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Mauricio Castro

@castrohistorian

Associate Professor of History at Centre College. Author of Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformation of Miami. Opinions my own, not my employer's.

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All this "how could we have known?" bullshit was always disingenuous, but now it seems particularly ghoulish.

09.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

05.03.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"You don't understand WARFIGHTING! We're not defensecuckmaxxing anymore!"

People are fucking dying, the region is in flames, the world economy is destabilized, and defense vulnerabilities are exacerbated, but this guy gets to play out his little fantasies.

04.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A flower on a balcony at sunset

A flower on a balcony at sunset

A flower at sunset with a shining sea behind it

A flower at sunset with a shining sea behind it

A flower with golden hour light going through the petals

A flower with golden hour light going through the petals

Man, I took a lot of shots of this flower on a balcony at sunset that day

Man, I took a lot of shots of this flower on a balcony at sunset that day

Took some nice shots of this flower over winter break with my Lumix G1.

03.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump admin and admin adjacent hillbilly cosplay will never cease to amuse me.

01.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 262 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2

The purpose of this website is to help unburden your brain by releasing horrible sentences that live in there like demons

28.02.2026 05:09 πŸ‘ 4578 πŸ” 774 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 42

[thumbs in suspenders] kinetic. lethality

28.02.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Scott has spent the last 15 years of his life working in the highest echelons of government, as FL Governor (from 2011-2019) and as a U.S. Senator (since 2019), during which time he has undermined every effort to use the tools of governance to improve the public sphere.

24.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 3755 πŸ” 778 πŸ’¬ 223 πŸ“Œ 43

That Bulbasaur is pretty spot on.

22.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, urban history folks, do you know any adjuncts in the NYC area that might be able to teach the history of the city or something similar?

21.02.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a treasure trove!

17.02.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Already passed it along to a student in our senior seminar who is working on the 2008 financial crisis.

17.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is fucking sick

16.02.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 916 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 0

Actually, I have a class on politics and the media in modern U.S. history for college first years this term. Could be a great fit!

15.02.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So sick of this ice.

10.02.2026 12:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mostly, I remember Lopez wearing a Puerto Rican flag cape and a lot of confused people online asking why she was wearing a Texas flag.

10.02.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit...

09.02.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am only getting into film in the last year. I loved my x-370, but it had a shutter capping problem, so I upgraded to the 700.

07.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white self portrait of a man holding a film camera.

Black and white self portrait of a man holding a film camera.

Self portrait shot with a Minolta x 700 on Arista 100 film.

#film #photography

07.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took in college:

1. Contemporary China 1945-Present
2. Soviet Film: Propaganda, Myth, and Modernism
3. History of Architecture
4. Relativity
5. The Japanese Cinema

31.01.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How dare you speak of the star of Shasta McNasty in such a way?!

29.01.2026 05:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Dreams of a Young Republic: The American Vincentians in China," by John J. Harney, University of Nebraska Press, 2025

"Dreams of a Young Republic: The American Vincentians in China," by John J. Harney, University of Nebraska Press, 2025

Today's featured title:

"Dreams of a Young Republic: The American Vincentians in China," by John J. Harney, University of Nebraska Press, 2025

@univnebpress.bsky.social @ludensprof.bsky.social

www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

21.01.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a time to be an American visiting the U.K.

19.01.2026 09:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it's a real show of character (derogatory) to lend your name, your mind and your credibility to a fraudulent and disgraceful effort to gut a fundamental constitutional protection, and then whine that people are mean to you about it

18.01.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 2514 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 7
A loving recreation of the Red Room from Twin Peaks.

A loving recreation of the Red Room from Twin Peaks.

What year is it?

18.01.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Peaky Blinders meme: No fighting with regime-run accounts. No fucking fighting with regime-run accounts!

Peaky Blinders meme: No fighting with regime-run accounts. No fucking fighting with regime-run accounts!

17.10.2025 23:11 πŸ‘ 11761 πŸ” 3602 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 55

*Me, innocently starting a Mad Men rewatch for the first time since it aired*

Betty, mentioning who she invited to Sally's birthday party: Helen Bishop.

Me: Why does that name sound... Oh... Oh no, Glen...

16.01.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is not my β€œofficial backup account” because I don’t have one. It is an impersonator. Please block it into oblivion.

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