David Silbey
@silbey.bsky.social
He’s not leaning right because of Trump. He’s leaning right because he wants to win the 2028 Presidential election.
Newsom is leaning right—but Trump's still threatening California https://twp.ai/4imwHn
www.dailykos.com
Newsom is leaning right—but Trump's still threatening California
twp.ai
May 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
He’s not leaning right because of Trump. He’s leaning right because he wants to win the 2028 Presidential election.
The entertaining part is that there’s no plausible ABM system that would defend the US without also defending Canada. I realize this is beside the point but I thought I’d mention it.
lol
Ron Howard voice-over: They did not, in fact, consider the offer.
May 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The entertaining part is that there’s no plausible ABM system that would defend the US without also defending Canada. I realize this is beside the point but I thought I’d mention it.
I subscribe to the Times and as part of that subscription I’d appreciate it if they didn’t punch themselves in the face quite so often.
like I dunno maybe if you are going to state something weird and racial about half the population of a country of 1.4 billion people you should have… a (?) source ? ??
May 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I subscribe to the Times and as part of that subscription I’d appreciate it if they didn’t punch themselves in the face quite so often.
Heheheh. I appreciate the passive aggressive smack of Jeff Bezos.
The Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and
commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post.
This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post.
This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
Ann Telnaes
Ann Telnaes was an editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post. She won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2001 and was a finalist for the prize in 2022.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Heheheh. I appreciate the passive aggressive smack of Jeff Bezos.
Someone noted that Trump thinks it’s always 1979 & that’s the source of some of his weird ideas. When I heard about the Alcatraz thing, I joked to my lovely spouse that it was because Clint Eastwood's “Escape from Alcatraz” came out in 1979. Haha!
Welp!
www.yahoo.com/news/where-t...
Welp!
www.yahoo.com/news/where-t...
Trump Seems to Have Decided to Reopen Alcatraz Because of a Movie
Is this how the president of the United States is making major decisions now?
www.yahoo.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Someone noted that Trump thinks it’s always 1979 & that’s the source of some of his weird ideas. When I heard about the Alcatraz thing, I joked to my lovely spouse that it was because Clint Eastwood's “Escape from Alcatraz” came out in 1979. Haha!
Welp!
www.yahoo.com/news/where-t...
Welp!
www.yahoo.com/news/where-t...
The Times doesn't really know the history of town hall meetings in America, does it?
"respectful town-hall conversation Americans venerate"
Town hall meetings have often been raucous, loud, intemperate, and generally non-Norman Rockwellish.
From www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/n...
"respectful town-hall conversation Americans venerate"
Town hall meetings have often been raucous, loud, intemperate, and generally non-Norman Rockwellish.
From www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/n...
Rough Night for Republican at Town Hall in N.Y. Swing District
Representative Mike Lawler faced shouts, groans and mockery at a high school auditorium in Rockland County.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Times doesn't really know the history of town hall meetings in America, does it?
"respectful town-hall conversation Americans venerate"
Town hall meetings have often been raucous, loud, intemperate, and generally non-Norman Rockwellish.
From www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/n...
"respectful town-hall conversation Americans venerate"
Town hall meetings have often been raucous, loud, intemperate, and generally non-Norman Rockwellish.
From www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/n...
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the irony of all these cuts to grant funding is that if they go through, the humanities will be the only programs universities will be able to afford to run
February 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
the irony of all these cuts to grant funding is that if they go through, the humanities will be the only programs universities will be able to afford to run
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Everyone will recognize the musical theater tropes Shmigadoon gets right. I suspect fewer will hear all of the musical riffs on classic showtunes they manage to fit in. Having been in Carousel, Oklahoma, and Music Man (once upon a time), I definitely chuckled.
February 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Everyone will recognize the musical theater tropes Shmigadoon gets right. I suspect fewer will hear all of the musical riffs on classic showtunes they manage to fit in. Having been in Carousel, Oklahoma, and Music Man (once upon a time), I definitely chuckled.
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I like The Pitt fine, i would not oversell it, but this piece makes an interesting argument: better to do a mild innovation on a ‘90s TV formula than a formulaic variation on ‘00s TV innovations newrepublic.com/article/1882...
The Pitt Is a Defiantly Different Hospital Drama
While streaming shows often fall into bloated storytelling, HBO’s latest has the pace and drama of classic television.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I like The Pitt fine, i would not oversell it, but this piece makes an interesting argument: better to do a mild innovation on a ‘90s TV formula than a formulaic variation on ‘00s TV innovations newrepublic.com/article/1882...
