You could say it’s a Josh Citarella/ @jstordaily.bsky.social collab and I reckon you’d be right. Please listen to this fascinating exploration of what public digital space could look like (and what its limitations would be). Twas a bona fide kick to interview him. daily.jstor.org/the-case-for...

"My bran is as sharp as a tack."

Oh!! @ianrosewrites.bsky.social what a lovely post. Thank you--it was my pleasure always to edit you and learn from you. Happy thanksgiving.

New #podcast! 'Perspectives on Public Space', hosted by Sara Ivry, features conversations with experts working in fields such as #UrbanDesign, #history, #architecture, and community planning. The podcast is available on JSTOR Daily and other platforms. @jstordaily.bsky.social @saraivry.bsky.social

Jemini the Gifted One died this year?! I'm bereft!! I hope the Times Lives They Lived has an entry in his honor.

John Leshy (former Undersec'y dept of the Interior, esq, environmentalist, writer) and I discussed the history of public lands. It was illuminating! Please listen & share with anyone who's ever enjoyed the great outdoors--or simply the fact of its existence! C'mon! daily.jstor.org/the-victory-...

First episode in a podcast I was working on before…well, dm for deets…has been released. It’s a fascinating, illuminating conversation…I hope you’ll listen and share and enjoy. daily.jstor.org/perspectives...

Whomp whomp I ran 7.48 miles today. Felt good. Listened to Las Cults on the way. Compartmentalized my troubles. That's how we do.

i just stress ate a bag of licorice and now i'm in a fugue state. ama.

this day has been a dum dum

I conducted this interview and it was a real kick. Such fascinating materials and stories. Please read and share!!

eat at least a dozen cookies but in raw dough

“The Sandinista Revolution, and the counterrevolution, was like a vortex that drew in every Nicaraguan family.” So says Mateo Jarquín in an interview about his book on the topic. The work is part of JSTOR’s Path to Open program. https://bit.ly/4mQww53

i now prefer white nectarines and peaches to yellow ones. i guess that's what aging's all about.

"Sometimes when you make an accusation, it's a confession, Mr. Kennedy," Sen. Hassan for the goddamn win.

I'm glad Bill Kennedy is giving RFK Jr a hard time but he also voted to confirm him. He knew this was coming.

No words. This is… a) …laughable b) …dangerous c) …damaging

Sometimes I read the Athletic and when I do, I'm struck by the prose--it feels decidedly and intentionally different than the reset of the paper. It has a high school student paper vibe in approach and tone. I cannot be the only one to notice this. Why do they make this choice?

Rather fascinating article on dates. Please read it! daily.jstor.org/date-civiliz...

true story

Yesterday there was a dead squirrel on the sidewalk. Today a dead pigeon. If I were a hack film-maker, I'd use them as portents of eeeeevvvvvviilllll.

This is excellent: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/o...

it is pretty nuts when you consider how much stuff--lungs, abdomen, liver, pancreas, intestines, gall bladder, heart--fits into the trunk of your body. honestly, wow. i'm marveling at this today.

how am i? wouldn't you like to know

also what is the antidote? cause it's very uncomfortable and i already tried to wash with cold water

i made pico de gallo at lunch and my fingers are burning from handling a poblano. is that possible? or do i have some odd nerve damage unrelated to culinary prep?

Know what phrase really irks? "deeply human" I hate that phrase and all the over-determined earnestness that goes along with it.

When the heck and why the heck did the word "surface" become so common as a verb??? (Shakes fists and rages against the heavens!!!)

Oh yah my babies, two substacks from I in one week...the zeitgeist herself is shifting!! open.substack.com/pub/unfetter...

all i want for memorial day is for some foreign dignitary to come here and scold donald like he's eight years old and violated the rules of stranger danger

First I made rhubarb compote, then I made Melissa Clark's ice cream base and then I blended the compote and mixed it into the base and then i churned it into ice cream and believe me when i tell you i have made the best, tangiest, most delicious cold treat ever.

Hey! it's been exactly 100 years since Virginia Woolf published Mrs. Dalloway and to celebrate, @jstordaily.bsky.social has a fab meditation on the book that heralded a revolution in literature (plus a reading list on the Bloomsbury posse). daily.jstor.org/a-hundred-ye...

how are youth soccer leagues charging 3k for a year? what the heck...it's outrageous this bill of goods/soccer industrial complex

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson - this guy--I'm waiting for a profile of him given he seems suddenly to be in everything. (Aslo Your Friends and Neighbors is seriously one of the worst shows in a long time and for some reason I can't quit it.)

This is SO alarming as is the fact that this news barely seems to make a dent in the zeitgeist.

Pop Smoke/Pope Smoke. Let's call the whole thing off.

Why did nobody ever tell me about the dogs who travel solo the subways in Moscow like regular youse and mes? daily.jstor.org/dogs-of-the-...

A very compelling and astute appraisal examining: What the point of the Free Press under Trump 2.0? stringinamaze.net/p/checking-i...

Where are my prez history buffs? JSTOR Daily just published a piece by the former Secy of State of AZ about Reagan's mom, her faith and what she bequeathed to him therein. It's fascinating. daily.jstor.org/ronald-reaga...

Just mistook Brad Lander for Al Gore.

The best sign I saw today while running the Bk half marathon read: Your outie likes to run up hills.

Lafcadio Hearn has the best name in terms of utterance satisfaction (one of the key metrics in determination of name superiority)

If you are in a place where Nick Cave is set to play and there are tickets...you MUST go. His show is so goddamned good. No regrets. None!

In escaping the current news cycle…I wrote about Charles and Ray Eames this month for @jstordaily.bsky.social, including a bit about the lovely Eames House. #Eames #architecture #AcademicSky @jstor.bsky.social daily.jstor.org/a-close-part...

You can have Rapture and Call Me, it's the bewitching percussion in "Dreaming" that floats my milkshake.

This is the best one of these I've seen

RIP, “My bad” (1985-2025)

After much considerations, I have determined that manchego is the best cheese to use in an omelette.

#TodayInPyongyang 🇺🇸