Bob Hutton
@herecomesdrbob.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Appalachian Studies, and Divisive Concepts
Author of BLOODY BREATHITT from @KENTUCKYPRESS
I like to steal, gamble, and rob.
Author of BLOODY BREATHITT from @KENTUCKYPRESS
I like to steal, gamble, and rob.
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1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
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couldn't find this clip anymore so i watched an hour of Siskel and Ebert on Letterman clips to find it. wow. here it is: why Gene didn't like Free Willy
March 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
couldn't find this clip anymore so i watched an hour of Siskel and Ebert on Letterman clips to find it. wow. here it is: why Gene didn't like Free Willy
Very good essay on the question of 'what makes a university?' from (and here's the best part) a nonTT university instructor.
hedgehogreview.com/issues/place...
hedgehogreview.com/issues/place...
A Tale of Two College Towns
The public university and the small-town college are the best and worst of higher education options.
hedgehogreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Very good essay on the question of 'what makes a university?' from (and here's the best part) a nonTT university instructor.
hedgehogreview.com/issues/place...
hedgehogreview.com/issues/place...
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"I guess they're trying to sell us on socialism." Herblock, June 1954.
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"I guess they're trying to sell us on socialism." Herblock, June 1954.
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What a legend
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What a legend
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
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23 November 1887: Thibodaux massacre
Mini podcast of radical history on this date
www.spreaker.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," appeared today in "Beeton's Christmas Annual," 21st November, 1887: "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive..."
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," appeared today in "Beeton's Christmas Annual," 21st November, 1887: "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive..."
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Body Cam Video, Otis Gibbs Reveal New Clues in Todd Snider Death: savingcountrymusic.com/body-cam-vid...
Body Cam Video, Otis Gibbs Reveal New Clues in Todd Snider Death -...
The body camera footage has become one of the most useful tools as Todd's fans try to recreate his moments in Salt Lake City to try and find answers why he was denied care, and if this was ultimately ...
savingcountrymusic.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Body Cam Video, Otis Gibbs Reveal New Clues in Todd Snider Death: savingcountrymusic.com/body-cam-vid...
I can help whoever's next
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I can help whoever's next
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Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
Please help Bryan, a decent and hardworking person who was just kidnapped off the street in DC. He has been in this country since he was a child. He has a business and a family. He does not deserve such shameful cruelty. Please share.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
Donate to Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom, organized by Kira Tewalt
Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
My name is Kira, and I’m asking for your help on… Kira Tewalt needs your support for Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
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As we see American cities overrun by masked men with little accountability the boom in private security post-2020 is a haunting lesson.
This is what happens when men are given big money to treat citizens protesting like insurgents.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is what happens when men are given big money to treat citizens protesting like insurgents.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How a mercenary became a Minneapolis mall cop
After the George Floyd protests, a former military contractor named Nathan Seabrook brought the war home.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As we see American cities overrun by masked men with little accountability the boom in private security post-2020 is a haunting lesson.
This is what happens when men are given big money to treat citizens protesting like insurgents.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is what happens when men are given big money to treat citizens protesting like insurgents.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Really enjoyed watching Nick Offerman as Chester Arthur in Death by Lightning. #FunWithPhotoshop
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Really enjoyed watching Nick Offerman as Chester Arthur in Death by Lightning. #FunWithPhotoshop
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“She makes a thing out of me
Knows the world that I want to see
Heaven knows she needs to be
One promise I keep”
youtu.be/RxvgusHh8VE?...
Knows the world that I want to see
Heaven knows she needs to be
One promise I keep”
youtu.be/RxvgusHh8VE?...
Hey Hey
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“She makes a thing out of me
Knows the world that I want to see
Heaven knows she needs to be
One promise I keep”
youtu.be/RxvgusHh8VE?...
Knows the world that I want to see
Heaven knows she needs to be
One promise I keep”
youtu.be/RxvgusHh8VE?...
A big part of what made pro wrestling more or less believable in the 1980s was Bob Caudle narrating and interviewing with a straight face and a serious demeanor like he was reading the 6pm news.
Legendary Broadcaster Bob Caudle Passes Away At Age 95
Legendary Broadcaster Bob Caudle Passes Away At Age 95 - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News
Legendary announcer Bob Caudle has passed away at the age of 95.
www.fightful.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A big part of what made pro wrestling more or less believable in the 1980s was Bob Caudle narrating and interviewing with a straight face and a serious demeanor like he was reading the 6pm news.
RIP Todd Snider
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him"
youtu.be/3klZbWa42Nc?...
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him"
youtu.be/3klZbWa42Nc?...
Vinyl Records
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
RIP Todd Snider
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him"
youtu.be/3klZbWa42Nc?...
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him"
youtu.be/3klZbWa42Nc?...
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Work release programs are a form of wage slavery because it is fixed to be so.
Attaching social services to a job is also a form of wage slavery because it’s fixed to be so.
Working while imprisoned behind the wall a form of wage slavery because it is fixed to be so.
Not appalled, just pall’ed.
Attaching social services to a job is also a form of wage slavery because it’s fixed to be so.
Working while imprisoned behind the wall a form of wage slavery because it is fixed to be so.
Not appalled, just pall’ed.
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Work release programs are a form of wage slavery because it is fixed to be so.
Attaching social services to a job is also a form of wage slavery because it’s fixed to be so.
Working while imprisoned behind the wall a form of wage slavery because it is fixed to be so.
Not appalled, just pall’ed.
Attaching social services to a job is also a form of wage slavery because it’s fixed to be so.
Working while imprisoned behind the wall a form of wage slavery because it is fixed to be so.
Not appalled, just pall’ed.
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Probably the case with most cities (mind you, if you count only what's in the city limits). Pretty crazy though.
amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Probably the case with most cities (mind you, if you count only what's in the city limits). Pretty crazy though.
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if you told 17 year old me how thoroughly, world-historically vindicated ICP would be within a couple decades...
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
if you told 17 year old me how thoroughly, world-historically vindicated ICP would be within a couple decades...
Memphis really is affordable.
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Memphis really is affordable.
The very (I assume) hurried make-up job meant to transform Donna Reed into the alternate reality Pottertown spinster librarian in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.
What’s your all time favorite Hollywood Homely fail? When a woman is meant to be unattractive but she’s gorgeous. Thinking of how Safety Not Guaranteed has a key moment where a man’s ex is in the script old and no longer attractive and she’s a knockout who the movie still plays as old.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The very (I assume) hurried make-up job meant to transform Donna Reed into the alternate reality Pottertown spinster librarian in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.
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I bet some of my non existent money that Trump ranting about the filibuster became a real threat behind the scenes and the Dems can't have the filibuster going away
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I bet some of my non existent money that Trump ranting about the filibuster became a real threat behind the scenes and the Dems can't have the filibuster going away
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If you enjoy “Death by Lightning” on @Netflix.com, you should read @candicemillard.bsky.social’s “Destiny of the Republic,” C.W. Goodyear’s “President Garfield,” Kenneth Ackerman’s “Dark Horse,” and, if I may be so bold…my own “The Last Lincoln Republican: The Presidential Election of 1880.”
The Last Lincoln Republican
Of all the great “what if” scenarios in American history, the aftermath of the presidential election of 1880 stands out as one of the most tantal...
kansaspress.ku.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you enjoy “Death by Lightning” on @Netflix.com, you should read @candicemillard.bsky.social’s “Destiny of the Republic,” C.W. Goodyear’s “President Garfield,” Kenneth Ackerman’s “Dark Horse,” and, if I may be so bold…my own “The Last Lincoln Republican: The Presidential Election of 1880.”