Dr. Joe Krulder
@joekrulder.bsky.social
Proud dad, lucky husband, an existentialist historian of the 18th-century Atlantic, laughing as I go. Author of “The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain” (2021)
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“Scholarly effort is in decline everywhere as never before. Indeed, cleverness is shunned at home and abroad. What does reading offer to pupils except tears?”
this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️
this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️
‘Doing the Readings’
Dr Will Pooley (Associate Professor in Modern History), University of Bristol The students, we often grumble, don’t read the secondary readings we set for class. Every year, we find ourselves press…
www.history-uk.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“Scholarly effort is in decline everywhere as never before. Indeed, cleverness is shunned at home and abroad. What does reading offer to pupils except tears?”
this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️
this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite
www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️
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Frederick Douglass, the Integrity of the Past and the Problem of AI 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Frederick Douglass, the Integrity of the Past and the Problem of AI
We are just beginning to comprehend the ways in which AI is fundamentally changing how we produce and consume history.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Frederick Douglass, the Integrity of the Past and the Problem of AI 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Literally everything in American history proves this is false.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Literally everything in American history proves this is false.
The Cold War was real
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Cold War was real
2 mos old. The baby, not me! Little Anika, my granddaughter, happiest baby ever.
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
2 mos old. The baby, not me! Little Anika, my granddaughter, happiest baby ever.
I’m thankful for this post
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’m thankful for this post
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I hope the Native Americans of this country sue him and make him publicly retract that statement
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I hope the Native Americans of this country sue him and make him publicly retract that statement
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Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil…
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
(in a smug announcer voice)
“Brought to you by, AI.”
Actively Increasing (your electric bill).
“Brought to you by, AI.”
Actively Increasing (your electric bill).
Electric bills are up 11% this year, and shutoffs are spiking across the country.
At the same time, corporations are building hundreds of energy-hungry data centers, and working families are being forced to absorb the cost. Higher bills for us, higher profits for them. seiu.co/3M71usW
At the same time, corporations are building hundreds of energy-hungry data centers, and working families are being forced to absorb the cost. Higher bills for us, higher profits for them. seiu.co/3M71usW
More Americans are getting their power shut off, as unpaid bills pile up
Average electricity costs have risen 11 percent since January, more than three times the rate of inflation.
seiu.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
(in a smug announcer voice)
“Brought to you by, AI.”
Actively Increasing (your electric bill).
“Brought to you by, AI.”
Actively Increasing (your electric bill).
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PLS REPOST
"Democracy is not a spectator sport; it's a participatory event.
If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy."
Michael Moore"
PLS OUR #Change.org PETITION👇 & CALL #Congress to impeach & convict #Trump & his Admin.
#UNITEDWeStand
www.change.org/p/with-this-...
#BlueCrew
"Democracy is not a spectator sport; it's a participatory event.
If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy."
Michael Moore"
PLS OUR #Change.org PETITION👇 & CALL #Congress to impeach & convict #Trump & his Admin.
#UNITEDWeStand
www.change.org/p/with-this-...
#BlueCrew
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
PLS REPOST
"Democracy is not a spectator sport; it's a participatory event.
If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy."
Michael Moore"
PLS OUR #Change.org PETITION👇 & CALL #Congress to impeach & convict #Trump & his Admin.
#UNITEDWeStand
www.change.org/p/with-this-...
#BlueCrew
"Democracy is not a spectator sport; it's a participatory event.
If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy."
Michael Moore"
PLS OUR #Change.org PETITION👇 & CALL #Congress to impeach & convict #Trump & his Admin.
#UNITEDWeStand
www.change.org/p/with-this-...
#BlueCrew
History says it’s called populism, and it’s about damn time
Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — by leaning on an economic message. n.pr/3XLWU62
Democrats plan a new investment in winning rural voters, who've fled the party
Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — by leaning on an economic message.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
History says it’s called populism, and it’s about damn time
Reminds me of these lyrics,
“Homophobes in the high command / Waiting for the rapture like it’s Disneyland.“
Karen Casey
Documents show Pentagon preparing to sever ties with Scouting
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
“Homophobes in the high command / Waiting for the rapture like it’s Disneyland.“
Karen Casey
Documents show Pentagon preparing to sever ties with Scouting
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reminds me of these lyrics,
“Homophobes in the high command / Waiting for the rapture like it’s Disneyland.“
Karen Casey
Documents show Pentagon preparing to sever ties with Scouting
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
“Homophobes in the high command / Waiting for the rapture like it’s Disneyland.“
Karen Casey
Documents show Pentagon preparing to sever ties with Scouting
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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am I even awake right now?
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
am I even awake right now?
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The UCMJ was taught to me in Boot Camp. It was written in 1950 in response to post-war Nazis on trial stating they were “just following orders.” Thus, the UCMJ codifies legal orders from illegal orders.
Leavitt: "All lawful -- all orders -- lawful orders are presumed to be legal by our service members."
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The UCMJ was taught to me in Boot Camp. It was written in 1950 in response to post-war Nazis on trial stating they were “just following orders.” Thus, the UCMJ codifies legal orders from illegal orders.
Hey world, be more like Bhutan!
Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’ #Climate
Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must step up ‘for the happiness of your people’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Hey world, be more like Bhutan!
Bhutan achieved it.
We only have one planet. And its climate affects everything.
The EU Parliament has just voted to reduce emissions by 90% by 2040. Once agreed with member states, the target becomes EU law.
🔗 Read more: link.europa.eu/dD9prX
The EU Parliament has just voted to reduce emissions by 90% by 2040. Once agreed with member states, the target becomes EU law.
🔗 Read more: link.europa.eu/dD9prX
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Bhutan achieved it.
Trusting in billionaires is a fool’s game. How do you think they became billionaires?
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Trusting in billionaires is a fool’s game. How do you think they became billionaires?
If so, may the media folks not bury the story on page 17 of the “A” section. Looking at you @nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If so, may the media folks not bury the story on page 17 of the “A” section. Looking at you @nytimes.com
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Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
In summer of 2011, I taught aboard the USS Philippine Sea. I wasn’t the only civilian. Aboard was an Arabic translator from Somalia. Smart, earnest in his job, he eventually found a home in the USA.
Trump terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/g...
Trump terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/g...
Trump says he's terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota
President Donald Trump said Friday night that he's "immediately" terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota. The state has the nation's largest Somali community.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In summer of 2011, I taught aboard the USS Philippine Sea. I wasn’t the only civilian. Aboard was an Arabic translator from Somalia. Smart, earnest in his job, he eventually found a home in the USA.
Trump terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/g...
Trump terminating legal protections for Somali migrants in Minnesota
www.npr.org/2025/11/22/g...
Hahahahaha. TRUE
Google Brexited their own search engine.
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Hahahahaha. TRUE
Pretty much
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Pretty much