John Archibald
@johnarchibald.bsky.social
Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Pulitzer x 2. Granddad.
Sim left Alabama to protect his family. He has since written a book “And the Dragons Do Come: Raising a Transgender Kid in Rural America.” Give it a read.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Sim left Alabama to protect his family. He has since written a book “And the Dragons Do Come: Raising a Transgender Kid in Rural America.” Give it a read.
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We live in a world where it's hip to be mean.
Mean is the point, whether we’re talking SNAP benefits or immigration or prison or economics. Human rights, civil rights and common decency are 20th century concepts. Like retirement. Or conversation.
Consider the case of Sim Butler and his family.
Mean is the point, whether we’re talking SNAP benefits or immigration or prison or economics. Human rights, civil rights and common decency are 20th century concepts. Like retirement. Or conversation.
Consider the case of Sim Butler and his family.
He fled Alabama to protect his family, and now he warns the world
“The weight of living in Alabama, of living in fight or flight every day, was something I didn’t realize I was carrying until I got out of there."
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November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We live in a world where it's hip to be mean.
Mean is the point, whether we’re talking SNAP benefits or immigration or prison or economics. Human rights, civil rights and common decency are 20th century concepts. Like retirement. Or conversation.
Consider the case of Sim Butler and his family.
Mean is the point, whether we’re talking SNAP benefits or immigration or prison or economics. Human rights, civil rights and common decency are 20th century concepts. Like retirement. Or conversation.
Consider the case of Sim Butler and his family.
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The Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph may not be a household name these days, but he is talked about reverently by extremists on online forums, where the phrase “do a Rudolph” is used as a shorthand for terrorist attacks.
Defeating the Far-Right “Blob Man”
The story of Eric Rudolph, the Atlanta Olympics bomber, offers lessons about the persistence of violent extremism, and how to combat it.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph may not be a household name these days, but he is talked about reverently by extremists on online forums, where the phrase “do a Rudolph” is used as a shorthand for terrorist attacks.
Check one off the bucket list.
Defeating the Far-Right “Blob Man”
The story of Eric Rudolph, the Atlanta Olympics bomber, offers lessons about the persistence of violent extremism, and how to combat it.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Check one off the bucket list.
Perhaps we should go ahead and rip that plaque off the Statue of Liberty and stop pretending to be something we are not. Kiss those huddled asses goodbye and claim it is all in the name of liberty and justice for all.
Fonzie lost in immigration court. Now Alabama father will move to a country he knows nothing about
“There’s nothing about this kid that’s not American,” said a former Blountsville Town Council member.
www.al.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Perhaps we should go ahead and rip that plaque off the Statue of Liberty and stop pretending to be something we are not. Kiss those huddled asses goodbye and claim it is all in the name of liberty and justice for all.
Thanks!
Loved this piece!
We have to take our stories back.
October 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thanks!
We have to take our stories back.
Archibald: What happened when I Googled myself
AI created a phony national controversy, a fake Miss Alabama and a life in hiding.
www.al.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We have to take our stories back.
Just a little ode to the big man.
Alabama’s Kadyn Proctor thunders into big man history
Proctor is no William "The Refrigerator" Perry. Just call him "The Walk-In Freezer."
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September 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just a little ode to the big man.
When you find yourself without internet or cell service you realize what's important.
How to disconnect and still keep your Wordle streak alive
How does one survive in a world without news alerts and sports scores, without the latest memes and Reddit reaction to the day’s threat to our fractured nation?
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September 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
When you find yourself without internet or cell service you realize what's important.
Eric Rudolph wrote this of his targets: “It was irrelevant to me which particular issue – taxes, abortion, gun rights – ended up being the spark that ignited this revolution. This was a war between two entirely different world views.”
Those who want to divide us want chaos. Don’t let them win.
Those who want to divide us want chaos. Don’t let them win.
Archibald: What a serial bomber can teach America in this perilous moment
We are not at war.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Eric Rudolph wrote this of his targets: “It was irrelevant to me which particular issue – taxes, abortion, gun rights – ended up being the spark that ignited this revolution. This was a war between two entirely different world views.”
Those who want to divide us want chaos. Don’t let them win.
Those who want to divide us want chaos. Don’t let them win.
Thanks! Y’all read Jordan Green.
Check out this podcast by @johnarchibald.bsky.social and @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social.
It's an incredible yarn that captures the violence, loss and inhumanity of Eric Rudolph's 1990s terror campaign, and shows how it echoes forward to our current national crisis. Can't recommend it enough!
It's an incredible yarn that captures the violence, loss and inhumanity of Eric Rudolph's 1990s terror campaign, and shows how it echoes forward to our current national crisis. Can't recommend it enough!
In the final episode of American Shrapnel, hosted by @johnarchibald.bsky.social and @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social, about Olympic & abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph, hear clinic bombing suvivor Emily Lyons give the SHIT to Rudolph in court.
September 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thanks! Y’all read Jordan Green.
Am I nuts to get bent out of shape about kids getting Bibles in schools? At a time when the president autographs them for cash and tells supporters he needs their $15 to further his unlikely bid to get into Heaven?
Call me crazy.
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Call me crazy.
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September 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Am I nuts to get bent out of shape about kids getting Bibles in schools? At a time when the president autographs them for cash and tells supporters he needs their $15 to further his unlikely bid to get into Heaven?
