In a time when skepticism about what government can do abounds, the rail-trail network is an example of what can happen through persistent grassroots activism www.sierraclub.org/sierra/creat...

This week on #TheMilkHouse: Andrew Sharp (@asharpwriter.bsky.social) teases apart a delicate but universal issue, in his essay "On killing." Read it here: www.themilkhouse.org/on-killing-b...

To save wildlife, New Jersey is cutting trees (and letting them grow again)

People often don't think of extreme terrain on the East Coast, but there's plenty. You just have to go further east than usual.

Started making coffee and forgot to finish, which is maybe an indicator of how today is going to go. TGIF

This interactive map of Ohio State's main campus is an amazing historical resource (and fun to play around with) alumnimagazine.osu.edu/story/online...

Amazing. Respect the lede.

There can be no swallowing this game as anything other than an abject disaster. The Orioles stranded 15 runners and lost, 4-3, to the Nationals

Feels like Stockholm syndrome to keep watching this team

This Orioles team consistently plays sloppy. That's a coaching problem and a team character problem, not a talent problem.

Like other farmers in the United States, dairy farmers rely on immigrant laborers from Mexico or Central America, many of them without authorization to work here. @asharpwriter.bsky.social reports for @barnraiser.bsky.social:

Dairy farmers depend on a migrant workforce, and immigration policy has left them stuck in the middle. My latest for @barnraiser.bsky.social barnraisingmedia.com/trump-immigr...

A tradition of volunteer firefighting in Delaware faces challenges as fewer people sign up for what can be a demanding job delawaretoday.com/life-style/v...

A project in the Chesapeake Bay is building up islands, even as rising seas try to claim them back.

Always interesting checking out the articles Muckrack thinks I wrote. I've been quite prolific apparently!

Well my son tore up Eagles football cards and threw them on the floor, so I guess we know where his loyalties lie.

With an aging workforce, should we be competing for immigrants, not limiting them? Thanks to @barnraiser.bsky.social for giving me the chance to investigate this issue.

AI has definitely changed my work process. I now spend up to 25% of my day declining offers of help from a litany of AI bots.

BUCKEYE BLISS IN ATLANTA 🏆 Ohio State has won the first national championship of the 12-team CFP era after defeating Notre Dame 34-23.

National champions!!!*

4 p.m. on a Monday afternoon may be the worst possible time to try to write anything.

This is way more fun than I thought it was gonna be. #Commanders

This Commanders game is playing out like it’s controlled by two college guysplaying Madden at 2 a.m. on a Tuesday.

Everyone is watching Jayden Daniels. That includes the three men who know the power and privilege of being a Super Bowl-winning QB in the nation’s capital. Spoke with Joe Theismann, Doug Williams and Mark Rypien about the rookie sensation leading these #Commanders. www.nytimes.com/athletic/606...

Looking forward to the day I'm no longer nervous before interviewing people, that will be nice.

We'll be passing out work excuses for Victory Monday!

Slay wasn't touched after he went down, so did he just technically score a TD for the Packers?

Will Penn State score another field goal before the half?? The tension is killing me.

The number of fake accounts on Bluesky is truly impressive. Wondering if I'm the only person actually on here; that would be a little embarrassing.

Finally got a magic keyboard but it seems to function a lot like a muggle one.

Ohio State is the rare team whose players are so good that it makes their coach look bad

Well how about that, Buckeyes. A pleasant shock.

What is even happening right now??! #ohiostate

Tuned in to catch the end of the Texas blowout and whaaaaaaaaat

Watch: Lightning hit the U.S. Capitol at 5:36 pm, simultaneously to - or a few seconds after - lightning hit the Washington Monument. Happy New Year. @capitalweather.bsky.social @stormhour.bsky.social @arlnow.bsky.social #weather #stormhour #DC

To nobody's surprise, Boise State doesn't belong here.

As a freelance writer I absolutely love the end of December. Nobody is responding to emails or available for interviews and I can catch up on writing and everything else. It's like a working vacation.

Bummed that I'm apparently the only person who never got a photo with Jimmy Carter.

Red wine and egg nog is not as bad as it sounds

35 and raining. Think I'll skip the lunchtime bike ride today.

This piece is so sloppy and poorly written I checked to see if it was actually the BBC or some kind of fake site.

Late game miracles are turning into Jayden Daniels' specialty

Yep.

Fire Ryan Day anyway

Family watching the Ohio State demolish Tennessee and in between cheers a running gripe session about the Michigan game.

I can't believe it

A very southern Delaware moment out my office window.

Ohio State meets Minecraft and Lego -- these are some really cool projects and I'm glad I got to write about them.

What I want out of a social media network is thoughtful, nuanced posts, sharing ideas with grace toward those who disagree, which probably means I should just stay off social media.

The Moral Case Against Vigilante Justice