Benjamin Wendorf
@benjaminwendorf.bsky.social
Atlantic World historian and professor. Also known to hockey.
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
When I was a kid, we had a 20 ft high metal tornado slide that, in the winter, somebody would secretly go and throw water down overnight so it was an ice chute by morning. That thing would always have a long line of kids waiting.
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
When I was a kid, we had a 20 ft high metal tornado slide that, in the winter, somebody would secretly go and throw water down overnight so it was an ice chute by morning. That thing would always have a long line of kids waiting.
Fun exercise: what song does Billy Bass sing? You'd think it was YMCA, but you have to think more sociopathic. "You're Sixteen," Ringo Starr version.
It's even worse inside the Oval Office, believe it nor not
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Fun exercise: what song does Billy Bass sing? You'd think it was YMCA, but you have to think more sociopathic. "You're Sixteen," Ringo Starr version.
Me, 41 years old: "Yeah, I could've made the big leagues."
Me, had I made the big leagues:
Me, had I made the big leagues:
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Me, 41 years old: "Yeah, I could've made the big leagues."
Me, had I made the big leagues:
Me, had I made the big leagues:
Mmm, yes, AI, thank you. What if October 31st 2025 is not, in fact, a Thursday?
Like...c'mon. You are not going to beat the bubble allegations like this.
Like...c'mon. You are not going to beat the bubble allegations like this.
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Mmm, yes, AI, thank you. What if October 31st 2025 is not, in fact, a Thursday?
Like...c'mon. You are not going to beat the bubble allegations like this.
Like...c'mon. You are not going to beat the bubble allegations like this.
Who is this? Wrong answers only.
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Who is this? Wrong answers only.
That whole Prez/AI thing played surprisingly accurately to one of the big statements in Team America: World Police.
October 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
That whole Prez/AI thing played surprisingly accurately to one of the big statements in Team America: World Police.
Powdered Toast Man has added a bit of salt and pepper
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Powdered Toast Man has added a bit of salt and pepper
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CALL AN AMBULANCE
BUT NOT FOR ME
BUT NOT FOR ME
October 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
CALL AN AMBULANCE
BUT NOT FOR ME
BUT NOT FOR ME
Envisioning this going like the President's phone call to the Soviet PM in Dr. Strangelove
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Envisioning this going like the President's phone call to the Soviet PM in Dr. Strangelove
You know the club goes hard when they have Fast Orange in the bathroom
September 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
You know the club goes hard when they have Fast Orange in the bathroom
The weird thing about all of this stuff is that the British sending troops to Boston to quell the people they considered radical was/is American Revolution 101. And, like, the British had a fair argument!
September 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The weird thing about all of this stuff is that the British sending troops to Boston to quell the people they considered radical was/is American Revolution 101. And, like, the British had a fair argument!
Hell yeah Jeff Hiller
September 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Hell yeah Jeff Hiller
The irony of somebody whose come-up was a book about escaping the (as he saw it) low-character lifestyle of his childhood community.
it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The irony of somebody whose come-up was a book about escaping the (as he saw it) low-character lifestyle of his childhood community.
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Skaters play most games with someone getting similar icetime to them, but it's not as tight as we sometimes think. Pinched, though, for sure, along that axis.
September 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Skaters play most games with someone getting similar icetime to them, but it's not as tight as we sometimes think. Pinched, though, for sure, along that axis.
Might want to read a bit about how hard dictators shake down the people they believe are their opponents. I've heard they shake pretty hard. The most, even.
Unless, of course, you plan to be a supporter.
Unless, of course, you plan to be a supporter.
I’m the furthest from a Trump fan. But the reality is that he would have to shake very hard to equate to the shakedowns of the unrealized cap gains tax and warren’s tax that were proposed.
And what will YOU do, Mark Cuban, when he comes to shake you down, too?
August 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Might want to read a bit about how hard dictators shake down the people they believe are their opponents. I've heard they shake pretty hard. The most, even.
Unless, of course, you plan to be a supporter.
Unless, of course, you plan to be a supporter.
