I’m not watching, how’s the War of the Spanish Succession II going

The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.

Fun fact: the “A” in “AI” stands for “Alt-ac”

Do we still have polio vaccines and the rule of law here, though?

This is a succinct and damning report on the corruption of the Great American State Fair. It also has the cleanest explanation of the split between Freedom 250 and America250 that I've seen anywhere. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-gre...

Beet the heat. Grated raw beets, mint, orange juice. This is delicious and not stove or oven to turn on. www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/h...

I think I have a dehydration headache, so please don't forget to drink a big glass of water and stay out of the sun, if possible.

Greetings from 🗽 on Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 13:02. Current conditions (via NOAA): 🌞 Fair/clear Temperature: 35.6° Relative Humidity: 43% Heat Index: 39.39°

“100 readings later you’ll decide it ranks among the greatest works of children’s literature, and 1,000 readings later among the greatest works of literature, period.” I’m in this photo and I… am actually completely okay with it. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/b...

I had a lot of fun asking fireworks salesmen to estimate what it's going to cost to try to break the world record on the National Mall this year. I had to go do that bc the Trump admin hasn't told anyone the price or if taxpayers are footing the bill.

Before Major Watson’s arrest, he sat down with me for an extensive interview on his motivations and why he sacrificed his 17-year career in the military to call for Trump’s immediate impeachment and removal from office. A link to his legal defense fund is in the description: youtu.be/2ooHJYc8r48

Sources and leaks from Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, Citi, and more show what is really happening with AI right now: companies are trying to reign in AI use as costs spiral out of control.

Harboring a casual disdain for premodernity is how we end up with a nation full of people so committed to progress and innovation as abstractions that just using those words is enough to defend any proposition without debate.

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The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.

This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong. Please share if you think it is helpful to others.

🧵(1) Digitization & cataloging is complete for 36 Arabic manuscripts in the collection of Eyes on Heritage (al-ʻUyūn ʻalá al-Turāth, project code EOH), a cultural institution in Gaza. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

Tangentially, George Kennedy wrote a couple mystery novels wherein a fictionalized version of himself solves crimes while shooting movies. Worth looking for in used book stores.

great year for medievalists; first you’ve got a tyrant starting shit with the Pope and now we have a full blown schism

I’m sorry, what just happened in football?

as a cartoonist and historian, I've seen many history comics that are VERY casual about citations. Citations are so important: they thank others for their work, tell the reader who you see yourself in relationship to and how you developed your thought, and provide roadmaps for future researchers.

Will have to make a trip to Philly. I don’t recall having seen this when I went in 2013, and it looks like it’s been updated in the interim anyway: www.phillyvoice.com/eastern-stat...

Bishop of Ogdensburg, NY notes SSPX “schismatic act” incurred today; instructs Diocese not to go to Church run by SSPX, but to seek “spiritual counsel and nourishment” at TLM in nearby parishes.

Okay. Great. Home from CVS with wipes that do not have a “high probability of death.” Dismayed that Target has not yet communicated the recall directly to customers who purchased wipes online or with Circle membership — they have our purchase history and contact info.

Bacteria found in Target baby wipes could be life-threatening to infants; recall underway

Just popping back in briefly to say: if you enjoy super legit original research on the Revolutionary War, fun collaborative storytelling, decidedly political women's history, etc., you should get yourself a copy of this month's Baltimore Magazine

I need a nap beside the golden door?

Schism is a go - the SSPX livestream has started. They’re going through with it, even after the pope’s final warning.

I'm going to try writing more rough, public-facing stuff about my research in Jordan. Here's my first piece trying to think about what I mean when I talk about a politics and ethics of hunger. Let me know what you think.

“Chapter three of the Book of Lamentations, reflects on the destruction of the First Temple and interprets it as divine punishment for the Israelites’ sins. Segal said he was puzzled by its inclusion. More concerning, he said, the text appears alongside Holocaust literature.”

No previous president has ever manipulated American foreign and domestic policy in order to make himself a billionaire. Unprecedented www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

halfway through this essay, which means I should finish... never. I will never finish this essay.

I say it often but once again: By granting them borrowing privileges and protecting their privacy, public libraries afford children a form of civic standing and respect that has few parallels in our “free” society, which mostly treats children as chattel. Vociferously defend public libraries. 📚

gift link: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition…

Neither my covenant nor my area of academic expertise, but still: No.

brutal

Manhattan’s HOTTEST🔥🔥🔥 club is…. 🇬🇷 yogurt???! 😂 @hels.bsky.social

Today, the SUNY University Faculty Senate Executive Committee approved this urgent call to action. Please share widely. It includes the most current and comprehensive compendium of opposition to OMB’s proposed rule attacking research for the public good we could compile. hdl.handle.net/1951/89039

I’ve been promoting the role of early Black Americans paving the the road to birthright citizenship for more than 20 years; today it mattered more than most. It’s been an honor to support the teams at the ACLU and the LDF Fund along with their clients in this work. hub.jhu.edu/2026/06/30/s...

On Birthright Citizenship: “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” -Justice Ketanji Brown 💅💕

This sweetly hilarious thread is essential to your well being. 😅 Thanks, Tom!

I'm very glad Rep. Kean was able to take time off of work and get treatment for his depression. Rep. Kean also voted for the OBBB, which will kick Americans who need to take a month from work to seek mental health treatment off of Medicaid because they're "able-bodied adults".

So he's gonna advocate for all people with depression to get four months off for rehabilitation, right? And he's gonna tell RFK jr to fuck off with his quest to limit the medication that Kean is very clearly taking to be functional?

really cannot be emphasized enough that the drafters of the birthright clause very much considered cases analogous to undocumented immigrants and *included them too*

@jamestalarico.bsky.social is what a politician should be.

No president gets to rewrite the Constitution. Today, the Supreme Court affirmed what we have always known to be true: that every child born on American soil is an American. Read our full statement on the Court's decision in Trump v. Barbara at ncjw.org/supreme-cour...

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