There go a whole wave of “higher ed death spiral” op-eds.
https://www-chronicle-com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/article/wait-freshman-enrollment-actually-increased-last-fall
https://www-chronicle-com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/article/wait-freshman-enrollment-actually-increased-last-fall
January 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There go a whole wave of “higher ed death spiral” op-eds.
https://www-chronicle-com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/article/wait-freshman-enrollment-actually-increased-last-fall
https://www-chronicle-com.proxy.library.cornell.edu/article/wait-freshman-enrollment-actually-increased-last-fall
1. Your students googling something you just said that you're only 98% sure of;
2. Plugging the laptop into the projector when you've forgotten to close your gradebook;
3. Turning the page of an ancient archival document and having it tear in half with a room-silencing noise.
2. Plugging the laptop into the projector when you've forgotten to close your gradebook;
3. Turning the page of an ancient archival document and having it tear in half with a room-silencing noise.
January 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
1. Your students googling something you just said that you're only 98% sure of;
2. Plugging the laptop into the projector when you've forgotten to close your gradebook;
3. Turning the page of an ancient archival document and having it tear in half with a room-silencing noise.
2. Plugging the laptop into the projector when you've forgotten to close your gradebook;
3. Turning the page of an ancient archival document and having it tear in half with a room-silencing noise.
Follow up: Sir, can you name a country the US has not attacked?
Q: "President-elect Trump [is] not ruling out using military force to take Greenland, which is a territory of Denmark, which is a NATO ally. Do you support that type of action against a NATO ally?"
Sen. Lankford: "The United States is not going to invade another country. That's not who we are."
Sen. Lankford: "The United States is not going to invade another country. That's not who we are."
GOP Sen. Lankford says U.S. ‘is not going to invade’ Greenland despite Trump’s comments
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) reacts to President-elect Trump not ruling out using military force to take control of Greenland, a territory of Denmark.
www.nbcnews.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Follow up: Sir, can you name a country the US has not attacked?
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What a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
How Two Words from a 24-Year-Old Pasadena Climate Specialist Saved Hundreds of Lives - Local News Pasadena
Edgar McGregor’s timely Eaton Fire alert: ‘Get out!’
localnewspasadena.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.social
The dream of every scholar.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/style/patrick-radden-keefe-new-yorker-writer-j-crew-ad.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/style/patrick-radden-keefe-new-yorker-writer-j-crew-ad.html
January 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The dream of every scholar.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/style/patrick-radden-keefe-new-yorker-writer-j-crew-ad.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/style/patrick-radden-keefe-new-yorker-writer-j-crew-ad.html
My Amazon delivery photos have turned into art.
January 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My Amazon delivery photos have turned into art.
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Richard Overy, who was to deliver the Marshall lecture this afternoon, has had his flight diverted by illness on board. @milhistlee.bsky.social will instead give a paper on The Cutting Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800 #AHA25
January 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Richard Overy, who was to deliver the Marshall lecture this afternoon, has had his flight diverted by illness on board. @milhistlee.bsky.social will instead give a paper on The Cutting Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800 #AHA25
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Guys, C-SPAN is momentarily in a state of lawless anarchy.
January 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Guys, C-SPAN is momentarily in a state of lawless anarchy.
I read an end of year "useful ideas" list which included Dawkins' Law ("intrinsically simpler" disciplines use artificially dense jargon to hide their simplicity). Physics was celebrated for using "simple terms when possible," by contrast with Judith Butler in all her postmodern glory.
January 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I read an end of year "useful ideas" list which included Dawkins' Law ("intrinsically simpler" disciplines use artificially dense jargon to hide their simplicity). Physics was celebrated for using "simple terms when possible," by contrast with Judith Butler in all her postmodern glory.
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Join us in April 2025 for the 1st of 3 events funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social via @sshmedicine.bsky.social The first being hosted by the Uni of Birmingham (UK) and also supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social A keynote by Brian K. Feltman of @mhptpodcast.bsky.social #milwelfhist #WW1 #FWW
December 20, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Join us in April 2025 for the 1st of 3 events funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social via @sshmedicine.bsky.social The first being hosted by the Uni of Birmingham (UK) and also supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social A keynote by Brian K. Feltman of @mhptpodcast.bsky.social #milwelfhist #WW1 #FWW
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Hi everyone, the Society for Military History is pleased to be here and contribute to this space. Join us as we work to advance the study of military history! www.smh-hq.org
Welcome to the Society for Military History
Home page of the Society for Military History
www.smh-hq.org
December 31, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Hi everyone, the Society for Military History is pleased to be here and contribute to this space. Join us as we work to advance the study of military history! www.smh-hq.org
Jimmy Carter was an interesting combination. A great man and a terrible President. Maybe those two things are related. RIP Lt. Carter
December 29, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Jimmy Carter was an interesting combination. A great man and a terrible President. Maybe those two things are related. RIP Lt. Carter
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Headline of the Year contest starts tomorrow.
Here are the winners from previous contests:
Here are the winners from previous contests:
December 21, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Headline of the Year contest starts tomorrow.
Here are the winners from previous contests:
Here are the winners from previous contests:
Took my military history class from Cornell in Washington to the Air and Space museum at Udvar Hazy. Lots of great things, including the space shuttle.
December 8, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Took my military history class from Cornell in Washington to the Air and Space museum at Udvar Hazy. Lots of great things, including the space shuttle.