I am pleased to announce that I will be a guest at RavenCon 2026! Come to Richmond in April to chat sci-fi, bones, and books with me, at the area's coolest convention!

To: All Staff Subject: The Rapture In honor of Tuesday's Rapture, we're letting all the animals out. If there is no Rapture, delete and scrub your emails.

Just put this on loop for a while & breathe

Never to early to think about Halloween costumes

I visited a house that produces more electricity than it uses. The owner says the remodel cost less than if he'd followed standard practices. I came away with five lessons and put them in an @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/09/20/n...

So this is false. Part of the H-1B process is PERM with the DOL, which ensures “that the admission of foreign workers to work in the U.S. will not adversely affect the job opportunities, wages and working conditions of U.S. workers.” www.dol.gov/agencies/eta...

It was a rollercoaster of a week, ending in a surprise reverse corkscrew into a double loop. The important part: I am safe, I am healthy, I can problem solve.

Use correct terminology! It's not "expresso," it's *espresso* It's not "hone in," it's *home in* It's not "irregardless," it's *regardless* It's not "vaccine skeptical," it's *pro infectious diseases* It's not "pro medical freedom about vaccines," it's *scientifically illiterate*

Oh fuck this six ways to Sunday

MSNBC has zero moral authority to talk about cowardice of Disney, ABC, or Republicans for bending the knee to MAGA when they did exact thing in their termination of me and others. They are doing the exact thing they complain about others doing.

You know who else felt threatened by comedians? … Hitler.

Hey folks. A link to the pre-recorded episode of my podcast History Matters from my YouTube channel. History is HOWLING at us re: the meaning & threat inherent in censoring criticism. My YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@joannefreem... The episode: On Silencing Opposition youtu.be/dRgjGsBYwxo?...

Do not go gentle into that good night, We should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light

I’m supposed to be full of potential…

Apropos of everything.

GSA's Public Buildings Service posted a solicitation for "as-is, fully-finished and furnished office space in support of administrative operations for law enforcement" in **19** cities across the country. The bid window is one week.

You know what, it’s been awhile since I saw this going around, so I feel obligated to remind you all that it exists: youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

As it should. As it violated the First Amendment in the most egregious fashion.

Do any social scientists follow me? Are there best practices for observational studies that are about gender but where you may have to make assumptions? For example watching gendered behavior in public? How do you account for queer gender when you have to rely on your own assumptions for who is m/f?

The thing that gets me about this is that so many of us have known this for so long, and so many people have faced pushback for saying it, and even if by some miracle something changes now, there will not be an ounce of retrospective reflection from anyone at all who insisted it wasn’t

This week Historians At The Movies is talking about a film that is absolutely not relevant at all. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, September 21 at 8pm eastern to watch IDIOCRACY. I want everybody here this weekend so share this broadly. Let’s set new #HATM viewership records. See you soon.

I woke up early this morning, took a long hot shower, put together a nice outfit for work, checked my mailbox, got my new license plate (yay!), scheduled an appointment for car inspection and oil change. Now I’m having chocolate pudding for breakfast at my desk, because I’m a grown up dammit!

"In America, the majority draws a formidable circle around thought. Within these limits, the writer is free; but woe to him if he dares to go beyond them." - Tocqueville, Democracy in America

This technology is so clearly designed to profit off cheating and struggling students--its insidious. And yet universities keep announcing how they're allowing this company into its midst, to exploit and incapacitate our students even more

Apparently, I may just be starting a repeat of last week’s sleep patterns…

jokes about the confederacy are always funny, but you gotta think about it in terms of "Supernatural lasted 5x longer than the Confederacy", which is absolutely hysterical

we saw this in the wild and my wife told me to post it online so maybe Jessica will get some random help from strangers and believe in hope again or something lol

Maybe it's bc I'm tired (it kind of is) but man, vaccines. I got poked with something that stung for 30 seconds and my arm was sore for 2 days and I just...have this new antibody forever. How do people talk shit about this? Wild.

As someone who moved to bsky early, I need to reiterate one of the early axioms of this site; ＢＬＯＣＫ ＦＲＥＥＬＹ， ＢＬＯＣＫ ＯＦＴＥＮ． We get a limited number of hours on this earth. Do not waste them on some fuckass who sees your happiness as a problem. They can keep the elevated cortisol levels & worry lines.

This week Historians At The Movies talks about Cheyenne history and the West. Join us on Netflix this Sunday September 14 at 8pm eastern for HOSTILES. Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!

Pneumonia shot isn't annual. I expected it was. Idk what someone coded into my file but this is the second "gotta be 50 or immunocompromised" vax I've gotten this year at 39. I just have pneumonia antibodies forever. No one can take them away. Amazing.

My town had our first ever Fall Fest on Main (a kind of street festival with lots of food trucks and vendors), and I worked our Girl Scout table with a few of our scouts this evening. We made friendship bracelets and had a color your own sticker activity for kids! Next year we need a bigger table!

Doing a bit of listening-research for my Taylor Swift syllabus, and honestly nothing could have prepared me for the absolutely UNHINGED music video for "Me!"

But the campaign yard signs said TRUMP Low Prices / KAMALA High Prices so I am confused!!

As we enter fall, it's so important that we tell everyone to leave those leaves! Mads Torres designed a poster to help us. Lightning bugs are one of the most charismatic insects we've got. Actions we take to protect them protects many insects! Get some to hang in your neighborhood! Squidfacts.net

I may be watching KPop Demon Hunters again just because it is so good!!!

I was tired all day Monday because I only fell asleep at 1am and got like 5 hours of sleep. Today I woke up at 2am because I crashed at 9pm. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Make it make sense. #Tired #GoBackToSleep

🚨KNOW YOUR RIGHTS🚨 Excellent information from the ACLU. Please share broadly and stay safe!

Pro Halloween animatronic tip: You cannot take too many photos of how everything fits in the box

If you're an anti-vaxxer and you use anti-virus software on your computer, you're a fucking hypocrite. Rawdog the Internet, you walnut.

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

This week Historians At The Movies talks about time and historical contingency. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, September 7 at 8pm eastern for EDGE OF TOMORROW Keep #HATM moving into the future by sharing and we’ll see you soon!

I see the anti renaming crowd is continuing to rename things

You know what, it’s been awhile since I saw this going around, so I feel obligated to remind you all that it exists: youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...