@caferro.bsky.social
Gertrude Conaway Professor of medieval history, Professor of Classical and Mediterranean History, alumnus of James Madison High School, Brooklyn NYC
A better way of interpreting this portrait is as a species of Florentine propaganda intended to appropriate and domesticate the Englishman as a dutiful Florentine captain post mortem--despite the fact he worked most of career for others, spent last ones preparing to return to England
Monument to Sir John Hawkwood in the Duomo, Florence, 1436. Another tour de force of perspective by Paolo Uccello, whose day has been today.
February 15, 2026 at 12:09 PM
A better way of interpreting this portrait is as a species of Florentine propaganda intended to appropriate and domesticate the Englishman as a dutiful Florentine captain post mortem--despite the fact he worked most of career for others, spent last ones preparing to return to England
My assigned roommate at Haverford College in Spring 1982. Hard to match that guy with this guy, makes you wonder about the effects of a world of privilege... a decent guy in college, so far as I could tell.
Massie accused Lutnick of being in business with Epstein “many years after” his conviction in 2008.
Massie Calls For Lutnick To Resign Over Epstein Connection
Massie accused Lutnick of being in business with Epstein “many years after” his conviction in 2008.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
My assigned roommate at Haverford College in Spring 1982. Hard to match that guy with this guy, makes you wonder about the effects of a world of privilege... a decent guy in college, so far as I could tell.
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SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
About time... without electricity for whole week, 13 degrees F today and very cold the whole time. O'Connell has lost our vote.
With many thousands still without power days after a major ice storm, here were NASHVILLE mayor O’Connell comments about being “not satisfied” with the performance of NES👇🏽
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DULiX3Y...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DULiX3Y...
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 PM
About time... without electricity for whole week, 13 degrees F today and very cold the whole time. O'Connell has lost our vote.
4 days with no power, extreme cold, no crews in sight... this is how a red state operates! Help! Our poor cats! below 30 degrees inside.
NASHVILLE: “Nashville Electric Service is facing criticism after multiple union members and contractors report the utility refused help from available linemen, as more than 100,000 outages remain in freezing temperatures throughout the Nashville area.” fox17.com/news/local/n...
January 28, 2026 at 11:11 PM
4 days with no power, extreme cold, no crews in sight... this is how a red state operates! Help! Our poor cats! below 30 degrees inside.
Democrats should not base their opposition on "affordability," but on the central unifying issue that Trump stands only for Trump, an unhinged narcissist and grifter, scorns his so-called base, etc...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/02/t...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/02/t...
Trump’s America is not the America I know and love • Wisconsin Examiner
A country led by an authoritarian leader who thumbs his nose at the rule of law is not the America I know. And it certainly isn’t great.
wisconsinexaminer.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Democrats should not base their opposition on "affordability," but on the central unifying issue that Trump stands only for Trump, an unhinged narcissist and grifter, scorns his so-called base, etc...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/02/t...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/02/t...
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“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” MLK wrote. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-fight-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-fight-...
The Fight of Our Lives
Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the continuing struggle for a better America
www.americaamerica.news
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 PM
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” MLK wrote. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-fight-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-fight-...
A Deportation Industrial Complex, or where tax money is going instead of health care and investment in human capital
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana....
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana....
Big Budget Act Creates a “Deportation-Industrial Complex”
The result will be a lopsided, enforcement-only machine that will be hard to dismantle.
www.brennancenter.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
A Deportation Industrial Complex, or where tax money is going instead of health care and investment in human capital
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana....
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana....
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👏Kudos to Netpa for organizing a big NET Cancer Day 2025 event in Denmark.
👏Netpa AGM selected new Netpa President – congrats to Ingeline Bonde.
✅Find out more: incalliance.org/netpa-net-ca...
#LetsTalkAboutNETs
👏Netpa AGM selected new Netpa President – congrats to Ingeline Bonde.
✅Find out more: incalliance.org/netpa-net-ca...
#LetsTalkAboutNETs
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
👏Kudos to Netpa for organizing a big NET Cancer Day 2025 event in Denmark.
👏Netpa AGM selected new Netpa President – congrats to Ingeline Bonde.
✅Find out more: incalliance.org/netpa-net-ca...
#LetsTalkAboutNETs
👏Netpa AGM selected new Netpa President – congrats to Ingeline Bonde.
✅Find out more: incalliance.org/netpa-net-ca...
