Jason Roberts
@jsnr.bsky.social
Writer. Author of EVERY LIVING THING and A SENSE OF THE WORLD.
We are nearing the point where certain factions will attempt to reframe racism, sexism, homophobia and other bigotry as forms of “freedom”.
You know: freedom to hate who you wanna hate. Isn’t that in the Bible, or at least the Constitution?
You know: freedom to hate who you wanna hate. Isn’t that in the Bible, or at least the Constitution?
August 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We are nearing the point where certain factions will attempt to reframe racism, sexism, homophobia and other bigotry as forms of “freedom”.
You know: freedom to hate who you wanna hate. Isn’t that in the Bible, or at least the Constitution?
You know: freedom to hate who you wanna hate. Isn’t that in the Bible, or at least the Constitution?
This is quite a brilliant essay, and I’m honored that Seán used EVERY LIVING THING as a springboard for his thoughts.
This week on my blog, I argue that we must have some degree of artifice to organize our thoughts and recognize the things we see in our world following a new book about Buffon & Linnaeus by @jsnr.bsky.social. #earlymodern #histci #hps #naturalhistory wednesdayblog.org/2025/08/13/o...
On Systems of Knowing
This week, I argue that we must have some degree of artifice to organize our thoughts and recognize the things we see in our world.
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August 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is quite a brilliant essay, and I’m honored that Seán used EVERY LIVING THING as a springboard for his thoughts.
I’m reading from EVERY LIVING THING tomorrow, July 3rd, at Tally Ho Books, the cool new bookstore on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland. Details here: tallyhobookstore.com/events/28789...
Jason Roberts | Tally Ho! Books
Oakland's newest queer and women owned independent bookstore
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July 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I’m reading from EVERY LIVING THING tomorrow, July 3rd, at Tally Ho Books, the cool new bookstore on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland. Details here: tallyhobookstore.com/events/28789...
Donald Trump will be the clown-villain of American history. Or there will be no American history.
May 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Donald Trump will be the clown-villain of American history. Or there will be no American history.
So, this was one amazing evening. Congratulations, Josh!
Don’t miss this exciting event! On March 27th, I will be in conversation with Jason Roberts about my memoir, Connecting Dots — A Blind Life, at LightHouse for the Blind in San Francisco!
March 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
So, this was one amazing evening. Congratulations, Josh!
I was honored to both be interviewed and have my book Every Living Thing featured in this lovely, in-depth dive into the nature of naming Nature, on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social’s Ideas programme. Amazing work by producer Moira Donovan
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As biodiversity declines, researchers race to name millions of species unknown to science | CBC Radio
In 2023, scientists discovered thousands of unknown life forms in the Pacific Ocean. The discovery highlighted an unsettling fact: 86 per cent of land species and 91 per cent of marine species remain ...
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March 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I was honored to both be interviewed and have my book Every Living Thing featured in this lovely, in-depth dive into the nature of naming Nature, on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social’s Ideas programme. Amazing work by producer Moira Donovan
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
I wish this wasn’t the feeling I was bringing into January, 2025. But yeah. Here we go again.
December 30, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I wish this wasn’t the feeling I was bringing into January, 2025. But yeah. Here we go again.
An interesting (and totally accurate, so far as I can tell) review of EVERY LIVING THING from The Inquisitive Biologist. inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/12/24/b...
Book review – Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life
An epic history of taxonomy across three centuries, Every Living Thing charts the lives, works, and legacy of Linnaeus and Buffon.
inquisitivebiologist.com
December 29, 2024 at 8:06 AM
An interesting (and totally accurate, so far as I can tell) review of EVERY LIVING THING from The Inquisitive Biologist. inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/12/24/b...
Recipe? Or CBGB’s playbill, 1981?
Things I will probably skip from the recipe book I received for Christmas 😂
December 28, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Recipe? Or CBGB’s playbill, 1981?
Lafayette, I am here.
(And if you need historical context for that kind of reference, I am your kind of author.
(And if you need historical context for that kind of reference, I am your kind of author.
December 28, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Lafayette, I am here.
(And if you need historical context for that kind of reference, I am your kind of author.
(And if you need historical context for that kind of reference, I am your kind of author.