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Dr. M.A. Davis
@mikedavis.bsky.social
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Historian in WNC, working on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW and how great WWIII will be (or not), teaching part-time at Lees-McRae College, opinions my own, available for professional consultation.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · Jun 6
I do not think what that man says is true
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 2h
"yeah human lackeys you really sold your soul for security, sure, now make with the batteries in the big hopper, daddy's gotta eat."
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 3h
blocking seven times as many people who block me. I can raise those numbers. those are rookie numbers.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 3h
it's a hard day indeed when a dad has to tell his son that the history channel can't be trusted. I'm glad you made it through.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 3h
that movie was a complete fabrication - it came out in _2009_.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 3h
people say oh Shakespeare was Francis Bacon but wrong - he was ROGER
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 5h
Some parts would pretty much have to be
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 7h
maybe I do and maybe I don't
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 7h
"That's right,"
-Józef Hen
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 7h
you will not trick me into being radicalized into supporting Janet Mills. (As I do not live in Maine I do not care which is the Dem nominee is as long as they are the strongest one.)
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 7h
do we know the median age of the ao3 author? the ones I know are not young but then I don't know many youth because their music and fashion choices remind me of my personal mortality and I find that deeply threatening.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 7h
I wonder what race that person is. The things they claim as fandom code very white!
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 7h
I was thrilled when Modern Library Torchbearers added a Georgette Heyer novel a while back - because of course you need to talk romance (and why not make it Regency) if you're talking women's literature!
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 8h
not shocked but disgusted
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 8h
actually yes, youth movements are often in the moral wrong
politico.com
Politico @politico.com · 10h
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. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 10h
I was actually just reading this same point in HG Well's THE WORLD SET FREE from 1913 (that's the one with the atomic warfare).
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 10h
sometimes the nearly-lost unpublished work of the famous author is a real gem, sometimes it was pretty bad! they can't all be home runs.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 11h
æt niehstan!
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 11h
that's how they get youu.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 12h
You can draw some interesting straight lines between Churchill and Rowling in that regard.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 12h
my mom loved to read those books to/with me when I was very small - I'm happy to hear they're still being read, thank you.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 12h
I suspect "knows what Barsoom is" and "has personal memories of the Reagan administration" is a Venn diagram with lot of crossover.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 12h
You should handle teens in your life however you think is appropriate! I don't know them, not my business. I would be a little surprised if a teen wanted to pick up the book at all.
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 12h
you know who else thinks it sucks
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 12h
there is a bit in the animated series where somebody sits down with Ivy and asks her when was the last time she did a crime, and what is this relationship with Harley doing to her personally and professionally?
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Dr. M.A. Davis @mikedavis.bsky.social · 12h
for me, the distinction is when he's talking about real people vs. made-up people. Your average Barsoom book has better racial politics than (say) BEYOND THIRTY because Martians aren't real but Black people are. "this book has bad subtext" vs "this book has bad text."
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