Had a pleasure of talking to @lukethomas.bsky.social and @jeffshaw.bsky.social in the same conversation today! youtu.be/eIvGLg553Io?...

What #BJJ gym owners can do to reduce tariff impact, feat. @jeffshaw.bsky.social from Bellingham BJJ

Every time a Nazi gets choked unconscious an angel gets their wings.

Why do so many in our community excuse and defend clearly terrible people? On episode 2 of the Fighting Matters Podcast @jeffshaw.bsky.social, @oldbastardbjj.bsky.social, @roughhandsbjj.bsky.social and I try to figure it out => youtu.be/vcxr6KMFre0?...

A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season. These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels. We are in a climate emergency.

This will be at the top of every syllabus I ever produce, for college or for jiujitsu, until the end of time. (The poet is Tom Wayman)

My friend Dave Porter has compiled a reel of his competition submissions and … the man does not like going to points. youtu.be/X9fF3rjQEeg

Remember the right-wing plot to sabotage Jimmy Carter’s re-election by urging Iran to hold American hostages longer? You don’t? It’s a shocking example of the American right’s treachery that more people should know about. (Gift link to 2023 NYT story.)

Our #bjj school ran 2,096 classes this year, competed a lot, and celebrated our fifth anniversary. We raised $3K for hurricane relief, held free community self defense events & much more. The next 5 years will be better than the first five. Count on it. youtu.be/nPZNrST4J0I?...

Just published: I got records on ticket sales and event costs for #CJI and #ADCC 2022. As CJI 2 starts gearing up, here's how the last two big grappling events at Thomas & Mack did, plus the tools I used to get this information. #BJJ

Gonna get kneebarred by @stephankesting.bsky.social this weekend. It’s gonna be great.

Are you an academic who cares of #bjj and #judo history in America? Do you want to be a part of something epic? Hit me up!

“because only my love for you despite the charms of gravity keeps me from falling off this Earth into another dimension I love you because it is the natural order of things” The people worth following make us love more fiercely and courageously. Giovanni was one of those. RIP

That comes from the first stanza of “Resignation”:(1/2) I love you because the earth turns round the sun because the North wind blows north sometimes because the Pope is Catholic and most Rabbis Jewish because winters flow into springs and the air clears after a storm

Nikki Giovanni has passed. It’s heartbreaking when the giants leave us, but they’re giants because they leave lasting legacies. This autographed broadsheet of hers hangs in my wife’s office. It’s truly great, but it’s not even my favorite Giovanni excerpt that makes me think of my wife.

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There’s also this classic (and he wasn’t wrong)!

Old messages from my coaches are the best 😂

Asheville, North Carolina is still recovering from Hurricane Helene. I know folks who live there, and they still need our support. Here are two places to shop and help: always.exploreasheville.com/love-asheville#support www.riverartsdistrict.com

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Things I never thought I’d enjoy: hex bar deadlifts.

What can government scientists do now to minimize the damage that’s coming over the next four years, and what can we do to help them? I spoke to several experts to write this story for The Revelator Please share widely. 🧪🌎 therevelator.org/scientists-m...

Half a life ago, we started a scrappy little debate camp for girls right here in Bellingham. My college debate partner Leah continues to do amazing things with it. Y'all, the Women's Debate Institute is 25 years old next year, and it could use your support. Here’s a 🧵!

Always great training with Oliver Taza.

"The Rev. Robert W. Dixon Sr., the last known survivor of the U.S. Army’s all-Black regiments known as Buffalo Soldiers, died on Nov. 15 near Albany, N.Y. He was 103." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/u...

“Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth.” www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...

Me picking up the bloody bandage someone left on the mats tonight

This weekend! Can’t wait to share the mats with Taza again.

I agreed to lift all of the winners of today’s in-house BJJ tournament in celebration. I forgot that one of the competitors is a yoked 300 pounder who does strongman competitions. The result is this renaissance painting.

Nine months since my last post. Seems like a good time to come back. Taught a free self defense seminar this week to help out the local college students. Big stuff planned for 2025.

Our #bjj squad won the team points title at Grappling Industries Washington!

I come back to Bluesky after a (mostly) internet-free month abroad to say this: I hit a reverse omoplata to wristlock tonight, which might be the silliest submission I’ve ever hit. Still very sad for no embedded video here.

Haven't posted in awhile, but just saw The Marvels, and ... The Marvels was just about everything I hoped it would be, and everything I want in a superhero movie.

having recently traveled to Ireland and seen the bog bodies of (maybe) kings who were thrown into the bog to bring about better weather, I would like to propose a radical new plan to address the climate crisis

I have a new piece about the West African and African Atlantic history of smallpox inoculation in Slate slate.com/news-and-pol...

over the past day on X / Twitter: ➡️ ADL director says he had a meeting w/ X CEO ➡️ far right users attack w/ anti-semitic posts ➡️ Nick Fuentes helps trend #BanTheADL ➡️ Elon Musk signals support, liking posts from white nationalist ➡️ users start seeing this white supremacist ad on X:

A week from today, my #bjj school is hosting Olympic judo coach (among a zillion other accolades) Justin Flores. If you’re anywhere near Bellingham, get here!

When your many beds are not comfortable enough, you do the engineering yourself.

⚖️🧵 1/ The 100-page memorandum of law (!) in support of AG James' motion for summary judgment (link below) contends that there is no factual dispute that Donald Trump defrauded lenders and insurers by overstating his net worth each year by billions of dollars. iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD...

#BJJ folks, I spent a ton of time the past two years working on my North-South choke. Here's a video with some details that I hope help! youtu.be/M8r05OiyRm8?...

A promotional copy of Husker DU’s classic “Warehouse: Songs and Stories” with a bonus interview disc, autographed by Bob Mould and Grant Hart. (Sorry Greg)

Well HI.

So proud of Jess. www.king5.com/article/ente...

Play “Ska Sucks” by Propagandhi to the very end, right now.

free legal advice: if the FBI comes to your door and asks if you are the person who threatened to kill a federal judge and others: 1) do not say "yes but I didn't mean it"; and 2) do not throw in a second, gratuitous threat to kill a congresswoman

Sharks are forming tag teams now. But “Jekyll and Simon”? Huge missed opportunity to name them Beautiful Bobby and Sweet Stan, or possibly Shawn and Marty. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/15/great-white-sharks-travel-together/

One of the best Joe Pernice tunes. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h0_XRRz7HHA&fbclid=IwAR1r6LGzonkYCYkhFCtUzcVOlcYq-hI_8WgCfx-NSyCmH3bBYY58i5X5sm0_aem_AUuACtH5CPOY16vaD1Y2f8vnVnRjQKJmfLZbu4zRJj41_rzfKykXN0Fr3T1R6V8oEtA&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

"Marketing needs myths and simple stories, and this quiet reconsideration of Aug. 11 can’t compete. ... Still, there should be enough flowers in this year’s harvest to go around for all the pioneers." https://www.wsj.com/articles/was-hip-hop-really-invented-50-years-ago-1dd40947

New polling: Americans’ discontent with the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade remains as potent as a year ago, with record-high share saying they’re likely to take a candidate’s position on abortion into consideration when voting.