Dwayne Betts

@Econlib @EconTalker Per request - top of my head 5 episodes @EconTalker which have stuck with me (From a LOOONG list) McArdle on internet shaming & civility Keith Smith of Oklahoma Surgery Center Mike Munger - the Uber/Sharing economy Dwayne Betts - first episode Alain Bertraud - Urban planning

Today was a good day @wwnorton #doggerel #doglover #poetry #freedomreads #publisher #wwnorton #newyorkcity #goodday #happymoments #gratefulheart

Part 3: An honor to share The Things We Carry @politicsprose in DC. You can read the rest of my poem in my new book of #poetry, #doggerel. #naturelover #justicelover #freedomreads #randomactofpoetry #healing #WashingtonDC #LiteraryEvents #NaturePoetry

Part 2: An honor to share #canary from #doggerel at @politicsprose in DC— you can read the rest in my newest book of poetry, Doggerel. #poetry #naturelover #justicelover #freedomreads #randomactofpoetry

Part 1: An honor to share my story & poems from #doggerel at @politicsprose in DC—where words have the power to spark change. Grateful for the conversation, the community, and the poetry that connects us all. #poetry #naturelover #justicelover #freedomreads #randomactofpoetry

1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: right-wing has narrative dominance. My org (@mmfa) did this study and been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

@egabbert Another cool trick is to look up the definition of the word that seems to not work, and let that remind you of what you really mean to communicate! Great advise Elisa.

Sometimes, when I can’t write the line I want to write, I just describe the line I want to write instead, a formal substitute, which often makes a better, more mysterious line

What’s the dude who sold twitter to Musk saying? Just wondering what role the sale of this huge communications platform has to do with the profound number of crisis that the world wakes up to daily.

Also, why not - I'll invite you to listen to this short interview with me on NPR last week, if you're not sleeping - this will settle your disquiet, maybe: wglt.org/2025-03-10/reg…

Just came back for a PSA: sleep still the cousin of death.

It’s rare to write and publish a book while in prison, more rare to do what @JohnJLennon1 is doing. This is going to be dope -

@RachelBarkow Actually, I do teach at Harvard. Trying to be a legend in two sports.... Visiting gig, just a year - but still, they've let me borrow an ID for a year and teach some students.

A beauty on mercy from @dwaynebetts (though weirdly the headline writers think a story entirely about New Haven means Dwayne teaches at Harvard instead of Yale) nytimes.com/2025/02/23/opi…

home ownership in the US is now out of reach for many, including me. by posting these comments about famous conservatives, i get hundreds of replies, earning me $3/ post. this puts me closer to owning a home in a walkable neighborhood without engaging in misinformation or racism

"It was that essay that presented a real argument about who I might be in the world." Freedom Reads Founder @dwaynebetts spoke w/ @cspan about his afterword to @HarperCollins' commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail."c-span.org/program/qa/reg…

The incredible @dwaynebetts joining @interintellect_ attendees, community members, and our hosts for this online conversation on forgiveness. Hosted by dear @jenniferabanks 💞 interintellect.com/salons/forgive…

@rl_smoke Not sure fam.

@dwaynebetts is there like a mass exodus of everyone migrating from twitter to Bluesky?

"It’s the stories that will create the tide that makes us look at each other differently." Last week at the @cambridgepl, Freedom Reads Founder & CEO @dwaynebetts spoke about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/regina…

This is some good work, if you needed a speech to listen to today: youtube.com/watch?v=S6Q8Yp…

Listen to my demo: oprahdaily.com/entertainment/…

Read Freedom Reads Founder & CEO @dwaynebetts' piece for @OprahDaily about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy ⬇️ oprahdaily.com/entertainment/…