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Moravians. Early America. Video games are neat. Meerkat enthusiast.

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It was for this moment right now.

07.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Less vs fewer came up on a recently on a Phantom Island.
Less: things you measure
Fewer: things you count.
Say β€œwe need less shit and fewer turds around here” and you will remember this rule forever.

06.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sex Workers Tried to Warn Us About Age Verification Laws | KQED Requiring internet users to verify their ages before accessing mature content may sound reasonable. Shouldn’t we be doing a better job protecting kids from online vulgarities? But free speech advocate...

I talked to @morgansung.bsky.social about sex work, surveillance, & censorship for close all tabs from kqed!

www.kqed.org/news/12075321

04.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Somehow just seeing this now. A quick thread on some (maybe) historical parallels. Breakfast cereal first starting being embraced in the US around the same time (and often via the same proponents of) that vegetarianism takes on a particular hypermasculine form at the end of the 19th century. (1/x)

03.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8

Outstanding! That's very good!

02.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right there with Catharine Beecher

02.03.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heartbreak on the Colonial Front: Women’s Writing, the Seven Years War, and Humanity in the Archive By Thomas Lecaque This article is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Patrick Lecaque, 1/15/1949-10/11/2025, who taught his son the joy of history, of research, of discovery, and to find the individuals…

A powerful look at how women’s writing during the Seven Years’ War reveals the raw emotion, loss, and humanity often hidden in colonial archives. A moving reminder that behind every global conflict are intimate stories worth remembering. @tlecaque.bsky.social ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/02/h...

02.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 6

I troubled my psyche by looking up compass classroom.

27.02.2026 09:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of preparing for class, I wrote something I can't really share in class about 250 years of misogyny, from John Adams to historians who should have retired, to MAGA incels who should keep Alyssa Liu's name all the way out of their mouth.
open.substack.com/pub/sausages...

26.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I got my take on this subject, but I'd love hearing your take on the "could this be a stage" moment in the dark shrine.

26.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading those excerpts felt like putting on a glove. I forgot the prevalence of that vibe in some of these documents at that time. It is the vibe. From the serious to the mundane.

20.02.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
20.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That reminds me when I taught at Mizzou students would tell me they were from Chicago during the first day into. Then they'd write about their hometowns for the first paper. They, too, were very much not from Chicago.

17.02.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My First Night Serving at a Warming Center Highlighted an Inspiring Vision of Society I live in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, so we get some cold weather every now and then. A few years ago, we had a few…

Thanks to a lot of people, we started a warming center locally when temperatures plummet. It’s something that has been needed, and we opened for the first time last week. Here are some of my reflections on that first night.

interminablerambling.medium.com/my-first-nig...

15.02.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Morgott, the Grace-Given | Boss Designs of Elden Ring #18
Morgott, the Grace-Given | Boss Designs of Elden Ring #18 YouTube video by T B Skyen

NEW VIDEO: Morgott, the Grace-Given | Boss Designs of Elden Ring #18

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWj7...

14.02.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 221 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

As ever, sharing and word-of-mouth is immensely helpful for the series, the YT algorithm isn't exactly falling over itself to push 2-hour let's play / video essay hybrids <3

14.02.2026 19:27 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sir, this is Pennsylvania

10.02.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
09.02.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pin with illustration of a man with a beard and chest hair wearing a GLB cap. Text: Great Lakes bears.

Pin with illustration of a man with a beard and chest hair wearing a GLB cap. Text: Great Lakes bears.

Great Lakes Bears was founded in 1989 and is one of the oldest bear clubs in the USA. #BearCommunity

06.02.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I AM BEGGING YOU TO STOP LETTING A FAKE ACCOUNT WITH ZERO FOLLOWERS POSTING THE MOST INSANE TAKE IMAGINABLE GET TO YOU SO MUCH YOU QUOTE TWEET IT INTO MY TIMELINE. I KNOW YOU'RE BETTER THAN THIS, OR I WOULDN'T HAVE FOLLOWED YOU. PLEASE. JUST IGNORE OR BLOCK THEM.

