HM Beisswenger
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HM Beisswenger
@hmbeisswenger.bsky.social
I thought this was going to be another rapture post when I saw it. Almost scrolled past. I'm very glad I didn't.

"That which you do the least of these, you do unto me."
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Janus and the history behind New Year's.

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Folklore Friday: Janus, the Roman God of Change
And some history behind New Year's Day
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January 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
2 minute history on why Columbus is in the Bad Place.

Happy Indigenous People's Day!

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Indigenous People's Day
And why Columbus is in the Bad Place
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October 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The Night of Long Knives and parallels to the current administration.

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3 Minute Look at Nazi History
Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Night of Long Knives
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October 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Bullet point notes on things you should know about the government shutdown. It's less than a 2 minute read.

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A Brief Note on the Shutdown
Some things to note about the shutdown:
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October 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I watched Hegseth’s speech so you don’t have to.

TL:DR: He wants to abolish the RoE. That’s the legal code that prevents crimes against humanity, set up via the Geneva Convention.

Anyone who wants to get rid of the RoE is on the fast track to Nuremberg.

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Hegseth and the Generals
And the meeting that could have been an email
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October 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A brief moment of history and how Horst Wessel compares to Charlie Kirk.

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The "Martyrdom" of Horst Wessel
A brief minute of Nazi history
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September 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Let's talk about bots: What they are, how to spot them, how to handle them, and what their goals are.

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Let's Talk About Bots
What they look like and how to deal with them
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September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Anytime someone points out the obvious hypocrisy within the GOP, they are missing the point of the GOP's platform.

Hypocrisy is the point.

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GOP Hypocrisy is the Point, Not a Design Flaw
What we miss when we focus on the hypocrisy of the GOP
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September 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yesterday, I posted about how Charlie Kirk weaponized debate to target white boys in online forums.

This is the analysis of the alleged shooter and how he came from the same forums Kirk was trying to exploit.

Except it didn't work out for him.
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Charlie Kirk and "Fake Conservativism"
And what we've learned about MAGA from the assassin
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September 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Moderate liberals are celebrating Kirk as someone willing to sit down with people from all political backgrounds and have an honest debate.

That is NOT what he did.

This is how Kirk and the right-wing weaponized debate to radicalize young men.

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Charlie Kirk, the Great Debater
And how the right-wing weaponized academic debates
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September 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When Christian apologists realize their arguments aren't leading to conversion, they all have a tendency to fall back to "If you just did your research/read the Bible, you'd understand."

Here's why that argument is absolute crap.

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Breaking Down a Common Apologetic Argument
And why "Just do your research" falls completely flat.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Some history behind Yahweh as a Semitic storm god, and the story of the time he set about to murder all the other gods.

Psalm 82 is one of my favorite Bible myths.

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Folklore Friday: Yahweh, the Semitic Storm God
And the time he threatened to murder all the other deities.
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September 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For a very long time now, I've been writing about how the intersection between book banning and mass violence and how it escalates.

The Minneapolis shooting has the potential to serve as the next step, when the government steps in to take over.

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Minneapolis and the Stages of Gun Violence
And what the Minnesota Catholic School means for what comes next
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September 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What Trump is doing is beat for beat what a Uganda dictator did in the 1970s.

And it will lead to the same outcomes.

Here's how that works.

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Migrant Deportations and Echoes from the Past
How Trump's agenda mimics that of Idi Amin
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August 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Some of the history behind the Canaanite storm god, Baal and his epic rivalry with Yahweh.

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Folklore Friday: Baal, the Canaanite Storm God
and his epic rivalry with Yahweh
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August 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Instead of folklore for Folklore Friday, today we have the historical tale of Crispus, the first son of Constantine.

His death played a major role in the conversion of Constantine, who was most definitely a terrible person.

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Folklore Friday: Crispus, the Son of Constantine
And the tragic tale buried at the core of Christian history
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August 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM