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Melissa Ryckman

@missoularedhead

Historian, medievalist, geek, feminist, mom, crocheter, potter. Order changes depending on day. Associate professor. All my own thoughts (most of which lately are 'wtf'). Desperately trying to do research.

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And Daines is the one who dropped out? Sheehy is an awful person; always has been.

05.03.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WATCHβ€” @ossoff.bsky.social : β€œTrump owes πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ a real explanation. 2AM posts on Truth Social just aren't good enough when you're sending Americans into combat. Trump was dancing at his beach club the same night he ordered air crews to launch, hours before service members endured missile salvos.”

04.03.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 1552 πŸ” 445 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 11

Wait, what? Is this yet another attempt by someone to, I don’t know, cheat?

04.03.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In this nearly neverending landscape of WTF, this is right up there. Because the β€˜trusted contact’ can be pretty much anyone. So thoughtless.

04.03.2026 04:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She done did FAFO, hard.

04.03.2026 04:37 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

VAGUE reasons, mind.

03.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes please!

03.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the many weird about current academic "I handed over most of my research to Claude and triplemaxxed my productivity" discourse is the focus on time-saving rather than quality. It's not about producing better research, but about producing three times as much just-about-good-enough research.

03.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Nothing like a bit of fascism from the top.

03.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 150 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Well, this is all kinds of disturbing.

03.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Noem AGAIN refuses to apologize to the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti after calling them domestic terrorists without evidence.

Still, this time she lies and says she never said it, even though it's on tape and she doubled down on her claims several times.

03.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 335 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 10

Interesting stats. Thanks for sharing.

03.03.2026 11:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, not to start a conspiracy or anything, but gas prices around here have been relatively low for a while. Between 4 and 9 pm, they rose locally by about 40 cents. Oil company profits?

Also, can anyone point to an actual rationale for all of this?!

03.03.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nine months ago, the United States "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear program.

Tonight, we're attacking Iran to disrupt their nuclear program.

A sizable percentage of this country thinks that's normal.

28.02.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 13823 πŸ” 3190 πŸ’¬ 507 πŸ“Œ 137

the former host of celebrity apprentice and the former host of fox & friends weekend are launching bombs and destabilizing the world for generations all because voters decided their biggest issue was a trans kid playing jv tennis with their friends 4 states over

28.02.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 3692 πŸ” 968 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 20
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This is one of my pettier impulses but I want the record to reflect just how often this motherfucker said that Kamala Harris was the pro-war candidate in 2024.

28.02.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 5246 πŸ” 973 πŸ’¬ 163 πŸ“Œ 63

Gotta love waking up to yet another middle eastern war. Haven’t they learned yet that getting involved in a land war in Asia is a very bad idea?

28.02.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oooh, cool!

21.02.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing. I am so happy to have been a part of her journey. She’s going to be such an amazing human.

21.02.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I cried so hard. This is my daughter whose biomom never allowed her to be her, if that makes sense. I am unbelievably blessed to be. In her life.

21.02.2026 05:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a messy kitchen counter with a planted orchid and a card that says β€œyou’re the gratest.”

Photo of a messy kitchen counter with a planted orchid and a card that says β€œyou’re the gratest.”

So, as some of you know, I’m a bonus mom. Tonight, one of my bonus daughters gave me this, and I cried.

21.02.2026 03:15 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay, because the BS and terrifying things are piling up today, I gotta ask. What has given you joy lately?

For me, it’s my weekly pottery class, even though I suck.

19.02.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This week Historians At The Movies talks about the life, death, and memory of Medgar Evers. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, February 22 at 8pm eastern for GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI.

If you believe in what #HATM is doing, share this and we’ll see you soon.

18.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 216 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 12
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This is actually real.

Chicago Magazine lists a Nazi, Nick Fuentes, as the 7th most powerful person in the city.

What are we doing, America?

www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

19.02.2026 04:58 πŸ‘ 609 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 14
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Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere The portal could potentially put Washington in the unfamiliar position of appearing to encourage citizens to flout local laws.

This is…just why? www.reuters.com/world/us-pla...

19.02.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At least some lawmakers get it. Tennessee lawmaker backs off plan to kill tenure - Knoxville News Sentinel

18.02.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."

TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."

18.02.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 6109 πŸ” 1901 πŸ’¬ 303 πŸ“Œ 134

Sadly, yeah.

18.02.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The number of times I’ve seen some right-leaning individual like an artwork (of varying types) but then backtrack when the find out the artist isn’t of the same mind is astounding.

18.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Countries that do not embrace product will suffer, says guy who DEFINITELY has NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER in product and is just giving vital advice FROM THE GOODNESS OF HIS HEART.

18.02.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0