06.02.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 766 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
🎲 Roll For Seduction πŸ‰ | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree X Rated Tabletop Stream. Sexy things or Nerdy things? Why not Both!

It's probably no coincidence that Roll for Seduction is done by SWer or adjacent folks. Fewer hangups & savvy about TOS. And probably not shocking that they haven't posted to YT in a year. Adults Sites? Sure. linktr.ee/RollForSeduc...

05.02.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
(1) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, video game, computer software game, or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body, that depicts nudity, sexual conduct, excess violence, or sado-masochistic abuse, and that is harmful to minors; or
(2) Any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter, however reproduced, or sound recording, which contains any matter enumerated in subdivision (a)(1), or that contains explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, excess violence, or sadomasochistic abuse, and that is harmful to minors.

(1) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, video game, computer software game, or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body, that depicts nudity, sexual conduct, excess violence, or sado-masochistic abuse, and that is harmful to minors; or (2) Any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter, however reproduced, or sound recording, which contains any matter enumerated in subdivision (a)(1), or that contains explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, excess violence, or sadomasochistic abuse, and that is harmful to minors.

TN is considering a new bill that allows parents to sue large platforms that allow "material harmful to minors"β€” including sculpture, drawings, photos, music or video gamesβ€” that describe or depict nudity, sex or "excessive violence"

The censorship that started with "porn" is coming for everything.

04.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 615 πŸ” 394 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 40

It's building content upon this rock

02.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Campus FM - stream college radio Live stream college radio stations from universities across North America. Listen to student radio online free.

Unsolicited love for whoever created this fantastic app that lets you listen to most college ration stations in the world

www.campus-fm.com

02.02.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's wild to me how in the Lehigh Valley chicken and waffles has become fried chicken on a waffle. PA Dutch chicken and waffles was the the thing here. You could get it anywhere. It would take a special trip now.

31.01.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

that was very droll

i liked that

30.01.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Minneapolis organizers are using @signal.org in successfully combating ICE operations.

Meta, Inc. (Facebook) has recently promoted improved WhatsApp security settings. (WhatsApp harvests so much metadata from your activity.)

I'm just gonna put this here. Again. violetrollergirl.com/resources/fo...

28.01.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Last week, I called the Department of Homeland Security to ask about an ICE recruitment ad that said, β€œWE’LL HAVE OUR HOME AGAIN.” That’s also the name of a song embraced by some white supremacists. I was reporting a story about government accounts that have pointed to neo-Nazi literature, ethnic cleansing and QAnon conspiracies.

A spokeswoman, Tricia McLaughlin, told me that it would be β€œmorally repugnant” if the Homeland Security post were quoting the white-supremacist anthem. But, she said, it was unrelated: β€œThere are plenty of references to those words in books and poems.”

Yet when I opened the post on Instagram, it played audio from the song’s chorus. When I pointed this out, McLaughlin said I was participating in a left-wing conspiracy theory and β€œmainstreaming racism” by drawing a false connection.

Less than 40 minutes later, the post had been erased.

Last week, I called the Department of Homeland Security to ask about an ICE recruitment ad that said, β€œWE’LL HAVE OUR HOME AGAIN.” That’s also the name of a song embraced by some white supremacists. I was reporting a story about government accounts that have pointed to neo-Nazi literature, ethnic cleansing and QAnon conspiracies. A spokeswoman, Tricia McLaughlin, told me that it would be β€œmorally repugnant” if the Homeland Security post were quoting the white-supremacist anthem. But, she said, it was unrelated: β€œThere are plenty of references to those words in books and poems.” Yet when I opened the post on Instagram, it played audio from the song’s chorus. When I pointed this out, McLaughlin said I was participating in a left-wing conspiracy theory and β€œmainstreaming racism” by drawing a false connection. Less than 40 minutes later, the post had been erased.

These fucking dolts. β€œThere are plenty of references to those words in books and poems.”

I think they can’t get dumber, and then I click on a new article.

28.01.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's.... amazing

24.01.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's right up there with getting bonus points for double-tapping.

24.01.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0