac’s Paris was extremely comprehensive.
I am shocked at how well Batuman captures the overwhelming banality of one’s first year away at college. Every experience is simultaneously novel, intense and boring.
Finished reading: The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz đ
Still cooks.
Finished re-reading: The Perfect Pass by S. C. Gwynne đ
Inspired to pick it back up after the untimely death of Mike Leach late last year.
Finished reading: This Wheel’s on Fire by Levon Helm đ
It was a bit disappointing to learn that a âplant-based sports barâ had taken over and destroyed half of the Elliott Smith wall, but I wasnât gonna let that prevent me from a photo op.
This picture was taken at the finish line of the 2012 Beaver Stadium Run, seconds after Franco Harris (right) had admonished me to âFinish strong, son!â The Penn State community lost a great ambassador today.
Thank you, Joe Brandon.
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Perhaps one of the most important pages on all of Wikipedia: List of Sauces.
Twitter is rapidly moving away from “place I don’t want to spend as much time” and “place where I should not be publishing original thoughts” (as documented here) and towards “place I can’t really justify being a DAU.”
Wishing a manageable Thanksgiving to those of us struggling with disordered eating.
You donât need to âearnâ your meal. Youâre not âbeing badâ if you get another plate. And, what does or doesnât go on your plate is nobodyâs business or concern but your own.
I’m sure how good I feel today has nothing to do with doing morning yoga for three straight days. Probably entirely unrelated. Nothing we can observe or learn from here.