Gregory A. Hargreaves 🍂
@bordergroves.bsky.social
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 atmospheric CO2. No human is illegal.
Pinned
a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
ALT: a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
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"[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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My Family 🌳
Climate Change Edition 🔥
Date - Family member - Atmospheric CO2 at birth in PPM
1920s - Grandparents ~ 300
1950 - Mother - 311
1956 - Father - 315
1984 - Me - 344
1986 - Partner - 350
2012 - First child - 394
2016 - Second child- 404
2024 - Dog - 425
Climate Change Edition 🔥
Date - Family member - Atmospheric CO2 at birth in PPM
1920s - Grandparents ~ 300
1950 - Mother - 311
1956 - Father - 315
1984 - Me - 344
1986 - Partner - 350
2012 - First child - 394
2016 - Second child- 404
2024 - Dog - 425
March 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My Family 🌳
Climate Change Edition 🔥
Date - Family member - Atmospheric CO2 at birth in PPM
1920s - Grandparents ~ 300
1950 - Mother - 311
1956 - Father - 315
1984 - Me - 344
1986 - Partner - 350
2012 - First child - 394
2016 - Second child- 404
2024 - Dog - 425
Climate Change Edition 🔥
Date - Family member - Atmospheric CO2 at birth in PPM
1920s - Grandparents ~ 300
1950 - Mother - 311
1956 - Father - 315
1984 - Me - 344
1986 - Partner - 350
2012 - First child - 394
2016 - Second child- 404
2024 - Dog - 425
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Trump voting men rank having children as their highest priority in life, and rank having emotional stability dead last. Those poor children.
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump voting men rank having children as their highest priority in life, and rank having emotional stability dead last. Those poor children.
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Tyrants never retire, they get retired.
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tyrants never retire, they get retired.
Tyrants never retire, they get retired.
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tyrants never retire, they get retired.
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From 18thC Moravians singing hymns on communal farms, to 20thC steelworkers laboring in blazing furnaces, to 21stC healthcare and warehouse workers cutting loose at Musikfest, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has moved to many beats. Learn more on the #HagleyHistoryHangout!
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Steel Rhythms: The Many Phases of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with Kimberly Andrews
From the eighteenth-century Moravians singing hymns on communal farms, to twentieth-century steelworkers laboring in blazing furnaces, to twenty-first century healthcare and warehouse workers cutting
soundcloud.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From 18thC Moravians singing hymns on communal farms, to 20thC steelworkers laboring in blazing furnaces, to 21stC healthcare and warehouse workers cutting loose at Musikfest, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has moved to many beats. Learn more on the #HagleyHistoryHangout!
soundcloud.com/hagley_libra...
soundcloud.com/hagley_libra...
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What right-wing Ai slop nostalgia for the 1980s misses is the central fact that androgyny was The coolest at that time
a man in a suit applauds with the words yay written on the bottom
Alt: a man in a suit applauds with the words yay written on the bottom he is david bowie
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What right-wing Ai slop nostalgia for the 1980s misses is the central fact that androgyny was The coolest at that time
Imagine not knowing where your next meal would come from.
I grew up that way.
Or I would have,
If it weren’t for the free and reduced cost meal program in public schools.
Support kids. Support families. Support farmers. Support schools. Support #FreeMeals.
I grew up that way.
Or I would have,
If it weren’t for the free and reduced cost meal program in public schools.
Support kids. Support families. Support farmers. Support schools. Support #FreeMeals.
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Imagine not knowing where your next meal would come from.
I grew up that way.
Or I would have,
If it weren’t for the free and reduced cost meal program in public schools.
Support kids. Support families. Support farmers. Support schools. Support #FreeMeals.
I grew up that way.
Or I would have,
If it weren’t for the free and reduced cost meal program in public schools.
Support kids. Support families. Support farmers. Support schools. Support #FreeMeals.
A movie that takes place where you're from
(as close as it gets)
(as close as it gets)
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
(as close as it gets)
(as close as it gets)
While Trump is a fascist, he also shares much in common with reactionary monarchists, think about the Carlists.
Trump boils down to two historical precedents:
"Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
“L'État, c'est moi.”
"Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
“L'État, c'est moi.”
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
While Trump is a fascist, he also shares much in common with reactionary monarchists, think about the Carlists.
Right-wingers love to pose as victims. But no one is trying to take their bodily autonomy, silence their free speech, disappear them to camps, crack down on their civil society, however much they claim it’s so. Those abuses ARE happening in America, of course, and right-wingers are the perpetrators.
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Right-wingers love to pose as victims. But no one is trying to take their bodily autonomy, silence their free speech, disappear them to camps, crack down on their civil society, however much they claim it’s so. Those abuses ARE happening in America, of course, and right-wingers are the perpetrators.
