Really thoughtful conversation, @lioneltrolling.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , but don’t talk about me like I’m super private about this stuff. Promote my book next time! I’m sure I talked about that asshole Tucker Carlson in there somewhere www.amazon.com/Klansmans-So...
Went to the Elio Mei concert for their amazing new album. And I feel like there should be a group chat or support forum for the particular experience of transitioning your name RIGHT before touring for something with the wrong one
Never liked using socials!
Got my copy of the new book from @sarahgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social. I’ve been looking forward to reading it.
One of the worst effects on human life around the world this century was demolishing our towns and cities that had been built so we could walk and see each other.
nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007
Required reading!
Thank you @adriannefblack.bsky.social for sharing your personal story/history.
Goes a long way towards putting where we're at in this country into context and how we found ourselves here at this particular junction. I believe people can change. This book is proof
Those modern brick paving stones in dc get sooooo slippery. It’s enough to make you think concrete was better
I think most people can imagine where in the timeline of fascist events you’d put the history book line about America declaring itself a refuge for threatened global white elites
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile. “From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything, and what we can do to fight back.” [lifeaftercars.com]
I think it feels weird for people now to remember that something as horrible and era defining as the Indian Removal Act was decided by a razor-thin, polarizing vote in Congress
Florida politics has been a nightmare since the beginning, but every now and then it’s nice to think on how incredibly effective @marchforourlives.bsky.social was and still is there, against all odds.
Someone once commented to me that you can always tell medievalists because they look at the ceilings when they enter a space and I haven’t forgotten it
You know when someone steps in a puddle accidentally and then looks up suddenly to see if anyone saw? And then they make eye contact with you? I wish there were a socially appropriate way to reassure them that I hold no judgment
Rufo is such a boring interview to listen to
Candidate for future two truths and a lie “the second largest sample of a moon rock on earth is in the Portland, Maine airport”
Deeply unexpected that one of the best exhibits of extraterrestrial gems and minerals is in the terminal of the Portland, Maine airport??
@adriannefblack.bsky.social just went to your book talk and WOW! Incredible talk. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!
When I was little, I got fascinated by the early twentieth century American spelling reform movement. For a while I tried to implement that system, but I got too much pushback. Relics of that time in my life are that I still spell “though” and “through” as “tho and thru.”
What are the random opinions I hold that surprise people? One that comes to mind is that the idea of consistent spelling is random and fake. Idk what it is about modern society that has this impulse to enforce rigid standards on things that are obviously flexible.
Beans and rice and bottled mojo sauce! Frozen fish also accomplishes both qualities for me. It’s ready in 15 mins in an oven and you can keep them in the freezer ready for months
Maryland @govwesmoore.bsky.social hosted a ceremony for International Transgender Day of Visibility this morning -- and in a remarkable turn of events, he got called out for not sufficiently supporting trans Marylanders.
Here's what happened:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
“I never expected to face such a distressing experience after escaping persecution from the CCP in China, only to encounter a somewhat similar situation” at New College in the United States.
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
I should also add that people coming up to me after my book talks to ask this same thing—that they’re skeptical at my assertion that race is a social and legal category, not an innate human one—is a universal experience every time I speak.
Seems like an odd omission that the Don’t Say Gay methods “resemble” not only Putin but also DeSantis.
This was the Parliament in Hungary in response to the passage of a bill banning pride events. If only democrats had a spine like this.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
The fact that this White House thinks they can demand the Smithsonian teach that “race is a biological reality” without admitting they’re white supremacists is a big problem. Obviously the racist administration is to blame, but I don’t think largely sticking to an esoteric phrase has helped.
