Jeffrey Insko
@jeffreyinsko.bsky.social
Editor, the Norton Library Edition of Moby-Dick (out now!). Writing about oil, infrastructure, extraction, environment, Line 5. Loves every dog.
I’ve written about this very thing!
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I’ve written about this very thing!
proof that Frederick Douglass read Moby-Dick
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
proof that Frederick Douglass read Moby-Dick
Murph is a chameleon
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Murph is a chameleon
The Onion is hilarious!
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The Onion is hilarious!
hard day for Murph today what with all the asking for food constantly and so forth
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
hard day for Murph today what with all the asking for food constantly and so forth
Murphy does not understand the time change
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Murphy does not understand the time change
looking pretty autumnal here in Michigan
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
looking pretty autumnal here in Michigan
since KISS is in the news, I just want to remind everybody that in 1975 they performed at the Homecoming of the small northern Michigan town of Cadillac
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
since KISS is in the news, I just want to remind everybody that in 1975 they performed at the Homecoming of the small northern Michigan town of Cadillac
Have spent the past couple of days writing about the two centuries-long movement to make the upper peninsula a separate state. I'm almost persuaded.
October 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Have spent the past couple of days writing about the two centuries-long movement to make the upper peninsula a separate state. I'm almost persuaded.
a little snippet from a certain book-in-progress...
September 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
a little snippet from a certain book-in-progress...
oh great so exciting feeling really good about the future of teaching
August 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
oh great so exciting feeling really good about the future of teaching
Excited to finally receive some documents from a FOIA request. Every page looks like this.
August 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Excited to finally receive some documents from a FOIA request. Every page looks like this.
Murph among the rocks of Lake Superior
August 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Murph among the rocks of Lake Superior
Murphy swam in three Great Lakes today. This is the coldest, Superior.
August 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Murphy swam in three Great Lakes today. This is the coldest, Superior.
Perhaps you’d like to see Murphy, swimming directly above the Line 5 pipeline at the Straits of Mackinac.
August 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Perhaps you’d like to see Murphy, swimming directly above the Line 5 pipeline at the Straits of Mackinac.
More @mattseybold.bsky.social killing it on the EdTech Grifting. But when I heard Ziplines on college campuses the 1st thing I thought of was the zipline park my uni let some adventuretainment company build on a previously very pretty forest on campus. theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
July 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
More @mattseybold.bsky.social killing it on the EdTech Grifting. But when I heard Ziplines on college campuses the 1st thing I thought of was the zipline park my uni let some adventuretainment company build on a previously very pretty forest on campus. theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
I think Murphy sees something
July 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I think Murphy sees something
I call this an afterbloom arrangement
July 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I call this an afterbloom arrangement
please enjoy these flowers
July 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
please enjoy these flowers
Today we were at Lake Huron. And you mean Pictured Rocks up on Lake Superior? I haven't spent as much time at the park as I'd like yet but that whole lakeshore along the northern UP is spectacular. You would not be sorry. Here's a foggy shot in Munising from last fall.
July 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today we were at Lake Huron. And you mean Pictured Rocks up on Lake Superior? I haven't spent as much time at the park as I'd like yet but that whole lakeshore along the northern UP is spectacular. You would not be sorry. Here's a foggy shot in Munising from last fall.
Murphy loves the Great Lakes too
July 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Murphy loves the Great Lakes too