Jonathan Parkes Allen
@jparkesallen.bsky.social
historian of the Islamicate with @openiti.bsky.social; community food forest/garden organizer with @foodforestchatt.bsky.social. ☦ Christian, father, deep time delver. 🏴 anarcho-agrarian 🌻 upholder of Gustav Landauer thought. Signal @ jparkesallen.11
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Things rapidly started decaying when young men started making podcasts instead of starting metal bands
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Things rapidly started decaying when young men started making podcasts instead of starting metal bands
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It's a busy week next week! Lots of wonderful opportunities to choose from- building, painting, learning, and planting:
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It's a busy week next week! Lots of wonderful opportunities to choose from- building, painting, learning, and planting:
Chattanooga folks, come check out this teach I'm helping facilitate next Saturday!
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Chattanooga folks, come check out this teach I'm helping facilitate next Saturday!
These are some crazy results from here in Georgia, expected the Democrats to win but not by this massive of a margin, dang
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
These are some crazy results from here in Georgia, expected the Democrats to win but not by this massive of a margin, dang
🌹🌹🌹 put your hands up in the air 🌹🌹🌹
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
🌹🌹🌹 put your hands up in the air 🌹🌹🌹
It's wild to think but in the conservative evangelical world in which I grew up if people saw any difference between JD Vance's Catholic faith and his wife's Hinduism it would be that the latter was less dangerous as it was not a direct attempt to destroy Christianity, how things have changed!
November 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's wild to think but in the conservative evangelical world in which I grew up if people saw any difference between JD Vance's Catholic faith and his wife's Hinduism it would be that the latter was less dangerous as it was not a direct attempt to destroy Christianity, how things have changed!
Picked up a CD copy of this album- for free no less- at the Head of Sequatchie visitor center, part of the Cumberland Trail State Park, the other day and am just now getting around to listening to it, and dadgum it's so good
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Picked up a CD copy of this album- for free no less- at the Head of Sequatchie visitor center, part of the Cumberland Trail State Park, the other day and am just now getting around to listening to it, and dadgum it's so good
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DHS posted a disturbing video today featuring a song that’s popular with Nazi creators
DHS Posts Video Featuring Song Popular With Nazi Creators
The agency denied making
gizmodo.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
DHS posted a disturbing video today featuring a song that’s popular with Nazi creators
I spent my childhood in the magical part of East Tennessee around the northern head of the Sequatchie Valley, an area of complex karst topography, mountains, soaring sandstone bluffs, and deep caves, always a treat to drive up with the kids and revisit old stomping grounds
October 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I spent my childhood in the magical part of East Tennessee around the northern head of the Sequatchie Valley, an area of complex karst topography, mountains, soaring sandstone bluffs, and deep caves, always a treat to drive up with the kids and revisit old stomping grounds
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What we're up to in November and a brief recap of some fall happenings, it's a busy time of year for Chattanooga community agriculture!
November Opportunities in Chattanooga Community Agriculture
Work Days, Education, and Updates from the Fall Thus Far
foodforestschattanooga.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What we're up to in November and a brief recap of some fall happenings, it's a busy time of year for Chattanooga community agriculture!
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New post by @jparkesallen.bsky.social on our new Substack newsletter, subscribe if you'd like regular updates and essays, some of which will be integrated with new video interviews and other material we plan on releasing soon!
From Damascus to Istanbul
The OpenITI Fall/Winter Ottoman Turkish Reading Group
openiti.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New post by @jparkesallen.bsky.social on our new Substack newsletter, subscribe if you'd like regular updates and essays, some of which will be integrated with new video interviews and other material we plan on releasing soon!
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For a long time I was wondering why there were so many trolls that would deliberately misinterpret things while replying, it was so lazy, then one day it struck me, at least some of those guys are probably just illiterate.
October 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
For a long time I was wondering why there were so many trolls that would deliberately misinterpret things while replying, it was so lazy, then one day it struck me, at least some of those guys are probably just illiterate.
New essay of reflections based on my recent travels in the Chacoan world of northwestern New Mexico, feels like a fool's errand trying to capture this stuff but I've a compulsive need to try: jonathanparkesallen.substack.com/p/desert-med...
Desert Meditations
Three Vignettes from New Mexico
jonathanparkesallen.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
New essay of reflections based on my recent travels in the Chacoan world of northwestern New Mexico, feels like a fool's errand trying to capture this stuff but I've a compulsive need to try: jonathanparkesallen.substack.com/p/desert-med...
