Back to my regularly scheduled plate breaking over here! Let’s have a chat, shall we? (Short 🧵)

Hoping to read some Wendell Berry this year. Where should I start?

Incredible reporting on disturbing allegations against a cult horror film director by Laura Bradley thedailybeast.com/three-women-ac…

Jury duty on Friday the 13th. What could go wrong?

big news for font freaks: Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Department & replaced by Calibri. Secretary Blinken sent a cable to all embassies today directing staff not to send him any more papers with Times New Roman. Subject: "The Times (New Roman) are a-Changin"

All of my notifications on this bird app these days are about el*n m*sk posting??

wow. very smart gator indeed

I’m just a woman, reading through The Great UChicagoPress Book Sale catalog with a pen.

I’ve often said authors seeing their books for the first time is the best content on this here app. But I was wrong. It’s this.

Over 114,000 people in Maryland are licensed to wear and carry a gun in public, according to state police licensing division. Chart shows spike in apps after Gov. Hogan said Marylanders no longer needed to prove a "good and substantial reason" to get one. The Baltimore Banner 1/

I love this city.

My first byline at the The New York Times today is also, as a digital native and a former news wire/online/ radio journalist, the first time I see my name in print, ever. Mom and dad ordered a few hard copies in Spanish… 🙄🙄 nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/…

Take a hike.

"It’s easy to romanticize libraries. But, the fact is, they’re not “just” about the written word. Were they ever? As local safety nets shriveled, the library roof magically expanded from umbrella to tarp to circus tent to airplane hangar." nytimes.com/2023/02/14/boo…

Good morning from the magnolia tree outside our office

Tiny beast at rest, waiting for my next meeting to arise and cause trouble

At a conference today (my first in ages!) and I’m reminded of my favorite tip from Greg Britton: forgo the lanyard and use the lapel clip.

The only coronation content I’m interested in today, courtesy of American Visionary Art Museum’s Kinetic Sculpture Race

In today’s episode of We Do Not Deserve Bookstores…