I wrote about the dangerous fantasy of the civility framework in political discourse. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Come hanggggg Chatting up @alinaetc.bsky.social @adrianf.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social and more! ❤️

Spread the word: we're searching for the right people for two critical roles at KR: Director of The Writers Workshop and Programs and Special Projects Administrator. Find the job descriptions and applications at the link in our bio.

Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth with @livesinpages.bsky.social's #shortstory collection, I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT! buff.ly/rnnzHS3 @susanschulman.bsky.social

De Niro: "I gotta go. A couple cases of Tylenol fell off a truck and now I gotta figure out how to put autism in them."

* ABC LATE NIGHT HOST JIMMY KIMMEL'S MONOLOGUE DURING TUESDAY SHOW HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 14 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM @reuters.com $DIS

After widespread public pressure, including from over 475 artists and 40,000 ACLU supporters, Jimmy Kimmel is back on air, but Nexstar and Sinclair, two of the biggest local TV station owners in the country, have announced that they won’t air the show on their ABC affiliates.

RFK Jr expected to announce that Flintstones vitamins cause gayness.

Seven straight days of fever and an unrelenting, painful cough, but today, I woke up fever-free at last. Yay! Still sick, but I definitely feel the worst is passing, even tho I’m pretty sure all the Tylenol I’ve been taking turned all my phlegm mad autistic 😷

For anyone whose local affiliate engaged in government censorship

8.4 million +1. Sooooo good!

This.

In case you missed it: apple.news/AVRa804a1SWe...

Kimmel response was great. Now do THIS.

Day 6, still sick as a dog; anyone know if the rapture might help with this cough

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, the largest private provider of scholarships to minority students.

AUTISM and TYLENOL A study of 2.5 million children showed a small association between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism—but this finding DISAPPEARED when full siblings were compared. “Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism…” Full article:

Ha!

@msnbc.com is gleefully reporting on the reinstatement of Kimmel and the folly of the original decision. I have yet to hear that they have reinstated Matthew Dowd, who did nothing other than quote CK. I AM WATING ...

signed this. easy to do. support independent press. support artists. give trans people money. fuck nazis. fuck ICE. free Palestine.

We mobilized over 400 actors, comedians, directors, musicians, and writers to condemn the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Now is the time to oppose government censorship and fiercely defend our First Amendment rights.

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

My department is hiring an associate/full professor of Early Modern/Modern Jewish History. Please apply and please share within your networks. I have been told to say we're very interested in the early early modern. Note: I am not involved in the search but am happy to answer general questions.

On a lighter note, my Bears played a helluva game today, and I am very happy.

Just watched a little 60 Minutes, a segment on…let’s just say a new “liberal arts college” in a southern state, and ewwwww…Any lingering faith I had in that show just *vanished.* So much insidious slant, I’m surprised I didn’t slide right off my couch. So sad. No wonder Stahl looked like a ghost.

This Tuesday at 7pm EDT, @samuelashworth.bsky.social and @writesloud.bsky.social will be participating in the literary throw down of the year at The Head & The Hand! Learn more and how to register right here: buff.ly/oqdsqDX

Do you know a high school writer? Have them submit to this wonderful literary journal! Www.theweightjournal.com

And Nexstar has the same thing. www.nexstar.tv/stations/

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Yup.

Teachers, parents, and people who know high school aged creative writers, The Weight Journal is open for submissions! www.theweightjournal.com

Don’t ever tell me cats aren’t emotionally intelligent. Yesterday I was having a really bad day and my two boys came right upstairs and dunked their tails in my coffee then threw up on the cleanest part of the carpet so take that cat haters

My book "On Freedom," the case for the value of freedom and a proposal for a better future, with a new foreword accounting for where we are today, will be out in paperback October 28th. timothysnyder.org/on-freedom

Looking forward to this one!

Just sent out the email and link to the workshop participants for tomorrow. There is still a last chance to sign up. If you want me to forward you that email let me know.

Thanks, man. Still sick, but I feel better for watching this one again. Spectacular.

games. giveaways. trucks. tours. treats. ALL DAY LONG. cleanwaterfest.com for all the details.

Long shot kids’ 70s (I think?) book title search: there was a kid (a girl?) left home alone in her village & 2 bad dudes show up. One of them was named Yarrow. They wore like tunics, stockings, & floppy, pointy shoes. Color palette was all this weird yellow. Anyway, she outsmarts them. Titles??? 🙏🏻🫶🏻

⏳ FINAL hours to become a ProPublican during our Fall Member Drive! You read our work. You believe in it. Now’s the moment to become part of it. Any gift makes you a member! Donate today: https://propub.li/3VEDEGo

Representative Jason Crow (D-CO) on this moment. Not just the transcript but the video of a floor speech yesterday. A rallying cry:

It’s #FridayReads time AND Latine Heritage Month! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here are horror and noir mixed with Spanglish, history, anti-colonialism, magic, friendship, revenge, and monsters from the deep. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

Reminder because of this month and spooky season (October is looking busy already): Need me for anything? Book event? Library thing? Workshop? Class on diversity in publishing? I also do weddings, bar mitzvahs, birthdays, and interventions. Email Jayme Boucher or DM me.

Download libby, go to your library, support the arts!

If you notice me on here more right now, it’s because I’m sick with some upper resp BS (tests negative so far) and thus will not be doing a single damned productive thing. Carry on. Bleccch.

Hey reminder that I am giving blood today & would love you to join me at a blood bank near you. There are vast poems inside this act. Imagine it—your blood inside another person’s body saving their life or helping them heal. This is about as real & miraculous as life gets.