Jesse Doerksen
@jessedoerksen.bsky.social
Graduate Student of History
Lover of Books
Father of Children
Husband of Wife
Lover of Books
Father of Children
Husband of Wife
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Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal in the Early 1960s
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September 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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In her diary, Virginia Woolf left behind the most truthful record of what a writer’s life is actually like.
Virginia Woolf’s Consciousness of Reality
In her diary, the author of “Mrs. Dalloway” left behind the most truthful record of what a writer’s life is actually like.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
In her diary, Virginia Woolf left behind the most truthful record of what a writer’s life is actually like.
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An anthology by Corky Lee, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life in New York’s Chinatown, collects hundreds of pictures that Lee shot from the early 1970s to the end of his life.
What Asian America Meant to Corky Lee
A new anthology by Chinatown’s omnipresent documentarian, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life.
www.newyorker.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
An anthology by Corky Lee, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life in New York’s Chinatown, collects hundreds of pictures that Lee shot from the early 1970s to the end of his life.
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The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
nyer.cm
July 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.
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The proper response to someone who makes the demand that a sign like this be taken down is “what the fuck is wrong with you?”
Idaho Attorney General: ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ sign cannot be displayed in Idaho schools because they are “part of an ideological/social movement.” www.idahoednews.org/top-news/att...
Attorney general: ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ sign cannot be displayed in Idaho schools
The sign violates a new law that prohibits the display of flags or banners have a political viewpoint, according to an Idaho attorney general’s office opinion obtained by EdNews through a pub…
www.idahoednews.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The proper response to someone who makes the demand that a sign like this be taken down is “what the fuck is wrong with you?”
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shout out to all the writers and artists who take forever to finish something. I get it, bro. I take a long time too. but your worth as a writer/artist isn't built upon production. so just keep striding it out. keep taking those steps. we each have our own race track. we'll get to the finish line
November 9, 2024 at 3:02 PM
shout out to all the writers and artists who take forever to finish something. I get it, bro. I take a long time too. but your worth as a writer/artist isn't built upon production. so just keep striding it out. keep taking those steps. we each have our own race track. we'll get to the finish line
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“It’s one thing for me to talk about oligarchy as an abstraction,” Bernie Sanders told Evan Osnos. “Trump has made it clear. He has said it loudly and clearly: we are a government of billionaires.”
Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
www.newyorker.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“It’s one thing for me to talk about oligarchy as an abstraction,” Bernie Sanders told Evan Osnos. “Trump has made it clear. He has said it loudly and clearly: we are a government of billionaires.”
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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
April 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
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Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.
Starved in Jail
Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?
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April 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.
Carney, "We are going to build twice as many homes as previously per year!"
Okay... but will you make them more affordable?
What about the supporting infrastructure?
Building more for the sake of appeasing policies of endless growth just plays into the interests of developers and investor classes.
Okay... but will you make them more affordable?
What about the supporting infrastructure?
Building more for the sake of appeasing policies of endless growth just plays into the interests of developers and investor classes.
April 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Carney, "We are going to build twice as many homes as previously per year!"
Okay... but will you make them more affordable?
What about the supporting infrastructure?
Building more for the sake of appeasing policies of endless growth just plays into the interests of developers and investor classes.
Okay... but will you make them more affordable?
What about the supporting infrastructure?
Building more for the sake of appeasing policies of endless growth just plays into the interests of developers and investor classes.
Well, that was an interesting election.
Kind of what I had expected, but kind of not...
Kudos to Jagmeet Singh on a solid career and good luck in the future to spending more time with his young family. Although I didn't agree with all of his policies, he did achieve tangible results for Canadians.
Kind of what I had expected, but kind of not...
Kudos to Jagmeet Singh on a solid career and good luck in the future to spending more time with his young family. Although I didn't agree with all of his policies, he did achieve tangible results for Canadians.
April 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Well, that was an interesting election.
Kind of what I had expected, but kind of not...
Kudos to Jagmeet Singh on a solid career and good luck in the future to spending more time with his young family. Although I didn't agree with all of his policies, he did achieve tangible results for Canadians.
Kind of what I had expected, but kind of not...
Kudos to Jagmeet Singh on a solid career and good luck in the future to spending more time with his young family. Although I didn't agree with all of his policies, he did achieve tangible results for Canadians.
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More people who never aspired to be activists but oppose the new order are finding that they must traverse a labyrinth of novel choices, calculations, and personal risks. Here’s a practical guide to help.
