Vance in Oct. of 2024: "Our interests, I think, very much is in not going to war with Iran right? Right. It would be a huge distraction of resources it would be massively expensive to our country."

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say reut.rs/4aYKAFU

One disgusting aspect of all this is Trump fundamentally doesn’t care about it at all. He barely knows where any of these places are. He likes cash in brown envelopes and being on TV as Mr Big Important Guy. He’s just willing to pull any lever he thinks might keep that stuff flowing indefinitely.

Trump & Co have been talking about US military action for weeks, if not months, and positioning the assets to do it - long before such intelligence ever could have become a factor. This is transparent nonsense.

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For those Boycotting the State of the Union, MoveOn and MeidasTouch are hosting the People’s State of the Union. Let’s unite at this live event for an uplifting and powerful purpose. 💙💙💙

The only question left by the Supreme Court decision on tariffs is: What the fuck is wrong with Thomas, Alito, and Kavenaugh? The Constitution could not say more clearly that only Congress has the power to impose taxes. Can't those three justices umderstand a simple, direct English sentence?

Collins stood silently in the Oval Office clutching a red MAGA hat as Trump told lies about our elections and repeated his call for the federal government to take over vote counting in certain parts of the country. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

Add your name to the petition NOW and show that Americans are in solidarity with the people of Greenland in opposing any attempts to buy or invade their home. sign.moveon.org/petitions/am...

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The moon and Jupiter (green circle is not a UFO but an internal reflection of the moon in the lens!). Even though Jupiter is 82 times larger in diameter than the moon, it is 1,776 times farther away, allowing the puny moon to outshine it! No matter how small you think you are, keep shining! #Maine

It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

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I don't think people are really processing the fact that the sitting U.S. President and his team — and maybe the Supreme Court — and maybe half the Congress — want to force us to accept that we should obey the President and not the Constitution. I don't know what news would be bigger than that.

My book "Rope - How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization" makes Library Journal's "Stellar Selections | Best Books 2025" list. That's pretty cool - Librarians rule! #ropebook Bit.ly/RopeBook StMartinsPress.bsky.social www.libraryjournal.com/story/Best%2...

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @timqueeney.bsky.social & @stmartinspress.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe www.thehistoryreader.com/world-histor...

The same idiots who believed that tv station believed the administration.... It's a classic propaganda ploy....take the people who are believed/familiar to by the masses (GOP) and put them in positions of power...no one (GOP) will question what they do....

A remote rock shelter in Cape York has preserved 1,700 years of Aboriginal fibrecraft, revealing nets, bags, belts, and everyday technologies rarely seen in the archaeological record. A rare archive of continuity and resilience. #Archaeology #Australia #IndigenousHistory #MaterialCulture

Those six brave Democrats...and OTHERS...should IMMEDIATELY create and release ANOTHER video message to our military men and women...and point out how bat shit crazy Donald Trump's response to it was, and why that confirms the necessity of their first video message.

Audio book fans, check out this excerpt from the audio version of my book Rope. The GooglePlay Books folks aren't fooling around, they've provided nearly an hour-long excerpt (read by the talented Timothy Andres Pabon). Enjoy! stmartinspress.bsky.social #ropebook youtu.be/blAU3_n9o0c?...

Trump is making a conscious decision not to fund SNAP. This isn’t an accident — it’s intentional. It shows exactly how he feels about the American people: we’re disposable to him unless we serve his interests.

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's epic 1974 fight — famous worldwide as "The Rumble in the Jungle" — gave rise to the "rope-a-dope" controversy. What was Angelo Dundee up to and what really happened in Kinshasa? #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social timqueeney.com/the-rope-a-d...

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days. Epstein Shutdown.

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If you missed my recent Rope book talk, here's a complete video of my talk and Q&A from the audience at the Scarborough, Maine public library. #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social Rope book talk youtu.be/7aO_rwHFyLs?... via @YouTube

Come to the fabulous Porter Square Books in Cambridge Mass for my conversation with journalist Carol Hills about my book Rope on Wednesday Oct. 8 @ 7 pm. There will also be rope demonstrations and a book cover cookie giveaway! See the next post for a great combo of 2 things I love: books & cookies!

Buy my friend @timqueeney.bsky.social fascinating new book, ROPE. There were germs, guns & steel…but rope was foundational to human civilization too! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rope-tim-q...

Taylor Swift grasps the significance of rope! For her "The Life of A Showgirl" album, she posed backstage at a Broadway theater in a rope dress! Now her fans will be buying rope, learning knots & reading Rope the book(or at least buying it for their dads!😉) #ropebook stmartinspress.bksy.social

My interview on Jonathan Crain’s Substack. He asked great questions and I tried to come up with some good answers! #ropebook stmartinspress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Had a great chat with host Carolyn Beeler on the radio show (and podcast!) “The World” about my nonfiction book Rope and rope’s long and surprising history! Theworld.org/segments/2025/09/30/the-long-and-surprising-history-of-rope #ropebook stmartinspress.bsky.social

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Had a fun conversation with Tommy Mischke on the GarageLogic podcast about sailing, not fishing(!) and, of course, my book Rope! At garagelogic.com/episode/rope/ StMartins.bsky.social

Thanks, Melissa, for the great shoutout for Rope! @melissjpeltier.bsky.social

A twist of fate, indeed! My nonfiction book Rope is reviewed in the Sunday New York Times Book Review! #ropebook StMartinsPress.bsky.social NYTimes.bsky.social

There are between one and two billion cars on the world's roads today; central to the control of all of them is the steering wheel. But as @timqueeney.bsky.social explains, the steering wheel evolved well away from any highway. It first appeared in the Enlightenment as a way to steer vessels at sea👇

Book signing on Martha’s Vineyard! Come to Edgartown Books on Tuesday, Sept. 9 and get your copy of Rope signed and let me know your favorite knot! #RopeBook EdgartownBooks.bsky.social stmartinspress.bsky.social

The iconic automobile steering wheel born at sea? Iconbooks.bksy.social www.unseenhistories.com/the-history-...