In terms of books, I am reading Katherine Hepburn's second memoir, Me, and I'm loving it.

Warm, gorgeous day for a Boston Marathon. Good luck runners!!

taxes filed; panic descends.

Such a huckster.

The food at Red Bulls stadium is terrible but the swell of collective hope followed by near instantaneous sigh of disappointment was an incredible rush; most fun live sports event I've been to in a long time. Plus some excellent passing shots.

RIP nytimes.com/2024/04/12/bus…

This was very insightful. Listen to it. npr.org/2024/04/12/124…

What's quite neat is that David Mura got a well-deserved GuggenheimFoundation and over JSTOR Daily we're running an essay by him next week! Stay tuned!!

Jon Cooper Donald Trump's use of the word 'Peekaboo' to describe New York Attorney General Letitia James is a throwback to slavery, which is overtly racist to appeal to white supremacists. “He’s taking that historical racialized language that was offensive and insulting, and the…

It's incumbent upon me to inform you that currently the best pizza in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill is Oma Grassa.

To what extent was the introduction of auto-tunes the revolutionary equivalent of Dylan going electric at Newport?

BookTV on C-SPAN2 Batya Ungar-Sargon Newsweek CSPAN reason Robby Soave Other things that would help working-class Americans (and not just them)....universal health care and affordable childcare.

When will we get news of whether some smart somebodies picked up Heavyweight Podcast where those other perhaps myopic twits dropped it? I need a good podcast to listen to--something universes away from true crime and celeb interviews.

i don't know how to make a GIF so I'm just gonna use my word: the Parent Trap (original, of course)

I just watched Dumb Money and it was so entertaining! I haven't been purely entertained by a movie in ages--I didn't even mind Brigg's terrible attempt at a Boston accent.

📢JOB ALERT -- an *incredible* opportunity to work with the team at Ear Hustle Podcast to develop an audio program at the California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino, California. PRX Radiotopia
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This is an area of study in social psychology; it's called #intellectualhumility and JSTOR Daily we did a whole fascinating series on it. daily.jstor.org/can-intellectu…

Attention all anthology editors/publishers/readers including, for instance Mr. Kevin Young, this may be of interest...

Why has Carol Burnett never hosted Saturday Night Live - SNL? She's on that Apple show now...come on!! She's a legend and she's still here and still hilarious!

I need answers!!!! Come on!!