The guidance — including a new food pyramid — emphasizes red meat, whole milk and other animal sources of protein, while downplaying plant-based offerings. But top nutrition experts question the protein push, saying Americans already consume more protein than they need. https://to.pbs.org/49xi92c

The MASH rewatch has reached the “oh no second wave feminism is sticking… uh, we respect women and do our breast—- er best!” stage. Absolutely fascinating time capsule of a unique era

We do not read enough Danish literature. Let's start with Hans Christian Anderson's "The Emperor 's New Clothes."

Delroy Lindo will be one of the guests on this week’s Finding Your Roots #HATM www.pbs.org/articles/exp...

I am curious how much futurists have been bribed -- oops -- compensated to push AI in areas people *in the field* are pushing against. I've made and tasted AI recipes (for an article). Slop is a good word for it.

It's time to start making your plans! Romancing the Vote returns July 1st - July 5th, 2026! * authors, start annotating those books * artists, start making that art * experts, start plotting your consultations Stay updated: updates.romancingthevote.com

"White folks like the Blues just fine. They just don't like the folks who make it." This is an important part the Harlem Renaissaince (1920s) Black arts and music could cross the color line and become a part of the broader American culture... but the Black creators were still held back. #HATM

We all know Rosa Parks’ brave "No," but the logistics were a masterpiece. To make the boycott work, the MIA (Montgomery Improvement Association) organized a fleet of 300+ private cars to act as a DIY transit system. They out-managed the city’s own infrastructure. (cont)

On MLK Day, it’s important to remember why MLK Jr. was in Memphis when he was assassinated. He was there to support Black sanitation workers striking for better working conditions and higher wages. This, for me, a critical moment in the emergence of the environmental justice movement.

Please promote this call for two consultancies for the Humanitarian Archive Emergency Project. The purpose is to undertake a census of threatened humanitarian archives, records, & datasets & develop infrastructure. ⏰ The deadline is soon (January 25) &📍PLEASE SHARE!

In September 2025 I joined a 9 month long book group focused on books related to the Arctic. I did not expect it to become so relevant.

Very grateful for her contributions to a profound technology spanning many uses.

One of the first things anyone learns about facial recognition is that it is often wrong and that it is biased. And yet ICE is using it all day every day to determine legal status & who to detain. And now we have a high-profile example of it being flat out wrong: www.404media.co/ices-facial-...

It was -10°C in St. Paul, Minnesota, today! They could have given this grandpa a chance to put on some clothing and a coat, even. But no, cruelty is the point.

I love the use of guitar as weapon here—and I trust they didn’t destroy an actual antique, like Tarantino did in THE HATEFUL EIGHT! #HATM

In addition to everything James Fallows says, we have actually, in the treaty with Denmark in which we acquired the U.S. Virgin Islands, consented to Denmark keeping Greenland. www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/17/v...

Hopefully everyone stayed for the Final, Final scene #HATM

I had heard a lot about this film, but it far exceeded any possible expectations I held. I also think all the gore added to the experience of the movie. Thank you all for the discussion! #HATM

"Before the sun went down, I think that was the best day of my life." That line recontextualizes the entire film, followed by Stack's line - "For just a moment, we were free." This is a story about real life, real history, real stories wrapped up in a fantastical vampire tale. 🫡 #HATM

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

I love that we the set up after everything - Smoke is thinking back on what was a last, perfect day, reflecting on the role of community in putting this together, and how the white community is going to take down what they have built. #Sinners #HATM

Ok so he’s definitely Irish with a vendetta against some Protestant English landlords. #HATM

Ok hear me out. Say you’re a historian & you get turned. If you bite someone who was alive at an event you’re studying, how would you cite that and what would IRB say about it? lol #HATM

It’s a nice, subtle detail that both the Smokestack twins are wearing World War I dog tags. #HATM

That’s Taishanese the Chows speak. The primary language of Chinese immigrants to North America in the 19th century. #HATM #Sinners

The idea of Remmick as the Devil, but also having a keen interest in Sammie's music, evokes the myth of Robert Johnson at the crossroads, but in reverse - the Devil needs his music to create something powerful and new, and change the world accordingly. #Sinners #HATM

I still believe Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan gave the finest performances of the year in this film. Every. Single. Scene. #HATM

Sammy plays a resonator guitar, a Dobro. #HATM chasingguitars.com/nationaldobr...

