2016 11 01 tweets
Okay, seriously, I am about to send this entire election cycle to its room to think about what it’s done.
Replying to @mchris4duke and @zinelib
Thanks for that! Mostly talked about MIT libraries’ budgetary innovations but misspoke on this aspect.
Replying to @mchris4duke, @zinelib and @amy_brand
You two are bringing multiple kinds of awesome.
RT @mlastyle: URLs in MLA style: get an MLA editor's commonsense advice on shortening, breaking, and more: https://style.mla.org/2016/11/02/urls-some-practical-advice/
Replying to @wynkenhimself
omg
RT @MLAnews: Negotiating the demands of teaching, research, & service: new Profession essays examine the history and offer ideas. https://t…
One of the best things I ever got to do was introduce Walter Cronkite at @pomonacollege’s commencement. It was an extraordinary honor. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/794582487880110082
On my way to MKE for @CLIRnews and @CLIRDLF!
Listening to @terrainsvagues and @libmark present the history and future of our collaboration on @humcommons & CORE. #DLFforum
I voted absentee this year in order to attend the #DLFforum. I miss my polling place, though, and the ritual of the day.
Fluffy animals have saved me today. https://twitter.com/terrainsvagues/status/796112718407340032
I am horrified. And terrified. And so, so sorry. But I am not giving up. This must be fought, and I will fight.
Replying to @terrainsvagues
<3
This Morning. http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/this-morning-2/
All. Of. This. https://twitter.com/absurdistwords/status/796301496698671104
Replying to @RahawaHaile
I am so, so sorry Rahawa. Sending <3
On repeat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE3kKUEY5WU
This is smart and powerful. I only have one quibble with it. https://medium.com/@alexyoung_59363/the-pendulum-swings-both-ways-61d50f6608d9#.3ruev3257
The claim that our side didn’t show up ignores the destruction of the Voting Rights Act. Many couldn’t show up; many were turned away.
Replying to @marynmck and @roseveleth
👀
Replying to @roseveleth and @marynmck
I have the Waterfield Staad small backpack in black-on-black. It’s very profesh but not as flexible as I’d like.
The last few days have shown the desperate need for humanities and social science education, but work in those fields is in serious danger. https://twitter.com/jasonrhody/status/797174737847910400
Teju Cole, A Time for Refusal. http://nyti.ms/2eorijG
Replying to @marynmck, @notdeadorgone and @roseveleth
Knomo has some great professional options for women as well.
RT @tressiemcphd: Believe black people.
RT @terrainsvagues: “We need an army to combat the damage the next administration will do to #openscience #openaccess #oernek” — @JohnArnol…
RT @AprilHathcock: Excited about the opening of #opencon. But so far we've had like 3 white men in a row talking to us abt being radical fo…
Grateful this morning to celebrate the bat mitzvah of the daughter of dear friends, to be part of a joyous look toward the future.
I must agree. https://twitter.com/CJ_Daugherty/status/797616196979982336
Replying to @sleonchnm and @eetempleton
Hmmm. I don’t have crunchy but I do have a decent creamy, and a good apple or two…
Moving Forward http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/moving-forward/
This year. This year. https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/798238340541661184
Christ in a sidecar. https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/798282051493335040
Replying to @rrkennison
It is difficult indeed. Many thanks, R.
This thread. https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/798508144683024384
Replying to @RohanMaitzen and @swarthmoreburke
Argh, Rohan, I am so sorry to hear about this. Thank you for opening a larger conversation.
And this one. https://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/798330069894778880
Well, that’s reassuring. https://twitter.com/AP/status/798553232029220865
The entire @mlastyle team thanks you! \(Check out the free resources at http://style\.mla\.org too\.\) https://twitter.com/DanielPaulOD/status/798966305739018240
I called both Senators yesterday to thank them for their efforts and received positive, caring attention to my concerns. https://twitter.com/AbigailK1980/status/798553762164015104
Very happy to be in Lawrence KS for #KUOASymp16. Last time I was here it was 3 degrees. Today it is 75 more than that.
