Rob
@radicalhistory.bsky.social
History-knower. Shitposter. Gamer-American. Co-host of Dungeon Master of None. History writing and videos at radicalhistory.substack.com
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Rob
@radicalhistory.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I'm Rob, I write a newsletter called Radical History (radicalhistory.substack.com), give talks on the same here in Portland, OR, and am the co-host of Dungeon Master of None, a TTRPG podcast about getting started running/playing in games (not an AP). In my day job I'm a lifeguard, which rules IMO.
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that's neat. i assume pregnant inmates who don't happen to look like alpine dairymaids get the same perks and treatment. won't be checking
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Pregnant Inmate Surprised with Baby Shower in Jail by Sheriff's Office Before Giving Birth to Son
An inmate at a detention facility in Florida is expressing her gratitude after deputies surprised her with a baby shower. The Flagler County Sheriff's Office announced on Facebook that she was six mon...
people.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
that's neat. i assume pregnant inmates who don't happen to look like alpine dairymaids get the same perks and treatment. won't be checking
people.com/sheriffs-off...
people.com/sheriffs-off...
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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
You literally cannot accomplish this under capitalism without destroying the system. Too bad there isn't another way 😔
The fact that the public *overwhelmingly* wants the actual price level to fall, and for prices to go down across the board is important info about public opinion, but also more than a little tricky to try to implement!
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You literally cannot accomplish this under capitalism without destroying the system. Too bad there isn't another way 😔
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A business owner's effort to rebuild a historic Dairy Queen on SE Division and 56th Ave faced problems from the start. Now, the franchisee is duking it out with the city over the inclusion of a drive-thru at the ice cream shop, which he thinks is necessary for the DQ to succeed.
Drive-Thru Debacle Threatens to Keep Historic Dairy Queen in a Deep Freeze
Over the past few years, Portlanders have heard little about the plan to rebuild the old Dairy Queen on Southeast Division and 56th Ave. The Dairy Queen, which was demolished in 2019 after more than 5...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A business owner's effort to rebuild a historic Dairy Queen on SE Division and 56th Ave faced problems from the start. Now, the franchisee is duking it out with the city over the inclusion of a drive-thru at the ice cream shop, which he thinks is necessary for the DQ to succeed.
We've got lots of good ideas but you don't like them because all of them require taking money and power away from the people who currently have all of it
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We've got lots of good ideas but you don't like them because all of them require taking money and power away from the people who currently have all of it
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I will send you to hell.
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I will send you to hell.
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i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
In between shots I am going to post pigpoopballs to every national reporter trying to make it a solemn occasion or scolding people for celebrating
i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In between shots I am going to post pigpoopballs to every national reporter trying to make it a solemn occasion or scolding people for celebrating
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Started in on listening to most of the @rangedtouch.bsky.social Game Studies Study Buddies episodes in chronological order (historian 🙂). I think I have this part of the list correct:
Definitely need to recheck the more recent ones up to 2012, and, when I get there, add the post 2012 stuff
Definitely need to recheck the more recent ones up to 2012, and, when I get there, add the post 2012 stuff
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Started in on listening to most of the @rangedtouch.bsky.social Game Studies Study Buddies episodes in chronological order (historian 🙂). I think I have this part of the list correct:
Definitely need to recheck the more recent ones up to 2012, and, when I get there, add the post 2012 stuff
Definitely need to recheck the more recent ones up to 2012, and, when I get there, add the post 2012 stuff
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I think it's neat how the big publications will very occasionally allow a socialist to write for them but only when they can find one to dress up a dumbshit regressive opinion as leftist
I wrote about why we should not celebrate someone losing their job, especially in today’s America, even when they’ve done terrible racist things.
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I think it's neat how the big publications will very occasionally allow a socialist to write for them but only when they can find one to dress up a dumbshit regressive opinion as leftist
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“New Lizza post is up!” I shout from my room. The only reply is my own echo; this house has been empty for thirty-five years.
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“New Lizza post is up!” I shout from my room. The only reply is my own echo; this house has been empty for thirty-five years.
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"Studies have shown that long-distance electric ships with up to 5,000 km of range can be successfully utilized using today’s battery capabilities, without significant weight and volume."
cleantechnica.com/2025/12/05/c...
cleantechnica.com/2025/12/05/c...
CATL Expects Oceanic Electric Ships in 3 Years - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. News in batteries and electrification has been coming fast and furious lately. Recently, Su Yi, the head of CATL’s marine div...
cleantechnica.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Studies have shown that long-distance electric ships with up to 5,000 km of range can be successfully utilized using today’s battery capabilities, without significant weight and volume."
cleantechnica.com/2025/12/05/c...
cleantechnica.com/2025/12/05/c...
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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I have this terrible premonition that despite her obvious unsuitability that this woman is going to be in print/on TV for the rest of my life
Review: “American Canto,” Olivia Nuzzi’s much-anticipated attempt to write her way out of a reputational pit, is what most debut books are: highly uneven and largely forgettable.
Review | Olivia Nuzzi tries and fails to save her reputation in ‘American Canto’
The flashy reporter who lost her job at New York magazine over a relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returns with a memoir light on gossip — and reckoning
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I have this terrible premonition that despite her obvious unsuitability that this woman is going to be in print/on TV for the rest of my life
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Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
She's a college junior! The essay was dogshit by every measure! Even if it technically addressed the prompt (debatable) it was astonishingly bad!
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
She's a college junior! The essay was dogshit by every measure! Even if it technically addressed the prompt (debatable) it was astonishingly bad!
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
If you feel like getting punched in the gut while watching beautiful footage of the Pacific Northwest, Train Dreams is the movie for you
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
If you feel like getting punched in the gut while watching beautiful footage of the Pacific Northwest, Train Dreams is the movie for you
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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PDQ Drink Mix (circa 1967-circa 1995): A line of "flavor beads" produced by Ovaltine, these little pebbles could be added to milk to create a flavored drink. They were also marketed as an ice cream topping. Available in chocolate, strawberry, and the seasonal egg nog
January 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
PDQ Drink Mix (circa 1967-circa 1995): A line of "flavor beads" produced by Ovaltine, these little pebbles could be added to milk to create a flavored drink. They were also marketed as an ice cream topping. Available in chocolate, strawberry, and the seasonal egg nog
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From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I wrote a bit about the complexities of my favorite holiday.
radicalhistory.substack.com/p/to-whom-sh...
radicalhistory.substack.com/p/to-whom-sh...
To Whom Should We Give Our Thanks?
Myths and mythmaking on this most American of holidays
radicalhistory.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I wrote a bit about the complexities of my favorite holiday.
radicalhistory.substack.com/p/to-whom-sh...
radicalhistory.substack.com/p/to-whom-sh...