Ike Makos
@ikemakos.bsky.social
Toiling away in the history mines. Public history professional. Board & tabletop gaming enthusiast. MA in Public History, American University 2020. BA in History, Beloit College 2016. Pronouns are he/him/his.
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Ike Makos
@ikemakos.bsky.social
· Nov 6
In 1776 William Knox had in his possession a gorget that had once displayed the coat of arms of the British monarch. Over this symbol of autocratic rule someone stamped the Latin phrase INIMICA TYRANNIS - “hostile to tyrants”
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Sorkinesque fart walk and talk
Feeling gassy after Thanksgiving? Take a fart walk.
Light exercise after a big meal can help. Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
Light exercise after a big meal can help. Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
Column | Try a ‘fart walk’ to ease the pressure after that big Thanksgiving meal
Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Sorkinesque fart walk and talk
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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I wonder if after spider-man became a thing some person was like, "hey I saw that guy beat bonesaw in a cage match"
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I wonder if after spider-man became a thing some person was like, "hey I saw that guy beat bonesaw in a cage match"
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deep respect to anyone expecting the Stranger Thing finale(s) to be in any way satisfying, your optimism is a rare and beautiful thing
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
deep respect to anyone expecting the Stranger Thing finale(s) to be in any way satisfying, your optimism is a rare and beautiful thing
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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In the 18th century he would have been Mr Beast India Company
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
In the 18th century he would have been Mr Beast India Company
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They like Trump and want to help him
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
They like Trump and want to help him
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leftist family trying to avoid politics at the dinner table (internecine recriminations over who was responsible for the defeat of the republicans in the spanish civil war)
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
leftist family trying to avoid politics at the dinner table (internecine recriminations over who was responsible for the defeat of the republicans in the spanish civil war)
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It’s messed up they don’t show all the dogs at the Thanksgiving dog show. Who does NBC think they are to decide we don’t get to see the Norwegian Elkhound
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It’s messed up they don’t show all the dogs at the Thanksgiving dog show. Who does NBC think they are to decide we don’t get to see the Norwegian Elkhound
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Fun fact to impress people at your Thanksgiving party: Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has been rumored to be in a relationship with pop star Taylor Swift
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Fun fact to impress people at your Thanksgiving party: Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has been rumored to be in a relationship with pop star Taylor Swift
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Weapon Added To Each Thanksgiving Place Setting In Preparation For Blowout Family Argument
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Weapon Added To Each Thanksgiving Place Setting In Preparation For Blowout Family Argument
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Today is Octidi the 8th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate honey.#JacobinDay
More information on honey
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate honey.#JacobinDay
More information on honey
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Octidi the 8th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate honey.#JacobinDay
More information on honey
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate honey.#JacobinDay
More information on honey
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Wrote about arguably my favorite topic in all of sports: Jerry Jones spending $1.2 billion on a stadium built at the exact orientation so the sun shines directly into players eyes during the months when the Cowboys play football:
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
The Old Man and the Sun
A breakdown of how and why the Cowboys have the only stadium in the league where players regularly get blinded by the sun.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Wrote about arguably my favorite topic in all of sports: Jerry Jones spending $1.2 billion on a stadium built at the exact orientation so the sun shines directly into players eyes during the months when the Cowboys play football:
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
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Ah yes, stupid cyberpunk
your 14yr old nephew is addicted to at least 4 different gambling apps on his phone where he's actively betting daily on the outcome of individual skirmishes in a real life war happening on the other side of the globe
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Ah yes, stupid cyberpunk
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Fine, I’ll say it: The NFL games on Thanksgiving this year are too good. They’re supposed to be mid matchups that we all throw on in the background because they’re on. The Lions and Cowboys being good has violated this crucial social construct
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fine, I’ll say it: The NFL games on Thanksgiving this year are too good. They’re supposed to be mid matchups that we all throw on in the background because they’re on. The Lions and Cowboys being good has violated this crucial social construct
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“I once exploded a glass dish by trying to use it on the stovetop, but I can definitely fry this turkey” is what makes America America.
November 27, 2024 at 3:28 PM
“I once exploded a glass dish by trying to use it on the stovetop, but I can definitely fry this turkey” is what makes America America.
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“If you overcook this huge, ungainly bird that you haven’t cooked once since last year, then it will be dry and tasteless. But if you undercook it, the whole family will be hospitalized with salmonella. Good luck!”
November 28, 2024 at 5:41 PM
“If you overcook this huge, ungainly bird that you haven’t cooked once since last year, then it will be dry and tasteless. But if you undercook it, the whole family will be hospitalized with salmonella. Good luck!”
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having exactly (1) day out of the year where every amateur chef in America attempts to cook a giant bird and not fuck it up is, honestly, a wonderful and hilarious tradition
November 27, 2024 at 3:01 PM
having exactly (1) day out of the year where every amateur chef in America attempts to cook a giant bird and not fuck it up is, honestly, a wonderful and hilarious tradition
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There should be book clubs for babies. "I enjoyed the crinkliness of this one but I have to say the little mirror at the end was a bit predictable."
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There should be book clubs for babies. "I enjoyed the crinkliness of this one but I have to say the little mirror at the end was a bit predictable."
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on top of everything else, nuzzi has the sensibilities of your most embarrassing friend. a guy alternates between saying he wants her to have his children and ghosting her, and she's wringing her hands trying to figure out if they're really in love
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
on top of everything else, nuzzi has the sensibilities of your most embarrassing friend. a guy alternates between saying he wants her to have his children and ghosting her, and she's wringing her hands trying to figure out if they're really in love
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Pittsburgh exists because god loves us and wants us to be happy
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Pittsburgh exists because god loves us and wants us to be happy
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publishing your greatest professional and ethical failures in a series of paywalled blog posts is certainly a choice.
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
publishing your greatest professional and ethical failures in a series of paywalled blog posts is certainly a choice.
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Instead, well...
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Instead, well...
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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The GOP entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to gerrymander everyone else, and nobody was going to gerrymander them. In half a hundred places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
COOK POLITICAL: Republicans “may have had a blind spot: the extent to which Democrats could push .. in blue states to fight back.” 🤡
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The GOP entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to gerrymander everyone else, and nobody was going to gerrymander them. In half a hundred places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.