He / Him / His 🐶🏳️‍🌈🇮🇹🇵🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦

Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.

Writer & photographer. Japan based for 20+ years. Author of Things Become Other Things (Random House: May 2025), Kissa by Kissa (2020). Contributor to NYTimes, Atlantic, WIRED, and more. Walks a lot. Bla bla bla!! shop.specialprojects.jp craigmod.com

A Republic, if you can keep it.

official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app