Found this album while browsing the extremely extensive catalog of Canyon Records offerings, it is excellent, had never listened to Caddo music before but does indeed sound like a cross between Plains traditions and that of the Muskogean speaking peoples canyonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
Songs of the Caddo: Ceremonial and Social Dance Music, by Lowell "Wimpy" Edmonds & Singers
14 track album
canyonrecords.bandcamp.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Found this album while browsing the extremely extensive catalog of Canyon Records offerings, it is excellent, had never listened to Caddo music before but does indeed sound like a cross between Plains traditions and that of the Muskogean speaking peoples canyonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
My eight year old decided to start a diary today, his first entry was "October 18, attended democratic protest," which sounds like a Ruthkanda forever story but I promise is entirely true lol
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My eight year old decided to start a diary today, his first entry was "October 18, attended democratic protest," which sounds like a Ruthkanda forever story but I promise is entirely true lol
Two to three thousand people turned out for the protest in Chattanooga this morning, lot of resist lib stuff but also a lot else, we had DSA contingent out, I wasn't the only one in a keffiyeh, and lots of iterations of "No King but Jesus"; my kids had a good time, loved all the funny costumes
October 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Two to three thousand people turned out for the protest in Chattanooga this morning, lot of resist lib stuff but also a lot else, we had DSA contingent out, I wasn't the only one in a keffiyeh, and lots of iterations of "No King but Jesus"; my kids had a good time, loved all the funny costumes
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This week’s Distro Highlight:
We Are Still Here: An Anthology of Resilience, Grief, and Unshattered Hope from Gaza’s University Students edited by Zahid Pranjol & Jacob Norris
We Are Still Here is an anthology of these voices—raw, unfiltered, and courageous.
We Are Still Here: An Anthology of Resilience, Grief, and Unshattered Hope from Gaza’s University Students edited by Zahid Pranjol & Jacob Norris
We Are Still Here is an anthology of these voices—raw, unfiltered, and courageous.
October 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This week’s Distro Highlight:
We Are Still Here: An Anthology of Resilience, Grief, and Unshattered Hope from Gaza’s University Students edited by Zahid Pranjol & Jacob Norris
We Are Still Here is an anthology of these voices—raw, unfiltered, and courageous.
We Are Still Here: An Anthology of Resilience, Grief, and Unshattered Hope from Gaza’s University Students edited by Zahid Pranjol & Jacob Norris
We Are Still Here is an anthology of these voices—raw, unfiltered, and courageous.
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If you study plants, you need this book.
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The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Plants
A dazzlingly illustrated guide to the plant life of the dinosaur age, from intricate ferns to the most majestic megaflora
press.princeton.edu
October 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you study plants, you need this book.
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Picked this book up at Aztec Ruins National Monument a couple weeks back and started reading it the next day while hanging out in an early 18th century Navajo pueblito, just finished it this evening. Super rich and complex text, the fluidity of identity among the emergent Diné is especially striking
October 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Picked this book up at Aztec Ruins National Monument a couple weeks back and started reading it the next day while hanging out in an early 18th century Navajo pueblito, just finished it this evening. Super rich and complex text, the fluidity of identity among the emergent Diné is especially striking
Big ol clump of Jerusalem artichoke tubers, all from one plant, pulled up while harvesting a bucket's worth today (from a single strip of one of the Jerusalem artichoke beds, they are insanely prolific plants!)
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Big ol clump of Jerusalem artichoke tubers, all from one plant, pulled up while harvesting a bucket's worth today (from a single strip of one of the Jerusalem artichoke beds, they are insanely prolific plants!)
We're very lucky to have steam locomotive excursions run a few times a year on the short line railroad through our area, including a couple hundred yards from our house (this shot is from a friend's farm a couple miles down the line), no transportation technology will probably ever be so beautiful
October 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We're very lucky to have steam locomotive excursions run a few times a year on the short line railroad through our area, including a couple hundred yards from our house (this shot is from a friend's farm a couple miles down the line), no transportation technology will probably ever be so beautiful
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In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
Had never helped put on a festival before and while we had a few snags- some of our vendors who had signed up didn't show, we got started a little too early, could have used a little more publicity- everyone had an excellent time, especially the kids
Our Fall Forward Fest was a success! Thank you to everyone who helped make it possible and everyone who came out on what turned out to be just about as beautiful a fall day as anyone could ask for!
October 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Had never helped put on a festival before and while we had a few snags- some of our vendors who had signed up didn't show, we got started a little too early, could have used a little more publicity- everyone had an excellent time, especially the kids
Picking peppers in the morning dew
October 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Picking peppers in the morning dew
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After a hiatus in (remembering to) record and post our Friday sessions, we've gotten back on track with our recording and uploading to our YouTube channel, so if you miss a Friday Persian session you can follow along later! Have a look at this week's session:
Safīnat al-baḥr al-muḥīṭ Reading Group: Sharḥ-i asmāʾ-i ḥusná, continued
YouTube video by OpenITI Project
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
After a hiatus in (remembering to) record and post our Friday sessions, we've gotten back on track with our recording and uploading to our YouTube channel, so if you miss a Friday Persian session you can follow along later! Have a look at this week's session: