Dr. JPB Gerald
@drjpb.bsky.social
Black/ADHD author and educator.
Race, neurodivergence, language, et al.
He/him
Buy recent book here: https://bitly.cx/sy0E54
Website here: https://jpbgerald.com/
Substack here: https://pursuingmaglev.substack.com/
Race, neurodivergence, language, et al.
He/him
Buy recent book here: https://bitly.cx/sy0E54
Website here: https://jpbgerald.com/
Substack here: https://pursuingmaglev.substack.com/
Pinned
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #61
Part One: Could This Actually Happen?
pursuingmaglev.substack.com
Is Galivants Ferry getting off the ground?
Oh, and my next book is available to order now, btw:
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Oh, and my next book is available to order now, btw:
Is Galivants Ferry getting off the ground?
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #61
Part One: Could This Actually Happen?
pursuingmaglev.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Is Galivants Ferry getting off the ground?
Oh, and my next book is available to order now, btw:
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Oh, and my next book is available to order now, btw:
I’ve spent 20 years in education and social services. At the same time, I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until age 35. Now I’m taking everything I’ve learned and starting Galivants Ferry Education.
Now, I help organizations ensure their ND staff can thrive.
Let’s talk: galivantsferry@jpbgerald.com
Now, I help organizations ensure their ND staff can thrive.
Let’s talk: galivantsferry@jpbgerald.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I’ve spent 20 years in education and social services. At the same time, I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until age 35. Now I’m taking everything I’ve learned and starting Galivants Ferry Education.
Now, I help organizations ensure their ND staff can thrive.
Let’s talk: galivantsferry@jpbgerald.com
Now, I help organizations ensure their ND staff can thrive.
Let’s talk: galivantsferry@jpbgerald.com
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #59
Part One: I empathize
pursuingmaglev.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Reminder: the podcast is back!
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Reminder: the podcast is back!
I’ve spent 20 years in education and social services. At the same time, I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until age 35. Now I’m taking everything I’ve learned and starting Galivants Ferry Education.
Now, I help organizations ensure their ND staff can thrive.
Let’s talk: galivantsferry@jpbgerald.com
Now, I help organizations ensure their ND staff can thrive.
Let’s talk: galivantsferry@jpbgerald.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I’ve spent 20 years in education and social services. At the same time, I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until age 35. Now I’m taking everything I’ve learned and starting Galivants Ferry Education.
Now, I help organizations ensure their ND staff can thrive.
Let’s talk: galivantsferry@jpbgerald.com
Now, I help organizations ensure their ND staff can thrive.
Let’s talk: galivantsferry@jpbgerald.com
Absolutely nothing important happened on November 5th, 2024, compared to the fact that Idris Ray Gerald was born. Happy 1st birthday to my littlest boy! We want the very best for you!
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Absolutely nothing important happened on November 5th, 2024, compared to the fact that Idris Ray Gerald was born. Happy 1st birthday to my littlest boy! We want the very best for you!
Reposted by Dr. JPB Gerald
As a linguist, this is bullshit. McWhorter’s deal is to bend over backwards to excuse racism.
In Opinion
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
As a linguist, this is bullshit. McWhorter’s deal is to bend over backwards to excuse racism.
Time to accept my fate.
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #58
Part One: Stop Fighting It, Dummy
pursuingmaglev.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Time to accept my fate.
New essay on how neurodivergence and the social difficulties I have will simply always be there and needing to come to terms with it.
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #57
Part One: It will always be there
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New essay on how neurodivergence and the social difficulties I have will simply always be there and needing to come to terms with it.
On masculinity and Adolescence (the show)
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #56
Part One: Emmys
pursuingmaglev.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
On masculinity and Adolescence (the show)
Woohoo! My next book is available for pre-order!
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The Public Pedagogy of the Master Narrative
Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a ce...
multilingual-matters.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Woohoo! My next book is available for pre-order!
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multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Alright. I started my own little shingle. You'll hear about it soon. We need it.
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Alright. I started my own little shingle. You'll hear about it soon. We need it.
Reposted by Dr. JPB Gerald
“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”
Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
October 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”
Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
Reposted by Dr. JPB Gerald
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by Dr. JPB Gerald
Yes! This is it. Don’t over engineer it. Don’t overthink it. Just publish it!
Thanks @strange.website
@webdevconf.com
Thanks @strange.website
@webdevconf.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Yes! This is it. Don’t over engineer it. Don’t overthink it. Just publish it!
Thanks @strange.website
@webdevconf.com
Thanks @strange.website
@webdevconf.com
Reposted by Dr. JPB Gerald
It’s beyond time for us to become far more discerning and disciplined as to who “we” choose or select to invite to the cookout !!! Listen and learn !!! 😃😃😃
#BlackSky
#BlackSky
October 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It’s beyond time for us to become far more discerning and disciplined as to who “we” choose or select to invite to the cookout !!! Listen and learn !!! 😃😃😃
#BlackSky
#BlackSky
Reposted by Dr. JPB Gerald
@MarveIFacts wrote:
Marvel wanted #BlackPanther's accent to be British or American, but #ChadwickBoseman battled with them for it to be African
'What else are we gonna throw away for the sake of making people comfortable? ... if we did that, that
1/3
#movie #blackpeople #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Marvel wanted #BlackPanther's accent to be British or American, but #ChadwickBoseman battled with them for it to be African
'What else are we gonna throw away for the sake of making people comfortable? ... if we did that, that
1/3
#movie #blackpeople #blacksky #addtoblacksky
October 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
@MarveIFacts wrote:
Marvel wanted #BlackPanther's accent to be British or American, but #ChadwickBoseman battled with them for it to be African
'What else are we gonna throw away for the sake of making people comfortable? ... if we did that, that
1/3
#movie #blackpeople #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Marvel wanted #BlackPanther's accent to be British or American, but #ChadwickBoseman battled with them for it to be African
'What else are we gonna throw away for the sake of making people comfortable? ... if we did that, that
1/3
#movie #blackpeople #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Teaching is my best self
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #54
Part One: My very best
pursuingmaglev.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Teaching is my best self
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #53
Part One: Emerging Leaders test
pursuingmaglev.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
On books!
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #51
Part One: “I want to write books, plural”
pursuingmaglev.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
On books!