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A is For Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie is Deadly Good Fun
I’ve been a Dame Agatha Christie fan for very many decades now. She wasn’t my fave when I was young – I was a misogynistic jackass and thought she was a pale imitation…
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Me and White Supremacy: “This is Truth Work”
We’re reading Layla F. Saad’s Me and White Supremacy. Today, we’re covering the rest of Part I: Who is this work for?, What you will need to do this work, How to use…
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Prairie Fires: Kicking Nostalgia in the Tender Bits
My earliest bookstore memory is of going to the mall (remember when malls had bookstores? Good times) and leaving with two books. One was the first Garfield collection. The other was Little House…
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Me and White Supremacy: “We Must Call a Thing a Thing”
We’re reading Layla F. Saad’s Me and White Supremacy. Today, we’re covering Part I: What is white supremacy? If we’re going to combat a thing, we need to know what that thing…
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Rosetta Stones Has an Exciting Future In Store!
Since leaving the now-defunct Scientific American Blogs Network, Rosetta Stones has settled happily into its sweet summer cottage. It’s been all about earthquakes lately: we’ve talked about the most recent Oaxaca quake, and…
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Me and White Supremacy: “Welcome to the Work”
We’re reading Layla F. Saad’s Me and White Supremacy. Today, we’re covering Part I: Welcome to the Work and A Little about Me. You’ve decided to make a difference, to not just be…
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Quackery: A Book That Will Leave You Writhing
I bought Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything on a whim. It was on sale, and I loves me some sneering at snake oil. I figured it would…
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Me and White Supremacy: “How Have You Managed Not to Know?”
We’re beginning Layla F. Saad’s Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. If you’re a white person watching news of protests, seeing that yes, there’s a…
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Rosetta Stones Has a New Home!
For those who have been missing Rosetta Stones since the sad demise of the Scientific American Blogs network, I have fantastic news! We’ve moved into a sweet summer cottage while our custom forever…
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Ready to Do Something About White Supremacy?
It’s long past time we stomped white supremacy out. And when I say “we,” I mean me and my fellow white folks. White supremacy is our societal ill to fix. It’s not up…