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June 29, 2020

Twitter Highlights: June 29

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Today was exciting! I got my print book set-up all done for the Nasruddin book: whoo-hoo!


Something to share for Nigeria unit in class: Nigeria challenges Christie's over 'looted' treasures


This piece on Lassus Trombone and minstrelsy is fantastic:  Time to bury Henry Fillmore’s “Lassus Trombone.”


From Sarah Bond: Politics of Headwear


From Shady Characters: Join the Dots


From Liniers in Spanish and in English:


From Folklore Thursday: Cherokee Storytelling


And a video for writing creepypasta:


Something nice from Debbie R-O and her crayons!





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June 27, 2020

Twitter Highlights: June 27

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I got myself stressed out today thinking about this Fall... but it feels good to keep accumulating good things to share. Fall is going to be hard, so we'll need all the good stuff we can get.


Useful item from Edublogs: Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons.



I love these bears! There a video of bears on a rollercoaster too.



Something from Marlon James:




So glad to keep sharing this story from Phenderson Djèlí Clark: The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington.


Video for today at Vimeo ... more about Battledream here.


And here's the bears video I mentioned above:






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June 25, 2020

Twitter Highlights: June 25

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And there will be covid items to share in the Fall of course... like this from OU Twitter:


And here's a medieval mask!


Fabulous carton via Mike Kaspari:


More Blender from OU Libraries:


Via Larry Ferlazzo, a TED video: 1st-2nd-3rd Person.


Saving this from the Guardian for Egypt week: Rosetta Stone to be added to British Museum LGBTQ+ tours


And some Egyptianizing Greek art from the Met: Faience aryballos




Gorgeousness from Zeelafi:


And something wonderful from Debbie R-O; I think I have this one already on file, but I need to check.


A video for today from Roxane Gay:





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June 23, 2020

Twitter Highlights: June 23

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More progress with the Tiny Tales books! I created an actual Kindle book for Nasruddin at the Kindle store. That was an exciting first for me. :-)

Something beautiful via Audrey Truschke: Night Journey.


And a beautiful coin from UQ Antiquities: Dioscuri!


And a beautiful medieval item from the Met: Symbol of the Evangelist Luke


And from St. Louis: Yupik mask


A wonderful new crayon drawing from Debbie Ohi:


From Eric Curts: a cool new Google link feature


And from Alice Keeler: Venn diagrams.


Medieval creatures! See the thread.


Excited about this Twitter account: Centifictionist... and the first issue.




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June 22, 2020

Twitter Highlights: June 22

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Today was a big day for me: I published my Nasruddin Pressbook. Whoo-hoo! Some Twitter highlights below also. :-)


This Octavia Butler interview will make a great Story Lab option! Octavia Butler interview, 2005


More about Butler:


Some covid humor:


Beautiful art from Keshav:




From Deb Chester: SEMICOLON


I'm excited about this Twitter account! Micro Flash Fiction:


An NPR piece about books: Your Bookshelf May Be Part Of The Problem





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June 20, 2020

Twitter Highlights: June 20

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Wonderful Octavia Butler quote:


Such a beautiful graphic: Centering Blackness


And from Martha Jones: Ida, Maya, Rosa, Harriet: The Power in Our Names


The Slave Bible:




Beautiful stuff from Sanjeev:




Lovely Chekhov advice:





And Maati Baani!



From Library of Congress:





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June 18, 2020

Twitter Highlights: June 18

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I did two Anansi "cycles" today plus some other stories; I'm so pleased with how it's going! Plus some Twitter items:



From India's Ministry of Culture: yoga!




I can't remember if I snagged this anti-racist graphic before or not; just in case, here it is again:


OU History Memes! Perspectives on History


It's not just about Confederate statues: here's the Dartmouth weathervane: Baker Library Tower





Via Honoree, a lovely essay: Dakar’s African Renaissance









So many videos today! Here's one with Chitra Divakaruni:


And from India's National Museum:


Music for the pandemic:





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