From “no man’s land” to “red-letter day” — 20 phrases we still use that began in the Middle Ages www.medievalists.net/2025/09/20-p... #Medieval #History #Language

"Mateo" is a tomato dumper in the Gilroy CA area. His job is to take the buckets of tomatoes from the pickers and dump them into the trailer. This is a prime job as he is paid by the day vs hourly and he earns $158/day. #WeFeedYou

The Stolen Art Campaign by Shadows Project aims to correct misattributed Ukrainian artists in museums. Over 500,000 people and museums like the Louvre, Tate, and MoMA support this initiative.

Want to know more about D.C.'s suit challenging Trump's authority to take over the D.C. Police Department? I spoke with ‪@reuters.com‬. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

Q&A with Andrew Brininstool about his new book, HIGH DESERT BLOOD. tinyurl.com/4vdzc973 @abrininstool.bsky.social

‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Q&A with Jonathan Lackman and Zachary J. Pinson about their new graphic novel, THE WOMAN WITH FIFTY FACES. tinyurl.com/5n7tkbav

We are heading for a pivot-to-video-style crash in the journalism industry if everyone keeps using Substack as their exit strategy from traditional media, bc Substack refuses to recognize that it IS a publisher. archive.is/2025.06.19-0...

Once on the brink of local extinction, jaguar numbers across the Brazil-Argentina Iguaçu-Iguazú border have more than doubled since 2010 thanks to coordinated conservation efforts. The cross-border collaboration between groups in both countries has been crucial to restoring jaguar populations.

The Book Nearly Died With Him in the Amazon. But the Story Endured. #HowtoSavetheAmazon #DomPhillips #protectjournalists @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social @rizzolibooks.bsky.social

Every major Dem politician needs to realize that, in this environment, they can schedule a "speech to the nation," like Newsom did, and get tons of media coverage. Just do it.

(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP DECLARES L.A. RESIDENTS TO BE IN “REBELLION AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES” This declaration may well be a prelude to martial law. He’s illegally federalized the Guard in California and this looks very like the pretext he was waiting for.

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

And Housing for All is an impressively comprehensive examination of homelessness in America by Maria Foscarinis, who has worked in homelessness advocacy for decades.

Here’s a 2025 summer reading list with real books, no AI. Check out picks from @michaelschaub.bsky.social for road trip reading. *gift link* www.ocregister.com/2025/05/20/1...

Want to know more about the ongoing battle to place Harriet Tubman’s portrait on the front of the $20 bill? Ms. Magazine just ran an excerpt from my new book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality. #WeTheMen @msmagazine.com msmagazine.com/2025/04/22/t...

Discover the books that helped shape @anukandikuppa.bsky.social's life in our recent MY READING LIFE Q&A! 👉 debutiful.net/2025/04/07/m...

ICYMI I wrote about how Smartfood kinda sucks now www.eater.com/24394718/sma...

One myth about the 19th Amendment is that it gave all women the vote. But many women, especially women of color, have been denied the vote after 1920 & battles over voting persist. On this day in 1935, the Puerto Rico legislature finally removed the literacy requirement for female voting. #WeTheMen

When Anne Davidow fought a 1945 Michigan ban on female bartending, Justice Frankfurter heckled her from the bench while informing her that “the days of chivalry aren’t over.” This @historyachannel.bsky.social piece draws on my book, #WeTheMen, to tell Anne’s story. www.history.com/articles/sup...

Ukončení činnosti Rádia Svobodná Evropa/Hlas Ameriky je skvělým dárkem všem diktátorům a totalitním režimům celého světa. Ještě si pamatuju doby, kdy tyto vysílače byly jediným zdrojem necenzurovaných informací i pro nás. Hledejme cesty, jak zabránit umlčení těchto hlasů svobody!

Musk wants the old and disabled people to die. That's his "Plan".

ICYMI — Greenland just protested Trump’s threat to take over their country at the 🇺🇸 consulate: “99.7% say NO”

A video of the amazing Chesters bridge abutment which carried Hadrian’s Wall over the North Tyne youtu.be/bBUtiNOCxMo?...

A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.

On this day in 1955, Harvard announced Samuel Morison’s retirement. His “History of the American People” was 1150 pages long, but inc. only a few sentences abt. women. Morison reported that “the Women’s Rights movement” “included a number of sensible women reformers” & a “lunatic fringe.” #WeTheMen

“How a Leading Black Historian Uncovered Her Own Family’s Painful Past—and Why Her Ancestors’ Stories Give Her Hope. Martha S. Jones’ new memoir draws on genealogical research and memories shared by relatives.” www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...

U.S. Forest Service layoffs have upended surveys for spotted owls in Southern and Northern California, threatening data collection for the declining birds.

Putin can’t believe his luck. Here is Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Trump: “The new administration is fast changing all foreign policy configurations…This coincides with our vision in many ways.” Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.

#KarelKryl #Czechprotestsong It's raining and it's gone dark outside, this night will not be a short one. The wolf hungers for the lamb, brother, close the gate! Close the gate!

Czech President Petr Pavel: “We stand with Ukraine more than ever. Time for Europe to step up its efforts.”

Getting ready to celebrate women’s history month? I just shared on Shepherd my recommendations for five books that place women at the center of America’s stories. Authors include @marthasjones.bsky.social‬ shepherd.com/best-books/w...

"Ne laissons pas l'Ukraine tomber!" - "Merci la Tchéquie pour le soutien💗" #Prague #UpToUkraine

You've been lied to You've been fed truths Who's making your decisions? You or your religion? Your government, your countries? You patriotic junkies Where's the revolution? youtu.be/jsCR05oKROA?...

Trump’s Gaza Takeover Proposal open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

Okay, this is really important: It’s not shoe-in. It’s shoo-in.

Godspeed to all the advocates who are, as I write, seeking the injunctions, making the arguments, and promoting the human rights of all those targeted by this executive order.

For those of us not directly affected, I urge you to consider how you too may be harmed. Birthright has not only protected immigrant Americans and their children. It has (almost) always insulated the despised from denaturalization and deportation.

With #Greenland in the news, I am reminded of a book I was the publicist for many years ago called #NoOneThinksofGreenland by #JohnGriesemer. www.publishersweekly.com/9780312274573

Writing is an act of rebellion. Writing is an act of creation. Writing is an act of salvation. Writing is an act of exploration. Writing is an act of emotion. Writing is an act of confession. Writing is an act of speculation. Writing is an act of reflection. Keep writing.

for my constitutional law and history freaks out there, this book is sick as hell yalebooks.yale.edu/978030022321...

John Ganz's #WhentheClockBroke is on the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2024 list! @fsgbooks.bsky.social #JohnGanz

$9.99 for 2 YEARS is a steal. Let's say a word about TNR's Back of the Book! This issue: Jess Bergman, Samuel Catlin, and @bigblackjacobin.bsky.social. This year: @hzeavin.bsky.social, @alexanderchee.bsky.social, @rumaan.bsky.social, Briallen Hopper, Maggie Doherty, etcetc, and all my TV nonsense!

In honor of Jimi Hendrix, who would have turned 82 today, I wrote something for PBS about his incredible sense of style. He helped define not only the sound but also the look of a countercultural movement. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...