" Remmick's Irish accent comes out for the first time during his song, hinting at his true origins. "The Rocky Road to Dublin" tells the story of an Irish man from County Galway who travels across the country and eventually to England." screenrant.com/sinners-remm... #HATM

Going right for the pickled garlic, canning (safely) if you have access to a seasonal kitchen garden, is generally a good idea #HATM www.seriouseats.com/pickled-garl...

I love how the vampire hivemind functions - we get the Klannies repeating Remmick's lines earlier, Mary losing her inhibitions, and now Cornbread's speechifying - it is a nicely fresh take, and gets to what Remmick's ultimately after: peace, love, and understanding. #Sinners #HATM

Haint is creole for a ghost. #HATM

"Hot tamales & they're red hot!" Robert Johnson www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOrv...

Which is why the earlier convo re whether or not to accept local scrip was very on point. The poverty rate in the South during the 1920s was about 50%. #HATM

Good to check why someone who has already been there needs to be invited inside #HATM

There's even a backstory to the song Pick Poor Robin clean - Vampire Remmick appropriated a song that was written by two women who were likely Black and was orginally a blues song... #HATM thedocumentrecordsstore.com/sinners-pick...

The various representations are great! There was a Bootsie Collins, Afrika Bambaataa, LL Cool J, and others on the dance floor! #hatm #Sinners

"He had mentioned ‘The Hateful Eight,’ because in his mind, he was thinking of the wider landscape photography for this. We watched some tests from ‘The Hateful Eight’ and ‘2001 Space Odyssey’ and some other footage " #HATM variety.com/2025/artisan...

In a similar fashion, Native peoples attempted to help the Donner Party too but they shot at them instead of accepting aid. www.californiasun.co/native-ameri... #HATM

The juke joint and the monetary systems that are accepted is a story all on its own. #hatm #Sinners

We need a spin-off movie with the Choctaw Vampire Hunters. NEED!!! #HATM

"Traveling musicians were spreading the sounds of the Hawaiian steel guitar all across America and early blues musicians were listening." #HATM www.civilbeat.org/2020/06/the-...

Coogler's use of the Choctaw points to a larger intersection here, that is that Native Americans were also a crucial part of the mixture that gave us modern music: www.theguardian.com/music/2017/j... It is significant, tying into the larger themes of music to come. #Sinners #HATM

Slavery, legal under the 13th Amendment for anyone convicted of a crime, continues to this day. 4 states voted to ban it in 2022. Though some argue that Colorado continues the practice despite banning it. www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1... #HATM

My brainiac #hatm pals are watching Sinners? I hope you have a chance to learn a blues scale on guitar some day. Is it a genre mashup? Who cares. It’s a reverie on music but also tragic facts. It mentions a particular kind of affection far more often than other big movies. Also : DELROY rules.

"Committed to portraying Hoodoo with reverence and accuracy, the [Ryan and Zinzi] Coogler...tapped African American and American Religious scholar...Dr. Yvonne Chireau to serve as the film’s official Hoodoo consultant." #HATM www.teenvogue.com/story/sinner...

This sequence is a great proof of concept for the importance of Sound Mixing, which should still be an Oscar category, but alas, we needed more time for montages about "The Magic of Movies." #Sinners #HATM

I discussed this in the lecture on Asian Exclusion (covering Chinese Exclusion & Japanese Incarceration) in Forgotten America for the Great Courses and Audible. bit.ly/4omm0oi #HATM

I'm glad to see I'm not the only first-time watcher tuning in to #Sinners tonight. I just kept putting it off, but have heard only great things. I'm excited to finally get into it. #HATM

And subject to lynching & pogroms (race riots) in much the same way too. After the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, white gangs used violence to extralegally evict Asian communities including at Tacoma, hence the Tacoma Method. www.tacomamethod.com/mapping-anti... #HATM