Micah Carlson 🗃️
@micahcarlson.bsky.social
I write about ghost stories as historical method in the U.S. South. Expert at petting cats and responding to bruh.
Sometimes funny.
Sometimes funny.
At sixteen, I checked myself out of high school to join Reverend Jesse Jackson as he opposed the death penalty for Wanda Jean Allen. I sat in the federal courtroom with him. I knew no one there, but his protest gave me something to do with my feet that agreed with my heart.
Rest in power.
Rest in power.
February 18, 2026 at 12:08 AM
At sixteen, I checked myself out of high school to join Reverend Jesse Jackson as he opposed the death penalty for Wanda Jean Allen. I sat in the federal courtroom with him. I knew no one there, but his protest gave me something to do with my feet that agreed with my heart.
Rest in power.
Rest in power.
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“How soon?” asked Toad.
“Quite soon,” said Frog.
“Quite soon,” said Frog.
February 17, 2026 at 8:37 AM
“How soon?” asked Toad.
“Quite soon,” said Frog.
“Quite soon,” said Frog.
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The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
Butterfinger is not nearly as bad as I remembered.
February 11, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Butterfinger is not nearly as bad as I remembered.
Today is the day to brush up on what we did for Citi Bank in Haiti and Vera Cruz for Oil in the early 20th century. #surveyprep 🗃️
January 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Today is the day to brush up on what we did for Citi Bank in Haiti and Vera Cruz for Oil in the early 20th century. #surveyprep 🗃️
Is it possible that the instability and (gestures broadly) loss-of-luster we have experienced over the last 10-15 years is the result of widespread access to specialized knowledge (INCLUSIVE OF ALL SHORTCOMINGS!) without normal prerequisites thanks to the world wide web? Keep reading as I muse 1/? 🗃️
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Is it possible that the instability and (gestures broadly) loss-of-luster we have experienced over the last 10-15 years is the result of widespread access to specialized knowledge (INCLUSIVE OF ALL SHORTCOMINGS!) without normal prerequisites thanks to the world wide web? Keep reading as I muse 1/? 🗃️
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"When you revise a sentence you are revising not only the words of the sentence but also the *thought* in the sentence."
—Lydia Davis, "Essays One"
—Lydia Davis, "Essays One"
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"When you revise a sentence you are revising not only the words of the sentence but also the *thought* in the sentence."
—Lydia Davis, "Essays One"
—Lydia Davis, "Essays One"
Happy course eval day to those who celebrate.
December 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy course eval day to those who celebrate.
“Tank Top Christmas” is the slippery slope to WNV Valentine’s Day.
If you could go ahead and deploy whatever tricks and/or magic or divinations or futuristic cloud seeding science you’re proficient in to cool down NTX, my people would be greatful. 🪄🧞🔮☁️🌱💫✨
If you could go ahead and deploy whatever tricks and/or magic or divinations or futuristic cloud seeding science you’re proficient in to cool down NTX, my people would be greatful. 🪄🧞🔮☁️🌱💫✨
December 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“Tank Top Christmas” is the slippery slope to WNV Valentine’s Day.
If you could go ahead and deploy whatever tricks and/or magic or divinations or futuristic cloud seeding science you’re proficient in to cool down NTX, my people would be greatful. 🪄🧞🔮☁️🌱💫✨
If you could go ahead and deploy whatever tricks and/or magic or divinations or futuristic cloud seeding science you’re proficient in to cool down NTX, my people would be greatful. 🪄🧞🔮☁️🌱💫✨
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The Developers who built The Standard student housing on West Main Street—the giant high-rise that towers over Westhaven and the 10th & Page neighborhood—now want to build a juggernaut of a building atop of another historically Black community: Fifeville.
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Developers who built The Standard student housing on West Main Street—the giant high-rise that towers over Westhaven and the 10th & Page neighborhood—now want to build a juggernaut of a building atop of another historically Black community: Fifeville.
