Michael Kerns
@makerns.bsky.social
I’m an editor, and some other stuff too. Senior Publisher at Bloomsbury.
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
A remarkable counterpoint to American foreign policy today -- talking "the art of diplomacy" with Stuart Eizenstat, a master at the craft:
www.pbs.org/video/stuart...
www.pbs.org/video/stuart...
History with David Rubenstein | Stuart Eizenstat | Season 7 | Episode 5
Former U.N. Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat reflects on President Jimmy Carter's life and legacy.
www.pbs.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
A remarkable counterpoint to American foreign policy today -- talking "the art of diplomacy" with Stuart Eizenstat, a master at the craft:
www.pbs.org/video/stuart...
www.pbs.org/video/stuart...
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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'Bitcoin Bros' is out now!
Explore why cryptocurrencies and risky digital financial investments have become so intertwined with perceptions of masculinity and gender identity.
Get your copy: https://bit.ly/4rwBcjh
Explore why cryptocurrencies and risky digital financial investments have become so intertwined with perceptions of masculinity and gender identity.
Get your copy: https://bit.ly/4rwBcjh
February 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
'Bitcoin Bros' is out now!
Explore why cryptocurrencies and risky digital financial investments have become so intertwined with perceptions of masculinity and gender identity.
Get your copy: https://bit.ly/4rwBcjh
Explore why cryptocurrencies and risky digital financial investments have become so intertwined with perceptions of masculinity and gender identity.
Get your copy: https://bit.ly/4rwBcjh
“Prior to his arrest, the man was fine. Four hours later, he was taken to a hospital emergency room. He had ‘swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain.’”
For anyone who wondered how the Germans turned a blind eye to the Holocaust, we are living through the answer. We watched it start in real time. Do you remember last October? The details slip away fast but holding onto them helps us hold onto who we are joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
We are not Nazis.
Also: No Kings, No Dictators.
joycevance.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
“Prior to his arrest, the man was fine. Four hours later, he was taken to a hospital emergency room. He had ‘swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain.’”
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For anyone who wondered how the Germans turned a blind eye to the Holocaust, we are living through the answer. We watched it start in real time. Do you remember last October? The details slip away fast but holding onto them helps us hold onto who we are joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
We are not Nazis.
Also: No Kings, No Dictators.
joycevance.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
For anyone who wondered how the Germans turned a blind eye to the Holocaust, we are living through the answer. We watched it start in real time. Do you remember last October? The details slip away fast but holding onto them helps us hold onto who we are joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
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This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 AM
This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.
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'The Folkways of Congress' is out today!
This volume examines how the norms of the U.S. Congress have changed and what it means for legislature in an era rife with political conflict.
📖 Read a free chapter: https://bit.ly/49YySvE
📕 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4kjEwvP
This volume examines how the norms of the U.S. Congress have changed and what it means for legislature in an era rife with political conflict.
📖 Read a free chapter: https://bit.ly/49YySvE
📕 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4kjEwvP
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
'The Folkways of Congress' is out today!
This volume examines how the norms of the U.S. Congress have changed and what it means for legislature in an era rife with political conflict.
📖 Read a free chapter: https://bit.ly/49YySvE
📕 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4kjEwvP
This volume examines how the norms of the U.S. Congress have changed and what it means for legislature in an era rife with political conflict.
📖 Read a free chapter: https://bit.ly/49YySvE
📕 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4kjEwvP
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It's hilarious that Trump is lazily going through the motions of the National Prayer Breakfast as his cult is planning to erect a literal golden idol of him.
‘Don Colossus,’ a Golden Statue of President Trump, Waits for Its Home
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It's hilarious that Trump is lazily going through the motions of the National Prayer Breakfast as his cult is planning to erect a literal golden idol of him.
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Today is a great day to unsubscribe from WaPo if you've been holding out thus far
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Today is a great day to unsubscribe from WaPo if you've been holding out thus far
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Democracy Dies
-Jeff Bezos 2/4/2026
-Jeff Bezos 2/4/2026
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Democracy Dies
-Jeff Bezos 2/4/2026
-Jeff Bezos 2/4/2026
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WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
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Or perhaps someone else can buy this paper from Bezos—since he seems to view it as an albatross—and donate it to a foundation established to run it as a nonprofit. Bezos gets a capital loss, the buyer/donor is a hero, the rest of us get a world class newspaper. The Knight Institute is ready to help.
Jeff Bezos should be a hero and donate the Washington Post to a charity. Bezos would get a big charitable deduction; the rest of us would get a newspaper dedicated to the public interest. This post from Steven Waldman is from a year ago but it's still a great idea. www.cjr.org/opinion/wald...
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity
His conflicts of interests are insurmountable. He can take a heroic path to strengthen journalism.
www.cjr.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Or perhaps someone else can buy this paper from Bezos—since he seems to view it as an albatross—and donate it to a foundation established to run it as a nonprofit. Bezos gets a capital loss, the buyer/donor is a hero, the rest of us get a world class newspaper. The Knight Institute is ready to help.
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I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
Same, but older house (1918). I just got an Envi electric radiator and recommend it.
February 2, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Same, but older house (1918). I just got an Envi electric radiator and recommend it.
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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I ask my colleagues in Congress — House and Senate — to join me.
I ask the American people to continue speaking up. Your voice makes a difference. #FreeLiam
I ask the American people to continue speaking up. Your voice makes a difference. #FreeLiam
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I ask my colleagues in Congress — House and Senate — to join me.
I ask the American people to continue speaking up. Your voice makes a difference. #FreeLiam
I ask the American people to continue speaking up. Your voice makes a difference. #FreeLiam
!!!!! Yeah, Minneapolis, Venezuela, same thing.
This is so unhinged
January 29, 2026 at 11:50 PM
!!!!! Yeah, Minneapolis, Venezuela, same thing.
It would be cosplay if it weren't so deadly.
"ICE agents aren’t moving with a tactical focus; they’re doing what they think will look cool and intimidating in photographs."
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It would be cosplay if it weren't so deadly.
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Hard to say with any certainty but can we please not, even in any kind of hypothetical academic curiosity kind of way, hope to test this with more malevolence? I'm assuming the ride or die crowd has no small-d democratic values any longer.
January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Hard to say with any certainty but can we please not, even in any kind of hypothetical academic curiosity kind of way, hope to test this with more malevolence? I'm assuming the ride or die crowd has no small-d democratic values any longer.
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My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib.
He thought he was going to die.
Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.
And a mob of agents killed him.
He thought he was going to die.
Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.
And a mob of agents killed him.
January 27, 2026 at 6:48 PM
My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib.
He thought he was going to die.
Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.
And a mob of agents killed him.
He thought he was going to die.
Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors.
And a mob of agents killed him.
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If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot
In case you're in Milwaukee the first week of March, come hear how immigration to the Midwest will help the region's economy, despite what some would have you believe: boswellbooks.com/event/2026-0...
Jonathan Burkham, author of Migrant Midwest: The Case for Immigration and Economic Growth in the American Heartland
Boswell Book Company - 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI
boswellbooks.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:32 AM
In case you're in Milwaukee the first week of March, come hear how immigration to the Midwest will help the region's economy, despite what some would have you believe: boswellbooks.com/event/2026-0...
