San Diego: The victim in this report was my 94-year-old grandma, and her injuries are far worse than what was initially reported. I’m furious and heartbroken. Sharing in the hopes someone in Kearny Mesa witnessed and will speak with the investigators. fox5sandiego.com/news/local-n...

An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire. One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched. The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...

Every woman has heard it. Your daughter, your sister, your mother, your wife. We have ALL heard it.

One of the phrases that keeps coming to my head more and more often In This Age is... You could just not. Think of how much could be avoided with even a tiny modicum-like soupçon of self-control or willingness.

Today is the 81st anniversary of the death of Anne Frank's mother, Edith Holländer Frank, at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Quilting

This will also affect extant children’s hospitals—kids that have or are eligible for Medicaid make up a huge portion of their patients.

NEW: Mandatory evacuation order for the South Pointe neighborhood in Boulder County. Wildfire at 287 and Dillion (SE of Louisville)

Kind of a wild story here. A mystery person took control of CU Boulder's student news outlet & turned it into AI slop. The students made a new website & lawyered up. But, it turns out, AI is a hard beast to fight. www.denverpost.com/2026/01/05/c... via @denverpost.com

Schloss, who was friends with Frank in Amsterdam and whose mother later married Frank's father, was a tireless educator about the Holocaust and was honorary president of The Anne Frank Trust UK. n.pr/4pnJxEo

Age bias in hiring/cheapness of outlets and the diminution of the profession also plays into this. When outlets gut their editorial staffs or tempt higher-paid staff with buyouts, the kinds of institutional and life experience memory that can prevent this goes away.

Happy International "Just Following Up/Circling Back/Checking Back In" Day to all who observe!

My break from the doom and gloom today was purging my closet of multiple bags of clothing I either don't wear, don't fit, or have been holding on to for sentimental reasons that no longer work for me. Out with the old, in with the new. Yes, I kept all the yarn.

Watching Busby Berkeley movies on Christmas Eve, as the baby Jesus intended

Something funny about brain surgery recovery is how exhausting silly everyday stuff can feel. Today’s culprit: eating some chile rellenos and crossing one street

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

Live footage of me and my family making it to the new year

So much heaviness today, at the darkest time of the year. May we somehow find the courage to be the light.

So… I had brain surgery on 11/21. And I survived! So far, recovery has been tough but worth it. Tiny improvements every day, sick six-inch scar, deep gratitude. I’ll be Around Here mode once I’m more up to dealing with you clowns. Xo

Realities of archaeology #Fenland #WetlandArchaeology #FlagFenBasin

I am weirdly depressed about the demise of the penny. RIP, you coppery relic.

A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire go.nature.com/4nHZmoM

Read this community tribute at densho.org/catalyst/in-...

For nearly seven decades, he kept mum about his life-saving role in America's deadliest nightclub fire. He shied away from revolving doors, which jammed with people fleeing the 1942 blaze. His son said they always sat near the fire exits in movie theaters. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...? #RIP

Cry for help: Does anyone here have access to the Journal of the Geological Society? I need to look at two DOIs.

My colleague @libbybrooks.bsky.social spoke to some of the knitters of Shetland about the fair isle and steeking controversies touched off by the competitive knitting show www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Journalism friends, please share: @denverpost.com is seeking a Sports Editor to oversee the newspaper's sports staff and produce a sports section that has repeatedly earned national recognition for excellence. More details, including pay range, at the link below #journalismjobs

Two years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration approached the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the original caretakers of the land, with an unheard of proposition: Would they like a piece of their land back? 19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...

I am sick and tired of being forced to relitigate and defend the basic human dignity of anyone. It is the year of our Lord 2025. WE DO NOT HAVE TO RELITIGATE THIS. "Debate me, bro" is not a pillar for a functional society. It's OK for us to just decide there are some settled tenets here.

Anyone who has been on the internet for...a bit longer than a minute is not surprised by this AT ALL. He is the epitome of That Effing Guy.

In 2022, the AHA launched the most comprehensive study of the national US history teaching landscape undertaken in the 21st century. We wanted to know what is actually happening in public school classrooms across the country. Find out what we learned. 🗃️

To read more: danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/denm...

I strongly suggest thanking your heroes if you can. It's good for you, it's good for them.

“I haven’t seen violence like this since Rwanda. The velocity and ferocity of the RSF killing civilians since Sunday is unlike anything I’ve seen in 26 years of doing this work, and HRL [Yale Humanitarian Research Lab] has been reporting on the RSF and the Sudanese war for a while.” Incredibly grim

I'm going through some of my past writing for Reasons, and I have to say—I kind of feel bad for my professors back in the day. I came in SWINGING and READY TO ROLL. I thought it would feel embarrassing to read my past academic work, but it's making me just love on Young Me so much.

As usual, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social is THE person to follow if you are interested in the legal aspect of today's modern horrors. He has a Substack, too, Law Dork. I don't think anyone can afford to be misinformed these days, and his coverage is just consistently awesome.

Being a freelance history writer means getting assignments like "please summarize the entirety of the 19th century in 400 words," and this is why I am slowly losing my mind

From January to 28 September 2025, over 518K cholera cases and 6,508 deaths have been reported across 32 countries. The deaths have already surpassed last year’s toll. Read more: bit.ly/432IFwT

Someone really should scoop up Karen Ho while they can. Just saying.

Went for the big chop ahead of major surgery in three weeks. I think I needed to get used to the idea of part of my head being shaved ahead of time so I can focus on recovering instead of mourning all that hair.

I am finally sitting down this morning and starting in on the page proofs, and oh, my heart. This #Newsies book is really going to be real! It's been four years, and it's GOING TO BE REAL. ❤️🗞️🥹

8 children were killed in domestic violence incidents across Colorado in 2024 — the highest number since the state began tracking annual domestic violence deaths 8 years ago. In total, 72 people died in domestic violence incidents statewide in 2024. That’s up 24% from the year before.

I had a ton of fun whipping this up this weekend after the jaw-dropping Louvre heist. Anyone seen some crown jewels or priceless paintings in a shopping bag, suitcase, or artist's hovel recently? www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

Everyone needs something else to think about that is not the destruction of our co-owned historic heritage, so I'll ask the historians this...can you help me with a thorny piece of Work Advice? I need to write an academic CV for Reasons. (cont)

Thrilled to announce the new, expanded paperback of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD feat. all seven on my Pulitzer Prize-winning essays in print! Out Nov 11 @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomberg.com

I wrote a thing… …a history thing. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

@bcdreyer.social My kid is doing a home GED program that involves making up some subjects she missed before she came to us, and I regularly come across her scanning the younger reader edition of your book as if it were one of the ur texts.

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...