Jonathan M. Metzl

Today is launch day for WHAT WE’VE BECOME: LIVING AND DYING IN A COUNTRY OF ARMS. The book begins in the early morning hours of April 22 2018, when a naked white man with an AR-15 burst into a Nashville Waffle House and shot and killed four young adults of color. I spent five years learning everything about the case – reading police reports, interviewing families, going to court hearings, studying how a man with a highly lethal gun ended up at a Waffle House, and what happened after he left. My research changed much of what I thought I knew about #gunviolence in #America and the best ways to prevent it. #WhatWeBecome started as a book about #guns – and evolved into a terrifying, infuriating, and exceedingly unexpected story about race, politics, and sanity in the US South. #tnpoli #gunsafety #WhatWeveBecome @wwnorton @McKinnonLit

@HanaHoops There’s a show?

Has anyone ever seen a clip from the actual show other than these tunnel videos? 😭

@BladeInTheCrowd 🙏🙏🙏

Tonight, I just want to speak softly, heart to heart, to every one of you who has shown me kindness, support, prayers, and love, for me and for my mom, thank you more deeply than words can ever truly explain💖some of you are smiling right now, some of you are carrying silent pain, some of you are healthy and strong, and some of you are fighting battles quietly, with courage in your hearts, but wherever you are tonight, and however life is holding you, please know this, you matter, you are seen, you are appreciated more than you know💋🌹🥰🥰🥰🥰🌺🌺🌹🌹

Batman (1966) was so unserious

Absolutely insane. We are rolling back to the dark ages.

@_chandler_____ Agree completely - very well said

I love Rex Hudler. All my homies love Rex Hudler. He puts comfort and joy in my living room. Give me more Rex Hudler.

Trump and RFK Jr canceled development of a bird flu vaccine that would stop a catastrophic pandemic.

There's a duck slide every year at the South Carolina state fair, and the ducks love it 📹missblanton

Guys, the lines at LGA at 5:15am. I’m not even sure where the security check is.😵‍💫

Trump's 2027 budget proposes cuts of: 🔻 $5.8 billion to NIH 🔻 $5.6 billion to NASA 🔻 $4.8 billion to NSF 🔻 $4.6 billion to EPA 🔻 $2.9 billion to CDC 🔻 $1.6 billion to NOAA If these science cuts pass they will make the US a less healthy and less safe place to live.

Lionel Messi's iconic free-kick goal against Liverpool. It’s from the 2019 UEFA Champions League quarter-final (his 600th goal for Barcelona). It is so perfect👏

"...Blue state mayors and governors are forced to advocate for public safety without the ability to meaningfully regulate firearms...that task is made all the more difficult because a number of arguably misguided economic and policy decisions have also contributed to unsafe cities; less money in the coffers to address root causes of gun violence results...."

And @teamtrace I write about the unique challenges of gun safety reform in #NYC.... thetrace.org/2024/03/new-yo…

I have much to say about this framing…

One of many sites where I write about the disconnects between gun safety reform and public safety - see also my book, WWB @Norton - re gun safety reform and crime, jonathanmetzl.com/book/what-weve…

Modern medicine and vaccines have actually been pretty good

just found my favorite Japanese word : "Tsundoku" The habit of collecting books and letting them pile up, unread, while still cherishing the possibility of reading them one day.