David Taylor
@davidataylor.bsky.social
Writer, reader, walker. Producer of the Signal award-winning People’s Recorder podcast. Fulbright Scholar, Hawthornden Fellow
What makes for a meaningful life? 3 @nber.org economists + LLMs put that question to 1300 life stories gathered by the Federal Writers' Project & crunched the numbers.
Click 👇 for the answer..
+ Visit The People's Recorder, still learning from the "giant listening project": www.peoplesrecorder.info
Click 👇 for the answer..
+ Visit The People's Recorder, still learning from the "giant listening project": www.peoplesrecorder.info
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What makes for a meaningful life? 3 @nber.org economists + LLMs put that question to 1300 life stories gathered by the Federal Writers' Project & crunched the numbers.
Click 👇 for the answer..
+ Visit The People's Recorder, still learning from the "giant listening project": www.peoplesrecorder.info
Click 👇 for the answer..
+ Visit The People's Recorder, still learning from the "giant listening project": www.peoplesrecorder.info
What It Would Look Like to Pay W.N.B.A. Players Like Their Counterparts
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
What It Would Look Like to Pay W.N.B.A. Players Like Their Counterparts
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
For @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social I wrote how a convergence of environmental crime and organized crime speeds damage to the planet. And how journalists can help create a clearer picture of what's going on.
Thx Lauren Hirzer Risi and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/09/clim...
Thx Lauren Hirzer Risi and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/09/clim...
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social I wrote how a convergence of environmental crime and organized crime speeds damage to the planet. And how journalists can help create a clearer picture of what's going on.
Thx Lauren Hirzer Risi and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/09/clim...
Thx Lauren Hirzer Risi and @stimsoncenter.bsky.social
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/09/clim...
Find out the rest of the story in my book Ginseng, the Divine Root: davidataylor.org/books/ginsen...
September 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Find out the rest of the story in my book Ginseng, the Divine Root: davidataylor.org/books/ginsen...
Monday 9/1 is the start of ginseng season in West Virginia. What is ginseng season? Find out the root's saga in my book, Ginseng, the Divine Root from @algonquinbooks.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Monday 9/1 is the start of ginseng season in West Virginia. What is ginseng season? Find out the root's saga in my book, Ginseng, the Divine Root from @algonquinbooks.bsky.social
It was a thrill to pick up Craig Thompson’s graphic memoir Ginseng Roots & find his homage to my own @AlgonquinBooks.social book Ginseng, the Divine Root.
His story of ginseng farming & growing up is amazing. Gripping account of life, death & nature.
@ScienceWriters.social #graphicmemoir #forests
His story of ginseng farming & growing up is amazing. Gripping account of life, death & nature.
@ScienceWriters.social #graphicmemoir #forests
August 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It was a thrill to pick up Craig Thompson’s graphic memoir Ginseng Roots & find his homage to my own @AlgonquinBooks.social book Ginseng, the Divine Root.
His story of ginseng farming & growing up is amazing. Gripping account of life, death & nature.
@ScienceWriters.social #graphicmemoir #forests
His story of ginseng farming & growing up is amazing. Gripping account of life, death & nature.
@ScienceWriters.social #graphicmemoir #forests
I reviewed @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social 12 STORIES BY AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS for @wirobooks.bsky.social: www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t...
August 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I reviewed @penguinclassicsusa.bsky.social 12 STORIES BY AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS for @wirobooks.bsky.social: www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t...
A DC crowd within sight of the White House calls for Free DC, not using the National Guard for a political ploy
August 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A DC crowd within sight of the White House calls for Free DC, not using the National Guard for a political ploy
Listen to DC: Hands off!
August 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Listen to DC: Hands off!
Amazing! Reading it now…
August 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Amazing! Reading it now…
Reading and Travel:
“The intersection of social media and literature is creating an entirely new travel category,” a new report says. Gen Z and young millennials are “turning fiction into flight plans.”
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“The intersection of social media and literature is creating an entirely new travel category,” a new report says. Gen Z and young millennials are “turning fiction into flight plans.”
s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
August 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reading and Travel:
“The intersection of social media and literature is creating an entirely new travel category,” a new report says. Gen Z and young millennials are “turning fiction into flight plans.”
s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
“The intersection of social media and literature is creating an entirely new travel category,” a new report says. Gen Z and young millennials are “turning fiction into flight plans.”
s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
July 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Inspiring words from @seiupres.bsky.social
Families First
Families First
July 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Inspiring words from @seiupres.bsky.social
Families First
Families First
… and details on how defunded grants actually were studying life-ending conditions faced by millions of Americans
July 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
… and details on how defunded grants actually were studying life-ending conditions faced by millions of Americans
… with a clearer picture of NIH research grants cut short…
July 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
… with a clearer picture of NIH research grants cut short…
Trump’s tax bill plan adds to federal debt, prompting investor backlash
May 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Trump’s tax bill plan adds to federal debt, prompting investor backlash
Our podcast, The People's Recorder, produced by Spark Media and hosted by Chris Haley, has been nominated for Best Indie Podcast at The Ambies! Learn more about The People's Recorder and listen: www.peoplesrecorder.info Thx
@podcastacademy.bsky.social
@podcastacademy.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Our podcast, The People's Recorder, produced by Spark Media and hosted by Chris Haley, has been nominated for Best Indie Podcast at The Ambies! Learn more about The People's Recorder and listen: www.peoplesrecorder.info Thx
@podcastacademy.bsky.social
@podcastacademy.bsky.social
Bluesky now has over 10 million users. That’s a lot of growth in a year!
September 17, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users. That’s a lot of growth in a year!
My copy just arrived!
September 7, 2024 at 7:34 PM
My copy just arrived!
The Newton apple tree’s descendant, still hanging in there for science and story, still a landmark on my walks.
#newtonappletree #sciencehistory #gravity #physics #dc #apples
#newtonappletree #sciencehistory #gravity #physics #dc #apples
October 26, 2023 at 2:41 AM
The Newton apple tree’s descendant, still hanging in there for science and story, still a landmark on my walks.
#newtonappletree #sciencehistory #gravity #physics #dc #apples
#newtonappletree #sciencehistory #gravity #physics #dc #apples
Yesterday among other researchers at the National Archives @ College Park. Thanks to the patient staff there for their help with my arcane questions. Hoping they don’t get shut down next week…
#usnationalarchives #americanhistory #research
#usnationalarchives #americanhistory #research
September 30, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Yesterday among other researchers at the National Archives @ College Park. Thanks to the patient staff there for their help with my arcane questions. Hoping they don’t get shut down next week…
#usnationalarchives #americanhistory #research
#usnationalarchives #americanhistory #research