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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 20m

Yep.

@abigailspanberger.com does this on a daily basis.

Two Bluesky posts back to back on my feed: First, Coach Finstock says "I love how Republicans are saying NO KINGS is anti-American and anti-fascism is fighting against American interests and Democrats are like 'what's up with healthcare premiums and groceries' as if freedom from monarchy isn't considered a kitchen table issue. Second post is Abigail Spanberger saying "I'm Abigail Spanberger--a mom of 3 daughters in Virginia public schools, former federal agent, and former CIA case officer. I'm running for Governor to lower costs, strengthen our public schools, and keep our communities safe. Most importantly, I will always put Virginia first."

Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 1h

ouch

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Benjamin Ahr Harrison @benjaminahr.mobi · 13h

Ken Burns’s Civil War 2

“My dearest Martha, the days are shortening and the atmosphere is as tense as it is cold. Amazon delivered an inflatable frog costume with extended battery for the long stretches we spend taunting our brothers and mortal enemies athwart the barricades of their ICE facility.”

One of the photos of the inflatable frog suit protester confronting ICE goons in Portland.

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 16h

spongebob squarepants is standing on a wooden floor next to patrick star and a fish .

ALT: spongebob squarepants is standing on a wooden floor next to patrick star and a fish .

media.tenor.com

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 21h

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Album cover for George Jones' 1977 "I Wanta Sing" with Jones' coked out face on front of a tour bus

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Katy Telling @katytelling.bsky.social · 23h

So grateful to @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social for their time and care and for giving me space to have a verrrrrrry "thinking out loud" piece.

ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...

A Great Reputation Among Men: Race and Contested Masculinities in the Early American Republic

By Kathleen Telling In 1785, Robert Pleasants, a wealthy tobacco planter, abolitionist, and prominent member of Henrico County’s Quaker community, penned a letter to Virginia’s most famous son, Geo…

ageofrevolutions.com

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 1d

This is basically the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence…

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 22d

Everyone could use a reminder that the idea behind our system of government is that we cede some of our power to it in exchange for it working on our behalf. When it stops doing that it becomes illegitimate and must be changed. The idea that the people can "betray" a government organ is perverse

David Noll @david.noll.org · 22d

In response to California passing a law limiting law enforcement officers' ability to conceal their identities, the president of the Peace Officers Research Association of California contends that police are not subject to democratic control.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 1d

I live in the neighborhood where Patrick Henry uttered these words so yeah, it resonates

Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 2d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 1d

Almost daily reminders why I cancelled my sub. "allegations" He said it! "Dems see a pattern of inflicting pain..." Anyone with two eyes to see can see that, not just Dems.

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah but if you're name is Thurl Ravenscroft, you get a free pass on most things.

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

HVAC is broken, again.

(My first entry was for historians, this one is for museum curators and collections managers)

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

She burned their letters.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 1d

I certainly don't have the connections he's looking for, but Silly Genius is hands down my favorite Richmond muralist, and we have a bunch of good ones in this town. Check him out.

Tokyo Toni Morrison @sillygenius.bsky.social · 2d

still tryna find my way into the Black art circle of this app. plug me in, y’all

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 1d

Weird seeing your own writing quoted becuase in my case I was using an authorial voice to express how proslavery Christians imagined themselves and stripped out of context that makes it sound like *I* am endorsing that view which I am very much not.

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

In the 1890 Census

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

She burned their letters.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 2d

Seems to have had that name before 1935 so I suspect not.

Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 2d

Yooo 3.5 miles from my house

Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 3d

Gay Avenue Pump Station

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 2d

p.s. Palmetto Day aka Carolina Day: the anniversary of the surprise victory of SC troops and militia over a British attempt to capture Charles Town just a week before Declaration of Independence. A worthy anniversary, indeed, and a convenient one if you don't want folks thinking about independence.

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Chris Graham, Journeyman Buzzkill @cagraham.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday read abt how Early Republic SCn's downplayed Independence Day so enslaved people wouldn't get any ideas & played up Palmetto Day (June 28) instead. It's still this way (My exhibit opens June 28 for a reason).

This whiteness was intentional and will remain so until we face this fact.

Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 3d

Gettysburg Is Still White America's Greatest Civil War Battle 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Gettysburg Is Still White America's Greatest Civil War Battle

A new movie is being filmed in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania this weekend about the famous battle.

open.substack.com

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 3d

every political reporter knows that the jay jones text are on the tame end of how politicians talk in private, not to mention tamer than how trump and his associates talk in public