Chelsey Johnson

People need to study the humanities, case study number one million.

future core curriculum of Texas A&M

I'm sure the children will clamor for multiple rereadings of that one every bedtime

But you can't beat a northern view of northern lights. My brother Nate sent this wild psychedelic sky near Bemidji, MN!

Growing up in the boreal forest of northern Minnesota I saw many northern lights shows, but nothing quite like this hot pink! Even down here in Santa Fe, NM the night sky is visibly blushing hard (and the camera intensifies.)

The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.

“You also now must fear one another. Under the new normal, a single student can record a class discussion, fail to protect your identity, and post it online in violation of the safeguards provided by Student Rule 24 and FERPA, dragging you & your classmates into a national scandal without consent.”

Stray City — Multnomah County Library Stray City — Johnson, Chelsey, 1975- — "A hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age and modern family drama, set in the queer underground of late 90s Portland, that explores the complications of belonging...

For our patron who is "almost done with Tilt by Emma Pattee, what's my next read?🤩" we suggest Stray City by @chelseyhotel.bsky.social: multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1... #AskALibrarian

Please, for the name alone, let the new pope be the one named Pizzaballa

How that alleged antisemitism purge in academia is going

airport posting is often boring and complainy but here’s my pleasantly surprised counter-post just to note that: the ABQ A-gates playlist has gone from Lucinda Williams to Neko Case to (some CSNY-sounding guys I don’t know). Unknown airport indie americana DJ, I salute you

Huge powerful protests are so beautiful—to humans. Maybe don’t bring your beloved dog? At least not into the thick of it? Yelling and drums and crowds and congestion really stress them out.

Don’t miss our first lecture in our 2025 Lecture Series: The Inner Life of the Sentence with @chelseyhotel.bsky.social this Saturday.

A well-made sentence can be its own kind of microfiction. This lecture will delve into the infinite possibilities of sentence structure.

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A post from Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson, saying, “very proud to announce the Washington state. Department of Health will now process all request to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait. A team of more than a dozen people work through the weekend to clear the departments backlog of more than 500 requests. We’re speeding up government and centering the people.“

If you needed something positive today, here it is.

I did like learning that Lay’s potatoes are hand-picked one at a time by middle-class children

Do I understand football? Never. Or what legit celebrities are willing to shill? The secondhand embarrassment is real. But I am enjoying the hell out of a giant tray of nachos and will always root for a raptor

“the two candidates are essentially the same” why do so many leftists lose their minds to this cynical delusion every four years

Please yes! Neither “lesbian” nor “bisexual” feels quite right for many queer books (including Stray City)

Meta is heading X-ward, and Instagram’s so ad-clogged it feels like network tv—where to next with our photos and reels, or do I just have to kick that social media fix like I did Twitter?

tonight I went directly from the Quality of Life Committee to the Friends of Architecture Party and I can’t decide if this is a cozy book club novel & sequel or a couple of deeply sardonic midcareer Lorrie Moore stories

He died doing what he loved: death

The best Dear Sugar ever. I’ve thought about it so many times since it came out.

I am so happy for you Gita ❤️

Since straight women call their female friends their “girlfriends” I’m gonna start calling my male friends my “boyfriends” just to see how that plays

Activists erased $10 million in student debt for nearly 3,000 HBCU students — and said Biden can d... "We're doing our part, and it's time Biden does his," the Debt Collective said as it erased debt Morehouse College students owed to the school.

Morehouse College transferred every penny of debt they held in collections to the Debt Collective, amounting to $10M for 2800 students. Instead of collecting on it, we canceled it all completely.

This is a no strings attached gift.
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Reproduction of excerpt from Timothy Snyder's book ON TYRANNY: "1. Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do."

As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

Good example! Thanks!

Thank you, this is awesome

Yeah, ABQ is doing some great art things!