Servando Ortoll
@sortoll.bsky.social
Ph.D. In historical sociology, Columbia University (1987). A historian and social scientist witnessing—with angst and from afar—the sad demise of the American civilization. Also, a Wordle aficionado.
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Servando Ortoll
@sortoll.bsky.social
· Jan 3
"Theory" is not a gift from the thinking society to those pseudo-researchers who strive to recycle commonplaces. Good theory invites us to think, to question it, to find flaws in what it proposes. To repeat the trite, let's rather stay at home.
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It’s a post of warm gratitude.
Today, after I wrote how deeply it hurts when support is cancelled right after the attacks,
you joined, you upgraded, you wrote kind words.
You reminded me – hey, girl, you’re not alone in this.
I’m not asking for anything.
I just want to thank you.
Today, after I wrote how deeply it hurts when support is cancelled right after the attacks,
you joined, you upgraded, you wrote kind words.
You reminded me – hey, girl, you’re not alone in this.
I’m not asking for anything.
I just want to thank you.
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It’s a post of warm gratitude.
Today, after I wrote how deeply it hurts when support is cancelled right after the attacks,
you joined, you upgraded, you wrote kind words.
You reminded me – hey, girl, you’re not alone in this.
I’m not asking for anything.
I just want to thank you.
Today, after I wrote how deeply it hurts when support is cancelled right after the attacks,
you joined, you upgraded, you wrote kind words.
You reminded me – hey, girl, you’re not alone in this.
I’m not asking for anything.
I just want to thank you.
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Kyiv today.
The harder the attack,
the more determined I am to look for something good.
Christmas magic in the windows of a central department store –
installations inspired by the works of Grasya Oliyko,
a Ukrainian illustrator.
The harder the attack,
the more determined I am to look for something good.
Christmas magic in the windows of a central department store –
installations inspired by the works of Grasya Oliyko,
a Ukrainian illustrator.
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Kyiv today.
The harder the attack,
the more determined I am to look for something good.
Christmas magic in the windows of a central department store –
installations inspired by the works of Grasya Oliyko,
a Ukrainian illustrator.
The harder the attack,
the more determined I am to look for something good.
Christmas magic in the windows of a central department store –
installations inspired by the works of Grasya Oliyko,
a Ukrainian illustrator.
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I wanted to show this yesterday,
but the attack happened.
A charming piece of art:
🇺🇦 Mykhailo Lishchyner
Street Violinist, 1990.
but the attack happened.
A charming piece of art:
🇺🇦 Mykhailo Lishchyner
Street Violinist, 1990.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I wanted to show this yesterday,
but the attack happened.
A charming piece of art:
🇺🇦 Mykhailo Lishchyner
Street Violinist, 1990.
but the attack happened.
A charming piece of art:
🇺🇦 Mykhailo Lishchyner
Street Violinist, 1990.
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Greetings from Kyiv,
where the night was calm.
I’m having a warcoffee after the workout.
Today I asked where the cups with flowers are (maybe you remember them).
‘Oh, the production was damaged during one of the attacks,’ they said.
where the night was calm.
I’m having a warcoffee after the workout.
Today I asked where the cups with flowers are (maybe you remember them).
‘Oh, the production was damaged during one of the attacks,’ they said.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Greetings from Kyiv,
where the night was calm.
I’m having a warcoffee after the workout.
Today I asked where the cups with flowers are (maybe you remember them).
‘Oh, the production was damaged during one of the attacks,’ they said.
where the night was calm.
I’m having a warcoffee after the workout.
Today I asked where the cups with flowers are (maybe you remember them).
‘Oh, the production was damaged during one of the attacks,’ they said.
It's all in the numbers... and the lies!
Fact Check: Is Trump Right About Affordability? www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Fact Check: Is Trump Right About Affordability? www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Video: Fact Check: Is Trump Right About Affordability?
President Trump has made misleading statements about the cost of a Thanksgiving meal, turkey and gasoline.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's all in the numbers... and the lies!
Fact Check: Is Trump Right About Affordability? www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
Fact Check: Is Trump Right About Affordability? www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Another day, another TEN missed opportunities for the DNC to speak on behalf of Dems about the abomination of the day.
Mark Kelly shouldn’t have to defend himself alone.
The DNC, the national Dem PARTY should be speaking up for him and the other members of Congress all over the place.
WHYYYYY
Mark Kelly shouldn’t have to defend himself alone.
The DNC, the national Dem PARTY should be speaking up for him and the other members of Congress all over the place.
