American cities and towns regularly turn to private investors to raise funds for schools and basic infrastructure
and on the private bond market, the rich ones win and the poor inevitably lose
wrote about the long arc of municipal debt for @theatlantic.com:
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
I've read this book and can confirm it's fantastic. The gorgeous cover is only the beginning—you're not going to want to miss it.
Pre-order here:
bookshop.org/p/books/my-b...
the Japanese edition arrived! it's a family :)
thank you Hugh ❤️
Great interview between @michaelwaters.bsky.social and Jack Lowery! bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
a star!!
Hi btw!! I was on The Brian Lehrer show last week talking about Palantir — what it actually is, what it's working on, kicking me out of their conference booth/threatening to call the cops on me last week, etc. Here's a link to the segment:
www.wnyc.org/story/the-se...
tomorrow: I'm so excited to be in conversation with the great @paisleycurrah.com at the Upper West Side Barnes & Noble! come join us at 7 pm!
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
I wrote for @theatlantic.com about how archivists are contending with our digital detritus — whether we'll be able to save emails, texts, Discord chats, etc, and what that means for how we tell history:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
this is tonight @ 7pm!! come pick up a paperback copy of The Other Olympians and enjoy my presentation on Sexually Active Popes
i'll be giving a brief oral presentation here tomorrow about the most batshit insane nineteenth century love triangle in history ive ever encountered. do come through if you have the time
cannot wait for this beautiful and inevitably horny event
in one week: to celebrate the paperback of The Other Olympians, @leahtigers.bsky.social, @hughryan.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and I are presenting on our research obsessions
hear about historical love affairs, sexually active popes, and much more
June 3 @ 7 pm! register here: lu.ma/lnnvrmoh
The biggest mistake I see in discussions of trans people's healthcare is the idea that hormones and the like are some special service just for us when really all kinds of people access the same health care for all kinds of reasons but they are *withheld* from us because we are trans
omg the saloon owner! this is going to be so good
I can’t wait to 1) celebrate @michaelwaters.bsky.social’s THE OTHER OLYMPIANS, 2) share my obsession with Robert Bonner, a Black saloon owner in the early 1900s who had an intense few years in Brooklyn, and 3) hear the amazing research of @leahtigers.bsky.social & @sabs.bsky.social ! lu.ma/lnnvrmoh
thank you for reading! and love that your title is "name consultant" — definitely keep in touch if you notice any trends worth writing about!
the vibes will be good i promise
The Other Olympians is coming out in paperback on June 3, and to celebrate, @leahtigers.bsky.social, @hughryan.bsky.social, @sabs.bsky.social, and I are presenting on research obsessions that never made it to print
come for wine and light debauchery, and maybe even a photo-op
RSVP: lu.ma/lnnvrmoh
thank you for reading!!
thank you Caroline ❤️
“In the summer of 1936, Wilhelm Knoll, an influential sports doctor and a Nazi who wanted to purge ‘unsuitable elements’ from sports, began lobbying for sex screenings. This time, he channeled his panic solely onto gender nonconforming women.”
thank you for reading!!
thank you for sharing Julie ❤️
in the early 1900s, American border officials deported anyone whose bodies didn’t conform to their strict definitions of male and female
intersex and gender nonconforming people were labeled economic risks who couldn't assimilate to the gendered labor system
thebaffler.com/latest/testi...
I wrote for @thebaffler.com about a century of right-wing fanaticism for bodily screenings, from immigration to prisons to sports — and why what we’re seeing today is different:
thebaffler.com/latest/testi...
truly had the time of my life losing the LA Times Book Prize
Why have trans people been so vulnerable to political attacks from the right (and scapegoating from the left)?
My take in @slate.com
slate.com/news-and-pol...
