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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 10h

My favorite Christmas tv special.

Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 16h

Sixty years ago today, A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered on television screens. The story of how the Peanuts gang got to the screens is quite a journey through trials, tribulations, and stupid execs. Join me and discover When Peanuts Became Animated.

When Peanuts Became Animated: The Making of A Charlie Brown Christmas

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Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 16h

Sixty years ago today, A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered on television screens. The story of how the Peanuts gang got to the screens is quite a journey through trials, tribulations, and stupid execs. Join me and discover When Peanuts Became Animated.

When Peanuts Became Animated: The Making of A Charlie Brown Christmas

YouTube video by Animated Antic

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations!

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 19h

😄

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 21h

Misogyny is one of the pillars of this administration (along with mendacity and rapacity). And it is the original prejudice from which all others descend.

Michael S Roth @msroth.bsky.social · 22h

Read @michellegoldberg.bsky.social “Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 22h

Devolution hits all dynasties eventually. (And, as a side note, in the current literature "William the Silent" is not used any more; they're both "William of Orange.")

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 22h

Quel dommage.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 22h

Succes en sterkte, Nederlandse collega's!

Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 23h

We zijn begonnen! Lekker druk al

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 22h

The Meeter is a great place to pursue research on the Reformation.
#earlymodern 🗃️

REFORC @reforc.bsky.social · 22h

The H. Henry Meeter Center offers short-term research fellowships in the field of Reformation studies, particularly focused on Calvin and Calvinism, and annual awards for high school seniors in our essay competition.
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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 22h

Succes en sterkte!

Michael S Roth @msroth.bsky.social · 22h

Read @michellegoldberg.bsky.social “Much has been made about the rebirth of gutter antisemitism and racism within the conservative movement. There’s been less public alarm about the resurgence of unapologetic misogyny.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists

www.nytimes.com

REFORC @reforc.bsky.social · 22h

The H. Henry Meeter Center offers short-term research fellowships in the field of Reformation studies, particularly focused on Calvin and Calvinism, and annual awards for high school seniors in our essay competition.
reforc.com/news/short-t...

Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 23h

We zijn begonnen! Lekker druk al

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

Oy, we are cooked.

Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 1d

BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

How would your formulate the question? I'm thinking about trying this on an exam next semester.

Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 1d

BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

The golden age of public higher education in the US is truly over, alas.

Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 2d

The news from Oklahoma and Nebraska is so depressing. The US public university system is one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century, created to democratize liberal arts education, and it's being destroyed by greedy people who think only the rich are deserving of such learning.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 1d

As an illustration or a question?

Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 2d

The news from Oklahoma and Nebraska is so depressing. The US public university system is one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century, created to democratize liberal arts education, and it's being destroyed by greedy people who think only the rich are deserving of such learning.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d

1970s: Chinatown, The French Connection, Three Days of the Condor, Papillon, All the President's Men, Annie Hall, Network

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d

As one of my historian colleagues called it: "All Hitler, All the Time."

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d

Somewhere Mme. Defarge is having a good cackle.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d

So, if birthright citizenship were struck down, how precisely would Miller prove his own citizenship?

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d

It's a Willow Ptarmigan, and it's fabulous.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3d

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.

Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.

A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d

Juist. Het christendom is wat christenen ervan maken.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3d

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.

Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.

A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 3d

This is overinterpretation. Of course this never happened--it's a cartoon, not real life. The analysis also ignores the punchline, which lampoons the huge # of choices consumerism offers us. His larger point is good, but this cartoon is not the most persuasive vehicle he could have used to make it.

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 4d

As a naturalized US citizen, I find this infuriating.

Sarah Betancourt @sweetadelinevt.bsky.social · 4d

“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”

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