Tom (Anne) Brinton
@tombrinton.bsky.social
Transmasc writer, historian, educator. Civil War nerd. Tenured. Work in progress.
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<Lie> No worries if not
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
<Lie> No worries if not
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
New fiction forthcoming.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New fiction forthcoming.
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THIS.
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
THIS.
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Did you guys hear about the Georgia man who died in a scuba diving accident after which family looked in the backyard treehouse and found the skeletal remains of his missing adult son? It’s such a weird story and I need there to be any kind of resolution.
Skeletal remains of missing son found in backyard tree house days after father dies in scuba accident
Henry Hank Frantz, 32, went missing four years ago, according to reports.
www.nbcnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Did you guys hear about the Georgia man who died in a scuba diving accident after which family looked in the backyard treehouse and found the skeletal remains of his missing adult son? It’s such a weird story and I need there to be any kind of resolution.
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Authoritarians claim the power not just to tell all of our stories but to select the definitive story that says who we are, what our nature, why we're here, in order to cast themselves as both forever hero protagonists while also endlessly victimized.
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Authoritarians claim the power not just to tell all of our stories but to select the definitive story that says who we are, what our nature, why we're here, in order to cast themselves as both forever hero protagonists while also endlessly victimized.
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Every library should have a secret musty back room with a weird local archive and an archivist who with a dry laugh (like crisp autumn leaves) who has been waiting patiently for the sudden need to arise for this specific cache of information
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Every library should have a secret musty back room with a weird local archive and an archivist who with a dry laugh (like crisp autumn leaves) who has been waiting patiently for the sudden need to arise for this specific cache of information
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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just said out loud to myself "there's so many relaxing activities I need to do, I'm not relaxmaxxing enough". did I do it. did I win relaxing
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
just said out loud to myself "there's so many relaxing activities I need to do, I'm not relaxmaxxing enough". did I do it. did I win relaxing
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Go do something good for someone today. Tip a waiter extra. Drop off a snack and a nice note for a neighbor. Toss an extra $20 to the PTA. Tell someone you love their earrings. Check the "asks" posts in local Buy Nothing groups and see who you might be able to help with something.
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Go do something good for someone today. Tip a waiter extra. Drop off a snack and a nice note for a neighbor. Toss an extra $20 to the PTA. Tell someone you love their earrings. Check the "asks" posts in local Buy Nothing groups and see who you might be able to help with something.
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if you're transgender you have to live
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
if you're transgender you have to live
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For all the men.
Happy International Men's Day 🖤
Happy International Men's Day 🖤
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
For all the men.
Happy International Men's Day 🖤
Happy International Men's Day 🖤
I've got new fiction forthcoming in what looks like a very fun anthology.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pes...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pes...
Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 2
A multi-genre pulp short story anthology collection dedicated to chaos and mayhem told at a breakneck pace.
www.kickstarter.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I've got new fiction forthcoming in what looks like a very fun anthology.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pes...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pes...
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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One thing I wish I could plaster everywhere: none of the other students know how to do this either. If they look like they know, it's because someone taught them in secret. No one knows. But the key to this whole adulting thing is trying. Try to do the assignment. Try to come prepared.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
One thing I wish I could plaster everywhere: none of the other students know how to do this either. If they look like they know, it's because someone taught them in secret. No one knows. But the key to this whole adulting thing is trying. Try to do the assignment. Try to come prepared.
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
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my most gym bro-coded opinion is the new diet fad of adding protein to everything is good, actually. it's often packed in fiber, builds muscles, and satiates you more. sorry
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
my most gym bro-coded opinion is the new diet fad of adding protein to everything is good, actually. it's often packed in fiber, builds muscles, and satiates you more. sorry
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Instead of Secret Santa, we're doing something similar but for colleagues' kids this year. I've been paired with a chap who always speaks over me. I'm getting his kids glitter and glue. I hope they love it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Instead of Secret Santa, we're doing something similar but for colleagues' kids this year. I've been paired with a chap who always speaks over me. I'm getting his kids glitter and glue. I hope they love it.
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Not surprisingly, one of the most joyful people on my TL shared this delightful piece. Thank you, @michelleym.bsky.social! Go follow her!
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
Dick Van Dyke at 100: my rules for a long, healthy, happy life
Dance your way to breakfast and always be on the lookout for romance … Dick Van Dyke hits his century next month. He shares his hard-won tips for how he got this far
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Not surprisingly, one of the most joyful people on my TL shared this delightful piece. Thank you, @michelleym.bsky.social! Go follow her!
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...
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“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.”
~ Marcus Aurelius
November's Harmony
🎨 T.C. Steele (1893)
~ Marcus Aurelius
November's Harmony
🎨 T.C. Steele (1893)
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.”
~ Marcus Aurelius
November's Harmony
🎨 T.C. Steele (1893)
~ Marcus Aurelius
November's Harmony
🎨 T.C. Steele (1893)