Jack o' Slam-tern

Jack o' Slam-tern

@slamastack.bsky.social

15yr old 2 weeks ago: "I'd be fine living anywhere"

15yr old today when wife says she might apply for a tenure track position up north: "Why. Don't you like your job here?" *acts surly af all night*

meanwhile, me when she says she might apply somewhere they have seasons:

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Blacklikewho

Blacklikewho

@blacklikewho.bsky.social

People have short memories. Back in the 1980s some people tried to upbraid Afrocentric scholars for using the word holocaust for describing slavery. They were call antisemitic. Now, some are trying the same move with genocide and Palestine. But get this: words are not reserved for special people.

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John Nurick

John Nurick

@jmnurick.bsky.social

Not a lachrymatory allium in this WaPo piece, not even at the 34th mention. Instead, a eye-watering, pungent, peelable collection of adverbs and adjectives layered throughout his piece on onion futures.
@secondmentions.com

https://wapo.st/4eMAHh5

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