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Vulture pose.

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Currently reading: Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction by Jack Hart đź“š

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@davoh I legitimately don’t think I’ve had focused time like this since graduate school.

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@wcaleb Tiya and Will told us they plan to run at least two more, so watch for it to come back around! tiyamiles.com/events/un…

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Really grateful for the time I’ve gotten to spend in Montana for our writers retreat. Thankful for Will Thomas and Tiya Miles in organizing the event, and excited to have created a new community of fellow writers.

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Thrilled to be at the B Bar Ranch for a few days on a writer’s retreat.

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Very much looking forward to the writer’s retreat I’ll be at this weekend, on a ranch in Montana. Great opportunity to get some focused work done, meet fellow writers, and get a break from the Nebraska heat.

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Currently reading: Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right by David Austin Walsh đź“š

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@scottbot.net Is this a Voight-Kampff test?!

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@jasonheppler.org Anyway it’s a great book!

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@jasonheppler.org This was, maybe, still my first year in grad school. I’d gotten a handle on the heavy reading load. Less so, apparently, on targeted questions.

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It was an embarrassing (and maybe a bit unfair) moment, but I took away from that the importance of close reading.

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@jasonheppler.org Folks, I’d read the book. I was prepared to discuss.

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I had no idea what John was referencing at first and, at the time, didn’t have an answer either.

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@dwalbert Ha! It was a good read, too.

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@lpeds.com It’s been great so far!

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@wcaleb Yeah, that’s pretty wild. I’m not sure if I should be feeling existential about this or not, as someone who builds history web things for humans 🤣

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Bots are seemingly now the majority of internet traffic, outnumbering human traffic for the first time.

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@wcaleb Really good so far!

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@jasonheppler.org The explanatory text is still incoming, but the visualization itself I think is pretty neat and helpful for drilling down into legislative policies.

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@jasonheppler.org Clicking on the chart “pins” to that year and policy, allowing you then to see a regional breakdown of bills by party member, and clicking those cards lets you see specific legislators.

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Finished reading: Where The Sky Began by John Madson đź“š

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Finished reading: When Democrats Won the Heartland by Cory Haala đź“š

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Currently reading: Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson đź“š

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Visited Fort Sumter yesterday.

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First proper southern meal on this vacation, complete with boiled peanuts, sweet tea, blackened sheepshead, and cobbler.

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Reading about the Heartlands while in I’m the Lowcountry.

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@lawrencecphd.bsky.social This could’ve been the title of my Silicon Valley book 🤣

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Hi, Tennessee.

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@laprofmme.bsky.social Striking how often the Midwest is just overlooked when it comes to local and national politics.

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@jasonheppler.org Also go buy @mkn.bsky.social’s book on the West! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-We…

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@jasonheppler.org Of course @lollardfish.bsky.social’s new book is fantastic: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/…

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@jasonheppler.org And go buy @eladiobobadilla.com’s book: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0…

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@jasonheppler.org My buddy @coryhaala.bsky.social had a great interview yesterday on Illinois Public Radio about his new book: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0…

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@jasonheppler.org Or even my book if you feel so compelled! jasonheppler.org/publications…

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@jasonheppler.org Or the book I edited with @rebeccawingo.bsky.social! jasonheppler.org/publications…

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@aearhart.bsky.social For sure. I miss having a dog around, although we’ve started looking again!

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(Less of an issue since they’re locked in a run and we don’t run a business on it, but we’ve had a fox appear and has gotten pretty bold about eyeing the chicken coop.)

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@jasonheppler.org Not to mention your alma mater’s state has a whole bunch of excellent ag programs: Cal Poly campuses, UC Davis, Cal State, and various UC campuses all offer top-notch agricultural courses including hands-on work.

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@jasonheppler.org For someone who attended Stanford, you’d think you’d know your alma mater was once a major agricultural school. It was a core reason Leland founded the university! Right in the original Grant of Endowment!

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(To be clear, I once worked at Stanford and wrote a book about Silicon Valley. But still.)

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@jasonheppler.org That sounds right to me, yeah!

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@aearhart.bsky.social gah that’s rough, sorry to hear Amy

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Launching Governing Ground: updates.jasonheppler.org

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Stumbled upon a fox eyeing our coop from a distance this morning. I’m watching you, buddy.

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We just launched a redesign (and new infrastructure) of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media website. I’m super pleased with how it turned out.

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First garden harvest!

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Before / after

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Chicken check-in.

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The upside here is Canvas might just go away permanently.

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A quarter of American farmers do not have fertilizer on hand, and an American Farm Bureau survey says up to 70% can’t afford enough fertilizer for the season. And this is after we saw farm bankruptcies increase 46% in 2025.

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Home Screen update.

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The Farmall runs again!

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Fun night at the college rodeo!

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