"The old world is dying, and the new struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters."
Gramsci reminding us to pay attention to transitions because they are where power disciplines itself for popular consumption. 🗃️
Gramsci reminding us to pay attention to transitions because they are where power disciplines itself for popular consumption. 🗃️
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"The old world is dying, and the new struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters."
Gramsci reminding us to pay attention to transitions because they are where power disciplines itself for popular consumption. 🗃️
Gramsci reminding us to pay attention to transitions because they are where power disciplines itself for popular consumption. 🗃️
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The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30
uncpress.org/978146969484...
uncpress.org/978146969484...
White Power
Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders’ violent police regime continued...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30
uncpress.org/978146969484...
uncpress.org/978146969484...
Don't worry, once I go and figure out the dress code for this conference, I'll forget to write it down for you so you'll get to awkwardly ask someone who doesn't care anymore & says to just wear hawaiian shirts and then you'll go and forget and we can keep this charade going for a long, long time.
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Don't worry, once I go and figure out the dress code for this conference, I'll forget to write it down for you so you'll get to awkwardly ask someone who doesn't care anymore & says to just wear hawaiian shirts and then you'll go and forget and we can keep this charade going for a long, long time.
Gen Z rejects earnestness because they grew up online where bullies picked on earnest/concerned/caring people and made others laugh at them for their investment. We are seeing this in the classroom, the kids are afraid to be earnest in learning. Safety is a prerequisite to education. 🗃️
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Gen Z rejects earnestness because they grew up online where bullies picked on earnest/concerned/caring people and made others laugh at them for their investment. We are seeing this in the classroom, the kids are afraid to be earnest in learning. Safety is a prerequisite to education. 🗃️
Now that I’ve learned how to merge PDFs, I’m dangerous.
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Now that I’ve learned how to merge PDFs, I’m dangerous.
Battling json errors doesn't sound as riveting as battling a dark wizard from another dimension but it sure is fulfilling. 🗃️
October 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Battling json errors doesn't sound as riveting as battling a dark wizard from another dimension but it sure is fulfilling. 🗃️
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I love unnecessarily sexy statues. My favorite being Thirst Trap Lincoln from the LA County Superior Courthouse.
September 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I love unnecessarily sexy statues. My favorite being Thirst Trap Lincoln from the LA County Superior Courthouse.
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Alas, I'm far too beautiful for this advice to help me in any way
September 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Alas, I'm far too beautiful for this advice to help me in any way
Someday we will talk about someone’s keen sense of systemic violence instead of their “obsession with victimhood”
September 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Someday we will talk about someone’s keen sense of systemic violence instead of their “obsession with victimhood”
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Tired: Civil War
Wired: Civility War
Wired: Civility War
September 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Tired: Civil War
Wired: Civility War
Wired: Civility War
I'm with you, Jacob, this is my new job market/postdoc market strategy: be the ungovernable horse.
Die eine richtige "direkte, nonverbale Rückmeldung" zu dieser Idee
September 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I'm with you, Jacob, this is my new job market/postdoc market strategy: be the ungovernable horse.
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"the general anxiety surrounding the humanities major points to a broader cultural shift: we no longer treat advanced literacy as essential to education or citizenship." bit.ly/4mYHUg9
The SAT’s STEM Bias Points to a Larger Crisis in Reading and Writing — Minding The Campus
Our society has become obsessed with science, engineering math, and technology (STEM)—not only in the name of progress but also because we have deemed reading and writing almost wholly unimportant. Ac...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"the general anxiety surrounding the humanities major points to a broader cultural shift: we no longer treat advanced literacy as essential to education or citizenship." bit.ly/4mYHUg9
It’s true, I’m there in that big stack on your digital desk. 🎵Take a chance on me🎵
Abba's "take a chance on me" is a mood for academic job market season
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It’s true, I’m there in that big stack on your digital desk. 🎵Take a chance on me🎵