Jeffrey Insko
@jeffreyinsko.bsky.social
Editor, the Norton Library Edition of Moby-Dick (out now!). Writing about oil, infrastructure, extraction, environment, Line 5. Loves every dog.
I don’t believe Hakeem Jeffries is even real.
January 4, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I don’t believe Hakeem Jeffries is even real.
he's not even trying to pretend this isn't about oil
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
he's not even trying to pretend this isn't about oil
JFC, I have to revise my petroliterature course to include a unit on Venezuela, don't I?
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
JFC, I have to revise my petroliterature course to include a unit on Venezuela, don't I?
To be fair, the conclusion is not wrong. #PetroCulture.
looking through the books from 1930 that entered the public domain yesterday. Am enjoying this parodic essay that mocks moralists panicking about the promiscuity of the 1930s (from the volume "Whither, Whither, or After Sex, What?"). THE AUTOMOBILE MUST GO!
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
To be fair, the conclusion is not wrong. #PetroCulture.
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Just finished listening to @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social enthusiastically talk about Moby-Dick on the Norton Library Podcast. Good stuff. Highly recommend. www.buzzsprout.com/2129520/epis...
The Norton Library Podcast
Welcome to the Norton Library Podcast, where we explore influential works of literature and philosophy with the leading scholars and teachers behind Norton’s newest series of classics. In each episode...
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January 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Just finished listening to @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social enthusiastically talk about Moby-Dick on the Norton Library Podcast. Good stuff. Highly recommend. www.buzzsprout.com/2129520/epis...
A Hoosier beatdown of Alabama is a pretty good start to 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 11:39 PM
A Hoosier beatdown of Alabama is a pretty good start to 2026.
Things don't have to be this way.
Tunnel Vision
The question we should be asking about the Line 5 crude oil pipeline.
thecurrentowdm.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Things don't have to be this way.
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Honestly I feel like most debates about AI are just ways avoiding the issue of energy consumption.
December 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Honestly I feel like most debates about AI are just ways avoiding the issue of energy consumption.
Everybody's going to be reposting this. As they should.
"Privately funded educational technology is a threat to the very idea of public education."
"Privately funded educational technology is a threat to the very idea of public education."
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Everybody's going to be reposting this. As they should.
"Privately funded educational technology is a threat to the very idea of public education."
"Privately funded educational technology is a threat to the very idea of public education."
I’d like to list my 2025 accomplishments:
1. Fantasy Football championship
/end
1. Fantasy Football championship
/end
December 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I’d like to list my 2025 accomplishments:
1. Fantasy Football championship
/end
1. Fantasy Football championship
/end
This
Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
December 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This
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Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
August 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
Honestly I feel like most debates about AI are just ways avoiding the issue of energy consumption.
December 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Honestly I feel like most debates about AI are just ways avoiding the issue of energy consumption.
pleased to be included in this very handsome collection. thanks to @andyoler.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
pleased to be included in this very handsome collection. thanks to @andyoler.bsky.social
Like I said, when you’re in Indiana, you do Indiana things.
December 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Like I said, when you’re in Indiana, you do Indiana things.
This Christmas I feel seen
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This Christmas I feel seen
There was that one time when Sam natavitied.
December 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
There was that one time when Sam natavitied.
When you’re in Indiana, you do Indiana things.
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
When you’re in Indiana, you do Indiana things.
perhaps you’re still looking for stocking stuffer ideas
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
perhaps you’re still looking for stocking stuffer ideas
Last minute and a little rushed, but they should do.
December 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Last minute and a little rushed, but they should do.
In keeping with current events I decided to name the shit Murphy took in the cold today after Tr*mp.
December 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In keeping with current events I decided to name the shit Murphy took in the cold today after Tr*mp.
Line 5 tunnel supporters gloating over this decision. But the joke's on them.
It’s the End of the Tunnel as We Know It (But Don’t Feel Fine)
And state authority, and accountability, and environmental protection, and...
thecurrentowdm.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Line 5 tunnel supporters gloating over this decision. But the joke's on them.
some people think I’m a little obsessive but I think buying vintage Lakehead pipelines caps off of eBay is totally normal behavior
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
some people think I’m a little obsessive but I think buying vintage Lakehead pipelines caps off of eBay is totally normal behavior
News reports framing this as a loss for the shut down effort (not saying it's not) but it's prob an even bigger loss for tunnel supporters. Or so I explain in tomorrow's installment of The Current.
Not game over but a signif setback for anti Line 5 activists as judge rules federal law preempts that of Michigan.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Federal judge blocks Michigan's effort to shutter Line 5
A federal district court judge ruled federal law governing pipelines preempts the state's multi-year effort to shutter Enbridge's Line 5 oil pipeline.
www.detroitnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
News reports framing this as a loss for the shut down effort (not saying it's not) but it's prob an even bigger loss for tunnel supporters. Or so I explain in tomorrow's installment of The Current.
Under professional obligation, I started watching Landman this week.
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Under professional obligation, I started watching Landman this week.