Dr. M.A. Davis
@mikedavis.bsky.social
Historian in WNC
working on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
author of the first chapter of https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/wars-we-never-fought-9798765121535/
teaching part-time at Lees-McRae College
opinions my own
listen to me at https://tinyurl.com/meonnprwow
working on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
author of the first chapter of https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/wars-we-never-fought-9798765121535/
teaching part-time at Lees-McRae College
opinions my own
listen to me at https://tinyurl.com/meonnprwow
Nothing ever did. We have been playing you all for FOOLS!
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Nothing ever did. We have been playing you all for FOOLS!
one of the many unspoken truths was that, even before the American Revolution, a lot more colonists could vote than their British counterparts. and once you had that much representation over There, what was to stop that from happening over Here?
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
one of the many unspoken truths was that, even before the American Revolution, a lot more colonists could vote than their British counterparts. and once you had that much representation over There, what was to stop that from happening over Here?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual...
There was quite a debate about it! There were people (like Pitt) who said that virtual representation was obviously stupid.
There was quite a debate about it! There were people (like Pitt) who said that virtual representation was obviously stupid.
Virtual representation - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual...
There was quite a debate about it! There were people (like Pitt) who said that virtual representation was obviously stupid.
There was quite a debate about it! There were people (like Pitt) who said that virtual representation was obviously stupid.
to defend against the Communists.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
to defend against the Communists.
probably a smart move. the public generally doesn't go for "see you idiots I told you" campaigns even if they are correct.
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
probably a smart move. the public generally doesn't go for "see you idiots I told you" campaigns even if they are correct.
as old as the father of James Henry Hammond's victims being talked out of shooting him dead on the street, because it would look unseemly.
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
as old as the father of James Henry Hammond's victims being talked out of shooting him dead on the street, because it would look unseemly.
easy enough to do 'this is a game about democracy in crisis and what you can do to protect it - do you agree with the various authors/modders ideas?' after letting students do a few playthroughs.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
easy enough to do 'this is a game about democracy in crisis and what you can do to protect it - do you agree with the various authors/modders ideas?' after letting students do a few playthroughs.
in Dynamic, you can get an endstate where the DNVP comes to power, brings back the Kaiser, and Germany becomes a right-wing constitutional monarchy into the 21st century but it's still clearly and convincingly better than the real history!
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
in Dynamic, you can get an endstate where the DNVP comes to power, brings back the Kaiser, and Germany becomes a right-wing constitutional monarchy into the 21st century but it's still clearly and convincingly better than the real history!
I've played it heavily over the last few years - probably a little too much. there's something interesting about a historical game where the worst possible outcome is what really happened.
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I've played it heavily over the last few years - probably a little too much. there's something interesting about a historical game where the worst possible outcome is what really happened.
red-autumn.itch.io/social-democ... the base game
originn0.github.io/dynamic_soci... - one of its many mods/updates
the author has done one for Petrograd 1917, and there's a game using the same engine that covers the Italian socialists of post-WWI.
originn0.github.io/dynamic_soci... - one of its many mods/updates
the author has done one for Petrograd 1917, and there's a game using the same engine that covers the Italian socialists of post-WWI.
Social Democracy: An Alternate History by Autumn Chen
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
red-autumn.itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
red-autumn.itch.io/social-democ... the base game
originn0.github.io/dynamic_soci... - one of its many mods/updates
the author has done one for Petrograd 1917, and there's a game using the same engine that covers the Italian socialists of post-WWI.
originn0.github.io/dynamic_soci... - one of its many mods/updates
the author has done one for Petrograd 1917, and there's a game using the same engine that covers the Italian socialists of post-WWI.
I forget, have I gotten you interested in AutumnChen's Social Democracy: An Alternate History and its various mods/updates?
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I forget, have I gotten you interested in AutumnChen's Social Democracy: An Alternate History and its various mods/updates?
as the author of perhaps the only (and that inadequate) work on the American history of Uranus, this is a delight to see in print!
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
as the author of perhaps the only (and that inadequate) work on the American history of Uranus, this is a delight to see in print!
always happy to see more Midwestern historiography out and about
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
always happy to see more Midwestern historiography out and about
I just got the new translation of Verne's Moon book via Oxford World's Classics! Interesting to read Verne as an adult writer, not the juvenile Victorian translations in his lifetime. Also that naturally, if anybody's building a big gun in the 1860s, it's obviously Americans...
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I just got the new translation of Verne's Moon book via Oxford World's Classics! Interesting to read Verne as an adult writer, not the juvenile Victorian translations in his lifetime. Also that naturally, if anybody's building a big gun in the 1860s, it's obviously Americans...
the old Churchill quote about democracy comes to mind w/Bluesky.
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
the old Churchill quote about democracy comes to mind w/Bluesky.
at least Fetterman got his honestly.
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
at least Fetterman got his honestly.
a fine fellow to be PA's Tina Smith
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
a fine fellow to be PA's Tina Smith
(Shapiro calls Davis, Kenyatta, and Lamb into his office to see who can say "Shapiro '28! Woo!" with the most enthusiasm)
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
(Shapiro calls Davis, Kenyatta, and Lamb into his office to see who can say "Shapiro '28! Woo!" with the most enthusiasm)
if MN had gotten a dose of the same GOP nonsense that defeated Mondale in 2002 and elected a Republican after Franken, I could see frustration and doubt about removing Franken. but that didn't happen!
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
if MN had gotten a dose of the same GOP nonsense that defeated Mondale in 2002 and elected a Republican after Franken, I could see frustration and doubt about removing Franken. but that didn't happen!