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Ian Campbell

@iwcampbell.bsky.social

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Keweenaw born and raised; Michigan alum x 2; historian of the Russian Empire at UC Davis. Happiest in the kitchen or on a trail. Personal account; opinions my own.

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 3h

Hell yeah

Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 8h

Home ownership means among other things a constant low-level rage against the previous owner of the house

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 12h

one of the worst insults i've ever seen on twitter was an egirl threatening to have sex with a rival's father and "give him a child he'll actually love"

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 14h

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

Wife’s weekly demand that I return from trivia “with [my] shield or on it” starting to feel pretty literal

Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

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Tofu Jalfrezi (Indian Smoky Tofu Bell Pepper Tomato stir fry) - Vegan Richa

Vegan Tofu Jalfrezi - Indian Smoky Tofu Pepper stir fry. Pan seared tofu & bell peppers in a spicy smoky sauce. Nutfree GF, Soyfree option

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

This is so good even if you take a couple of white guy/weeknight shortcuts. (Fenugreek leaves, my ass, I ain’t going to a third grocery store just for fenugreek leaves.)

Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

One thing you miss in a Kazakh Airbnb is the ability to make a very large vegan meal.

Big cast iron skillet full of colorful, spicy tofu jalfrezi

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

It's enough runs now, guys, maybe even too many. Save a few for Friday.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d

when UNC scored on the first possession of the first game and Colin Cowherd immediately posted this, and then UNC lost by 34

Wasn’t really sure what to expect from Chapel Bill. But after that drive, I have him as second best college coach I’ve ever seen, just below Saban.

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

WFH day makes it time for everyone’s favorite game, Which of our elderly cat’s needs are not being met, according to our elderly cat

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

Swear to Christ it’s like a monthly thing now. Do they have an alarm set or something?

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

“Cmon, we’re trying to have a society here” was the rallying cry of our small group of expat historians in Moscow during Trump 1 and I wish it had not been so prescient.

(I forget who actually said it but it was after we had all had a small pond’s worth of wine.)

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

Also: we need our nation’s top ethnographers studying the Chicagoland Quadpoint immediately. It does feel intuitively correct that four different flavors of Midwest converge somewhere outside Chicago.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

I am from 31 and the boundaries here feel just about right. Duluth feels familiar to me in a way that eg Grand Rapids doesn’t.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 1d

catfishing.net
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catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game

Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 2d

Dot didn’t have to go as hard as she did with her pretzel twists, but thank God she did. Changed the snack game forever.

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d

This kid is now a Senator

Simpsons screengrab of a mom asking her around 12 year old kid

GAVIN, DON'T YOU ALREADY HAVE THIS GAME?

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 2d

catfishing.net
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catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game

Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.

catfishing.net

Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 3d

“And by rule, you can’t do that” sounds like a Jon Bois thing

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 3d

One last time

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Susan B. Spooky 👻 @checarina.bsky.social · 3d

your attention please. I have mustered every bit of my considerable artistic talent to bring you:

Tina Girl Squad

a drawing on lined paper of Tina Belcher, done in the stick-figure style of Teen Girl Squad. she's saying the iconic line, "i have a crush on EVERY BOY!!"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 3d

I recall some posts that made it abundantly clear that the distance was not always long, that her wealthy husband was cool with it, and that this all was—as you say—very much all of our business.

Ian Campbell @iwcampbell.bsky.social · 3d

We're also all forgetting (agreeing to forget?) that the drama around those donations ended with her joining GFM's polycule. Well, not on my watch.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 3d

I feel like "objective reality exists and we can experience it" is one of the strongest points of agreement for the left-liberal coalition at this point.

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