So for some reason, Facebook has suspended my account while they investigate my identity (!) Please contact me here, if you know me on both platforms and can't reach me. (I was hoping to find out who was going to the AAA meetings)

Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Bill 536, which would have abolished the Arkansas State Library and eliminated the State Library Board, was defeated in a House committee last week. bit.ly/4jtW9aq via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

I am thrilled to announce that my new book, Magic's Translations, will be out from Duke in mid-May, with this lovely cover. Posting now for the 30% pre-order code!

This is so close to the stated justification for Indian Removal--that it would be better for the Cherokees and others Natives to be moved West of the Mississippi--although not even Andrew Jackson stooped to calling the "Trail of Tears" majestic.

Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬 That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car. Why? 🧵1/8

someone tell ernst that neither the president nor musk embodies the american people and that if they want to cut funding they should work with congress to pass a bill www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

Yes. More like this please.

And here's my colleague @chrislehmann.bsky.social putting it all into words.

What this long and detailed NYT piece calmly calls an “extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual” is in fact a blatantly unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s Article I powers and delegation of the President’s Article II duties. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

It really is remarkable how the GOP is shaping itself around how much tech billionaires see their own employees as ungrateful brats. www.salon.com/2025/01/17/t...

(WIRED) - A 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez, who previously worked for two Elon Musk companies, has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US government, three sources tell WIRED. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

The EPA plans to demote career employees and replace them with political appointees, which would give Trump administration loyalists more influence over aspects of the agency that were traditionally led by nonpartisan experts.

Please pay attention to this case being argued in the 4th Circuit tomorrow. It could determine whether the GOP succeeds in stealing a NC Supreme Court seat by disenfranchising 60,000 voters. Follow @democracydocket.com for full coverage of this critical case. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

It’s almost like they want to keep America stupid—less financially stable & thus more controllable.

Extinction Is Still Forever… Despite Biotech Efforts to Revive Species 🌍🐂 🦤 @yalee360.bsky.social e360.yale.edu/features/de-...