#LetsTalkAboutNETs
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Look around, fellow Americans, is this the country your forbears envisioned, that you wish to live in?
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Look around, fellow Americans, is this the country your forbears envisioned, that you wish to live in?
It is deeply disturbing, and a sign of the degree to which America has devolved (gun violence normalized), that ANYONE can view the new ICE video from Minnesota and think that the killing was justified. It is that simple.
January 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
It is deeply disturbing, and a sign of the degree to which America has devolved (gun violence normalized), that ANYONE can view the new ICE video from Minnesota and think that the killing was justified. It is that simple.
Public officials should be pointing out to the American public how much of their tax money (via BB bill) is going to funding ICE rather than basic social programs that help citizens.
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Public officials should be pointing out to the American public how much of their tax money (via BB bill) is going to funding ICE rather than basic social programs that help citizens.
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👏Kudos to NET Italy and Itanet for organizing a really international NET Cancer Day 2025 event.
✅Find out more and watch the event recording: incalliance.org/net-cancer-d...
#LetsTalkAboutNETs
✅Find out more and watch the event recording: incalliance.org/net-cancer-d...
#LetsTalkAboutNETs
January 9, 2026 at 7:52 AM
👏Kudos to NET Italy and Itanet for organizing a really international NET Cancer Day 2025 event.
✅Find out more and watch the event recording: incalliance.org/net-cancer-d...
#LetsTalkAboutNETs
✅Find out more and watch the event recording: incalliance.org/net-cancer-d...
#LetsTalkAboutNETs
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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*Wednesday’s cold-blooded murder of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent brings America one step closer to a civil war between cities and states defending their citizens and a Trump administration using fascist-style tactics to provoke violence*
by Robert Kuttner
prospect.org/2026/01/08/i...
by Robert Kuttner
prospect.org/2026/01/08/i...
The ICE Murder and the Broader Battle - The American Prospect
Wednesday’s murder by an ICE agent of a peaceful legal observer brings America one step closer to a civil war as cities defending their citizens.
prospect.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
*Wednesday’s cold-blooded murder of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent brings America one step closer to a civil war between cities and states defending their citizens and a Trump administration using fascist-style tactics to provoke violence*
by Robert Kuttner
prospect.org/2026/01/08/i...
by Robert Kuttner
prospect.org/2026/01/08/i...
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NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
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Econ Hist poem
Open fields and lord’s domains,
Venice loses, Antwerp gains.
Gold and silver that were Spain’s,
Factories, slums, and smelly drains.
Secular trends, depression pains.
Westward movements cross the plains,
Marx, Max Weber, Sombart, Keynes,
That’s what economic historians are made of.
Open fields and lord’s domains,
Venice loses, Antwerp gains.
Gold and silver that were Spain’s,
Factories, slums, and smelly drains.
Secular trends, depression pains.
Westward movements cross the plains,
Marx, Max Weber, Sombart, Keynes,
That’s what economic historians are made of.
January 2, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Econ Hist poem
Open fields and lord’s domains,
Venice loses, Antwerp gains.
Gold and silver that were Spain’s,
Factories, slums, and smelly drains.
Secular trends, depression pains.
Westward movements cross the plains,
Marx, Max Weber, Sombart, Keynes,
That’s what economic historians are made of.
Open fields and lord’s domains,
Venice loses, Antwerp gains.
Gold and silver that were Spain’s,
Factories, slums, and smelly drains.
Secular trends, depression pains.
Westward movements cross the plains,
Marx, Max Weber, Sombart, Keynes,
That’s what economic historians are made of.
Indeed
On his first day in office, Mayor Mamdani completed the first of three miracles necessary for sainthood.
Some news — George Santos has fled NYC due to Zohran Mamdani.
January 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Indeed
Ufficiali di Castella
January 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Ufficiali di Castella
My older sister tells me I once ate here, Lundy's, a landmark restaurant in Sheepshead bay, as a small child. It was cavernous, an emblem of a much gentler, egalitarian, safer and prosperous USA--ie. before Trump (whose father was then a slum lord in that region)
December 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My older sister tells me I once ate here, Lundy's, a landmark restaurant in Sheepshead bay, as a small child. It was cavernous, an emblem of a much gentler, egalitarian, safer and prosperous USA--ie. before Trump (whose father was then a slum lord in that region)
A memory of home from the very distant past at the start of a new year
December 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A memory of home from the very distant past at the start of a new year