C. E. Aubin
@ceaubin.com
"A scholar and a hater" - The Guardian
◦ historian of nazis & usa @ Yale
◦ author, THE HOMELAND (CUP, 2026)
◦ host, This Guy Sucked - the world’s meanest history pod
opinions mine.
https://www.ceaubin.com
https://thisguysucked.com
◦ historian of nazis & usa @ Yale
◦ author, THE HOMELAND (CUP, 2026)
◦ host, This Guy Sucked - the world’s meanest history pod
opinions mine.
https://www.ceaubin.com
https://thisguysucked.com
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C. E. Aubin
@ceaubin.com
· Aug 5
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I’m so beyond excited to share that This Guy Sucked was selected by Apple Podcasts as one of their top ten best new shows of 2025! How wild is that?!
Check out the rest of the list here: apple.co/bestsofar
Check out the rest of the list here: apple.co/bestsofar
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Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
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in just the past few years, the bay area has welcomed three fantastic new outlets: @oaklandside.org @oaklandreviewofbooks.org AND @bayareacurrent.bsky.social
they are wonderful and we should support them !!
they are wonderful and we should support them !!
We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them
February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
in just the past few years, the bay area has welcomed three fantastic new outlets: @oaklandside.org @oaklandreviewofbooks.org AND @bayareacurrent.bsky.social
they are wonderful and we should support them !!
they are wonderful and we should support them !!
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Much as GoFundMe is no replacement for national health care, ten thousand individual newsletters by really excellent writers is no replacement for their institutional employment.
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Much as GoFundMe is no replacement for national health care, ten thousand individual newsletters by really excellent writers is no replacement for their institutional employment.
Obsessed with this, from @curtisdozier.bsky.social’s excellent new book on the misuse of Greek and Roman antiquity by white nationalists
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Obsessed with this, from @curtisdozier.bsky.social’s excellent new book on the misuse of Greek and Roman antiquity by white nationalists
Any time Ohrdruf is mentioned I am compelled to tell people an interesting fact: upon liberation, camp survivors rose up and immediately murdered their SS guards.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Any time Ohrdruf is mentioned I am compelled to tell people an interesting fact: upon liberation, camp survivors rose up and immediately murdered their SS guards.
I just want everyone to know that @profgabriele.com just gave an absolutely killer guest lecture in my class and now my students are all budding medievalists. His evil plan is working.
February 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I just want everyone to know that @profgabriele.com just gave an absolutely killer guest lecture in my class and now my students are all budding medievalists. His evil plan is working.
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I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
This is how I look when the tattoo artist is putting on my stencil and telling me to “stand normal”
February 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is how I look when the tattoo artist is putting on my stencil and telling me to “stand normal”
I want to add - all the cool collaborations we’ve been doing and the cool stuff we have planned in the coming months are only possible *because* TGS is a listener-supported indie podcast. We don’t have corporate oversight, I own the IP, and I get to decide what we do and who we do it with.
We’ve got a little treat for you today! TGS teamed up with Brooklyn Public Library @bklynlibrary.bsky.social to bring you an episode of their excellent show Borrowed & Returned on Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States - available on the TGS pod feed now.
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I want to add - all the cool collaborations we’ve been doing and the cool stuff we have planned in the coming months are only possible *because* TGS is a listener-supported indie podcast. We don’t have corporate oversight, I own the IP, and I get to decide what we do and who we do it with.
We’ve got a little treat for you today! TGS teamed up with Brooklyn Public Library @bklynlibrary.bsky.social to bring you an episode of their excellent show Borrowed & Returned on Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States - available on the TGS pod feed now.
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
We’ve got a little treat for you today! TGS teamed up with Brooklyn Public Library @bklynlibrary.bsky.social to bring you an episode of their excellent show Borrowed & Returned on Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States - available on the TGS pod feed now.
Hold on hold on hold on are we talking about THAT Dr. Jim Watson ?????
Hey look it's Charles Murray in the Epstein files, with good ol' Jeffrey noting how he once flew to visit him
February 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Hold on hold on hold on are we talking about THAT Dr. Jim Watson ?????
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
“underage women” oh, you mean CHILDREN?
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
“underage women” oh, you mean CHILDREN?
Okay so what if I told you about a podcast where we -
February 3, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Okay so what if I told you about a podcast where we -
Anyone who has ever spent any time in academia (particularly if you’ve been here as a member of a vulnerable group) feels this viscerally.
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Anyone who has ever spent any time in academia (particularly if you’ve been here as a member of a vulnerable group) feels this viscerally.
Recorded something very important today
February 3, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Recorded something very important today
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Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Le voyagement est aussi affecté → www.danslescoulisses.com/ice-le-canad...
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
THURSDAY ON TGS: I am joined by the teams at American Prestige (@amprestigepod.bsky.social) and We’re Not So Different (@wnsdpod.bsky.social) to take down our most wizard-coded guy yet! Now accepting guesses.
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
THURSDAY ON TGS: I am joined by the teams at American Prestige (@amprestigepod.bsky.social) and We’re Not So Different (@wnsdpod.bsky.social) to take down our most wizard-coded guy yet! Now accepting guesses.
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If you’re in New York anytime soon this exhibition of old national park posters looks great www.posterhouse.org/exhibition/b...
February 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
If you’re in New York anytime soon this exhibition of old national park posters looks great www.posterhouse.org/exhibition/b...
this is who runs this account
February 2, 2026 at 12:50 AM
this is who runs this account
Just looked through the #Comics4Liam hashtag and sobbed my damn eyes out
Cried while thinking about this sweet boy. Let’s bring the rest of the children in detention home! #comics4liam
Find out more at comics4liam.com
Find out more at comics4liam.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Just looked through the #Comics4Liam hashtag and sobbed my damn eyes out
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If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at [email protected]
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at [email protected]
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Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
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In case you’ve been wondering what instagram user “beheadallindians” thinks about my right to vote, I finally have the answer for you 🙏
February 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
In case you’ve been wondering what instagram user “beheadallindians” thinks about my right to vote, I finally have the answer for you 🙏