When you think of sustainable farming, you should think of George Washington Carver. Featured in our newest episode about the history behind the PB&J. #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #peanuts

The greatest thing since sliced bread?

January 15, 1919

My sighs have grown so heavy and so frequent.

Indie bookstores are run by incredible humans who actually care about the world and people around them, who open their doors to those who need it, who speak out against injustice and demand better. If you need somewhere to be today, your local bookstore is waiting to welcome you with open arms. 💜

Join me in Boston April 26th at @wburcityspace.bsky.social for Kids Podcast Live fun and plan to see the city!!!

What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, All Quiet on the Western Front, Betty Boop & More

My shout at this scene could have woken my children, but they were desensitized by all the fireworks outside. Anyway happy new year or whatever. I thought Stranger Things did a good job and if you didn’t like it maybe take some MST3K advice and really just relax.

The morning after KY Derby I had brunch a table over from David Arquette and I was very distracted by the hot-doggyness of his fingers.

Been sitting in the sun reading for 2 hours while my kids play at the park. It’s a good day.

Centuries Of Sound: An audio mix for every year of recorded sound from 1859 to the present day centuriesofsound.com

3 tickets left for tomorrow, then that’s it for the year, Louisville!

NEW: Immigrants who had received letters inviting them to a citizenship ceremony in downtown Louisville were turned away at the door Thursday. All are from countries deemed “high-risk” by President Donald Trump. From @byrobertor.lpm.org at @lpm.org

i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"

This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong. I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.

There’s some cooking show my boys found today with some young dudes who could be YouTubers, but they actually cook cool stuff and are nice but bust chops and they use fun ingredients and my boys spent the evening cooking dinner and talking about trying new things and it was awesome.

I bought that on CD when I was 13 and I’ve loved it ever since. Great music.

Neighborhood just lost power at 11am on Thanksgiving! 😳

My kids are watching the parade. Funny to me because I was always so disappointed by it and I was starved for media at their age.

I made some very good collard greens for tomorrow.

It’s pronounced Christmas jifts

Saw a Bald Eagle in Louisville today. Hurstbourne and 64. Was pretty awesome.

Do you know where you are? You’re in the Jungle, Baby! You’re gonna die! (Sinclair Lewis/Axel Rose)

This is unbearably funny

I felt the need to get neighbors together. So I met a new neighbor and she was willing to help. Tonight we handed out flyers and next week we’re gonna gather for good. Shoulda done this sooner.

Being a creator is fun. Good thing. Cause it doesn’t pay well.

For those who missed it over the weekend -- check out this thread to find independent artists. Do your holiday shopping from them, not corporations!

A Halloween breakout!

Dude went 0 to 3 outs in 3 pitches. With two runners in scoring position. Amazing.

@pghgraffiti.bsky.social my kids were stoked about this Bart and Blobfish in Pitt last month.

My son was the Great Cornholio tonight. And he was the HIT of the night. Every parent was stoked. Someone even gave him a roll of TP. He is going to sleep tonight as the victor of Halloween.

Finally. Someone with some green beans.

Made this Monorail parody song for our episode about the opening of the Erie Canal. Episode out now! #eriecanal podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 👣🦴 Scientists at White Sands National Park have found 23,000-year-old fossilized footprints that rewrite human #history in the Americas, pushing back the timeline nearly 10,000 years. #science 👉 Learn more: thekidshouldseethis.com/post...

This is so awful and dumb and please make it stop. Why are we even doing this?

Suggestions for a family to do in Pittsburgh in early Oct?

Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.

This sucks

do you have polling on -- NO I HAVE EYES, A MORAL COMPASS AND HONEST FRIENDS

There’s a kid who I care about who asked me to write a letter for college applications. Her request included this line: You’re one of the people that have been a constant as long as I can remember, and one of the adults that is just as cool now as they were when I was a kid. Best feeling ever.

Yesterday my 8year-old stood up to a bully and then today calmly advocated for his friends to an adult who didn’t handle the situation properly and I’m so ridiculously proud.

Awesome!

Devo's debut album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! was released on August 28, 1978 Produced by Brian Eno

Cities aren’t scary. You are scared. There’s a difference

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

On this day in 1958, Art Kane photographed 57 musicians at 17 East 126th Street in NYC for Esquire magazine. It was a Great Day in Harlem, 67 years ago today. Sonny Rollins is the only musician from this photo still living. #SonnyRollinsBridge

Pretty wild way to come to, I’d say.

Happy Underwear Day, everyone. bookshop.org/p/books/i-se...

Dear friends, writing online reviews of books enormously helps authors get their books up the charts and into customer eyelines If any of you enjoyed my new one, Totally Chaotic History: The Stone Age Runs Wild, I’d be so grateful for any online support on the usual websites. Thank you!