Latest piece, on the joy of creating courses for and teaching history to lifelong learners. The average age of my sharp, curious, and (in many cases) globe-trotting seniors? 70. "We may be old," said one such student, "but we're not dead yet." #lifelonglearning

I'm not hung up on trying to prove I'm purer than other people, or that I'm "good," because goodness is something we create in concert with other people. It's about what we *do* and *make* and how all of that doing and making actually impacts other people living in the world.

Post a banger that’s not in English. youtu.be/7o7LCTaMlHg?...

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational

the Post news is gutting for many reasons, but I can’t help focusing on the books section—how great it was, and how essential. So many worthy books barely get reviewed. I’ve had authors reach out to thank me because mine was the only post-pub coverage they got. Just awful for readers & for writers.

There are a ton of risks that come with being highly visible, especially in these times — and this is doubly true for people living in the margins. Anyone who tells you otherwise is clueless and actively endangering people with misinformation.

Week 1 - Black History Month 2026 1. You may have seen this image of Black men voting during Reconstruction, and assumed it is a depiction of voting after the passage of the 15th Amendment (which outlaws denying the right to vote based on race).

Special! A contrast-y B&W print from Skalkaho Pass. A lovely, little jaunt not too far from me here in southwestern MT. www.sol-exposure.com/product/mud-...

Special! After years, this stormy shot is still a major favorite. As much as I love winter, I am missing spring storms right now. www.sol-exposure.com/product/vict...

The public library is an essential component of a 21st-century left political project as an example of both what is already available to us and what can be improved upon in the future. The library is a public good, and it is free as a public service. I want more people to make the connections.

Special! Last print I have from a Polaroid of three lovely trees that have been through a lot together. www.sol-exposure.com/product/pine...

You can tell a seal from a sea Lion because sea lions “stand up” on their limbs while seals galumph around on their body. Also Sea Lions ask a lot of leading questions and demanding evidence. 🏞️: Antoine Reveau

I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote the food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide COLOR TASTE TEXTURE. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience required. My goal is to help kids avoid food related trauma and offer a balm of kindness for anyone who couldn’t escape it.

I usually review books on my bookstagram basicbookstagrammer, but will post this one here, too! a comprehensive & definitive history of how policing Black bodies shaped American law & society from colonial America through the twentieth century. (1/5) uncpress.org/978146969484...

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc... Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

Ha, you thought I wouldn't repost because there's no alt? Handled.

The world folds into itself. (I resonate. I had a submission dinged when the editor claimed I had mismeasured the Dunning-Kruger effect. Umm.)

The other part of this, my cookbook has proven to help folks with their food aversion (not everyone, but a good portion of readers). The whole reason I wrote COLOR TASTE TEXTURE was to help kids avoid food related trauma and be a balm for those who couldn’t escape it. Eyes on it matter.

I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally

This is why sensory based food aversions are so common in Autism and ADHD. We can’t filter out the passive information that neurotypical folk can more easily do while eating. It’s also why I included information on creating sensory friendly environment when eating in COLOR TASTE TEXTURE.

Just spent an afternoon supporting the students of Pacifica high school in their walkout protest, so proud to see all these kids out there. Great energy, and tons of support from passing cars.

"Damn right, he’s got the blues… and the scars to show for it. ' variety.com/2025/music/n... #HATM

Holy hell, what an obituary

been thinking a lot about James Baldwin recently - from a 1970 documentary

PET EMERGENCY!!! I’m the way to emergency vet w/ no money. PLEASE, if you can get anything from my store NOW, please please please,

Sauerbrunn, Imani Dorsey, & Gabby Vincent have all posted to Instagram with similar, personal messages as West Virginia v. BPJ & Little v. Hecox are being heard before the Supreme Court. Can't help but wish they were joined by a longer list of players from the many pro leagues in the US.

we love Kaylie Collins in this household

Thinking tonight about Becky Pepper-Jackson and Lindsay Hecox and other trans girls and women who just want to play. I support you all the way.

Bill Watterson could do Sin City but Frank Miller could not do Calvin and Hobbes

hey it’s easy to feel hopeless right now with all these violent images of ice cubes shooting our neighbors but hey did you know you’re loved? you’re cared for? that i love and care about you? that we’re happy you’re here? it’s important to remember. ok u can swipe down now back to the scary

Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.

The 2025 Hey Spirits Awards winners have been announced. See the full breakdown of votes in each category here.

a favorite for both my kiddos because it’s been that kind of day youtu.be/sYOUFGfK4bU?...

My grandpa was one of the crew who painted the Golden Gate Bridge when it was built. He moved from Nebraska to San Francisco during the Great Depression and did all he could as a single parent to support his three children.

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026 🧵

I got through all of last year.

Not only a perfect denouement, it was the end of an era. Thirty years ago today, this strip was published.

There are two sets that became my favorite of the year after framing & this is one of them. Highly suggest all white. These prints are *stunning*.

Never forget: Andrew Wakefield's incendiary, retracted Lancet study claiming a link between autism and vaccines had NEVER EVER been properly authorized; also, Wakefield had been PAID by a lawyer to find a link between MMR and autism. It was a HOAX. www.bmj.com/content/342/... #VaccinesWork #Autism

Can’t watch PRINCESS BRIDE w/ #HATM tonight but I need to say: Directing a movie that hits deep for kids AND adults? That manages to be sweet & pure & funny & edgy & wry—at the same time? That’s a “classic” to SO many people of ALL kinds & ages? I mourn Rob Reiner’s passing. He fed our hearts.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

Trans rights are human rights. Health care is a human right. Children deserve health care backed by science—whether that’s lifesaving vaccines or lifesaving gender affirming care. How is any of this controversial?

Beautiful story with lots of new reporting on Michele Reiner, a woman in her own right in addition to half of a Hollywood power couple www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/e...

If you’re looking for a cookbook that meets autistic needs, check out autistic professional chef @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social's “Color, Taste, Texture!” Broberg-Moffitt even includes a Food Preference Profile and Worksheet to support understanding and choice-making. buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...

My qualms about Ken Burns' American Revolution series, which strangely fails to explain what made the Revolution revolutionary. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/18/w...

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different