Mastodawn

Great blog by Pat Thompson on academic writing:

▶️ https://patthomson.net/2026/03/08/getting-comfortable-with-being-uncomfortable/

"Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself. One of the ways we make writing harder than it needs to be is by writing as though our argument has arrived fully formed, rather than being wrestled into shape over several drafts."

This is why you *need* to write yourself, even and especially when writing is hard!

#AcademicChatter #PhD

getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

Good academic writing means sitting with a discomfort that never entirely goes away. It’s not a discomfort that comes from having nothing to say. Most of us have more than enough ideas crowding the…

patter

MPFantod Jan 26

Auschwitz Memorial Jan 26

26 January 1906 | Czech Jewish woman, Helena Vašová, was born in Přelouč.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944. She did not survive.
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🎧 Listen about the development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

MPFantod Jan 26

Bret Carmichael Jan 26

As a company that has long boasted about its commitment to principles, Apple has had a bad several months. It removed ICE Block from the App Store. It let X remain, empowering its users to create child porn, which is apparently “free speech” now. After two American citizens were killed by ICE, Tim Cook responded by attending a special screening of the Melania documentary. It’ll be hard to believe that Apple believes anything it says after all this. When principles mattered, Apple collapsed.

MPFantod Jan 26

CTV News Jan 26

Canada sending naval patrol vessel to Greenland for opening of new consulate: Anand
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canada-sending-naval-patrol-vessel-to-greenland-for-opening-of-new-consulate-anand/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Canada sending naval patrol vessel to Greenland for opening of new consulate: Anand

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says a Royal Canadian Navy patrol vessel will be on the scene when the federal government opens a new consulate in Greenland next week.

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MPFantod Jan 26

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jan 26

I've literally never seen anyone enjoy their job more than Zohran Mamdani is enjoying serving the people of New York City. And it's so funny watching people still try to call him "performative." My dude he already won. He's Mayor. He got the job. He's literally doing the thing of serving people. We should demand this level of dedication from ALL public servants. This should be the norm. #AmericasMayor

MPFantod Jan 21

J. Boeckli v.2 📷

Jan 20

I’m so proud of our local coffee shop!

#NoICE #SantaFe #NewMexico #LandOfEnchantment

MPFantod Jan 21

The Icarian Jan 20

Conservative Women,

Just a friendly reminder, if you have your own bank account, went to a university, vote, enjoy equal pay, or have a loan without a male signer, it was because a progressive woman fought for that right often in the face of hatred from other women.

Toodles

MPFantod Jan 21