Dannagal Goldthwaite Young
@dannagal.bsky.social
Professor of Communication & Political Science. NH to PHL. Improv comedian. Author: “Irony and Outrage” (OUP 2020), “Wrong” (JHU 2023). My views and mine alone.
WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/dgoldyoung/home
WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/dgoldyoung/home
People commenting on recipes online :
“These were the best cookies ever! I used coconut flour instead of white flour, honey instead of sugar, and added 3 egg whites from my backyard hens and a spoonful of flax from my flax tree. They tasted simply divine!”
Bitch; you did not make these cookies.
“These were the best cookies ever! I used coconut flour instead of white flour, honey instead of sugar, and added 3 egg whites from my backyard hens and a spoonful of flax from my flax tree. They tasted simply divine!”
Bitch; you did not make these cookies.
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
People commenting on recipes online :
“These were the best cookies ever! I used coconut flour instead of white flour, honey instead of sugar, and added 3 egg whites from my backyard hens and a spoonful of flax from my flax tree. They tasted simply divine!”
Bitch; you did not make these cookies.
“These were the best cookies ever! I used coconut flour instead of white flour, honey instead of sugar, and added 3 egg whites from my backyard hens and a spoonful of flax from my flax tree. They tasted simply divine!”
Bitch; you did not make these cookies.
Time for another episode of “bad data viz”
This one truly has me here thinking “Am I a Dolt?” What is this even saying??? Doesn’t WSJ have amazing talented staff skilled in data visualization? Like.. what is this?
This one truly has me here thinking “Am I a Dolt?” What is this even saying??? Doesn’t WSJ have amazing talented staff skilled in data visualization? Like.. what is this?
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Time for another episode of “bad data viz”
This one truly has me here thinking “Am I a Dolt?” What is this even saying??? Doesn’t WSJ have amazing talented staff skilled in data visualization? Like.. what is this?
This one truly has me here thinking “Am I a Dolt?” What is this even saying??? Doesn’t WSJ have amazing talented staff skilled in data visualization? Like.. what is this?
He goes on to detail how he had to be rehospitalized after cortisol led to vomiting, heart racing, and a 104 degree fever
But, my favorite line is in this closing section:
"In some ways, it’s been a chance to understand what my funeral might be like, without the inconvenience of actually dying."
But, my favorite line is in this closing section:
"In some ways, it’s been a chance to understand what my funeral might be like, without the inconvenience of actually dying."
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
He goes on to detail how he had to be rehospitalized after cortisol led to vomiting, heart racing, and a 104 degree fever
But, my favorite line is in this closing section:
"In some ways, it’s been a chance to understand what my funeral might be like, without the inconvenience of actually dying."
But, my favorite line is in this closing section:
"In some ways, it’s been a chance to understand what my funeral might be like, without the inconvenience of actually dying."
I write a lot #onhere about my late husband Mike Young. November 11 was the 20 year anniversary of the first (and biggest) of 13 brain surgeries he'd have in 2005 & 2006. He didn't stabilize for weeks after, then wrote to our friends about it. I'm sharing some of that here so you can hear his voice.
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I write a lot #onhere about my late husband Mike Young. November 11 was the 20 year anniversary of the first (and biggest) of 13 brain surgeries he'd have in 2005 & 2006. He didn't stabilize for weeks after, then wrote to our friends about it. I'm sharing some of that here so you can hear his voice.
whatsup November 14?
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
whatsup November 14?
In light of current reminders about how powerful rich men exploit and assault young women under the safety and guise of various forms of “employment,“ just wanna give a shout out to NYT for this gem last week where we learned about how #metoo *actually* ended harming the workplace. 🙄
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
In light of current reminders about how powerful rich men exploit and assault young women under the safety and guise of various forms of “employment,“ just wanna give a shout out to NYT for this gem last week where we learned about how #metoo *actually* ended harming the workplace. 🙄
Side note: I think the authors ignore some contradictory findings in academic research on the moderation hypothesis. @adambonica.bsky.social @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social @gelliottmorris.com are some experts whose work suggests that the moderation hypothesis is not iron clad
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Side note: I think the authors ignore some contradictory findings in academic research on the moderation hypothesis. @adambonica.bsky.social @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social @gelliottmorris.com are some experts whose work suggests that the moderation hypothesis is not iron clad
So I just got back from four days with them (both 86 yrs old) and when I arrived he hands me this book:
October 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
So I just got back from four days with them (both 86 yrs old) and when I arrived he hands me this book:
My late husband used to play Rufus Wainwright’s ballad “Natasha” for our baby boy in 2005. After Mike died in 2006 I sang it to our son every night until he was ten. It’s hauntingly beautiful.
