Devlin Burgess
@devlinburgess.bsky.social
(He/Him) 28 Years Old. Actual Historian (just finished grad school). American (I won't give up on this damn place). Progressive liberal, enemy of bigotry and fascism. Generalized geek and gamer, amateur cook and photographer. New to social media.
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I don't tend to do this often, but it's a new year, so here's a new self-introduction. #promosky
I'm Devlin Burgess, 28 years old, cis male (he/him), straight, white as a sheet. Recent graduate from Grad School, military historian, new to social media. American, lives in Oregon in the Portland Area.
I'm Devlin Burgess, 28 years old, cis male (he/him), straight, white as a sheet. Recent graduate from Grad School, military historian, new to social media. American, lives in Oregon in the Portland Area.
Loki, as Thor is being devoured by a Frost Giant: "Brother, have you considered addressing the underlying problems with Capitalism that have brought we two ancient Norse deities to this point?"
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superheroes never seem to approach the systemic problems that lead those who are failed by the system to a life of villainy, but rather silence those voices to uphold the status quo. Are superheroes just neoliberalists with capes?
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Loki, as Thor is being devoured by a Frost Giant: "Brother, have you considered addressing the underlying problems with Capitalism that have brought we two ancient Norse deities to this point?"
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So....I've started Ghost of Yotei.
Despite, or maybe because of, being an anticipated sequel to one of my favorite games, I'm really nervous about this one as it *already* feels more generic than Tsushima. The animal companion, the Western music twang, the cadre of masked assassination targets..../1
Despite, or maybe because of, being an anticipated sequel to one of my favorite games, I'm really nervous about this one as it *already* feels more generic than Tsushima. The animal companion, the Western music twang, the cadre of masked assassination targets..../1
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
So....I've started Ghost of Yotei.
Despite, or maybe because of, being an anticipated sequel to one of my favorite games, I'm really nervous about this one as it *already* feels more generic than Tsushima. The animal companion, the Western music twang, the cadre of masked assassination targets..../1
Despite, or maybe because of, being an anticipated sequel to one of my favorite games, I'm really nervous about this one as it *already* feels more generic than Tsushima. The animal companion, the Western music twang, the cadre of masked assassination targets..../1
So, fun fact: when I was in high school (2014) I did some TA work for my lit teacher, and most of our job was sorting through old books in storage....including a seemingly endless amount of Ayn Rand that libertarian groups kept vainly sending.
*What* you read is as important as how often you read.
*What* you read is as important as how often you read.
We sent 9 weeks reading Catcher in the Rye and 9 weeks reading The Outsider at my public High School in the mid-1980s. I can count on two hands the number of my classmates who regularly read books outside of school. Kids should be reading more, but be wary of overly nostalgic declension narratives.
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So, fun fact: when I was in high school (2014) I did some TA work for my lit teacher, and most of our job was sorting through old books in storage....including a seemingly endless amount of Ayn Rand that libertarian groups kept vainly sending.
*What* you read is as important as how often you read.
*What* you read is as important as how often you read.
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We sent 9 weeks reading Catcher in the Rye and 9 weeks reading The Outsider at my public High School in the mid-1980s. I can count on two hands the number of my classmates who regularly read books outside of school. Kids should be reading more, but be wary of overly nostalgic declension narratives.
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We sent 9 weeks reading Catcher in the Rye and 9 weeks reading The Outsider at my public High School in the mid-1980s. I can count on two hands the number of my classmates who regularly read books outside of school. Kids should be reading more, but be wary of overly nostalgic declension narratives.
One pattern I've found interesting in my research is that, for some reason, art about the Bakumatsu, even *during* the Bakumatsu, seems to feature women much more prominently then periods before or after. I wonder what it is that makes people associate the era with gender issues?🤔
#History
#Japan
#History
#Japan
December 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So, yet another entry in the "Maybe Secret Empire wasn't as sacrilegious as I thought" series, here is Captain America getting all upset that a former colleague *murdered* a criminal in cold blood!
A...Nazi War Criminal.
A Nazi War Criminal protected by the CIA and responsible for a genocide.
Yikes.
A...Nazi War Criminal.
A Nazi War Criminal protected by the CIA and responsible for a genocide.
Yikes.
December 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So, yet another entry in the "Maybe Secret Empire wasn't as sacrilegious as I thought" series, here is Captain America getting all upset that a former colleague *murdered* a criminal in cold blood!
A...Nazi War Criminal.
