TFW you’re on vacation in Maine and a rave review of your book comes out in the print edition of the New York Times Book Review! bit.ly/4ysHrsG #booksky #nonfiction

i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten

I can’t think of many rural terms I like more than “witches’ knickers” - to describe black polythene snagged in fences, hedgerows and trees.

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

public libraries ftw

TFW you’re on vacation in Maine and a rave review of your book comes out in the print edition of the New York Times Book Review! bit.ly/4ysHrsG #booksky #nonfiction

But they will be

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup@rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 3d ago

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

Get this book. It is important in ways the go well beyond Hobby Lobby.

Michael Blanding@michaelblanding.bsky.social · 3w ago

My book The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby releases today and I woke up to a glowing review in The New York Times! A dream come true and such validation after four years of blood, sweat, and tears! I’m stunned. #nonfiction #booksky #newrelease #ChristianNationalism www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/b...

I'm quoted at length in this excellent Gwen Howerton (@kissphoria.bsky.social) piece on Texas's new Bible-infused required reading list for public schools. cc: @bakerinstitute.bsky.social

Chron.com@chron.com · 4d ago

"The potential for abuse is extreme."

Every writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.

Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?

The thin line between US President policy making satire and reality ... via Arthur Barnes

New author achievement unlocked: canvasser came to the door, we ended up chatting, I didn't end up donating to her cause but SHE ended up buying one of my books 😂

the sirens scene but it’s “Falling Slowly”

David Barton is a fake historian who wrote a book on Thomas Jefferson that was so inaccurate his publisher was forced to pull it from the shelves. Now Barton, and his son Tim, are advising Trump on his anti-Smithsonian crusade.

I need Christopher Nolan to keep adapting towering works of literature as a sort of Keynesian stimulus for literary culture.

Aaron Bady@zunguzungu.bsky.social · 7d ago

Okay now it's getting real

Truly the greatest thread this week. Excellent animal behavior research.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · last wk.

Overnight, a masked bandit broke into our kitchen. Armed with opposable thumbs, he proceeded to sample everything on offer. I’d just visited the farmers market, so the menu was extensive. I can now share a highly specific peer-reviewed list of what this particular raider did & did not enjoy. 🧵

Admirably malignant trickery, anonymous caption writer!

✨ Arches National Park, Utah 🇺🇸 by Elliot McGucken

Just bought this to discuss with students!

Michael Blanding@michaelblanding.bsky.social · 3w ago

My book The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby releases today and I woke up to a glowing review in The New York Times! A dream come true and such validation after four years of blood, sweat, and tears! I’m stunned. #nonfiction #booksky #newrelease #ChristianNationalism www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/b...

The final week of Church & State 250+ begins with a doozy. @profsamperry.bsky.social and @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social explain Christian nationalism and the question at the heart of it: Who belongs in America, and who should hold power? youtu.be/6VdQcqYMCYk

Church & State 250: Christian Nationalism and the Question of Who Belongs

YouTube video by Faithful Politics Podcast

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Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

“boy george admits he used AI to create his new pro-israel song” is now a sentence we can say

Had a fantastic time talking in-studio with Alison Stewart on @allofitwnyc.bsky.social about the backstory of Hobby Lobby and how they have pushed their evangelical agenda! ... #booksky #nonfiction #investigative #exvangelical #christiannationalism #artcrime

How an Empire of Craft Stores Pushed an Agenda of Christian Nationalism | WNYC

Hobby Lobby is a multibillion-dollar chain of craft stores.

wnyc.org

Something about this sounds familiar 🤔

Annalee Newitz@annaleen.bsky.social · last wk.

FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc.

Had a fantastic time talking in-studio with Alison Stewart on @allofitwnyc.bsky.social about the backstory of Hobby Lobby and how they have pushed their evangelical agenda! ... #booksky #nonfiction #investigative #exvangelical #christiannationalism #artcrime

How an Empire of Craft Stores Pushed an Agenda of Christian Nationalism | WNYC

Hobby Lobby is a multibillion-dollar chain of craft stores.

wnyc.org

I so agree with all of this!

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

By posting this a few times here I've singlehandedly revived a book that was at one point dead due to my ex-publishers collapsing, not paying me for it and taking it out of print. People who read it often love it. People who don't read it sometimes get irritated. The latter is not my concern.

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hello new followers! I've removed the paywall from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you probably won't... www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

Survivors of US boat strikes allege - with evidence - they were kidnapped and tortured for days by the US military. The prosecutor investigating the claims was just assassinated.

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo@digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 2w ago

2/ Her full name was Gloria Alexandra Bravo Cedeno. On June 14 in Manta, a hitman on a motorcycle fired five shots, killing her and her sister in broad daylight. Full story: www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...

Jimothy has made it to Roku city. Repeat: Jimothy spotted in Roku city.