The people who voted for Zohran Mamdani and the folks who raged over “woke” Cracker Barrel have more in common than you may think. Let me explain.

“The American economy is cleaving into the have-nots and the have-yachts.” www.al.com/news/2025/11...

SNAP judgment: Tuberville spews ‘ignorant’ remarks as 750,000 Alabamians brace for lost benefits www.al.com/politics/202...

From the archive. Public health officials say opioid use and related deaths have reached a crisis point in the U.S. Anthropologist and psychiatrist Helena Hansen unpacks the racial disparities in how drug addiction is interpreted, portrayed, and treated. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/hele...

As I started reading this article I immediately thought back to the late 60s--then he described exactly what I experienced on Telegraph Avenue when the deputies were shooting at us with buckshot and helicopters were dropping CS gas on us! www.wired.com/story/path-t...

@anthropologal.bsky.social thought you'd appreciate this pic from my feed 10 years ago. I always want to remember you this way.😜😘

Caption contest www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Trojan gold: New US “standard” is another veiled attack on science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Congratulations to granddaughter Piper and daughter-in-law Jacy on four years of YDL volleyball as player and coach without losing a match!

In case you were wondering where all the anti-MMR vax disinfo came from, this half-hour interview with science journalist Adam Rutherford gives a nice synopsis of the almost 30-year history of how this came to be such a big deal in the MAGA world. www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...

If you’re interested in AI-co-dependency, this is a fun listen. www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...

Another beautiful day by the bay listening to Symone French (www.symonefrench.com) kick off the fall Brown Bag by the Bay series.

As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, I had to dodge sheriff's deputies firing buckshot and tear gas, National Guard helicopters dispersing tear gas, and changed intro to physical anthropology lecture room because of a fire-bombing, but I never had to dodge alligators!😱 www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

My previous carton about Moms for Liberty vultures ruffled some feathers, so here’s another one … www.al.com/politics/202...

Sounds of the bay😁

This came up on my playlist this morning and it seems like a perfect antidote to the end of science, medicine, democracy…that we’re going through now! youtu.be/wI4X9GhNHr8?...

Masked racial intimidation is the game. ICE is the coward’s name www.al.com/politics/202...

“At a time when the U.S. is deeply divided by racial strife, economic insecurity, and the uncertainties of what the future holds, the tales of our forebears serve to remind us of what is possible in challenging times.” Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

No king! Thanks, y'all! You give me hope.

Good on Alabama home boy E.O. Wilson!

OMG this is .... Creepy AF and hilarious.

Another documentation of the cultural, NOT biological, character of race: www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...

Has SAPIENS made a difference in your life or work? Tell us how in this short survey! 📋 us11.list-manage.com/survey?u=80f...

🧪 #resist #resistrfk #defendresearch #standupforscience #RFKJr #Vaccines #NIH #factcheck What they're planning on using the money for is still largely ignored. “Out Of His Depth,” “Sold His Soul,” “Clueless”: NIH Staffers Speak Out About Director Bhattacharya open.substack.com/pub/importan...

This graph shows the state total COVID death rate for years 2021-2023, the post vaccination years, by state, colored by party, and percent Evangelical. Click ALT to see graph full size and read more and access raw data. 🧪💡☠️ #Sociology #Demography #Population

The last bit about punctuation was especially brilliant where the moderator pointed out that modern punctuation has been on a down swing since Boy George used five commas before the word chameleon. www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...

Fellow travelers already tried to set up their own journal when the Pioneer Fund put up the bucks behind the racist-friendly anthropological journal, Mankind Quarterly. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Oof. True, but oof.

💥 NEWS: McDonald's shareholders voted Tues. to reject an anti-DEI proposal, 99-1 percent. McDonald's Board said the proposal "unduly interferes" with the company's "flexibility and judgment." MCD: "Our success in the future builds on our history of embracing diversity as a competitive advantage."

From the archive. An Ethiopian-born biological anthropologist and father dissects the “myth of race” and reflects on his own deepening understanding of racism in the U.S. Read more: www.sapiens.org/biology/colo...

This says it all.

"NIH staff members have been given lists of terms...as reasons to reject proposals.... They include ‘inequity’, ‘racism’, ‘underserved’ and...socio-economic status and access to healthy food, that can explain differences in health outcomes." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump is trying to turn the news into a circus.

In an era where it seems Black history faces extra scrutiny and "erasure" on the federal level, Mobile is pushing ahead with some major features paid by the taxpayers and BP oil spill settlement to enhance their history - warts and all: www.al.com/news/2025/05...

Monumental anniversary yesterday of 1954 SCOTUS decision in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas! Here's an excellent short history of the decision: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-17-2025

Great way to cripple U.S. science effort😡 www.science.org/content/arti...

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

Anthropologists too! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Some schools fight. But UAB is literally sending checks back to donors, killing scholarships for high-performing Black med students rather than risk wearing the scarlet letters of DEI. And just look who gets called "morally reprehensible."

There's nothing like walking on beach sand to remind you about your calves. While walking, I stopped to take a pic of the great blue in the middle, and he decided to take off as I hit the shutter. The Canada geese on the right were honking up a storm as they swam along.

As I was walking this morning, there was more going on and I didn't feel de-stressed until two songs came back-to-back in my playlist: Ebb Tide by Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra (youtu.be/VATF93NMujk?...) and Cristo Redentor by Harvey Mandel (youtu.be/NHWkIIFCRVw?...). I recommend this music!

To take your mind off the global sh*t show, here's the first gator of the year--much later than last year. He must have just gotten washed in with the flooding we had over the weekend (12" of rain in 24 hours)!

The whole world now feels this way toward us, TBH.

We live in a world where powerful universities cower like congressmen, afraid to complain lest they lose the clout they are too afraid to fight for. So why not get an old Bama football player to put it down there where the goats can get it?

This is powerful.

This is so utterly disgusting. We've officially said hell yeah to racism, bigotry and discrimination again in the US. I know they've continued to exist, but now it's sanctioned by the government. I'm so sorry, y'all. Just know, my money won't go to any company supporting this shit.