A Nazi War Criminal protected by the CIA and responsible for a genocide.
Yikes.
A...Nazi War Criminal.
A Nazi War Criminal protected by the CIA and responsible for a genocide.
Yikes.
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Small little #Gundam reference in the manga I'm reading tonight. I guess Olympus was high enough that the Greek gods souls weren't weighed down by gravity.🤷♂️
December 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Small little #Gundam reference in the manga I'm reading tonight. I guess Olympus was high enough that the Greek gods souls weren't weighed down by gravity.🤷♂️
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Whoaaaa what a steal.... been on my PS wishlist awhile now for the double dip/second 100% playthrough 😅
December 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Whoaaaa what a steal.... been on my PS wishlist awhile now for the double dip/second 100% playthrough 😅
As someone who's not interested in the Awards part of the Game Awards, a lot of the reveals and trailers seemed pretty fun (especially the Star Wars ones), but they're also mostly "Wait and see" games that might not live up to their potential, or come out at all.
Still....I want a good SW racer. 🏁
Still....I want a good SW racer. 🏁
Star Wars: Galactic Racer - Official Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2025 - IGN
Galactic Racer is a runs-based racing game set in the lawless Outer Rim region of the Star Wars universe. Wishlist now on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, and Epic coming in 2026.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
As someone who's not interested in the Awards part of the Game Awards, a lot of the reveals and trailers seemed pretty fun (especially the Star Wars ones), but they're also mostly "Wait and see" games that might not live up to their potential, or come out at all.
Still....I want a good SW racer. 🏁
Still....I want a good SW racer. 🏁
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Star Wars Galactic Racer coming 2026
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Star Wars Galactic Racer coming 2026
Having kinda a crummy day, but my mood has been lightened a little by the latest in my unwatched #MST3K episode quest. Phantom Planet is a great episode. The movie's a perfect combo of crummy effects, bad dialog, terrible characters, dumb science and an overall weirdly boring plot. Great riffing.
MST3K 902: The Phantom Planet
YouTube video by MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Having kinda a crummy day, but my mood has been lightened a little by the latest in my unwatched #MST3K episode quest. Phantom Planet is a great episode. The movie's a perfect combo of crummy effects, bad dialog, terrible characters, dumb science and an overall weirdly boring plot. Great riffing.
Huh. Gotta admit, I was expecting another remaster, or a relaunch of the MMO, not a re-imagining of the whole Old Republic setting. We'll, color me intrigued.
Hey, @helexzura.bsky.social, you're a bit KOTOR fan, right? Whaddya make of the new project?🤔
Hey, @helexzura.bsky.social, you're a bit KOTOR fan, right? Whaddya make of the new project?🤔
StarWars.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Huh. Gotta admit, I was expecting another remaster, or a relaunch of the MMO, not a re-imagining of the whole Old Republic setting. We'll, color me intrigued.
Hey, @helexzura.bsky.social, you're a bit KOTOR fan, right? Whaddya make of the new project?🤔
Hey, @helexzura.bsky.social, you're a bit KOTOR fan, right? Whaddya make of the new project?🤔
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
Judge Orders Abrego Garcia's Immediate Release from Immigration Custody
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
Since the Times keeps writing these dumb, vague pieces, I'm just going to make a TL:DR response for whenever they do this.
There are no universally effective wonder weapons, just weapons that are effective in their particular context.
There are no universally effective wonder weapons, just weapons that are effective in their particular context.
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Since the Times keeps writing these dumb, vague pieces, I'm just going to make a TL:DR response for whenever they do this.
There are no universally effective wonder weapons, just weapons that are effective in their particular context.
There are no universally effective wonder weapons, just weapons that are effective in their particular context.
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And *historians* - be better than this!
I understand you may specialize in ideas, or politics, or something else but PLEASE equip yourself with a basic grasp of how material conditions change over time.
I had to learn Pindar and Aristotle and Hobbes and Rousseau, you can learn how prices work.
I understand you may specialize in ideas, or politics, or something else but PLEASE equip yourself with a basic grasp of how material conditions change over time.
I had to learn Pindar and Aristotle and Hobbes and Rousseau, you can learn how prices work.
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
And *historians* - be better than this!
I understand you may specialize in ideas, or politics, or something else but PLEASE equip yourself with a basic grasp of how material conditions change over time.
I had to learn Pindar and Aristotle and Hobbes and Rousseau, you can learn how prices work.
