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Historian, professor, tired.

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The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

04.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 8776 πŸ” 1858 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 71

Which, honestly, given that these are students who are alive in 2026 and witnessing the shenanigans of this particular SCOTUS, is kind of an endearing question.

02.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This week in US Legal History, we're talking about Slaughterhouse, Civil Rights Cases, Plessy. I asked students to submit discussion questions ahead of time and they basically are all asking some version of "how the fuck did they get away with this shit?"

02.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 152 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

We wanted to understand Trump's end game in Iran. So we talked to three unvaccinated Jake Paul fans at a Jack-in-the-Box in Fresno.

02.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 1135 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 6
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Literally every time I read the timeline.

02.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do people actually teach Footnote 4?

02.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Quote from Washington Times editorial board

"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

02.03.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 43881 πŸ” 6861 πŸ’¬ 4763 πŸ“Œ 1829

The sinister/corruption Venn diagram is a circle.

01.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it just me or does it also make you crazy when the media just describes Jared Kushner’s presence in all these negotiations as, like, totally normal and not, you know, utterly sinister?

01.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

What the fuck is even happening.

28.02.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

28.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 13788 πŸ” 3341 πŸ’¬ 111 πŸ“Œ 70

Yeah, what I’ve seen of your baking is amazing!

26.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Plus, I need an alternative career when academia collapses!

26.02.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, in Colorado…

26.02.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Normal person: How are you?

Me: <wraps self in giant IKEA monkey>

23.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

MY GOD THIS IS SO CRINGE

22.02.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Added in a little buckwheat flour, barley malt syrup, and anise seeds. Ruthie like πŸ‘

22.02.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a blue shirt is cooking in a kitchen and says stay outta my way i 'm creating . ALT: a woman in a blue shirt is cooking in a kitchen and says stay outta my way i 'm creating .

It’s been a week. I need to bake.

21.02.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

What can I do to help Punch? My need to help him is all consuming.

20.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But it explains why my joke bombed.

19.02.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

On my Thomas Paine slide in class today, I wrote: "When you come at the King, you best not miss" and NOBODY GOT THE REFERENCE.

19.02.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

You had me at β€œlearn what it meant to laugh at Nazis.”

11.02.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If there is one thing Congress will make sure of, it's that any and all twerking must be narrowly spread.

10.02.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Look what you made the tell-your-dog-I-said-hi guy do. Shame on you.

10.02.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a group of men in historical costumes with the words nobody knows above them ALT: a group of men in historical costumes with the words nobody knows above them

Student in class today asked me what the difference was between a British pound in money versus in weight, which meant I got to quote Nate Bargatze as George Washington: "Nobody knows..."

10.02.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR

09.02.2026 05:44 πŸ‘ 784 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

You guys, I think this means Bad Bunny is our president now.

09.02.2026 05:43 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I assigned the bicentennial chapter to my undergrads this semester and they loved it!

08.02.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In terms of time, roughly how many episodes of Heated Rivalry is the first half of a football game?

08.02.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We’re living in a world when being a depraved troll is an actual political strategy to distract attention away from being a different kind of depraved troll.

06.02.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0