WHYYYYY
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Another day, another TEN missed opportunities for the DNC to speak on behalf of Dems about the abomination of the day.
Mark Kelly shouldn’t have to defend himself alone.
The DNC, the national Dem PARTY should be speaking up for him and the other members of Congress all over the place.
WHYYYYY
Mark Kelly shouldn’t have to defend himself alone.
The DNC, the national Dem PARTY should be speaking up for him and the other members of Congress all over the place.
WHYYYYY
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I'm really curious who leaked that audio. And why.
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I'm really curious who leaked that audio. And why.
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@schumer.senate.gov but they promised, right Chuck, & they always follow through with their promises…
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@schumer.senate.gov but they promised, right Chuck, & they always follow through with their promises…
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BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…
The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…
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Reminder as job loss numbers come in today: Going back 100 years, Democratic presidents average nearly 3x the job creation as Republicans. It’s not all causality, but it’s a hell of a correlation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reminder as job loss numbers come in today: Going back 100 years, Democratic presidents average nearly 3x the job creation as Republicans. It’s not all causality, but it’s a hell of a correlation.
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Remember when Joe Biden was going to “weaponize the justice system against his political enemies” and of course he wasn’t, and it never happened, and then Trump is President now and he’s weaponizing the justice system against his political enemies?
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Remember when Joe Biden was going to “weaponize the justice system against his political enemies” and of course he wasn’t, and it never happened, and then Trump is President now and he’s weaponizing the justice system against his political enemies?
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November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Here is my Medieval History Reading Curriculum. This video summarizes the books in order. Here is the full curriculum.
open.substack.com/pub/jeffreyr...
youtu.be/xCqOTybgoVc?...
#histbookchat #history #nonfiction #booksky #readingcurriculum
open.substack.com/pub/jeffreyr...
youtu.be/xCqOTybgoVc?...
#histbookchat #history #nonfiction #booksky #readingcurriculum
Cross and Crescent: A Medieval History Reading Curriculum
YouTube video by Jeffrey Reads History
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Here is my Medieval History Reading Curriculum. This video summarizes the books in order. Here is the full curriculum.
open.substack.com/pub/jeffreyr...
youtu.be/xCqOTybgoVc?...
#histbookchat #history #nonfiction #booksky #readingcurriculum
open.substack.com/pub/jeffreyr...
youtu.be/xCqOTybgoVc?...
#histbookchat #history #nonfiction #booksky #readingcurriculum
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Really sinking into my WIP now.
Thinking about my fictional world more than the real one, processing things the way my rotating cast of characters would, talking a bit like they might.
Totally normal stuff, especially since all my characters are fairy folk.
#5amWritersClub #5amWriting #booksky
Thinking about my fictional world more than the real one, processing things the way my rotating cast of characters would, talking a bit like they might.
Totally normal stuff, especially since all my characters are fairy folk.
#5amWritersClub #5amWriting #booksky
a cartoon drawing of a woman watering plants with a spray bottle that says ' e ' on it
Alt: a cartoon drawing of a woman watering plants with a spray bottle that says ' e ' on it
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Really sinking into my WIP now.
Thinking about my fictional world more than the real one, processing things the way my rotating cast of characters would, talking a bit like they might.
Totally normal stuff, especially since all my characters are fairy folk.
#5amWritersClub #5amWriting #booksky
Thinking about my fictional world more than the real one, processing things the way my rotating cast of characters would, talking a bit like they might.
Totally normal stuff, especially since all my characters are fairy folk.
#5amWritersClub #5amWriting #booksky
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The Royal Literary Fund is launching a free four-part webinar series called ‘Making Writing Work’ next year 👇 #BookSky
Royal Literary Fund to run free webinar series for writers
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November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Royal Literary Fund is launching a free four-part webinar series called ‘Making Writing Work’ next year 👇 #BookSky
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Meanwhile on X.
Bot, for sure and not my supporter. But 🙄
Bot, for sure and not my supporter. But 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Meanwhile on X.
Bot, for sure and not my supporter. But 🙄
Bot, for sure and not my supporter. But 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
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DOJ will refuse to release the Epstein files based on their sham "ongoing investigation." Bookmark it.
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
DOJ will refuse to release the Epstein files based on their sham "ongoing investigation." Bookmark it.
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LUNATIC RFKJ IS A DUI HIRE
CC GENOCIDE
STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS
CC GENOCIDE
STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
LUNATIC RFKJ IS A DUI HIRE
CC GENOCIDE
STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS
CC GENOCIDE
STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS