Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Annual incomes for graduates following in my academic footsteps reflect my lifelong ability to go where the money wasn’t, isn’t, and likely won’t be tomorrow. (Consistency is the key!) 100
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It’s almost impossible to imagine our current WH administration keeping soldier morale high by arming them with reading material. Yet many 20th-century “families had a love of reading that stemmed from a World War II veteran who benefited from just that.” 021
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Seeing this DEA patch made me start a thrash metal band called Dancing With Darkness. 110
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is a treat preview for trick-or-treaters who go to Kash Patel's house on Halloween. 020
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Major General Smedley Butler (1881–1940) was a Marine Corps officer and anti-war advocate who won two Medals of Honor. He also had a notable interaction with Stonewall Jackson's buried arm. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley... 110
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This German joke from 1939 is disconcertingly easy to transplant to today.  011
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Oh, you like New York Times' recipes? Then you'll want an extra-big bowl for this." 010
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" wrote William Shakespeare, who was one of history's greatest authors but obviously ill-versed in public library usage. Curious! www.ft.com/content/c05f... 010
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Sorry Timmy, but DOGE cuts delayed your passport's arrival. See you in two weeks! Love, Mom" 000
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And the worst ranked idea for improving education is:  000
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Finally, this is piece’s the lowest ranked and least effective idea for good reason.  000
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What a great visual by Ricardo Tomás for a NY Times piece about schools. 141
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 28/09/2026*Flock of Seagulls voice* 🎵 “And I ran I ran so farro whey…” 010
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Being married to someone with good taste = Still life happens 020
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Was just reminiscing with a sibling about how our family was both highbrow and downwardly mobile. For example, we kids loved playing “Upstairs, Downstairs”: “I’ll be the servant.” “No, no, *I’ll* be the servant, you be the landed gentry.” “Fine. But then I get to mismanage the estate!” 010
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Is this a Star Trek character or a tropical bird species? "Trogons eat small wild avocados, swallowing the fruit whole and digesting all but the woody kernel. The Trogons then regurgitate the kernel." 120
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Not to be confused with Van Gogh’s “Four Sunflowers Gone to Seed.” 010
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Although little remembered today, Kaitlin's Bombardment of Times Square made headlines in 1947. 000
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Welcome! Would you like help with math or spelling?” 030
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Gotta say, this isn’t exactly a “pulse-pounding” periodical. 010
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If you're not memorizing WWII plane and armored vehicle silhouettes, what are you even doing, bro? tinyurl.com/mmmp8pjw 020
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sent this photo to my wife, and she said I looked a little “peaked.” 150
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This extraordinary map for "Moby Dick" was made in 1956 by artist Everett Henry for a *calendar*! Its caption read: “We hear the call of 'Moby Dick,' still echoing today for anyone who yearns to feel the magic and terror, the stress and calm of the sea and its ships.” blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/09... 001
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Gordon Parks took this photo in Alabama in 1956. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_... 000
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I saw a butterfly on a Frank Lloyd Wright house today. 041
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Lee Marvin was in many Westerns (e.g. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"), and I think lots of violence in the Old West could've been prevented if urban planners had just made the towns big enough for everyone. 010
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hmm, the early promo shots for Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Three" are not instilling confidence. 172
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’m not the brightest bulb, but tulips seem like a dubious construction material.  100
Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Annie Dillard writing about her 1974 book, “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.” 130