Jonah

Jonah

@jsuttonmorse.me

Quaker, Parent, Hobby Farmer, sometime reader of books, often SFF except when they’re not

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Thread of my “parenting is easier and harder than it seems” threads. (Which boils down to “be honest with kids and treat them as people not property”)

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lastpositivist.bsky.social
@lastpositivist.bsky.social

In fact I will say the Earnest and Pious Charismatic Ethnic Minority political figure (AOC, Mamdani, El-Sayed) has been a pretty good bet for the American left so far, whereas the Disaffected Gruff White Guy Showcasing True Masculinity (Fetterman, Platner) has been a worse bet. Just an observation.

lastpositivist.bsky.social@lastpositivist.bsky.social

Yeah start insinuating he has morning chai rather than coffee, say that he knocks things for 6 rather than hits a home run, allege that he is generally a clean living good boy who loves his mother and prays every Friday (pejorative).

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Jonah
@jsuttonmorse.me

Wikipedia tells me Bouganvillea is originally South American and was widely spread by French and British colonists and really I suppose that when I noted the connection I knew what the answer was going to be, but hey if I ever get into Bonsai I learned a popular species so it was good research.

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Still not sure what to call this book. CoSEFitGGHSS doesn’t really roll off the keyboard. So I suppose it’ll be Compendium at least for now.

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Juneteenth Edition NaClKnight
@naclknight.blacksky.app

Raising a newborn baby is the closest I've ever come to "gender is a construct" A baby has no gender. They're all shaped like babies. My baby doesn't care about the color of their clothes or toys People assign a gender when greeting my kid and apologize if that greeting doesn't match their sex

Jonah
@jsuttonmorse.me

“… one of the few supernatural entities known to be vocal men’s rights activists” is a good line. (Also, I have now encountered Bouganvillea flowers described precisely twice: Stan Rogers‘ “Lock Keeper“ and Manickavel’s “Compendium”. I’m unsure what to make of this.

Jonah
@jsuttonmorse.me

I remember the beanbag chair I was sitting on and the classroom I was in when I first read this line. 5th grade. I couldn’t decide whether it would be worth it.

Ursula K. Le Guin Bot@leguinbot.bsky.social

And no one knows how many of the dolphins that leap in the waters of the Inmost Sea were men once, wise men, who forgot their wisdom and their name in the joy of the restless sea.

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Jonah
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Award winning book from about a decade ago still good. More breaking news soon.

Jonah@jsuttonmorse.me

My memory of Ancillary Sword is that I read it once, enjoyed it, was surprised by what I got after Ancillary Justice, that there’s a fair amount of “comedy of manners” and that figuring out the “actual” gender of the Radch characters is more relevant than in Ancillary Justice

Jonah
@jsuttonmorse.me

Award winning book from about a decade ago still good. More breaking news soon.

Jonah@jsuttonmorse.me

My memory of Ancillary Sword is that I read it once, enjoyed it, was surprised by what I got after Ancillary Justice, that there’s a fair amount of “comedy of manners” and that figuring out the “actual” gender of the Radch characters is more relevant than in Ancillary Justice

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The Shire-Reckoning
@shire-reckoning.bsky.social

Frodo wakes. ‘Where am I?’ ‘In the House of Elrond. It is ten o’clock in the morning. The morning of October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know.’ ‘Gandalf!’ ‘Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here, too, after all the absurd things you have done since you left home.’

Jonah
@jsuttonmorse.me

“Is it True what they say?” Hadestown still hits. (And is available on your platform of choice, I believe).

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Erik Hane
@erikhane.bsky.social

It feels like some of you actually should have Jon on to talk about this lol

Jon@thelitcritguy.bsky.social

Invite me on your podcast because I need to talk about what it's like to read 64 Warhammer novels in six months

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Jake Grumbach
@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

newrepublic.comHow the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic PartyFundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.
Jonah
@jsuttonmorse.me

I’ve just been reading this with youngest kiddo over the last couple weeks!

The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes@phantomtollbot.bsky.social

Before long they saw in the distance the towers and flags of Dictionopolis sparkling in the sunshine, and in a few moments they reached the great wall and stood at the gateway to the city.

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Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

Just call me “Exhibit A” 👋

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

In addition to the procedural noncompliance, however, the plaintiffs' lawyers — relying, in part, on the work of @gillianbrockell.com (Exhibit A) — also raise questions of substantive noncompliance.

Jonah
@jsuttonmorse.me

Had 2 sheep get surgical procedures today and now need pain meds, which means I can confirm we have 1 sheep who likes fruit bars, and non like marshmallows, but our goat likes them.

Jonah
@jsuttonmorse.me

Hermes is normally a cuddly gentle giant, but after getting his shoulder shaved and a lump removed he is Not Happy With Me. (Hopefully time and fruit bars will get me back in his good graces)

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Erik Hane
@erikhane.bsky.social

Democrats need to take all the machinery in the laboratory cranking out the Pete Buttigiegs and Jacob Freys and convert it into making as many of this guy as possible

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

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Ari Berman
@ariberman.bsky.social

By gutting the Voting Rights Act John Roberts has opened the door for Louisiana, a state whose population is a third Black, to have zero majority-Black voting districts Listen to my deep dive with @pemalevy.bsky.social on this week’s episode of @revealnews.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comBecause of the Supreme Court, majority-Black voting districts are disappearing across the SouthBecause of the Supreme Court, majority-Black voting districts are disappearing across the South. What will that mean for November's election?