Just about to begin the livestream of #KUOASymp16, Envisioning a World Beyond APCs/BPCs. https://openaccess.ku.edu/symposium/livestream
RT @MLAnews: MLA reaffirms "its commitment to free inquiry & academic freedom for all, unimpeded by acts of prejudice and hate": https://t.…
Replying to @martin_eve
Safe travels, Martin - great seeing you!
This whole thread. So connected to my focus in Generous Thinking, though I want to bridge the gap between the university and the community. https://twitter.com/colindickey/status/800008868596092928
This, this, this. https://twitter.com/colindickey/status/800009166152761344
RT @felixgilman: we're just going to have to get used to having thirty scandals on the go at once and triaging attention as best we can
Replying to @plragde
Whoa, it was still rightside-up when I was there last Saturday. Thanks for this picture.
cc @CJ_Daugherty @jackjewers https://twitter.com/plragde/status/800451617069928448
Replying to @jadedid, @CJ_Daugherty and @jackjewers
We were there last Saturday, before the reinstallation. All the more moving now.
I am stunned that one even has to point out that this kind of thing is Not Okay. https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/800745959244251136
Replying to @martin_eve
I’m so sorry to hear this, Martin. I imagine the travel must have taken a bit of a toll. Take care of yourself!
Replying to @rgfeal
I’d be happy with this as well.
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty and @thebookseller
Congratulations!!! Such a nice bit of Thanksgivng news.
Suuuuuuper excited about this. Congrats, @CJ_Daugherty! https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/801749204171390976
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty
ON IT.
First, you make a roux.
Replying to @kfitz
\(Contents are darker than they appear\.\)
Replying to @cscannella
Aw man, no. Gumbo!
Replying to @cscannella
Fab!
Chicken & sausage gumbo, a big salad, and an olive oil-orange-almond cake for dessert. Good night, all.
Replying to @wynkenhimself and @captain_primate
ENOUGH. I am calling the rest of this year off.
Replying to @captain_primate and @wynkenhimself
I can’t help but think of the end of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”: “She would have been a good woman +
Replying to @captain_primate and @wynkenhimself
if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.”
“Our grudging acceptance that progress and diversity are fragile bits of spun glass looks like hopelessness because it doesn’t absolve.” https://twitter.com/tressiemcphd/status/802959868801884160
Replying to @kfitz
“My hopelessness is … a necessary requirement for the hard work of resisting tyranny and fascism.” Thank you, @tressiemcphd. https://twitter.com/tressiemcphd/status/802959868801884160
I just… I am not retweeting that. But holy shit.
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty
Ooh, good to know.
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty
I could also use a little revolt these days, oddly.
This is a really, really good question. https://twitter.com/AstroKatie/status/802982523634647040
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty
✊
RT @RadioFreeTom: Trump's likely trying to get in front of bad news by tweeting about the popular vote - but doesn't make it less of an att…
This, while trying not to hyperventilate. http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/27/13758538/donald-trump-vote-illegally-tweet
Masha Gessen on the problems in political strategy today and the “slippery slope of collaboration.” http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/27/trump-realism-vs-moral-politics-choice-we-face/
RT @hels: If a powerful person asserts X there are 2 responsible ways to cover:
1. "X is true"
2. "Person incorrectly thinks X"Never "Per…
RT @hels: "Person says X" is a cop out, used when a news org knows X is wrong but is unwilling for whatever reason to criticize power
RT @hels: The job of the news is not to report on who says what, but to report on truth. Statements are the path to truth, not the truth it…
Replying to @jadedid
I like your grandma.
Replying to @jvinopal
Sending you and your family, colleagues, and community all my best thoughts!
Fabulous news — congratulations, all! #OAftw https://twitter.com/openlibhums/status/803275353905135616
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty
This is the greatest.
Replying to @CJ_Daugherty
Now to defend it from the cats.
RT @rgfeal: Please support MLA Benefit for Humanities w Anna Deavere Smith on 7 Jan in Philly. Can't attend? Support an adjunct! https://t.…
Replying to @wynkenhimself
Okay, that’s it. I have to take to Twitter on all my mistaken kfitzpatricks.