Call me crazy.
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Call me crazy.
www.al.com/news/2025/09...
In the final episode of American Shrapnel, hosted by @johnarchibald.bsky.social and @kbeccaandrews.bsky.social, about Olympic & abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph, hear clinic bombing suvivor Emily Lyons give the SHIT to Rudolph in court.
American Shrapnel
History Podcast · Weekly Series · The Olympics explode on a July night in 1996. The largest pipe bomb the country has ever seen. A string of bombings shakes Atlanta for the next year.
Thousands of pho...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A thread.
In the summer of 2005, more than 7 years and 20 surgeries after Eric Rudolph pressed a button on his homemade detonator and forever changed her life, Emily Lyons faced her bomber in a Birmingham, Alabama courtroom.
In the summer of 2005, more than 7 years and 20 surgeries after Eric Rudolph pressed a button on his homemade detonator and forever changed her life, Emily Lyons faced her bomber in a Birmingham, Alabama courtroom.
September 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A thread.
In the summer of 2005, more than 7 years and 20 surgeries after Eric Rudolph pressed a button on his homemade detonator and forever changed her life, Emily Lyons faced her bomber in a Birmingham, Alabama courtroom.
In the summer of 2005, more than 7 years and 20 surgeries after Eric Rudolph pressed a button on his homemade detonator and forever changed her life, Emily Lyons faced her bomber in a Birmingham, Alabama courtroom.
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September 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The great survivalist Eric Rudolph was caught by a rookie cop while dumpster diving. This is that story.
Listen here: https://www.al.com/news/2025/08/american-shrapnel-part-7-how-a-rookie-cop-caught-the-uncatchable-eric-rudolph.html
Listen here: https://www.al.com/news/2025/08/american-shrapnel-part-7-how-a-rookie-cop-caught-the-uncatchable-eric-rudolph.html
August 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The great survivalist Eric Rudolph was caught by a rookie cop while dumpster diving. This is that story.
Listen here: https://www.al.com/news/2025/08/american-shrapnel-part-7-how-a-rookie-cop-caught-the-uncatchable-eric-rudolph.html
Listen here: https://www.al.com/news/2025/08/american-shrapnel-part-7-how-a-rookie-cop-caught-the-uncatchable-eric-rudolph.html
It really is. :)
"my knees were knocking so hard I almost answered"
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August 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It really is. :)
Indeed
It is, but also a bit infuriating hearing how some (many?) of his co-workers reacted to the fallout of him simply doing his job, and doing it well.
August 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Indeed
August 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The best thing about Birmingham is that it is comfortable.
The worst thing about Birmingham is that it is comfortable.
We have no time to be comfortable, @randallwoodfin.bsky.social .
The worst thing about Birmingham is that it is comfortable.
We have no time to be comfortable, @randallwoodfin.bsky.social .
Archibald: Woodfin’s Birmingham beatdown was epic; but don’t get comfortable
This was no fight. It was Michael Jordan vs. Michael Jackson in a slam dunk contest, Mike Tyson vs. Mr. Rogers – if Mr. Rogers just wouldn’t stop talking.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The best thing about Birmingham is that it is comfortable.
The worst thing about Birmingham is that it is comfortable.
We have no time to be comfortable, @randallwoodfin.bsky.social .
The worst thing about Birmingham is that it is comfortable.
We have no time to be comfortable, @randallwoodfin.bsky.social .
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Most people hear "factory jobs" and think "1950s economic prosperity," which was only possible through strong unions.
The GOP says "factory jobs" and means "1880s corporate dominance over the working class."
Recognize the difference.
The GOP says "factory jobs" and means "1880s corporate dominance over the working class."
Recognize the difference.
A friend summed up Tuberville's plan for Alabama better than I did:
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
Archibald: Tubs' plan would Make Alabama dumb again
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
www.al.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Most people hear "factory jobs" and think "1950s economic prosperity," which was only possible through strong unions.
The GOP says "factory jobs" and means "1880s corporate dominance over the working class."
Recognize the difference.
The GOP says "factory jobs" and means "1880s corporate dominance over the working class."
Recognize the difference.
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If you hate your property taxes, lemme show you what happens to a state living under tax caps first imposed by white racists in 1875. (Because they didn’t want to educate Black children.)
A friend summed up Tuberville's plan for Alabama better than I did:
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
Archibald: Tubs' plan would Make Alabama dumb again
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
www.al.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you hate your property taxes, lemme show you what happens to a state living under tax caps first imposed by white racists in 1875. (Because they didn’t want to educate Black children.)
That would be nice ...
If the University of Alabama wasn't rolling over like a ... hmm ... crimson tide?
If the University of Alabama wasn't rolling over like a ... hmm ... crimson tide?
We need to make the Iron Bowl into a partisan divide and rob Tuberville of the votes of all Crimson Tide fans.
A friend summed up Tuberville's plan for Alabama better than I did:
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
August 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
That would be nice ...
If the University of Alabama wasn't rolling over like a ... hmm ... crimson tide?
If the University of Alabama wasn't rolling over like a ... hmm ... crimson tide?
Reposted by John Archibald
A friend summed up Tuberville's plan for Alabama better than I did:
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
Archibald: Tubs' plan would Make Alabama dumb again
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
www.al.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A friend summed up Tuberville's plan for Alabama better than I did:
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...