A key element of white suburban mentality, which is the predominant mentality among his supporters (including among white people who would say they're rural), is a hatred of the city. It's couched in racism and ignores that suburbs have a parasitic relationship to the city.
Trump says he's willing to deploy the "regular military" to American cities, the adds that "Chicago is next and then we'll help with New York"
August 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A key element of white suburban mentality, which is the predominant mentality among his supporters (including among white people who would say they're rural), is a hatred of the city. It's couched in racism and ignores that suburbs have a parasitic relationship to the city.
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what land is Russia giving up as part of a deal? Ukrainian land they're illegally occupying does not count
August 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
what land is Russia giving up as part of a deal? Ukrainian land they're illegally occupying does not count
The whole National Guard thing is to see if he can do it, if the courts and GOP will allow it to happen.* The next time he does it will be to keep himself in office January 2029.
* Y'know, on top of having his brownshirts harass and kidnap immigrants and protesters
* Y'know, on top of having his brownshirts harass and kidnap immigrants and protesters
August 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The whole National Guard thing is to see if he can do it, if the courts and GOP will allow it to happen.* The next time he does it will be to keep himself in office January 2029.
* Y'know, on top of having his brownshirts harass and kidnap immigrants and protesters
* Y'know, on top of having his brownshirts harass and kidnap immigrants and protesters
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that summit could've been an email
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
that summit could've been an email
One thing that AI could be great for in history is programming its outputs to propagandize the past for an authoritarian government. See: Musk's efforts to manipulate Grok's outputs
All you'd have to do is have the proprietors of major AI companies cooperate with (or capitulate to) said government!
All you'd have to do is have the proprietors of major AI companies cooperate with (or capitulate to) said government!
August 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
One thing that AI could be great for in history is programming its outputs to propagandize the past for an authoritarian government. See: Musk's efforts to manipulate Grok's outputs
All you'd have to do is have the proprietors of major AI companies cooperate with (or capitulate to) said government!
All you'd have to do is have the proprietors of major AI companies cooperate with (or capitulate to) said government!
Remember when he was like (in response to inflation concerns), little girls need to settle for just one doll instead of 37
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this coming September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
Trump's dream of building a ballroom at the White House is becoming a reality
After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. Work will begin this September, with a price tag of $200 million, the White House says.
n.pr
August 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember when he was like (in response to inflation concerns), little girls need to settle for just one doll instead of 37
Dude worked miracles in a state government hopelessly shackled by a death cult. That's a tough loss.
"It's why, Wisconsin, I'm announcing that I will not be running for a third term.”
Gov. Tony Evers won’t run for third term
“It’s why, Wisconsin, I’m announcing that I will not be running for a third term.”
milwaukeerecord.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dude worked miracles in a state government hopelessly shackled by a death cult. That's a tough loss.
Call it what it is, extortion. If SCOTUS hadn't already rubber stamped this behavior, they'd be hitting nearly every specified mark in a RICO case.
July 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Call it what it is, extortion. If SCOTUS hadn't already rubber stamped this behavior, they'd be hitting nearly every specified mark in a RICO case.
Seen in the first issue of The Hockey News (Oct. 1st, 1947), p. 5: "[NHL veteran Bobby] Bauer has left the Bruins to help his father-in-law manage a skate manufacturing business in Kitchener, Ontario..."
Wonder how that worked out for him.
Wonder how that worked out for him.
![Snippet from the Oct. 1st 1947 The Hockey News, which reads "[NHL veteran Bobby] Bauer has left the Bruins to help his father-in-law manage a skate manufacturing business in Kitchener, Ontario..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:id7rxtxpa7dvqlg3spfhwav6/bafkreiaunl5ukjlkhu5hqmxapmbpkneiqkiuualwdevbrgob6gpr5kp7ny@jpeg)
July 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Seen in the first issue of The Hockey News (Oct. 1st, 1947), p. 5: "[NHL veteran Bobby] Bauer has left the Bruins to help his father-in-law manage a skate manufacturing business in Kitchener, Ontario..."
Wonder how that worked out for him.
Wonder how that worked out for him.