I understand you may specialize in ideas, or politics, or something else but PLEASE equip yourself with a basic grasp of how material conditions change over time.
I had to learn Pindar and Aristotle and Hobbes and Rousseau, you can learn how prices work.
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there's a good post here going around (with quotes disabled) about those dork ass "RETVRN" Twitter accounts posting 50s/60s pictures with "look what they took from us" messaging and I watched a really good video essay about this recently because of course I did
the world you grew up in no longer exists - it never did
YouTube video by Paul Platt
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
there's a good post here going around (with quotes disabled) about those dork ass "RETVRN" Twitter accounts posting 50s/60s pictures with "look what they took from us" messaging and I watched a really good video essay about this recently because of course I did
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Hi Historians. We’re splitting our US history, 1945-present course in half. I have to write the proposal for the new 1975-present course. What scholarship do you recommend for me to read to better get a grip on the just emerging historiography? #AcademicSky 🗃️
December 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hi Historians. We’re splitting our US history, 1945-present course in half. I have to write the proposal for the new 1975-present course. What scholarship do you recommend for me to read to better get a grip on the just emerging historiography? #AcademicSky 🗃️
I forgot to mention that I've been playing Wuchang: Fallen Feathers a bit recently. So far, it's definitely cleaving to the traditional Soulslike formula, not always for the better, *but* I am enjoying it so far. Moreso than Black Myth Wukong, at the very least.
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I forgot to mention that I've been playing Wuchang: Fallen Feathers a bit recently. So far, it's definitely cleaving to the traditional Soulslike formula, not always for the better, *but* I am enjoying it so far. Moreso than Black Myth Wukong, at the very least.
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38th game of 2025:
Metroid Prime 4 🚀
Wrapped up last night, the 1st FPS I’ve played & beaten in 5 yrs! Took a couple hrs, but I actually got comfortable which is a huge W for me. Extended pros & cons below! Overall, had fun but can’t ignore some flawed design choices. Cool game w missed potential
Metroid Prime 4 🚀
Wrapped up last night, the 1st FPS I’ve played & beaten in 5 yrs! Took a couple hrs, but I actually got comfortable which is a huge W for me. Extended pros & cons below! Overall, had fun but can’t ignore some flawed design choices. Cool game w missed potential
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
38th game of 2025:
Metroid Prime 4 🚀
Wrapped up last night, the 1st FPS I’ve played & beaten in 5 yrs! Took a couple hrs, but I actually got comfortable which is a huge W for me. Extended pros & cons below! Overall, had fun but can’t ignore some flawed design choices. Cool game w missed potential
Metroid Prime 4 🚀
Wrapped up last night, the 1st FPS I’ve played & beaten in 5 yrs! Took a couple hrs, but I actually got comfortable which is a huge W for me. Extended pros & cons below! Overall, had fun but can’t ignore some flawed design choices. Cool game w missed potential
I may be counting my chickens before they're fried, but I think I've finally beaten the bug that's been hounding me this past week or so.
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I may be counting my chickens before they're fried, but I think I've finally beaten the bug that's been hounding me this past week or so.
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...Speed and other supposedly "enlightened" southerners, Lincoln said, followed the lead of the most aggressive pro-slavery figures, even while privately decrying their excesses.
"They dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the masters of your own negroes."
"They dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the masters of your own negroes."
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
...Speed and other supposedly "enlightened" southerners, Lincoln said, followed the lead of the most aggressive pro-slavery figures, even while privately decrying their excesses.
"They dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the masters of your own negroes."
"They dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the masters of your own negroes."
I think the most objective answer for me would be The Flower Girl, which I only watched once for a film class, given that it's an actual North Korean propaganda film.
December 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I think the most objective answer for me would be The Flower Girl, which I only watched once for a film class, given that it's an actual North Korean propaganda film.
"Starring Kevin Spacey"
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Starring Kevin Spacey"
I know Bluesky is the home of college professors and student burnout and all that, but is it too much to ask that the discourse around education remain somewhat tethered to reality? I feel like most takes I see here are either A.
Without humanities classes you are a pathetic shell of a person. /1
Without humanities classes you are a pathetic shell of a person. /1
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I know Bluesky is the home of college professors and student burnout and all that, but is it too much to ask that the discourse around education remain somewhat tethered to reality? I feel like most takes I see here are either A.
Without humanities classes you are a pathetic shell of a person. /1
Without humanities classes you are a pathetic shell of a person. /1