We need to build the next generation of passenger rail infrastructure, so that far distant posterity always has sufficient capacity to build rail-to-trails
We’ve got such great rail to trail infrastructure around here.
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We need to build the next generation of passenger rail infrastructure, so that far distant posterity always has sufficient capacity to build rail-to-trails
damn if you can’t make money selling meat to Americans then you’ve got problems mate
it’s like there’s a gigantic, hideous toad squatting atop of the US macroeconomy
the toad’s name is trump
it’s like there’s a gigantic, hideous toad squatting atop of the US macroeconomy
the toad’s name is trump
Narrator: After Nebraska voted for trump 59.5% vs Harris 38.8%, they are in the "find out" phase of fucking around.
#MAGAMorons
#MAGAMorons
Tyson Foods to close Nebraska plant as it faces $600 million loss in beef business
Tyson's announcement to close a Nebraska plant comes as beef prices surge in cost.
finance.yahoo.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
damn if you can’t make money selling meat to Americans then you’ve got problems mate
it’s like there’s a gigantic, hideous toad squatting atop of the US macroeconomy
the toad’s name is trump
it’s like there’s a gigantic, hideous toad squatting atop of the US macroeconomy
the toad’s name is trump
What is the worst fandom?
The Bible
The Bible
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What is the worst fandom?
The Bible
The Bible
“Let other people in,
Listen to your women,
Stop killing black children,
Make America great again.”
- Pussy Riot
Listen to your women,
Stop killing black children,
Make America great again.”
- Pussy Riot
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“Let other people in,
Listen to your women,
Stop killing black children,
Make America great again.”
- Pussy Riot
Listen to your women,
Stop killing black children,
Make America great again.”
- Pussy Riot
I have no idea what y’all are talking about and I’m pretty sure I’m glad
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I have no idea what y’all are talking about and I’m pretty sure I’m glad
My students had never heard of Pussy Riot but were immediately fascinated
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My students had never heard of Pussy Riot but were immediately fascinated
What right-wing Ai slop nostalgia for the 1980s misses is the central fact that androgyny was The coolest at that time
a man in a suit applauds with the words yay written on the bottom
Alt: a man in a suit applauds with the words yay written on the bottom he is david bowie
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What right-wing Ai slop nostalgia for the 1980s misses is the central fact that androgyny was The coolest at that time
Cinema peaked in 1997
a woman in a leopard print dress is standing in a crowd .
Alt: an androgynous man in a leopard print leotard is dancing in a crowd he is ruby rod
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November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Cinema peaked in 1997
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Today’s was the only lecture that I feel ethically bound to deliver to my mostly 18-19yo students, “Recent History: Reactions and Reflections, 2000-2025,” because it is the only history they have lived through.
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today’s was the only lecture that I feel ethically bound to deliver to my mostly 18-19yo students, “Recent History: Reactions and Reflections, 2000-2025,” because it is the only history they have lived through.
Today’s was the only lecture that I feel ethically bound to deliver to my mostly 18-19yo students, “Recent History: Reactions and Reflections, 2000-2025,” because it is the only history they have lived through.
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today’s was the only lecture that I feel ethically bound to deliver to my mostly 18-19yo students, “Recent History: Reactions and Reflections, 2000-2025,” because it is the only history they have lived through.
Last lecture of the semester and I have classroom tech problems
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Last lecture of the semester and I have classroom tech problems
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“Who are you?”
“I’m Elon Musk, history’s greatest man.”
“Uh…”
“Tell ‘em, Hype Bot!”
“Elon Musk’s intelligence ranks among…”
“I’m Elon Musk, history’s greatest man.”
“Uh…”
“Tell ‘em, Hype Bot!”
“Elon Musk’s intelligence ranks among…”
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Who are you?”
“I’m Elon Musk, history’s greatest man.”
“Uh…”
“Tell ‘em, Hype Bot!”
“Elon Musk’s intelligence ranks among…”
“I’m Elon Musk, history’s greatest man.”
“Uh…”
“Tell ‘em, Hype Bot!”
“Elon Musk’s intelligence ranks among…”
“Who are you?”
“I’m Elon Musk, history’s greatest man.”
“Uh…”
“Tell ‘em, Hype Bot!”
“Elon Musk’s intelligence ranks among…”
“I’m Elon Musk, history’s greatest man.”
“Uh…”
“Tell ‘em, Hype Bot!”
“Elon Musk’s intelligence ranks among…”
November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Who are you?”
“I’m Elon Musk, history’s greatest man.”
“Uh…”
“Tell ‘em, Hype Bot!”
“Elon Musk’s intelligence ranks among…”
“I’m Elon Musk, history’s greatest man.”
“Uh…”
“Tell ‘em, Hype Bot!”
“Elon Musk’s intelligence ranks among…”