oh so i can get a mosquito bite but it can’t not be forty degrees in the morning, i see

air combat 8(4) july 1980

today a pigeon grabbed a sparrow out of the feeder and yeeted it to the ground it was … shockingly violent

The book that I edited 'Cosmic Fragments: Dislocation and Discontent in the Global Space Age' (2025) is on sale (a 40% discount!) by the University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social. The discount code is 29INT40, and the landing page is here: upittpress.org/intersection....

i’m biased but i think art history and history of science is a really useful mix of training/focus for humanists. the cure for the common visual illiteracy and physics envy

In 2020 @yaelrice.bsky.social and I authored this article to dispute this kind of pseudo-scientific research, which regularly gets press attention, precisely so that others don't have to cope with the tedium of refuting it. Here's the refutation you need! hyperallergic.com/how-scientis...

this is the type of shit i’m on as an american history guy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

beebadeepdeepbeepbeep new story alert

the local extirpation of 711 has created too much snackological pressure on the walgreens and now im in the pharmacy line with my cherry diet and pirate’s booty

🛸🛸🛸 tomorrow @sandrakasturi.bsky.social returns to NS! 🛸🛸🛸 read this (which is nominated for a Rhysling Award btw) to get ready: www.nightshadesmag.com/beard-of-bir...

went birding with @jonathanstrassfeld.bsky.social in wyman park this morning and we saw many warblers! two black and whites flew almost directly into my face hashtag blessed

my favorite piece of advertising from my little collection of 70s aviation weeks 👀

i’ve been babying the only goldenrod that survived our idiotic winter but i really need this plant to lock in now i can’t do everything for you

a rat just sprinted across the garden and scared a pigeon out of my bird feeder. nature is so beautiful

big sky

when the bust tracker goes from 0 min to 38 min like oh ok i’ll just die then i guess

back on my bulletshit

this is how i react to @leilasedai.bsky.social telling me i can’t have that many clauses in one sentence

what is up philly i am in you

tomorrow i get to go on the train :)

“There’s a void behind the Larsons’ house. They had a yard sale. They found a buyer.” 🛸🛸 new one from @goodvibesnerd.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/everything-m...

new story in the morning, sleep tight 🛸💜

I’ll be at OAH in Philly this weekend! Our panel is on institutional histories which is what I’ve been program managing for the last four years! Come hang out with us on Saturday! of course i made us a logo

well i like the city connect unis but i think it’s maybe just because my favorite color is green and i’m a little bit insufferable

bullet journal update: absolutely infuriating how well this worked. i hate how my brain functions

the grackles have arrived in the yard and commenced gracktivities

new night shades!

there’s a guy up there driving a little spaceship around right now

me when i remember what an acronym means from when the pao said it three minutes ago

shit, i’m experiencing childlike wonder

this is true, i’m a historian

ha! forces of nature earned out and we’re getting our first royalties. im going to spend all of my $67 in one place and you can’t stop me

been a long time since this sort of diagram was in the newspaper

smh it’s finally come to this, a frickin bullet journal. at least i get to use my nice colored pencils

just witnessed the most bartender ass drink order of all time: fernet with a splash of campari off duty bartenders order normal human beverages challenge 2026

you can read @kevinbaker.bsky.social’s new piece if you promise to think seriously about this: “You do not have to use a language model to let it organize your attention or distort your thinking.” artificialbureaucracy.substack.com/p/kill-chain...

New, from me.

unfortunately i think i’m back again

genuinely love to be reminded of the existence of gwar

vibe at the market this morning is unhinged. its like farmer farmer furry with a 3d printer farmer baked goods silent antizionist jewish protestors tin art kombucha 501st stormtrooper cosplayers farmer candles candles patriotic wood art

small haul. alien clay i started on audio but would prefer to read on paper. jade city a friend recommended. exiles i judged by the cover so hard

i have some @chillsubs.bsky.social sub club month subscriptions to give away dm me if you want one

🛸🛸take a walk through the library 🛸🛸with @reasie.bsky.social www.nightshadesmag.com/at-the-libra...

crab story crab story crab story

🦀 i really love this strange little thing

gotta stop watching alien earth while i’m eating

went to the pub between games to soak up the good double game day vibes and eat a cheesed burgor. september is ok by me 👍👍

now we’re fucking talking. we must launch Our Boys

bird season