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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 13h

Fascinated to realize that In this cameo about tolerance Sinatra is hearkening back to a Bible verse: “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth” Acts 17:26

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 15h

What? Say it isn’t so!

Politico @politico.com · 18h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 22h

May it go by the way of the Rivington Gazette.

The what?

Exactly

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 1d

If you're in the UK, you can pre-order my book from Waterstones at 25% off with the code "OCTOBER25" #Shakespeare #EarlyModern
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 2d

The entire Trump administration is proof - “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” and these bottom of the barrel spinners are proof positive that #MeritocracyIsDead

Don't look up @zone6bgardener.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 3d

Psst. BlueSky folks. Keep this on the down low. Peaceful protests works.
And, yeah, inflatable frog suits.

Daley Plaza, Chicago. Photo courtesy of CBS News

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent 😂

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 3d

The closure of the Iowa State Historical Society archive in Iowa City is a travesty. And part of a now-decades-long campaign of resentment and retaliation by state government against Iowa City and the University of Iowa 🗃️

Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 4d

Marian Wilson Kimber: It’s painful to realize the people in charge of Iowa’s history apparently have no idea how history works. If they did, they'd know there is no way to predict what parts of the collection will be of interest 5, 20, or 100 years from now. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/10/t...

The theft of history

Marian Wilson Kimber: I have wondered if the box of women’s club programs that changed my life will end up in the dumpster.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 3d

Those are terrific!

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 4d

It’s Hamas
It’s antifa
It’s Soros
It’s terrorism
It’s…
It’s…

It’s Americans who will be peacefully marching with signs and supporting democracy—and don’t want a King.

#WeAreTheMajority
And they know it.

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 4d

Or…

a cartoon of spider-man covering his ears with his hands

Alt: a cartoon of spider-man covering his ears with his hands

media.tenor.com

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 4d

“Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat,” say Republicans

apnews.com/article/domi...

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official.

apnews.com

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 4d

This cow towing to big petrol ought to be considered a crime against humanity punishable in the Hague

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

President Trump “is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result,” the editorial board writes.

Opinion | The Trump Bump on Your Energy Bills

The president is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result.

nyti.ms

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 5d

Yes! The margins contain a lean toward a cultural purview of past perceptions of their now.

Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 5d

Stephen Wertheim's article, "How Neoliberalism Shaped the International System," (2019) said that Friedrich Hayek "theorized a system of rules without politics," prior to WWII. My impulse is to say we are there. However, these new trade wars & tariffs seem counter to Hayek's vision. Thoughts? 🗃️

a woman in a white tank top is standing in front of a blue wall .

Alt: a woman in a white tank top is standing in front of a blue wall and with her arms creates a rainbow that has the word NEOLIBERALISM on it.

media.tenor.com

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 5d

Trying to teach undergraduates the joy of discovery that comes with archives as we explore a very good digital archive. It’s just not the same, though. The smell, the tactile texture, the breaking back - all that is joy multiplied

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 5d

Outstanding!!! Congratulations 🎉🍾🎈🎊

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The Wynter in Black 🎃🐈‍⬛ @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 6d

The #Amsterdam Time Machine - new and developing public research tool about the history of Amsterdam, its geography, streets, people, and more. Launched by @uvahumanities.bsky.social and digital colleagues, in this, Amsterdam's 750th birthday year🥳

#UrbanHist #HistGeo #DutchHist #SocialHist 🗃️

Amsterdam Time Machine

Navigeer door het verleden van Amsterdam

uva.shorthandstories.com

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 5d

Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉

Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...

news.exeter.ac.uk

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 5d

A week from today, @historians.org is holding a History Behind the Headlines webinar on the history of government shutdowns and the budget. Free and open to the public, so please share with friends, family, students, and whoever else wants to know how we got to this point in Washington. 🗃️

History Behind the Headlines: Government Shutdowns and the Federal Budget – AHA

Threats of a US government shutdown have become a staple of the federal budget process during the past few decades. In this hour-long History Behind the Headlines webinar, hear leading scholars discus...

www.historians.org

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Dr. Joe Krulder @joekrulder.bsky.social · 6d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
back in the day

NOTE: feet resting on a copy of Mein Kampf

Rosie the Riveter with her feet resting on a copy of Mein Kampf

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