Emily Lauer
@ProfessorEmily
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I am a professor and I am Emily.
New York, she/her
Joined September 2011
Kotoro-kun, the mascot of Kotonami Miraikan community Center in Kagawa, Japan, looks more like Totoro than is legally advisable.
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The best thing I ever read about about "the pursuit of happiness," and it was so long ago that I can't remember who wrote it or where, was that we should read "pursuit" not as "chase," but as in "the pursuit of beekeeping"--happiness as a hobby we devote our selves to.
my hot take is that “the pursuit of happiness” is toxic and lets capitalists get away with not providing basic social welfare, so instead they attempt to sell happiness, when “happiness” is not a static state, but a side effect of self-actualization
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Answer to my question.
We’re asking readers to not engage in any @nytimes platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Make something from a cookbook. Break your Wordle streak.
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Wanted to put a quick clarification out here re: the Book Shimmy Awards! -These *are* run by EpicReads, which is part of Harper teen marketing. Everyone creating content for ER right now is either middle management or a scab.
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And now I’m also @ ProfessorEmily on Hive!
I’m @emilylauer@wandering.shop on Mastodon but have yet to say anything over there, I’m @PlantsForEmily on Instagram (it’s just plants), and my author page on WWAC is https://t.co/5RuoifGNDl and that’s where most of my writing is! I’m also still here.
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As I highlighted in my blog anniversary series a couple weeks back, this has been by far the best year to date for Guest Posts--nearly 10 now in 2022 alone! & I'd love to share another couple before the year is done! https://t.co/QXGPYZiiLC
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Looking for a gift? My book A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching is 25% off on https://t.co/6TR5tMvBdd if you use code CYBER22, and it fits in a stocking (that's my stocking)! https://t.co/b5sI9AofUl Don't make the same mistake this year and try to put actual pigeons in stockings.
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Weird duck time is here! Show me your weird ducks.
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Many of mine involve teaching in rooms where giant pillars obscure my view of much of the class
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“The very bird, / grown taller as he sings, steels / his form straight up. Though he is captive, / his mighty singing / says, satisfaction is a lowly / thing, how pure a thing is joy. / This is mortality, / this is eternity.” Marianne Moore, born 135 years ago today.
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is it possible that the fact that twitter is being slowly sucked into a black hole is prolonging election night
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Listen… @hollyblack can fix ANY book. She is the Book Whisperer Supreme. And it is for a great cause!
The #TamsonHouseArtsFest welcomes @hollyblack to the festivities...can you believe what she brought to the party?! 😍 Holly Black Will Critique the First 20K of your Novel! https://t.co/mPftWOKCgu
#maryannharris #charlesdelint #harrisdelintrecovery
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This is an incredible opportunity!
The #TamsonHouseArtsFest welcomes @hollyblack to the festivities...can you believe what she brought to the party?! 😍 Holly Black Will Critique the First 20K of your Novel! https://t.co/mPftWOKCgu
#maryannharris #charlesdelint #harrisdelintrecovery
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