Bad, bad, bad genes: floridaphoenix.com/2024/10/14/inv…

Grateful to have this chance to reflect on #milton, hurricanes, and climate grief.

Here's a piece I wrote for The Atlantic about Florida and why, given DeSantis, bugs, snakes, storms and rightwing psychos, anyone would live here: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Talking hurricanes, #climategrief, and my recent @cltampabay.bsky.social piece with Ben Montgomery, Ray Roa (left this hellscape, now on BlueSky) and Mitch Perry on WMNF Community Radio, The Skinny, 11-12, Fridays. I go on about 11:30. wmnf.org/events/the-ski…

Lunch with two environmental scientists after #Milton and #Helene. I asked, what can we do about future flooding in the Tampa Bay area? Their simultaneous, one-word answer: "retreat."

It's "Oh, #Florida! The Newsletter," hopping into your inbox like a runaway pet kangaroo startled by a bear!  mailchi.mp/1bbd6c574bc5/i…

What about the Autobiography of #BenjaminFranklin most resonates with current college students? Being #Vegetarian.

Grading in the AI age maddens me b/c of ghosting. I have to think how I can respond to message posts, saying "you didn't really write this" or "this is formulaic bullshit," without being sure whether I'm insulting the student. I only suspect it came from a computer.

A new book from Chris Meindl, director of the USF Florida Studies Program and a professor of Geography, chronicles the unique geology, centuries of history and the current state of #springs in Florida. ⬇️ stpetersburg.usf.edu/news/2024/on-t…

NEW: Hurricane Milton was (another) pollution nightmare for Tampa Bay As of Friday: 30+ bays, rivers and creeks polluted during the storm and 68 million + gallons of wastewater spills (and climbing) “It’s time to update our wastewater infrastructure" tampabay.com/news/environme…

As the parent of a young adult son, I'm terrified by this video.

Moving appreciation on a sad loss for the #USF family. We'll miss USF Men's Basketball Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. He was the real deal.

Democracy, indeed, dies in darkness. #JeffBezos #WashingtonPost #WaPo

#Florida Treasure visits the White House.

My spouse just wrote a short academic essay about teaching in #Florida and she breathes fire. @civilrights_lit

Today's reading (coincidentally) in American lit to 1860: I speak the password primeval .... I give the sign of democracy; By God! I will accept nothing which all cannot have their counterpart of on the same terms. --Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself" (1855)

#Academics: Dig in--research, teach, write, administer with wisdom and principle. Humanities scholarship is painfully relevant, it's up to us to be visible. The United States is no different than it was yesterday (the election was but a marker). It's up to us to respond.

"My thoughts have turned [to] Neil Postman’s ... Amusing Ourselves to Death ... as entertainment becomes a larger element in news coverage, especially on TV, a political leader’s image and ability to entertain us may become more important than their actual policies or actions."

My basically liberal/middle-of-the-road GI tract still will not stomach this election. I have not landed something solid in the toilet (when lucky enough to reach the toilet) since Wednesday afternoon. I am the body politic.

Hey Folks -- Leaving the Twitter conversation. Elon Musk scares me & I'm kind of silent here anyway. If you're on Blue Sky, please join me: tbhallock.bsky.social