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Gregory A. Hargreaves

@bordergroves.bsky.social

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Historian of capitalism, environment, & technology in the longue durée. Assistant director of the @hagleycenter.bsky.social. Adjunct prof. Dad. PhD. Delawarean. First Gen. Hoopy frood. Born at 344 ppm. No human is illegal.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · Jan 26

"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 31m

Thank you !

Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 32m

It is my fervent hope that Israelis free themselves of right-wing lunacy, quash the illegal settlement movement, and jail Netanyahu for crimes against the nation and humanity.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 58m

I’m not well enough versed in the HG canon to understand the gesture, but I assume that it’s supportive

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1h

GOP: *holds EVERY lever of federal power* 🤴🏼

Also GOP: “democrats have shut down the government!” 😭

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1h

One of my most seemingly serious students was having trouble figuring out what was most important in the assigned reading. I asked to see their notes. They showed me what were quite obviously machine generated notes derived from having had an LLM read and process the assigned reading. They denied it

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 17h

The U-10 Green Dragons 🐉 ⚽️ played their best game of the season today against the Smurfs. They were stringing together passes, staying in their positions, and hustling! So proud.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · Jul 19

🎶 Flat-bottomed boats
You make the trading world go round 🎶

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 17h

40yo Starter Pack 🙋🏻‍♂️

1970s Metamucil fiber supplement orange flavor

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 21h

The decrease in philanthropy has much more to do with tax structure than with perceived cultural values.

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1d

People will scoff at virtue signaling and then wonder why today’s billionaires don’t build museums, libraries, hospitals, and universities like Gilded Age ones did.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

Watch your frog holes, comrades.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · Jul 16

JD Vance is not a bootstrapper, he’s a carpetbagger.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 2d

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 2d

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 2d

Classic 💯

Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 2d

Forty and Fine with It

Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 2d

My own podcast the #HagleyHistoryHangout is 11 years old and still going strong! I started it in 2014 and today it has over 200 episodes. Casual chats about cutting edge research in the history of business, technology, and society!

Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 3d

Listened to WTF with Marc Maron for the first time yesterday. He interviewed Matt Groening. Not bad not bad. I see why it lasted 16 years. Wait a second, *mathing*, I was 24 when this show started?! Holy crap

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 4d

Two heart attacks is all that stands in the way of a Mike Johnson presidency possibly relating to a cheeseburger and an overly amorous encounter with a chaise lounge

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 3d

🤢 To be fair tho, it’s a trade association of newspaper owners that is honoring Blackburn, not necessarily real actual journalists.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 3d

for “servant” read “slave”

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 3d

I assign an UnEssay that allows students to show what they’ve learned using any creative medium they’d like. I’ve had students choose to write and perform songs, prepare historical recipes, program computer games, and more. I leave traditional essays on the table as an option, but get few takers.

Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 3d

Powell’s Stan here 🙋🏻‍♂️

ljoeckel.bsky.social @ljoeckel.bsky.social · 4d

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 3d

THIS is desecration of the flag

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 3d

the patentee 🦨

Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 3d

Municipal governments are often superior to state governments 🤷🏻‍♂️