2yo has v. healthy lungs.

“I played a medley of Keith Sweat, Bell Biv Devoe, Hammer, and Public Enemy pop songs on the piano.” After reading this sentence in Along Came a Spider, I have a sudden and irresistible urge to write something about James Patterson.

They just did this to name another company after something from Tolkien.

The America Party: come for the pedophilia conspiracies; stay for the deficit reduction!

I was shocked to learn it’s being called Dune: Part III: MechaHitler

Not inaccurate.

Send your proposals for this seminar on “Conspiracism” that I’ll be co-organizing with Sarah Brouillette & Lee Konstantinou for ACLA 2026 Montreal: acla.org/seminar/a770a5…

Phonics books seem evenly divided between books that systematically map the relation between phonemes and graphemes in English—and books with activities that are actually fun and tractable for kids to do. Someone should try to combine the two approaches.🤪

If you want to hear a podcast featuring me talking about Tolkien and the far right, have I got something for you. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/myt…

Got my first peer review request for an article that, upon investigation, is pretty clearly 100% AI-generated—with hallucinated sources and quotes. 🤪

First time getting translated into Korean. pado.kr/article/202508…

Send us your paper proposal starting 8/26 for our ACLA seminar Conspiracism. Come hang out with me, Sarah Brouillette & Lee Konstantinou in Montreal in the deep winter. acla.org/seminar/a770a5…

Spicer's "Graphic Story Magazine" mustn't be confused w/ Kyle's "Graphic Story Review" column which started in "Graphic Story Magazine" when it was called "Fantasy Illustrated" & mustn't be confused w/ "Graphic Story World" which Kyle founded before renaming it "Wonderworld." 🤔

This is how the Butlerian Jihad started, actually.

Feeling nostalgic for the days when "being the biopower of the enlightenment" was a real career option.

classroom vibes extremely dubious this semester

I’m convinced. Gonna give this “reading” thing a try.