Ike Makos
@ikemakos.bsky.social
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Toiling away in the history mines. Public history professional. Board & tabletop gaming enthusiast. MA in Public History, American University 2020. BA in History, Beloit College 2016. Pronouns are he/him/his.
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ikemakos.bsky.social
look for my entirely evidence-free and vibes-based paper, “Horatio Gates, John Burgoyne, and Charles Lee: Toxic Yaoi Love Triangles in the British Army of the Seven Years War” at your next local history conference
ikemakos.bsky.social
someone stumbles out of a bunker they climbed into in 2004 and asks if John Bolton ever got hauled in front of a court

“well, it’s a funny story…”
ikemakos.bsky.social
“Skynet is pissed off that it got ghosted after we hooked up” is at least a novel origin story for robot apocalypse
ikemakos.bsky.social
sometimes when people think they’re doing Righteous Takedowns For Social Justice they start sounding like Ben Franklin saying insane shit about Germans in Pennsylvania circa 1753
ikemakos.bsky.social
dare we say girlboss
ikemakos.bsky.social
it’s so cool that we’re just doing Stuart Personal Rule again, the situation that every single institution of the Founding period was explicitly built to prevent
kellybdevoe.bsky.social
What if Mike Johnson just kind of…refuses to bring the House back in session
ikemakos.bsky.social
it’s everyone’s favorite side character from Knights of the Old Republic, the GOTO Dancer
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theonion.com
Injured Player Gives Thumbs-Down While Being Carted Off Field
Injured Player Gives Thumbs-Down While Being Carted Off Field
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Republicans' embrace of Hitler raises new questions about Zohran Mamdani's willingness to combat antisemitism.
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sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
in addition, could you all start thinking better thoughts and feeling better feelings. thank you.
ikemakos.bsky.social
it’s very funny to think what the FDR equivalent of this picture would be, if we’re looking to past examples of rich people turned class traitor politicians
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whstancil.bsky.social
I’m not so naive to think we’re likely to abolish immigration enforcement altogether, but it can be conducted by a new agency, rebuilt from scratch with new safeguards, operating under a new name, and removed from the stain of being Trump’s brutal secret police
ikemakos.bsky.social
they suspended captivedreamer the Canadian Nazi because they were scared of the “there will be no bananas under Trumpism and that’s Good Actually” thread he was cooking up
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.
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theonion.com
Judge Orders Columbus Statue Removed And Melted Down Into Pinkie Rings For Local Italians https://theonion.com/judge-orders-columbus-statue-removed-and-melted-down-in-1851178112/
Judge Orders Columbus Statue Removed And Melted Down Into Pinkie Rings For Local Italians
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deadcarl.bsky.social
There’s the joke about Sun Tzu being basic instructions for idiots like “feed your troops” but the most important part of Clausewitz is also just “think about what you are actually trying to accomplish”
brasidas.bsky.social
What I love about our habit of confusing Means for Ways is that we also confuse Ways for Ends.

Innovation is entirely neutral.
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danlehner.bsky.social
I would be super interested in an experiment where, for just one week, everyone’s names and profiles were invisible. you’d see the tweet text but would have no idea who was tweeting or if you follow them. what I wanna know is how much, if at all, people’s dunking habits would change.
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theonion.com
Columbus Day Protests Once Again Erupt As Nation Struggles With Its Dark, Anti-Italian Past https://theonion.com/columbus-day-protests-once-again-erupt-as-nation-strugg-1829604693/
Columbus Day Protests Once Again Erupt As Nation Struggles With Its Dark, Anti-Italian Past
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edsbs.bsky.social
When I’m asked to do more than two things a day
Charlie screaming
ikemakos.bsky.social
gambler at the casino who gets dealt pocket aces and immediately assumes they are a generational card counting talent
ikemakos.bsky.social
Captain Ahab when Ishmael signs on to the crew of the Pequod:
unavaleable.bsky.social
Always love to see a new kind of crazy person on here