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Scott A. MacKenzie
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Canadian historian of the American Civil War, author of The Fifth Border State: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Formation of West Virginia 1829-1872 (WVU Press, 2023), remover of mattress tags. Big #hatm fan.

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 22h
Not where I live outside the U.S. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 23h
Yeah it wasn’t great

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 23h
#hatm
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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 23h
Of course it antagonized and unified 13 other colonies against the Crown by legitimizing Catholics and transferring New France to the Crown. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 23h
What about Michael Douglas in the recent Apple+ series? #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 23h
It has a different meaning in Canada. The act unified the colonists behind the crown. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 23h
Howard da Silva in 1776. #hatm
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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
Amanda Gorman #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
I would say more the Reddit. :) #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
I say it's remarkable how the most loyal part of the British Empire in 1763 turned against the Crown just 13 years later. Yes it's a slow burn that we only see via a highlight reel. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
I do! I have never liked coffee, but I have my mug of tea every morning, with sweetener and lemon juice. God Save the King ;) #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
It was remarkably good - covering so many topics that other programs avoided, like white and black women, Natives, the enslaved, the Spanish, and the Jewish experience. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
There was a PBS children's series called Liberty's Kids. It had a vast array of celebrity voices: Walter Kronkite voiced Franklin. Michael Douglas as Patrick Henry, Ben Stiller as Jefferson, Liam Neeson as John Paul Jones, and (I kid you not) Arnold Schwarzeneggar as Steuben. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
If they had, the colonies would have been outvoted on every issue - leading to greater tension. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
We had one: Benjamin Franklin. And he was instrumental in convincing Parliament repealing the Stamp Act. Read his Examination before the Committee of the Whole of the House of Commons in 1766. It's a masterwork of political action.

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Examination before the Committee of the Whole of the House of Commons, 13 February 1766
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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
The Proclamation Line still applies in Canada. Any unceded land belongs to the Native nation - even if there's a city on top of it. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, and playing cards. When combined with documents, the stamp tax antagonizes the most volatile people in the colonies - sailors, dockworkers, and laborers - and the most articulate - lawyers, preachers, and local politicians. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
I actually listened to it - headphones attached to laptop - while I researched my master's thesis in the West Virginia State Archives in Charleston. The documentary only mentions WV once, and in passing. We need an update, with at least Burns' name attached, but with academics in charge #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
I can't access the program. But I will ruin it for everyone:

WE WON!!! Woo-hoo!!! :)

#hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
Not available where I live

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 1d
I'll have to find out some other day. I don't have access to tonight's #hatm program.

In happier news, I bought two bookcases today from IKEA. I used them to present my many Blu Rays, DVDs, and VHS tapes. They all fit too. See for yourselves!

See you next week, #hatm gang :)

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 7d
I’ll see what I can do #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 7d
Yes I'm afraid so. Please be prepared for my absence. Don't all of you cheer :) #hatm
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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 7d
I’m amazed that they depicted an archive! #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 7d
Uhh, I don't have access to PBS. I may not be able to participate - as much as I'd love to. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 7d
Final Thoughts: House of Dynamite depicts the last 20 minutes before a nuclear war. Three sets of U.S. decision makers grapple with how to deal with an imminent attack. The tension never wanes in this well-cast movie. Yet it seems out of place today - it is better suited to the 1980s #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 7d
I sort of like how there's no conclusion to the movie: no resolution means the tension never flags. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 7d
If this facility is being filled up, the s just got real. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 7d
We can find out later. #hatm

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Scott A. MacKenzie @5thborderstate.bsky.social · 7d
Here's the thing, Mr. President: We literally don't have a minute. #hatm