David Beard

My God Bob Layton created Iron Man as I visualize him.

I care about poor people, but that’s not what bothers me abt the budget.
Ex: The budget was functionally a way to subsidize hospitals by funneling money at them for taking care of poor people. Most programs that serve the poor are actually subsidies for services we want to exist.

My god what a find.

How do geographers feel about Benedict Anderson?

The Ncuti Gatwa / Disney+ era of Doctor Who is the Battlestar Galactica 1980 of Battlestar Galactica.

He's a humorist, so it's not a scholarly work -- it's a gently funny, sometimes darkly funny, polemic -- but it's well informed and worth a read.

Baddiel was right.

YouTube video by Professional Wrestling Studies Association WrestlePosium VI 2025 –Academic Keynote: Shannon Bow O’Brien

PWSA Academic Keynote: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAXO...

YouTube video by Professional Wrestling Studies Association WrestlePosium VI Professional Keynote: Cory Strode

PWSA Professional Keynote www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oT6...

You schedule a Zoom with Kelsea.

YouTube video by David Beard KTWH (Community Radio) on the North Shore Mental Health Group

Doula and Healthcare Advocate Zomi Bloom (of Wilderness Health) and Nancy Christenson (of the North Shore Mental Health Group) on rural mental health. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgY2...

Professional Wrestling Studies Association on X: "As they say, a bit of news!! 📣 We're transitioning so pardon our ring rust! 🚧 It's #WrestleMania season –– AND time for #WrestlePosium VI! 🔥 Schedule coming soon w/amazing researchers from around the 🌍. Register for FREE to watch all the action! https://t.co/0NOeFJBY56 https://t.co/ISBzpgAtmb" / X As they say, a bit of news!! 📣 We're transitioning so pardon our ring rust! 🚧 It's #WrestleMania season –– AND time for #WrestlePosium VI! 🔥 Schedule coming soon w/amazing researchers from around the 🌍. Register for FREE to watch all the action! https://t.co/0NOeFJBY56 https://t.co/ISBzpgAtmb

Everyone should join us: x.com/ThePWSA/stat...

Professional Wrestling Studies Association on X: "As they say, a bit of news!! 📣 We're transitioning so pardon our ring rust! 🚧 It's #WrestleMania season –– AND time for #WrestlePosium VI! 🔥 Schedule coming soon w/amazing researchers from around the 🌍. Register for FREE to watch all the action! https://t.co/0NOeFJBY56 https://t.co/ISBzpgAtmb" / X As they say, a bit of news!! 📣 We're transitioning so pardon our ring rust! 🚧 It's #WrestleMania season –– AND time for #WrestlePosium VI! 🔥 Schedule coming soon w/amazing researchers from around the 🌍. Register for FREE to watch all the action! https://t.co/0NOeFJBY56 https://t.co/ISBzpgAtmb

Everyone sjhould join us: x.com/ThePWSA/stat...

For new Bluesky followers wondering about this post, the relationship between Donald Trump and pro-wrestling is something I’ve written about for a few years.

The 2024 election campaign was even more directly seeped in pro-wrestling than the 2016.

The strangest thing about midcareer is realizing how much like a newspaper scholarship is — recyclable, not forever.

But my friend I hope you are a long way from dying.

Oooh! Sounds cool.

Professional Wrestling.

Massive crowd at Hands Off rally in St. Paul, Minnesota

Wow. #HandsOff rally in St. Paul, Minnesota is massive!

These were the best issues of FF. Cosmic, tortured, drama.

My teenager is doing mandatory training online at home. Can someone from @qdoba help me understand why this isn’t being done at work -- why this isn't wage theft?

Zomi said the same thing. I am doubly scolded.

Wait you describe your fashion sense as a mullet?

Nik Nerburn-In The Shadow of Paul Bunyan An in-progress, experimental first person documentary about white colonial heritage, myth making in northern Minnesota and fiberglass roadside attractions.

The zines we taught together changed the trajectory of my work. It was a great experience. And shout out to Nik Nerburn for insights and innovations: www.niknerburn.com/paulbunyan

Miss you on the regular, Joe Erickson.

@meghafdahl.bsky.social

Local author reading.

The least work of learning is done in the classroom (Merton).

Merton on education