As I teach: when we study slavery in the US we are also studying race, racism, and white supremacy. Here’s what happens when you think about slavery without thinking about the others: apple.news/AkEsfmoOrTtK...

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Good news, bad news. apple.news/A-CDqw0XKT2i...

"I only watch the super bowl for the commercials" yeah man I also invest 4 hours of my life watching something I'm not interested in just to be advertised to. That's normal.

Yikes apple.news/AB86Q11tsQAy...

TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN OP-ED: In our society we have too often accepted the heckler’s veto, allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good and making the refusal to forgive our highest virtue TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend

My firm is looking for a summer transportation planning intern! If you/someone you know is in school for planning and has a passion for active transportation, please pass this along. We'd love to have them join us in Houston this summer. :) teiconnects.com/career/plann...

The new pedestrianized Main Street in Houston is taking shape. (downtownhouston.org/about/dth-bu...)

Today in weird local headlines: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

Hey look, some unintended consequences! More to follow, I’m sure. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Aren't we more in the Roosevelt Corollary territory than we are the original doctrine?

The only place I’ll ever argue with people online is NextDoor. And by argue I mean troll.

Because the Green New Deal was such a branding success. apple.news/AnnZfZjGtQey...

New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok! So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...

Bike lane with low traffic is often considered unnecessary and underutilized. Car lane with low traffic is considered luxurious.

www.menti.com/alg8h5vkhtav... Harris County is conducting an Active Mobility survey: if you want to walk/bike more in #Houston please take the 5 minutes to respond! The more input they have from actual stakeholders (that's us), the better. Show them why more aren't walking or biking now, & to fix it

Fortunate to be able to ride our bikes to the Eagles bar on one of Houston’s bayou trails. Best way to watch the game with hundreds of your closest friends, haha.

""Gondor's tax on rings is highly injurious to the ring-innovation sector," says Witch King of Angmar" - Minas Tirith Beacon

This is exactly the dynamic in Texas.

I found it. The Bari Weiss/CBS News town hall promo for feminism does indeed use a 1964 photo of Beatles fans.

Everyone’s on a journey, lol.

Governs like a Republican. Raises money for Republicans. Enjoys 70% approval rating among Republicans. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/hou...

"This year marks the completion of the Georgetown to South Park Connection thanks to years of advocacy. On this trail, people can safely walk, bike, and roll between the South Park & Georgetown neighborhoods. [SDOT] planted 143 trees along the new path." greenspace.seattle.gov/2025/12/mile...

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

Houston’s leaders are so out-of-touch with how people in cities around the world get around, they painted a soccer ball on a sphere on a bridge that spans a massive highway. www.chron.com/sports/artic...

I was impressed at “Downtown Ace Hardware”

Fasten your helmets and saddle up for a tour of the worst bike lanes on the planet, as we delve into the bumpy, the absurd, and the downright dangerous, all in the name of cycling exploration and advocacy. momentummag.com/worst-bike-l...

That job ad for a (the?) history faculty position at the University of Austin is rough. As in, terribly written. Bet they had a computer write it.

I, for one, am shocked! apple.news/Az2zChoEbTKC...

Best part about the AAC championship game is that it's at a college's home stadium and not some sterile neutral site.

Kevin Negandhi when UNT throws an INT with 1 minute left in the game, down 13 points: "And that might do it" Like, I get that you have to keep the people watching, but . . . there has to be a limit.

A trove of documents show work is proceeding gradually but steadily inside the Seattle Department of Transportation to take advantage of Washington's new Shared Streets Law. Pedestrianizing a number of streets could be around the corner. Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/04/a...

Kinda sad that a football team named after Mean Joe Green basically doesn’t play defense.

I’ve experienced almost a decade of competent Tulane football and almost 5 years of championship caliber football. After witnessing some of the worst football ever while I was a student there. Not sure I can go back to the doldrums.

New Orleans is way weirder than Austin ever was and Denton is what Austin thinks it is. Unfiltered thoughts watching the AAC championship game.

Its been an interesting semester apple.news/ANCWYo7szQEy...

The problem with demanding clear policy explanations from this mayoral administration is that the policy is mostly based on vibes. cf: his NYT interview.

The first wedding announcement to mention the Georgetown Slavery Archive. Mazeltov to the newlyweds! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...

Whitmire once again removing infrastructure that has made a street safer because people keep driving into concrete curbs. And he’ll still say he cares about safety. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

There's that bit at the end of Season 2 of Succession when it looks like Kendall actually beat Logan for once, and Logan smiles. That's how I choose to interpret the meeting with Mamdani.

"Well, yes, Mamdani and I have our differences. He's a socialist, they say he's a socialist, and I guess he says so too. A democratic socialist, but a socialist. Meanwhile, I'm busy seizing the means of production, forcing a cultural revolution, cracking down on the intelligentsia ...."

New Orleans also has an old tradition of protest, resistance, and political activism—one the people there very much know and cherish. But sure, there's the beads and food and stuff too, I guess.

The debut book of an architect of modern American conservatism was about higher ed. And it came out in the 1950s.

The draft report: madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=...

The mind of an unthinking reactionary, now in charge of interpreting the Alamo. apple.news/A5i0dTarCSk2...

The vast body of research that Ken Burns relied upon to make his new documentary on the American Revolution would be practically impossible to be produced today, what with the defunding of humanistic scholarship, the collapse of stable academic jobs, the attack on public history & academic freedom.🗃️

Instead of providing some goods and services through government revenue, the American middle preferred a bevy of privately administered tax sheltered accounts: HSAs, FSAs, 529s, 401ks/403bs, and of course your various Roths. This was freedom, they said, and freedom was American. future historian