Andy Schou, he works at google

I sincerely cannot think of a less provocative, less trolly thinker than Yglesias whose whole thing is mostly just to insist that obviously true things are in fact true.

Sahar’s account was suspended again despite her story being verified in Gizmodo (here is her link www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...)

Andy Schou, he works at google

Why are you lying about this? There is no burner account.

one of my basic principles (which made Noah Smith really angry at me) is that I don't keep the confidence of racists

yeah, Yglesias regularly takes money to shill for the crypto industry alongside fascists

The AHA Council vetoed the Scholasticide Resolution. Time to cancel your membership. www.historians.org/news/busines...

Is this supposed to be a threat? What are the consequences? Claire Potter unblocked me on Twitter yesterday specifically to fight about Gaza. I'm not broken up that she doesn't like me.

No one should tell anyone what to think, believe, or say. But the 2014 version of @tenuredradical.bsky.social has a petition you might be interested in signing. What happened, Claire?

fact check: partly true

Happy update

If you happen to be an historian, and you happen to be in NYC and you belong to the AHA, please come to the AHA Business Meeting (Sunday 1/5, 5:15 pm) to vote in favor of the resolution condemning scholasticide in Gaza. Every vote is needed, as there will be plenty of opposition.

Makes u think

Historians of the US should oppose US-backed genocide.

Kevin Kruse can be on the same side as me any time he wants. That’s up to him.

Hey stalker, I’m glad you saw this and hope you get the engagement you’re craving. Try retweeting it every half hour!

The fact that someone who probably makes $300,000 a year responds to criticism by complaining about “unpaid labor” is really a perfect epitaph for the Twitter-poisoned history profession

"We need to create a shared educational experience for everyone," says Natalia Mehlman Petrezela, the American Historical Association's designated champion of Israeli scholasticide.

The American Historical Association is about to vote on a resolution condemning the Israeli destruction of every educational institution in Gaza. The spokespeople for the pro-scholasticide wing of the historical profession are Roger Horowitz, Suzanne Marchand, and nataliapetrzela.bsky.social.

This essay on Jimmy Carter by @timbarker.bsky.social is characteristically excellent. I’m adding it to my US in the Cold War years syllabus ourtime.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...

“Carter’s attraction to economic austerity reflected the same formative experiences that produced his personal virtues.”

Really insightful retrospective on Jimmy Carter by @timbarker.bsky.social, combining a generous analysis of the man with a useful critique of political choices as President - well worth a read! substack.com/home/post/p-...

“I’m the guy that did more for the Palestinian community than anybody. I’m the guy that opened up all the assets. I’m the guy that made sure that I got the Egyptians to open the border. I’m the guy that’s been able to pull together the Arab states to help the Palestinians with food and shelter.”

“His private virtues proved to be public vices: The same thrift and moral seriousness that make Carter stand out also fed into his austerity policies —which proved to be political suicide in 1980….” - @timbarker.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ourtime/...

While I'm not 100% in agreement with the framing, I think a critical appraisal of Gage's recent scholarship on Hoover and how she's sharing her historical insights is a good thing, as Barker does here.

Here's a nice tribute to Paul Volcker, the economist who Carter appointed to chair the Federal Reserve in 1979, a position he held until 1987. Volcker is widely credited with stopping inflation by instituting the "Volcker Shock Doctrine," or something www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/rev...

@timbarker.bsky.social's response to Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover takes no prisoners. The liberal historian's newfound admiration of the FBI and its founder is a great example of the dangers of making anti-Trumpism your central political principle. ourtime.substack.com/p/beverly-ga...

An obituary for Jimmy Carter. His example put to shame our current ruling class, which he helped to create: ourtime.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...

“For the moment, at least, military Keynesianism is more likely to appear as rhetorical sugar coating for otherwise controversial foreign policy imperatives, rather than an actual domestic policy program.” - @timbarker.bsky.social ourtime.substack.com/p/that-time-...

This is a good newsletter about how machine tools are a bottleneck to arming Ukraine, and how I learned they are a real thing and not just something from Victoria 3(Ha! This post was just an excuse to post newsletters I like suckers!) ourtime.substack.com/p/weapons-of...

Someone had to say it, and given the absurd culture of deference that now characterizes the historical profession, that someone had to be me

New Substack: I recently learned that the authors of the Cold War planning document NSC-68 considered inviting Walter Reuther of the UAW to be an outside consultant. Post discusses what that meant, and follows the dynamic into the Korean War.

"By 1985, the average U.S. cat ate more beef than the average person in Central America. Such facts were the causes of the wars that ravaged the region." - Walter LaFeber, Inevitable Revolutions

Are people under the impression that Biden supported Palestinian statehood?

Can someone who knows about Marvel movies explain this one to me?

May finally join the migration over here. In the meantime, I'll try to at least post links to my blog. Here's the third and final part of a piece on Gaza and US labor that was commissioned and then spiked earlier this year: ourtime.substack.com/p/us-labor-a...

Everyone should be reading @timbarker.bsky.social on Israel's wars and the Biden-Harris administration. Some of the best analysis I've seen on that dispiriting subject. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

The Mighty Wurlitzer Plays On - @timbarker.bsky.social ourtime.substack.com/p/the-mighty...

New edition of Weapons of the Week: ourtime.substack.com/p/weapons-of...

oh well, nevertheless

"it's not my job to educate you"

I appreciate Patrick sharing my piece but I think everyone will understand if I find this rejoinder wildly unpersuasive. Indeed, it's hard to see what substantive content it has at all.