Russell Moore and I don’t agree on. . . well, much of anything. But he knows what he believes and that’s a rare thing these days.

Automobile Ferry RAY STOKER JR and Tanker PAZIFIK, October 29, 2016.

During 1918 in Scapa Flow, Scotland, the US battleship & flagship of the 6th Battle Squadron the USS New York. As seen from the HMS Revenge. #newyork #bb34 #usa #usnavy #battleship #ww1 #worldwar1 #grandfleet #navalhistory #history #warship #ship #scotland #scapaflow

"One of the Brown victims, I was just told, was a student from Birmingham, AL. Please pray for these families." I'm not sure what the first thing has to do with the second, but okay.

Cartoon by Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social

More fun with anonymous, unsolicited texts.

An 1891 image from the Galveston Daily News, published on February 5, 1891. It shows five ships of the U.S. Navy off Galveston. They were referred to as "the White Squadron" because of their white-painted hulls. The flagship was USS CHICAGO (1885), a protected cruiser, photo in comments.

His official pardon for Nevada state crimes is as valid as mine would be.

This never gets old.

They should further be rendered permanently incapable of holding any law-enforcement position, including mall cop.

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

[throwing $100 bill into a wishing well] i wish i was good with money

check out this delightful use of an old gas station building

He’s trying to get out ahead of the Supremes striking down his tariff nonsense. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

"My son went to Halloween this year dressed as Batman, which is a character I played (famously the worst Batman in the history of the franchise) and I literally said to him, 'You know, I was Batman,' and he was like, 'Yeah, not really.' And he had no idea how right he really was." -GEORGE CLOONEY

He also discovered a certified letter from his HOA in his mailbox.

"In his final drive for power Hitler had considerable financial backing from a fairly large chunk of the German business world...What good [that] eventually did these politically childish men of the business world will be seen later in this narrative." -The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 242

A medal too? Of course a medal too.

This is what – their fourth, fifth, sixth version of what happened? Anyone who has ever been a parent knows exactly what is going on here when the story keeps changing. They’re lying.

So it’s going to be one of those days, is it? ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

There are no moral victories, but tonight's overperformance in TN-07 confirms my belief that we should cast the widest possible net to challenge Republicans in 2026. A similar swing tonight would put Senate seats in Iowa, Alaska, Texas, and a lot of House districts in play. Leave no doubt.

Tonight's historic Galveston image is looking W on Avenue B (Strand) from the 1900 block toward Hendley's Row in 1963. Original 35mm slide by James B. Gately Sr. Color correction applied. Rosenberg Library image SC179_Box001_008.

"Definitely falls into the 'exactly what we thought and yet sill horrifying' category of Trump stories." www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/the-...

Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

Jeebus. He’s STILL insisting that he’s lowering drug prices by more than 100%. But somehow he’s supposed to be a financial genius, right?

A nice summary from a longtime observer of the war in Ukraine of how the United States' "negotiations" in that conflict are driven by locking in opportunities for Trump's friends and donors to reap (additional) vast riches from the lifting of Russian sanctions. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19947...

I knew I liked this guy.

Heinz-Wilhelm Eck, commander of the German U-boat U-582, was tried, convicted, condemned, and executed after the war for ordering his crew to shoot the survivors of a Greek merchantman, using exactly this same rationalization.

OK, who narced?

Tonight's historic Galveston photo is of an unidentified girl standing on the beach near the Pagoda Bathhouse (right), c. 1899. The structure in the background left is the Sea Breeze Saloon & Restaurant. Rosenberg Library photo, SC285_100_2. Full text in ALT. #TexasHistory

All of Rich's Shipwrecks & Sea Dogs podcasts are thoughtful, measured, and well-researched, but this was a great one. Hope y'all had a great Turkey day! www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/project-mayf... #MaritimeHistory

A quick follow-up to my post of the late 1840s chart of the entrance to Galveston Bay: I tried overlaying the chart on that location today in Google Earth, and quickly realized the scale (upper right) is WAY off, about 1.3nm in length and not the 2nm stated. Full Text in ALT #MaritimeHistory

Tonight's historical Galveston image is a nautical chart of the entrance to Galveston Bay, published as an inset to a larger chart showing the coastline of the northern Gulf of Mexico, published in about 1849. Full text in ALT. #MaritimeHistory

Visit my friend Patrick Young's blog to read more about Nast's cartoon, "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving." It's more relevant today than ever. thereconstructionera.com/a-close-look...

Look I keep saying this - the most nuns I personally met or know about were women uninterested in the constraints of patriarchal society. While the church of course has those too a convent still frees you up from marriage to men and pressures to have children, and gives you access to education.

Fuuuu. . . .

There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?

I KNEW it!

Pete Hegseth keeps demanding to be taken seriously and then spends all his time talking down to accomplished military leaders, rebranding his department and renaming ships, engaging in culture wars bullshit, shitting all over the military's sense of ethics and generally making an ass of himself.

A full-scale replica of the Mayflower was built in England and sailed to Plymouth, MA in 1957. It was given as a gift to honor the alliance of friendship formed between the UK and the USA during WW2. The story of the Mayflower II coming tomorrow, as a Thanksgiving treat. #ProjectMayflower

Have a circle of friends around the state who get together for Thanksgiving. This year Dallasites insist on hosting but no one is going. "Why will no one come to Dallas?" sat unaswered in the group chat for 2 days until... "no one wants to go to Oklahoma for Thanksgiving." -OS

You can get my book, The Craft of Historical Research, for $17.99 (either eBook or paperback) right now. Very much the book I wish I’d had when I was starting out. 🗃️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

There’s already a long list of Republicans declared to run against Jon Ossoff next year. Crowded field. Obviously, she has more name recognition than all of the others combined, but I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing in her case.