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I was in Yellowstone ten years after it burned, and I watch a lot of nature documentaries. It's a sad fact of nature that disruption is necessary.

My new book about Dolly Parton is the opposite of every book about Trump, because she is the opposite of Trump. I wrote it for precisely that reason.

Listening to Demeanor rap over fiddle and banjo on livestream of #NCFolkfestival ncfolkfestival.com

Escapist fiction is pretty much our bread and butter here at @eapodcasts. And we've escaped so far we've made it into a new medium! We're delighted to announce @titanbooks will be publishing the first ever Escape Pod anthology this October! titanbooks.com/70357-escape-p…

I have a short nonfiction piece in this issue. OIKONOMIA, meaning 'the rules of the house,' led to our word economics. Capitalism seems to have run the table at the moment, but what comes next?
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“The purpose of studying economics is to learn how to avoid being deceived by the economists.” poetryfoundation.org/articles/15375…

Couldn't agree more.

'What excites me about economics is its power to expand social and political imagination.'

I got to interview poet & economist Zoë Hitzig about her debut collection MEZZANINE from Ecco:

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A composer notices that a teenager is sharing PDFs of his sheet music, asks her to stop… and ends up engaged in a charming back-and-forth on copyright law and the economics of creative work. jasonrobertbrown.com/2010/06/29/fig…

Join us tomorrow! We'll explore how to lead our World Climate Simulation using the C-ROADS model, discuss how an online/virtual version might work, provide facilitation tips, and answer any questions you may have. Register at register.gotowebinar.com/register/71516…

Overflow situation. Hopefully they will do another of these.

Which according to this book, means restructuring the whole system. I'm personally a fan of unbundling police functions and deputizing citizens to do the un-dangerous stuff. versobooks.com/books/2817-the…

Including my first fiction sale!

Scientists, artists, and science communicators are invited to team up against #COVID19 in a special session of #SciCommMake . We're partnering with Association of Science Communicators (ASC) again to host this awards competition sigmaxi.org/news/article/2… #KnowItDefeatIt #scicomm #sciart #SigmaXimtg #SciTalk21

It is official! Governor Roy Cooper has signed the funding bill for NCSSM-Morganton, the new #WNC campus of North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics bringing us one giant step closer to completion. We offer heartfelt thanks to the many champions and supporters who have helped us get here today. 👏🙌🙏

It's out and available. The fourth story is my very first fiction sale, a quiet little slice of near-future life and hormonal hackery. lackingtons.com/issues/issue-2…

Reading Matthew Stewart's NATURE'S GOD right now, and wondering about the 1750s equivalent.

Our 10 am #Juneteenth program will be a live conversation about storytelling & history with the amazing Rhiannon Giddens! Register on Zoom or watch live on City of Greensboro facebook. Part of Juneteenth: A Day of Celebration & Remembrance. More at buff.ly/3e2PZgi