so, @rufus-wainwright.bsky.social if you play it tonight in Philly, I’ll be the girl in a puddle❤️
so, @rufus-wainwright.bsky.social if you play it tonight in Philly, I’ll be the girl in a puddle❤️
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My late husband used to play Rufus Wainwright’s ballad “Natasha” for our baby boy in 2005. After Mike died in 2006 I sang it to our son every night until he was ten. It’s hauntingly beautiful.
so, @rufus-wainwright.bsky.social if you play it tonight in Philly, I’ll be the girl in a puddle❤️
so, @rufus-wainwright.bsky.social if you play it tonight in Philly, I’ll be the girl in a puddle❤️
Insightful Annenberg Lecture on media, attention, & democracy, from @chrislhayes.bsky.social & @kateshaw.bsky.social. TL;DR: visuals always matter. people CAN & DO care about process violations. Shadow dockets are shady. Podcasts are one of the only remaining inherently democratic media.
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Insightful Annenberg Lecture on media, attention, & democracy, from @chrislhayes.bsky.social & @kateshaw.bsky.social. TL;DR: visuals always matter. people CAN & DO care about process violations. Shadow dockets are shady. Podcasts are one of the only remaining inherently democratic media.
Well I’ll be goddamned!
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Well I’ll be goddamned!
This is just so wholesome and adorable
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is just so wholesome and adorable
Love the stoic dignity of this proclamation
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Love the stoic dignity of this proclamation
As a descendant of Rebecca Nurse who was executed in Salem MA in 1692 I felt this one in ma’ bones.
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As a descendant of Rebecca Nurse who was executed in Salem MA in 1692 I felt this one in ma’ bones.
Some of my favorite moments and signs from today in South Jersey, starting with a patriotic axolotl
October 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Some of my favorite moments and signs from today in South Jersey, starting with a patriotic axolotl
From Portland, Oregon to Haddon Township, NJ
October 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
From Portland, Oregon to Haddon Township, NJ
People are fired up! So much joy! In South Jersey! @crindivisible.bsky.social #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
People are fired up! So much joy! In South Jersey! @crindivisible.bsky.social #nokings
I mean YOU GUYS:
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I mean YOU GUYS:
But, Speaker Johnson… What if… what if THESE are the people who actually “hate America.”
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
But, Speaker Johnson… What if… what if THESE are the people who actually “hate America.”
Well here’s a fact this old bitty who is four months from turning fifty did NOT need to hear today:
Do you know how old the actor Wilford Brimley was when he starred in that 1985 movie Cocoon about OLD people getting infused with de-aging alien magic in that pool?
He. Was. Fifty.
Do you know how old the actor Wilford Brimley was when he starred in that 1985 movie Cocoon about OLD people getting infused with de-aging alien magic in that pool?
He. Was. Fifty.
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Well here’s a fact this old bitty who is four months from turning fifty did NOT need to hear today:
Do you know how old the actor Wilford Brimley was when he starred in that 1985 movie Cocoon about OLD people getting infused with de-aging alien magic in that pool?
He. Was. Fifty.
Do you know how old the actor Wilford Brimley was when he starred in that 1985 movie Cocoon about OLD people getting infused with de-aging alien magic in that pool?
He. Was. Fifty.
Happy Birthday, Mike Young. You would be turning 58 today. Instead you’re 38 forever. As you used to tell us at ComedySportz:
“Leave them wanting more…”
…and so you did. And we’re all still here right where you left us. Missing you.
“Leave them wanting more…”
…and so you did. And we’re all still here right where you left us. Missing you.
October 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Happy Birthday, Mike Young. You would be turning 58 today. Instead you’re 38 forever. As you used to tell us at ComedySportz:
“Leave them wanting more…”
…and so you did. And we’re all still here right where you left us. Missing you.
“Leave them wanting more…”
…and so you did. And we’re all still here right where you left us. Missing you.
For those of you not on other apps, I think you should know just how much content is out there celebrating young women having babies very young…
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
For those of you not on other apps, I think you should know just how much content is out there celebrating young women having babies very young…
This is a conspiracy theory. You cannot convince my brain that chartreuse is anything other than THIS:
October 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a conspiracy theory. You cannot convince my brain that chartreuse is anything other than THIS: