Zeb Larson
@zeblarson.bsky.social
Freelance writer with a PhD in history. Ex-academic; studied the anti-apartheid movement. Emeritus adjunct. Became a software engineer in 2020. Words in Teen Vogue, Smithsonian, Jacobin, BBC.
He/Him
zeb-larson.com
He/Him
zeb-larson.com
Truly I am inspired
February 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Truly I am inspired
@theferocity.bsky.social It happened again! Mezcla in Italian Village on Summit.
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 PM
@theferocity.bsky.social It happened again! Mezcla in Italian Village on Summit.
I actually kinda like how I look in glasses. (Eyes hurt, blue light reading glasses help).
January 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I actually kinda like how I look in glasses. (Eyes hurt, blue light reading glasses help).
Gotta hand it to Americans, our would-be warlords are singularly fucking dorky.
![Charles Haywood is an American businessman and far-right blogger and commentator." He founded Mansfield-King,
an Indianapolis haircare manufacturer, which he sold in 2020. He subsequently founded a far-right men's organization, the Society for American Civic Renewal. He has predicted the collapse of the United States and described his desire to become a "warlord" of an "armed
patronage network". He has also expressed support for the January 6 United States Capitol attack."]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xmmef3rsks2uu36ec6zkgoqv/bafkreib6ig3xa45qyixsbue3po6tknqvslyu27ngg5chmla6zo3hg6srhi@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Gotta hand it to Americans, our would-be warlords are singularly fucking dorky.
Love to live in a system where the president can simply veto a resolution limiting what the president can do.
January 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Love to live in a system where the president can simply veto a resolution limiting what the president can do.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I’m an uncontrolled bleed in the cerebellum. I feel like something tearing in the back of your head, and if it goes on long enough your hands and speech become paralyzed and then you die. If you survive though, you get a wickedly cool scar.
Hi, I’m an uncontrolled bleed in the cerebellum. I feel like something tearing in the back of your head, and if it goes on long enough your hands and speech become paralyzed and then you die. If you survive though, you get a wickedly cool scar.
January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Hi, I’m an uncontrolled bleed in the cerebellum. I feel like something tearing in the back of your head, and if it goes on long enough your hands and speech become paralyzed and then you die. If you survive though, you get a wickedly cool scar.
Hi, I’m an uncontrolled bleed in the cerebellum. I feel like something tearing in the back of your head, and if it goes on long enough your hands and speech become paralyzed and then you die. If you survive though, you get a wickedly cool scar.
The poor pick-up truck, degraded and forced to become a shitty SUV.
December 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The poor pick-up truck, degraded and forced to become a shitty SUV.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains
December 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains
David Baszucki right now
December 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
David Baszucki right now
The greatest selfie I’ve ever taken was the result of me using my phone’s reverse view to look behind me discretely to see if somebody I dislike was in a restaurant with me. I accidentally took this.
What’s yours?
What’s yours?
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The greatest selfie I’ve ever taken was the result of me using my phone’s reverse view to look behind me discretely to see if somebody I dislike was in a restaurant with me. I accidentally took this.
What’s yours?
What’s yours?
Post from a different era in your life
December 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Post from a different era in your life
Post your favorite character from “Lord of the Rings.” Wrong answers only.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Post your favorite character from “Lord of the Rings.” Wrong answers only.
Apparently, and tonight’s going about as well as a trip to the Black Lodge for her.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Apparently, and tonight’s going about as well as a trip to the Black Lodge for her.
I don’t know that this children’s astronomy book needs to raise such deep and existential questions.
November 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I don’t know that this children’s astronomy book needs to raise such deep and existential questions.
I sincerely wish that the people who defend PhD education were better at it.
A: this is objectively untrue.
B: the author’s premise is that critical thinking/deep reading/PhD soft skills are valuable career skills, so it’s all fine. (Nevermind that even though they are, they’re not golden tickets).
A: this is objectively untrue.
B: the author’s premise is that critical thinking/deep reading/PhD soft skills are valuable career skills, so it’s all fine. (Nevermind that even though they are, they’re not golden tickets).
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I sincerely wish that the people who defend PhD education were better at it.
A: this is objectively untrue.
B: the author’s premise is that critical thinking/deep reading/PhD soft skills are valuable career skills, so it’s all fine. (Nevermind that even though they are, they’re not golden tickets).
A: this is objectively untrue.
B: the author’s premise is that critical thinking/deep reading/PhD soft skills are valuable career skills, so it’s all fine. (Nevermind that even though they are, they’re not golden tickets).
Damnit, wrong PAWG
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Damnit, wrong PAWG
Oh no, Merrick Garland’s legacy
September 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Oh no, Merrick Garland’s legacy
Just trying to blend in.
August 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just trying to blend in.
Reskeet with a tweet you still think about
August 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Reskeet with a tweet you still think about
And the government will step in to make sure that we have a class of landed gentry.
July 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
And the government will step in to make sure that we have a class of landed gentry.