So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
www.newyorker.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
More people who never aspired to be activists but oppose the new order are finding that they must traverse a labyrinth of novel choices, calculations, and personal risks. Here’s a practical guide to help.
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Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.
Starved in Jail
Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?
www.newyorker.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.
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College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle
College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle
ITHACA, NY—As nearly a dozen prospective students were forced into the back of a car with tinted windows, a Cornell University campus tour reportedly ended Tuesday inside an unmarked Immigration and C...
theonion.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle
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In the 1830s, 40s, & 50s, Charles Lenox Remond was an abolitionist & women’s rights advocate who spoke out widely against discrimination. His politically active, entrepreneurial family lived in Massachusetts. His maternal grandfather was a Black Revolutionary War veteran; his dad was from Curaçao.
April 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In the 1830s, 40s, & 50s, Charles Lenox Remond was an abolitionist & women’s rights advocate who spoke out widely against discrimination. His politically active, entrepreneurial family lived in Massachusetts. His maternal grandfather was a Black Revolutionary War veteran; his dad was from Curaçao.
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The SEC is the only agency that could get to the bottom of who did these trades — and they would have to want to know.
Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
April 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The SEC is the only agency that could get to the bottom of who did these trades — and they would have to want to know.
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Excited to take part in TIOL-3, albeit remotely, to present our co-authored paper "Blurring the Boundary between Heresy and Orthodoxy: Foreign Travellers’ Accounts on Everyday Religiosity in 19th Century Istanbul" with @eosayin.bsky.social www.travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar
April 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Excited to take part in TIOL-3, albeit remotely, to present our co-authored paper "Blurring the Boundary between Heresy and Orthodoxy: Foreign Travellers’ Accounts on Everyday Religiosity in 19th Century Istanbul" with @eosayin.bsky.social www.travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Greg Nussbaum. #NewYorkerCartoons
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April 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Greg Nussbaum. #NewYorkerCartoons
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A polka-dot nudibranch.This is a type of sea-slug, not a #fish.Nudibranchs are soft-bodied marine mollusks known for their incredible colors and patterns
April 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A polka-dot nudibranch.This is a type of sea-slug, not a #fish.Nudibranchs are soft-bodied marine mollusks known for their incredible colors and patterns
Le mew, le purr...
April 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Le mew, le purr...
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Check out our new publication (it’s open access):
Rik J. Janssen and S. Berk Metin, “19th Century Ottoman Archery Records Among Leiden Miscellanea,” 𝐾𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓: 𝐸-𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 3, no. 1 (Winter 2025): 40–53.
journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/ke...
Rik J. Janssen and S. Berk Metin, “19th Century Ottoman Archery Records Among Leiden Miscellanea,” 𝐾𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓: 𝐸-𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 3, no. 1 (Winter 2025): 40–53.
journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/ke...
March 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Check out our new publication (it’s open access):
Rik J. Janssen and S. Berk Metin, “19th Century Ottoman Archery Records Among Leiden Miscellanea,” 𝐾𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓: 𝐸-𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 3, no. 1 (Winter 2025): 40–53.
journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/ke...
Rik J. Janssen and S. Berk Metin, “19th Century Ottoman Archery Records Among Leiden Miscellanea,” 𝐾𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓: 𝐸-𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 3, no. 1 (Winter 2025): 40–53.
journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/ke...
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✔️ Index reviewed
✔️ Proofs finalized
✔️ Book shortly off to printers!
*A Cold Colonialism* will be out June 1st. Getting excited! 😃https://www.ubcpress.ca/a-cold-colonialism
✔️ Proofs finalized
✔️ Book shortly off to printers!
*A Cold Colonialism* will be out June 1st. Getting excited! 😃https://www.ubcpress.ca/a-cold-colonialism
April 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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It's #FunFactFriday! Did you know that it is thought that Bowhead Whales are the oldest lived mammals on Earth, reaching up to 200 years in age?
This extended life span may be influenced by the cold waters where they live🥶
#WhaleTales #Bowhead
This extended life span may be influenced by the cold waters where they live🥶
#WhaleTales #Bowhead
April 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It's #FunFactFriday! Did you know that it is thought that Bowhead Whales are the oldest lived mammals on Earth, reaching up to 200 years in age?
This extended life span may be influenced by the cold waters where they live🥶
#WhaleTales #Bowhead
This extended life span may be influenced by the cold waters where they live🥶
#WhaleTales #Bowhead