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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · Nov 21

As a Heathen I honor multiple gods but two of the ones I feel closest to are Freyja, the goddess who embodies love, sex, and war, and Eir, the goddess who embodies health and healing. Their relationship with me means a lot and I can't be who I am without them. #Pagan #Heathen #NorseMythology

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 12h

The Department of Defense has murdered another 6 civilians off the coast of Venezuela

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 14h

We've already had people making 911 calls for Halloween decorations that waste our time and piss off our crews. But it's social media so it's not a shock the trolls are out.

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 14h

Bristoe Station was another example of 1) commanders not doing even the basics of reconnaissance and 2) a defender using a railroad embankment as a trench to maul an attacker.

The Civil War Monitor @cwmonitor.bsky.social · 17h

A.P. Hill's Confederates engaged Gouverneur Warren's II Corps at Bristoe Station, VA, #otd in 1863. Hill's men suffered nearly three times as many casualties as his opponents in the Union victory. Shown here: a wartime sketch of a Union field hospital after the battle.

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 15h

Nothing just the Speaker of the House endorsing federal agents arresting journalists and shooting protesters with pepper balls.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 16h

It's literally halloween season you giant pair of clow shoes

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 16h

If you think people don't take posts like that as an invitation to try and make the same joke then you are an unserious person who should fuck all the way off.

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 16h

If you think making prank calls to 911 is a basic joke then you're a ginormous trash fire douche bag. Please remove yourself from the gene pool.

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 16h

No Kings should not be controversial if you believe in the Republic.

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 17h

The 1940s was peak time for explainers on American freedom, democracy, and values. This and the "Don't be a sucker" short are classics.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h

Frank Sinatra on what it means to be an American in 1945

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 17h

Don't do this. It takes precious resources away from actual 911 calls, puts people in danger, and just pisses everyone off. It's not funny or clever.

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Calling the police every time I see a skeleton in somebody’s front garden

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

I remember when federal agent shit like this would have gotten the Threepers or Tea Party mad enough to grab their ARs.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 4d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

The first thing you're taught in EMT school is to make sure you have your BSI (protective masks and gloves) on and that the scene is safe. We were never taught that maybe the scene was unsafe due to federal agents pointing their guns at us.

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

If I show up to an ICE facility in my ambo and you threaten me or my patient, there will be problems for you, son.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody in America cared about Christopher Columbus until Italian Americans lobbied for a holiday because they were tired of being shit on and literally hung by mobs of anti-Italian protesters.

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Every woman knows that look on her face and what it means.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Meloni doesn't exactly looked thrilled as Trump calls her "beautiful"

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Decades of Rush Limbaugh telling his listeners that healthcare is not a right but something only for those who can afford it or have earned it has led us to this moment. Along with the racism.

James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson: It's Obama's fault that we can't repeal Obamacare.

Jake Sherman: "JOHNSON this AM: 'Can we completely repeal and replace Obamacare? Many of us are skeptical about that now, because the roots are so deep, it was really sinister, the way it was created. I believe Obamacare was created to implode upon itself, to collapse upon itself.'”

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Pet peeve. When someone asks for an audio video check on a VTC and the outstation comes back with "hear you five by five" instead of you know Army shit.

Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 2d

I can't hear "five by five" without thinking of Aliens, and by extension Starcraft, and by further extension Buffy. #TheMartian #HATM

a woman is talking to someone and saying `` we 're five by five '' .

Alt: a woman is talking to someone and saying `` we 're five by five '' .

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Leo proving he is worthy

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Military service members are going to food banks so they can feed their families during a government shutdown but sure why not a base on the moon

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

The Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins played in the 1940 NFL championship game. The Bears beat the Skins 73-0, the most lopsided victory in NFL history. #MondayNightFootball #BearDown 🐻

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 1d

This is called acceleration. It's what the Nazis did to validate their crackdown on "internal enemies" and consolidate power. Keep sharing videos like this.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Tempted to work on the ambulance for Halloween just so I can get the rest of my patient contacts, cuz I know it's gonna be bonkers.

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 2d

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 2d

None of that has anything to do with "FDR supported the holocaust." Again, your arguments don't pass muster.

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ALT: a red circle with the letter f written inside of it

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Now tell me about American domestic politics in 1938. And be specific about the electorate, Congress, and isolationism. I'll wait.