Good morning, peeps everywhere. Rolling out a new personal website in a few hours. Has a few features including a new book page with an author Q&A of my FAQ (why this book?), a blog post about what I was intending with the cover. For journos, podcasters, how to contact me or get a review copy.

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Concentration camps: "I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."

"At the same time, we should liberate ourselves from viewing queerness as a stand-in for sexual identity, and resist understandings of Latinx culture as unilaterally homophobic, imbued with toxic masculinity, and devoid of queerness."

Here.... treat yourself and those you love. jamieschler.substack.com/p/bettelmann

In May 2020, I wrote a counter-editorial for Abusable Past about Bad Bunny. My love for him has only grown. It felt like an early love/admiration letter to someone who was doing such important cultural and political work. Tonight is going to be momentous! abusablepast.org/counter-edit...

"At the same time, we should liberate ourselves from viewing queerness as a stand-in for sexual identity, and resist understandings of Latinx culture as unilaterally homophobic, imbued with toxic masculinity, and devoid of queerness."

Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD. To *Italy*.

Today's delight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWyt...

Om nom nom nom...

"you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free...."

Finished my dad’s taxes. mine are more complicated.

I was not the smartest person in the room in college or grad school. Saw many of my peers effortlessly write brilliant seminar papers where I was still mastering those skills. Some of the brightest stars in grad school didn't finish, left @ ABD stage. There's something to the tortoise & hare story.

I took 60% of the cookies while still warm yesterday to the neighbors. They immediately texted and said it was the "perfect balance" of sweet and salty and excellent texture. Another smaller bag saved for the friend who brought me the Brazilian dark chocolate. (This is how I do portion control.)

Who the fuck flies to *Italy* and brings their own food?

This Day in Labor History: February 8, 1887. President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes Act into law, creating a process to split up Indian reservations in order to create individual parcels of land and then sell the remainder off to white settlers. Let's talk ideas of work & the American genocide!

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

I was not the smartest person in the room in college or grad school. Saw many of my peers effortlessly write brilliant seminar papers where I was still mastering those skills. Some of the brightest stars in grad school didn't finish, left @ ABD stage. There's something to the tortoise & hare story.

My brother @jrakove.bsky.social ‘s latest about the moment we find ourselves in as we approach America’s 250th.

Whether you’re most excited for the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, or the Superb Owl, tailgate with my 262nd #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, team! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Both serious eats and Stella Parks never miss!

I took 60% of the cookies while still warm yesterday to the neighbors. They immediately texted and said it was the "perfect balance" of sweet and salty and excellent texture. Another smaller bag saved for the friend who brought me the Brazilian dark chocolate. (This is how I do portion control.)

Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.

Why can’t people hibernate like bears? It’s too cold.

Stella Parks's chocolate chip cookies. I topped with flake salt before baking. Texture is chewy but with crisp edges. I used a mix of chocolate chunks I chopped and chips. Recipe: www.seriouseats.com/bravetart-ch...

I would tell them to start by joining something fun - anything that gets them excited about being with other people (trivia nights, swimming, arts club) - from there I'd encourage them to invite a couple of other people to work on some sort of collaborative project with them at the local level...

I may have to print this out and frame it!

I did convey how over the course of US history the protection & coverage of legal citizenship shifted arbitrarily to cover & uncover different groups based on politics. But I could only explain it via a book that took me 16 years to write. Pre-order now for March 24 delivery. More: shorturl.at/qZXae

BE joyful about something.

Does anyone have a good matzoh ball soup recipe? My go to place back home closed.

I texted this to a friend and she said she was busy sautéing chicken breast for her cat so she would take her meds

Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.

Why can’t people hibernate like bears? It’s too cold.

Stella Parks's chocolate chip cookies. I topped with flake salt before baking. Texture is chewy but with crisp edges. I used a mix of chocolate chunks I chopped and chips. Recipe: www.seriouseats.com/bravetart-ch...

This would be a great title modified into a book title

This would be a great title modified into a book title

“the migrant has no rights the white man is bound to respect”

“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

I would like that smol kid lectern please. Almost every lectern or podium I encounter is too high for me and it looks ridiculous with only the top of my head visible to the audience.

My mom waitressed through high school & college at a Chinese restaurant in Honolulu. A guy came in, ordered "beef broccoli without the broccoli." My mom said, "So you only want beef?" After a back and forth, she figured out what he wanted was the beef with the *sauce* that comes with the dish.

A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.

How I imagine the sophistication of my research. How I present my research.

I texted this to a friend and she said she was busy sautéing chicken breast for her cat so she would take her meds

The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism

Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are already black holes for detention. Now obtaining release will be more difficult than ever. As more and more people are locked up, ICE will increase the pressure on those who are detained to give up. The goal is an assembly line of coercion with no day in court.

BE joyful about something.

Not a sociologist, but doing my part as best I can.

American star Alysa Liu overcame a delay en route to the Milano Skating Arena caused by Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade and finished second in the women’s short program at the Olympics team event. “We almost didn’t make it,” her coach said.