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Historian and professor. Trained as a Civil War historian, currently on a side quest into Italian immigration in the American South.

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world historically funny how fast this turned from “ugly truck” to “nationwide object of derision and target of anger” and we are just getting started

04.03.2025 04:28 👍 4343 🔁 731 💬 29 📌 17
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Ike asking Churchill why he doesn’t wear a suit before not suggesting that they cower to a maniac.

01.03.2025 01:26 👍 2564 🔁 551 💬 22 📌 14
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I’m not the only one with a cute little stress relief moppet working overtime right now am I?

13.02.2025 21:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That people who don't support needle exchanges, or free Narcan, or help for drug addicts in general, are suddenly willing to shoulder higher prices to help stem the flow of fentanyl is kinda shocking, but so so heartening.

02.02.2025 22:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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02.02.2025 01:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I guess the military has always been woke?

30.01.2025 16:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They’ve known since last night who was on that helicopter and I think it would have already been leaked if the make up of the crew could help the anti-DEI crusade.

30.01.2025 16:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

President Ebenezer Musk really didn’t bother to read the bipartisan bill, did he?

20.12.2024 04:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If "AI is to writing as a calculator is to math," we're doomed. My students are shocked when their grade drops when they fail an exam worth 25% of the final grade. They have no understanding of what 25% means, even if they can get a calculator to calculate it. They can press buttons, but can't think

16.12.2024 14:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You know one way for YOU to obey in advance?

Is to say, "I can't affect what my Republican Senator does, so I'll go on Bluesky and whine that THEY'LL all comply in advance," when they have ALREADY rejected 2 nominees and forced FBI Background checks at least in some cases.

15.12.2024 11:44 👍 1744 🔁 404 💬 76 📌 32

Depressing observations aside, I absolutely recommend biking Versailles! It was breathtaking.

07.12.2024 12:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Last week, after a day of walking and biking the opulence of Versailles and still feeling like I hadn’t seen half of it, I marveled to a friend, “Imagine believing you deserve all of this. And that others deserve to suffer so you can have it.” I guess not much has changed.

07.12.2024 12:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0