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Professor of Russian & Soviet History at Queens College, CUNY. Author of The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays and An Ordinary Marriage: The World of a Gentry Family in Provincial Russia. antoshki.com

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β€œMAGA’s fundamental shared quality is a total lack of theory of mind for other people” is a theory that keeps getting validated by reality - look at almost every decision they’ve made in the war with Iran, and how they seem constantly surprised by the unanticipated actions of other parties.

06.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 2378 πŸ” 501 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 55

This is the thing about bathroom bans targeting trans people - assault is already a crime! Indecent exposure is already a crime! And laws that protect trans people don't suddenly make them legal

06.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 1821 πŸ” 379 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4

normally i’m against cloning but with him i’ll make an exception

06.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 738 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 1

Most people also won’t finish your 500-word article. So write at whatever length is appropriate for the subject.

06.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 1253 πŸ” 152 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 17

the price of oil surging means you can burn your shein clothes, extract the oil, and make more money than you paid

07.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 6110 πŸ” 686 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 21

The federal government isn't a real thing and we should stop paying for it

06.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 1236 πŸ” 156 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 1

I maintain that simply arresting Elon musk and making a real example of him is the quickest way to global stability

06.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 2114 πŸ” 471 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 10

Prices are up 30 cents since this post and the nearby liquor store has taken down its decade-old Trump Wine display this shit is so monumentally over.

06.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 1868 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

I think this is a great argument, beautifully constructed

06.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 3094 πŸ” 624 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 0

I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)

06.03.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 5182 πŸ” 1303 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 18

I can’t do this anymore

06.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 2134 πŸ” 257 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 12

being a carless american is awesome. financial harm caused by rising oil prices won't directly effect me, and secondary effects aren't something we are trained to think about. when the time comes i'll just blame the rising prices i do experience on supernatural causes. maybe goblins

06.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 1718 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 4

a lot of what has made discourse insane is that there's an entire crop of guys who live in dc, do a ton of uppers, and have massive gender insecurity around the fact that they're soft-handed scribes

06.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 1970 πŸ” 241 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 28
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There were similar scenes playing out all over the world at ports of entry in 2021 during Covid as shipping was frozen in many places causing global inflation. But here in the US, we blamed Biden for that because we have a lot of stupid people.

06.03.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 1579 πŸ” 378 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 19

The only race that mattered at the turn of the 21st century was the one for alternative energy. And we didn't even show up.

06.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You said it, I didn't. πŸ˜… I may or may not think the same things around my own kids.

06.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.

06.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 2566 πŸ” 622 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 43

Women aren't gobsmacked at all. But really hoping guys finally get angry about this.

06.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

These are the 4 things AI can do well:

β€’Clean up your email inbox (badly)
β€’Give my shittiest neighbor (Alan) something to talk about at a party
β€’Tell a 12 yr old to kill himself
β€’Incinerate a school at 10:16 AM on a Tuesday

You can see why we need to base our economy around it

06.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 4350 πŸ” 941 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 9

Interestingly, I've read that when he started in politics his advisors and mentors told him he sounded like a boring professor, so he worked on it. Assuming that's a true story, I think it's a learnable skill if you're *sincere* - it can't be faked for effect if you don't believe your own words.

06.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've asked around a lot and everyone says how important an agent is but no one can name one!

06.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My students always sweetly ask this about every break, and the answer I swallow is "actually I'm finally hoping to get some work done."

06.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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A DOJ source says FBI agents found the woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child to be credible:

"They would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying."

06.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 2162 πŸ” 777 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 52

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 24972 πŸ” 6264 πŸ’¬ 222 πŸ“Œ 204

Imagine a world where we treated girls and women like people.

06.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Most accurate and illuminating poll ever

06.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can anyone recommend a literary agent for trade history, especially non-US topics?

06.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A parody of Downton Abbey called Fackham Hall just dropped on HBO and omg it's great.

06.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Always just enough democrats to crush anything thats good. Its a scam folks.

06.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 1664 πŸ” 338 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 18