scott topics™️
@scottpb.bsky.social
writer of books • founder of magazines • professor of University of Michigan students • learner of things • listener of tracks • viewer of flicks • tired of everything
Thanksgiving with the White Liberals, David Kelley-style lol
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Thanksgiving with the White Liberals, David Kelley-style lol
Timeline cleanse for today.
Remember being happy and friendly?
Remember being happy and friendly?
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Timeline cleanse for today.
Remember being happy and friendly?
Remember being happy and friendly?
sorry NYTimes, where I come from this is very much a word. You see it happening on TV, on social media, in sports, and on Capitol Hill every damn day!
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
sorry NYTimes, where I come from this is very much a word. You see it happening on TV, on social media, in sports, and on Capitol Hill every damn day!
The wonderful Carol Channing in Detroit on the road with Hello, Dolly in 1963.
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The wonderful Carol Channing in Detroit on the road with Hello, Dolly in 1963.
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
And looking at this picture? Im reminded:
Yes…yes, she was
😉💜✊🏾
I’m Paisley Nyro and you’re listening to NPR.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’m Paisley Nyro and you’re listening to NPR.
Yup, pretty much sums it up
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yup, pretty much sums it up
The November 17 cover of The New Yorker ✊🏾💜✊🏾
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The November 17 cover of The New Yorker ✊🏾💜✊🏾
As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾
all very good questions (plus it’s a bop)
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
all very good questions (plus it’s a bop)
Stop talking about me! 🤣🤣
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Stop talking about me! 🤣🤣
“The Tea: Spilled by @MorningJoe”
damn, don’t white folks ever get tired of being culture vultures?
🙄😒😐
damn, don’t white folks ever get tired of being culture vultures?
🙄😒😐
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“The Tea: Spilled by @MorningJoe”
damn, don’t white folks ever get tired of being culture vultures?
🙄😒😐
damn, don’t white folks ever get tired of being culture vultures?
🙄😒😐
This a real account?
October 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This a real account?
Perkins Hall Smith...
yup, that sounds about white 😆
yup, that sounds about white 😆
October 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Perkins Hall Smith...
yup, that sounds about white 😆
yup, that sounds about white 😆
Mary Astor playing me in a movie. She was so good playing me she won an Oscar for it 🤣
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Mary Astor playing me in a movie. She was so good playing me she won an Oscar for it 🤣
wild to think that it was twenty years ago this month that Doubleday published my little book called HUNG. So grateful to and appreciative of all the folks who bought it, read it, and (even now still!) teach it.
the paperback came out a year later…with a new, less provocative cover haha
the paperback came out a year later…with a new, less provocative cover haha
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
wild to think that it was twenty years ago this month that Doubleday published my little book called HUNG. So grateful to and appreciative of all the folks who bought it, read it, and (even now still!) teach it.
the paperback came out a year later…with a new, less provocative cover haha
the paperback came out a year later…with a new, less provocative cover haha
Vibe Magazine, June/July 1995.
He told me, “I just want to make some real black music.”
And he did.
RIP sir and thank you for being, as Roberta and Donny said, real black for us.
He told me, “I just want to make some real black music.”
And he did.
RIP sir and thank you for being, as Roberta and Donny said, real black for us.
October 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Vibe Magazine, June/July 1995.
He told me, “I just want to make some real black music.”
And he did.
RIP sir and thank you for being, as Roberta and Donny said, real black for us.
He told me, “I just want to make some real black music.”
And he did.
RIP sir and thank you for being, as Roberta and Donny said, real black for us.