Michael W. Twitty

My #Smithsonian experience

#NewBook announcement I am editing an anthology of Black Food writing

In the 1935 novel <It Can’t Happen Here> by Sinclair Lewis, demagogue presidential candidate Berzelius (Buzz) Windrip promises to provide every “real American family” $5,000 if he wins.

People get confused about the trans sports thing because at a glance it seems like a small issue that impacts a very small number of people and thus makes sense as a "reasonable" concession. But it isn't, because conceding that is accepting that a kid's trans identity is on some level fraudulent

In our next book club meeting, we'll discuss Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's book What If We Get It Right? We'll meet on October 14th at 4pm PT/7pm ET. Go here for more on the book club and the importance of community in these difficult times: zerowastechef.substack.com/p/social-gro...

attacking trans people hurts dem politicians and that take is missing from this whole news cycle. dems attacking trans people makes it more likely you will lose, defending trans people makes it more likely they win I want democrats to win so they need to defend trans people

“His greatest legacy is his following, all the Americans who boosted his rise and the many more he has dragged down into the moral gutter with him.” www.liberalcurrents.com/donald-trump...

Read more in my article for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-bayeux-t...

Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...

#RoshHashana menu

So many more DC kids need to be Smithsonian kids! It is sometimes shocking how limited the experiwnces of the city are for some kiddos. Thank you for sharing

"Juries wanted them to live. Alabama judges sent them to die."

“The angel appointed over the Mitzvah of blowing Shofar is also appointed over eating Chulent. So when Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbos and we eat Chulent, there’s no need to blow the shofar...” – Said in the name of my great(×5)-grandfather, Rebbe Meir of Premishlan (1783–1850).

Just had to share it 🤷‍♀️ So this week, I expect all Chulent eaters to take the Chulent as seriously as they ould take shofar. It's tradition.

HALP!

Forget planting trees for a second. Let's talk about BOGS. Did you know that peatlands cover a tiny 3% of Earth’s land, but store MORE CARBON than all the world's forests combined?They are an ultimate MVP of our climate system and it’s time we start hyping them. Join me! 🧵 1/

Tentative Rosh Hashanah menu: Dinners: Hoppin John, Orange and Honey Glazed Carrots, Stuffed Baked Apples. Lunches: Kale, Apple, and Baked Tofu Salad with pomegranate arils. New fruit: Probably rambutan unless I can find sapote or cherimoya. Breakfasts: Some kind of apple smoothie.

I cannot stress enough how bad the situation is for the people ICE expelled to Equatorial Guinea right now. Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record. prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

That person on CNN needs to see this, the one who claimed he "could have harmed an....American."

These #ICE thugs may even be sent by the Sociopath in Chief to harass voters in targeted, precincts to sway elections. So we need our own army of poll watchers/election observers. Look up your state Democratic party voter protection program & sign up & recruit friends! cadem.org/join-the-cad...

Trump is giving cash to the young women assistants who work for him, closest to him. Try as I might, I cannot come up with an innocent explanation for this. Foul stuff, folks.

"Kennedy's department cited seven articles, two of which were apparently made up entirely and three of which did not exist in the journals to which they were attributed..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Please read this.

Fellow Smithsonian kid here who is only now realizing how profound its impact on me was and is.

YES!

Used Michael Twitty's book on The American South to make red beans and some red rice. The rice came out a little mushy (I can never get rice exact for some reason) but still both were delicious.

Could we get 100 shares or reposts here on Bluesky?

106 years old! www.pembrokepinesflnews.com/news/local/a...

Even better, I think we should come to the table and eat. A LOT of Black and Jewish foodies reaching out to the other side has really rebuilt trust for people I know

Absolutely, lets find some support!

Wow, I’ve never seen this! 😲 Amazing 🤩

Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥

He is saying what many politicians are too afraid to say out loud. #Mamdani

The renaming of this lake is so dumb and petty and should not be the focus of the news right now but … I cannot overstate enough just how sad and pathetic this update is for Google

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