Brad Proctor
@bdproctor.bsky.social
Historian at the Evergreen State College, occasional/lapsed banjo player, IndyCar fan.
Olympia, WA. 🏳️🌈
Olympia, WA. 🏳️🌈
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RIP Dan Howe, a great historian of the antebellum United States
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In memoriam: Daniel Walker Howe, 88, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and UCLA professor
His scholarship reshaped how Americans understood the nation’s political, intellectual and religious past.
newsroom.ucla.edu
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
RIP Dan Howe, a great historian of the antebellum United States
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they’ll push the “outside agitator” line and then interview the most Minnesotan guy you’ve ever seen
Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
January 10, 2026 at 4:59 AM
they’ll push the “outside agitator” line and then interview the most Minnesotan guy you’ve ever seen
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How your email finds me
January 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
How your email finds me
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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The trial of the Uvalde police officer who did nothing as young kids were being murdered is happening this week and is a fitting reminder of how police don't actually view their job as keeping communities safe.
January 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The trial of the Uvalde police officer who did nothing as young kids were being murdered is happening this week and is a fitting reminder of how police don't actually view their job as keeping communities safe.
I am so glad that some people are watching the newly released video and detailing the ways it shows that the ICE agent murdered Renee Good without provocation and that the administration has lied about this murder but I want you specifically to know you personally do *not* have to do that work.
I just saw someone posting that people should try to watch the video of the murder because it is important to pay witness. And people, I cannot stress strongly enough how wrong and *toxic* that idea is. Our brains are not meant to watch murders. And we need our brains now more than ever.
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I am so glad that some people are watching the newly released video and detailing the ways it shows that the ICE agent murdered Renee Good without provocation and that the administration has lied about this murder but I want you specifically to know you personally do *not* have to do that work.
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well folks it's a day to learn that you need to turn off autoplay on all instances of bluesky
turning off autoplay on desktop does not turn off autoplay on mobile
turning off autoplay on desktop does not turn off autoplay on mobile
January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
well folks it's a day to learn that you need to turn off autoplay on all instances of bluesky
turning off autoplay on desktop does not turn off autoplay on mobile
turning off autoplay on desktop does not turn off autoplay on mobile
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saw someone say JD Vance is defending this ICE killer more than he defended his own wife and kids from racists and that's real
January 9, 2026 at 6:41 AM
saw someone say JD Vance is defending this ICE killer more than he defended his own wife and kids from racists and that's real
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
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Finally, we have found the ultimate American politician quote about housing.
January 9, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Finally, we have found the ultimate American politician quote about housing.
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here's this vintage jeopardy clip with ken jennings
January 7, 2026 at 9:25 PM
here's this vintage jeopardy clip with ken jennings
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“Every day takes figurin’ out all over again how to fuckin’ live.” — Calamity Jane
January 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
“Every day takes figurin’ out all over again how to fuckin’ live.” — Calamity Jane
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Google Changes Gmail After 20 Years—2 Billion Users Must Now Decide
Google Changes Gmail After 20 Years—2 Billion Users Must Now Decide
Do not lose your account — here's what you need to know and do.
www.forbes.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Google Changes Gmail After 20 Years—2 Billion Users Must Now Decide
"Tubthumping" on at the gym and tonight I'll really take it. Antifascist heroes, y'know.
January 9, 2026 at 4:31 AM
"Tubthumping" on at the gym and tonight I'll really take it. Antifascist heroes, y'know.
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I keep coming back to this
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I keep coming back to this
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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
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Feels like we’re redoing Redemption except the red shirts control the federal government
January 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Feels like we’re redoing Redemption except the red shirts control the federal government
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coincidentally, TIL it's straitlaced, not straightlaced. One of those free rein/free reign or toe the line/tow the line situations where you can see how the incorrect version also makes sense
This is coming from a place of love and support, but…
It’s ‘shoo-in,’ not ‘shoe-in.’
It’s ‘case in point,’ not ‘case and point.’
It’s ‘moot point,’ not ‘mute point.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘jibe with,' not 'jive with.'
It’s ‘shoo-in,’ not ‘shoe-in.’
It’s ‘case in point,’ not ‘case and point.’
It’s ‘moot point,’ not ‘mute point.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘jibe with,' not 'jive with.'
January 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
coincidentally, TIL it's straitlaced, not straightlaced. One of those free rein/free reign or toe the line/tow the line situations where you can see how the incorrect version also makes sense
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It is extremely embarrassing to all Americans that the vice president’s poll numbers are as high as they are rn and yes I’m aware of how low they are
JD Vance threatens Walz: "Tim Walz is a joke. His entire administration has been a joke. The idea that he is some sort of freedom fighter, he's not. He's a guy who has enabled fraud and maybe in fact has participated in fraud. That's what this new assistant AG position is going to find out"
January 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It is extremely embarrassing to all Americans that the vice president’s poll numbers are as high as they are rn and yes I’m aware of how low they are
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One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
THERE IS VIDEO
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
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The federal government claimed that the states have no jurisdiction to prosecute murders committed by its agents is the kind of thing the Founders would probably have done a whole entire revolution over
This is bullshit. They absolutely have jurisdiction.
Noem on Minnesota officials: "They have not been cut out. They don't have any jurisdiction in this investigation."
January 8, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The federal government claimed that the states have no jurisdiction to prosecute murders committed by its agents is the kind of thing the Founders would probably have done a whole entire revolution over
Credit to my best friend @toddowyoung.bsky.social for these amazing pics of this gorgeous man
January 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Credit to my best friend @toddowyoung.bsky.social for these amazing pics of this gorgeous man
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i firmly believe — like you would have to give me hard evidence to convince me otherwise — that they feed trump a steady diet of AI slop
man, did the viziers in the WH not actually show him the actual video?
January 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM
i firmly believe — like you would have to give me hard evidence to convince me otherwise — that they feed trump a steady diet of AI slop
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