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
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”
ikemakos.bsky.social
TRI MA RAN

TRI MA RAN

TRI MA RAN
ikemakos.bsky.social
according to the intro video it’s PMC vs NATO minus Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, and Turkey. which is such a funny list of countries to all jump ship in what is implied to be a collective decision to change teams
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unavaleable.bsky.social
i would not be surprised if business types, particular family business tyrants, are starting to sweat things as their cravings for ~labor discipline ~ have given way to fears of labor shortage
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golikehellmachine.com
there is a kind of person who does not think any non-violent protest is legitimate and more often than not, they are the kind of person who will not show up to any protest, violent *or* non-violent
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rodger.bsky.social
feels like at this point TV networks have overcorrected and are now showing too few shots of Taylor Swift watching Travis Kelce
ikemakos.bsky.social
oooh hold on I got another one
ikemakos.bsky.social
(dreadnought voice) WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR’S EXTENDED WARRANTY

*flamethrower activates*
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notalawyer.bsky.social
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
misoshnik.bsky.social
Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?
A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”
ikemakos.bsky.social
this is what happened to Brezhnev, I think
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jakelahut.writes.news
What to call the experience of seeing 60 Minutes lay out a Laura Loomer mega tweet, in side-by-side unfolding screenshots suitable for television, just to explain how Timothy Haugh got fired from the NSA and how that has serious implications for cybersecurity
ikemakos.bsky.social
you’d only need to do find and replace for like eight names
ikemakos.bsky.social
that DC animated movie where the Suicide Squad gets sent to claim the Ticket To Heaven, but it’s all of his Large Adult Sons trying to heist the medal or statute or plaque or whatever a Nobel looks like
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irhottakes.bsky.social
It is pretty funny that he seems to genuinely think he needed the Nobel to enter heaven but a bunch of Norwegian Eurocrats damned his soul to hell and gave some Venezuelan lady his ticket to the pearly gates.
ikemakos.bsky.social
dastardly antifa placed a big pie on the windowsill and the steam formed a big finger that beckoned the Guardsmen over. 15 MIA
ikemakos.bsky.social
ikemakos.bsky.social
People who want to see more turnover in the Democratic Party should start loudly and frequently trumpeting the virtues of George Washington, the poster boy for “knowing when to get out while the getting is good”
unavaleable.bsky.social
A good leader knows they cannot serve forever and have to have an exit strategy that includes succession, but that is fucking hard because it's hard to give up your career, but it's the right thing and the thing we need
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ryanboyd.bsky.social
Personally I prefer a society whose members feel some pressure to signal virtue over one where vice is continually rewarded
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josephpolitano.bsky.social
My “don’t worry about China, it will all be fine” shirt has people asking a lot of questions that are already answered by my shirt
A tweet from Donald Trump that reads “Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn’t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT”
ikemakos.bsky.social
every week that our demands are not met, another Jets game will be played on English soil
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edsbs.bsky.social
YOU'RE WELCOME, ENGLAND
fourverts.bsky.social
the jets averaged 1.4 yards per play today

54 plays
82 yards

42% of their plays failed to gain a yard
-10 net passing yards
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samthielman.com
I hate profiles of conservatives who are worried that their country is changing and would welcome profiles of liberals and leftists who are afraid of same thing from the opposite direction and treated their concerns the same kind of reflexive deference
ikemakos.bsky.social
“Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it…grant me this one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to hell with you!”

^ Conan the Barbarian and also the average bsky libposter when they @ Chuck Schumer
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social
Thinking specifically about how Arnold Schwarzenegger grew up as the son of an ex-Nazi soldier in postwar Germany and every other thing Arnold says about him is "yeah he was a miserable piece of shit and he deserved every bit of it because he and everyone like him sucked and we saw it up close 24/7"
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opinionhaver.bsky.social
Yeah I think people here have unrealistic expectations for like jailing all ICE agents and that’s just almost certainly not going to happen even in extremely cool zone scenarios. But they should 100% have to lie for the rest of their lives about their employment history in conversation with everyone
kenwhite.bsky.social
Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
aricohn.com
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.