as I've said many times, he's one of our foremost public historians

Self representation?

Wonderful! I still think about There There, and need to read Wandering Stars.

people often ask what’s wrong with gen x, and, like, there are a lot of answers, but i think the AIDS epidemic and the specific people it wiped out is probably an under discussed contributor to the bomber with red dots diagram

@talkinghenry.bsky.social @bobservo.bsky.social Was watching the Simpsons stream last night and may have found a “Simpsons predicted Labubus” when Homer had to buy $10 of gas to get a blind box Happy Little Elves toy for Maggie in S22 E5.

we could really use a major Hollywood picture about union soldiers being turbo woke pilled

Nice to see he finally put this down.

Never misses

Josh…

the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic

Biology of AIDS - Social history of the AIDS epidemic mixed with an immunology course. So good!

I read George Plimpton’s history of fireworks, he would be such a good hang, funny and he LOVED blowing stuff up. Plimpton acquired some huge fireworks from the Grucci’s one 4th. Norman Mailer fell backwards from the launch of a shell he lit, but didn’t spill the vase of scotch he was drinking.

This is a fabulous piece.

@bobservo.bsky.social @talkinghenry.bsky.social fabulous episode with @libbycwatson.com! I think a “pitch and putt” was a short 9-hole golf course where all you needed was a pitching wedge and putter. (Rethinking my pfp since we are past peak Poochie, plus I wore Homer hedge socks to my wedding).

Complete and utter loser shit, even with Zuck’s thumb on the scale less than 10k reactions in 4hrs? No juice.

Oingo Boingo Bongino Bails After Epstein Fails

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This kills me everytime

“Women of the KKK” was one of the best books I read in college. The reason the WKKK folded is because the KKK wouldn’t let them control their membership fees. Odd win for the patriarchy.

Goodbye, my friend.

Honestly a lovely paean to New York (and Mamdani) from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social: www.unpopularfront.news/p/what-it-to...

Need an emergency @doughboys.bsky.social about this.

This Day in Labor History: June 24, 1867. Chinese workers building the transcontinental railroad across Sierra Nevada went on strike over the horrific conditions of their work for the Central Pacific Railroad. Let's talk about the horrible conditions Chinese workers fought against!

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it? You’re kidding.

My favorite bit of social history is about the role that advice columns played in naturalizing the mass movement of people from rural America to the city — people had to be trained on norms for a very foreign content.

Sounds like you won!

"Iranians oppress women and LGBTQ people"-person who also does that

the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states

Opal Lee is an American activist who helped make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of Juneteenth.” On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Senate Bill S. 475, making Juneteenth the eleventh federal holiday.

I wish I could be illiterate and keep a grift going like Adam.

omg thank you Fox News 😭

Folks. Check your feeds. It's done

Same energy

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

Josh Barro? The Grover Norquist protege?

I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Can I put my feet out the window? Man, you really like Tide.

[explaining millenial optimism to gen z] it was a different time, a more positive time. we had hopes for the future. we had huge club hits where the lyrics were 90% a guy going "YEAH"

“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration

I thought these were magical chips because the nutrition facts said 40 calories per serving, a few weeks later I saw they had printed over the number and they were of course 140!

Plus they get a sausage at the polling place!

@chrislhayes.bsky.social @allinwithchris.bsky.social on May 1st there will be rallies by lawyers across the country in defense of the rule of law in almost 50 cities across the country. Learn more at www.LawDayofAction.org and I can connect anyone from your team with the national organizers.

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.

shoutout to every credulous pundit who said that this piece was hysterical

It’s a curious phrase, ‘fan of history.’ I study it professionally, find it fascinating and revelatory and important, but am I a fan of it? Most of it was awful. Do cancer researchers get asked if they’re fans of cancer?

[FDR, December 7th, 1941, off-mic]

You would get more than 200 @doughboys.bsky.social fans alone.