Irate Historian
@evanwelch.bsky.social
Preferred pronouns? Buddy I got no idea. Buddhist, lover not a fighter, perpetually tired, historian in training, and professional nerd. Loves birds, science fiction, religious studies and poetry!
The thing about that article concerning the Lineary Pottery Culture mass graves is that two of the other sites mentioned (Herxheim and the Talheim Death Pit) are waaaaay more messed up.
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The thing about that article concerning the Lineary Pottery Culture mass graves is that two of the other sites mentioned (Herxheim and the Talheim Death Pit) are waaaaay more messed up.
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scully: victims died of removed heads
mulder: *throws her a file* ever heard of the head alien
mulder: *throws her a file* ever heard of the head alien
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
scully: victims died of removed heads
mulder: *throws her a file* ever heard of the head alien
mulder: *throws her a file* ever heard of the head alien
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happy thanksgiving from my family to yours
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
happy thanksgiving from my family to yours
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People who think that work itself is the point of being alive defile humanity. We are not pack animals, we are divine beings who create the world anew perpetually. Do not bear the beastly burden of the Grindset Bro
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
People who think that work itself is the point of being alive defile humanity. We are not pack animals, we are divine beings who create the world anew perpetually. Do not bear the beastly burden of the Grindset Bro
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The points of being alive are to love whoever is around to be loved, to engage with beauty wherever you can find it, and to exercise your mind by learning as much as you can about the world. Working is how you acquire necessary resources to keep yourself alive so that you can do those other things.
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The points of being alive are to love whoever is around to be loved, to engage with beauty wherever you can find it, and to exercise your mind by learning as much as you can about the world. Working is how you acquire necessary resources to keep yourself alive so that you can do those other things.
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This dude was vetted six ways from Sunday. Can’t say he wasn’t vetted enough. Vetted by multiple administrations.
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This dude was vetted six ways from Sunday. Can’t say he wasn’t vetted enough. Vetted by multiple administrations.
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Corporate Media is going to pretend that Trump is heartbroken about the two West Virginian National Guardsmen being shot in DC, but the entire point of moving a standing army into a peaceful city was to induce violence by The People to justify more violence by Trump on The People in retaliation.
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Corporate Media is going to pretend that Trump is heartbroken about the two West Virginian National Guardsmen being shot in DC, but the entire point of moving a standing army into a peaceful city was to induce violence by The People to justify more violence by Trump on The People in retaliation.
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He wasn't going to have a good time if he was sent back to Afghanistan.
www.vice.com/en/article/c...
www.vice.com/en/article/c...
CIA-Backed 'Death Squads' Are Committing War Crimes in Afghanistan, Report Says
A disturbing Human Rights Watch report describes summary executions, extrajudicial killings of civilians, and attacks on medical facilities.
www.vice.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
He wasn't going to have a good time if he was sent back to Afghanistan.
www.vice.com/en/article/c...
www.vice.com/en/article/c...
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If I'm understanding this correctly, the man who shot two national guards in DC was a former Afghan child soldier who fought alongside US special forces and in a CIA-supervised unit and later was granted asylum. The word "blowback" comes to mind.
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If I'm understanding this correctly, the man who shot two national guards in DC was a former Afghan child soldier who fought alongside US special forces and in a CIA-supervised unit and later was granted asylum. The word "blowback" comes to mind.
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Just a reminder for no reason that our federal government likes to lie. Especially now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Just a reminder for no reason that our federal government likes to lie. Especially now.
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Gotta say, I really love how many videos I’m seeing of people (especially white people) excoriating ICE agents. Following them around, cursing them out, telling them the Hague is waiting and so on. Not sure this would have been so quickly adopted not that long ago.
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Gotta say, I really love how many videos I’m seeing of people (especially white people) excoriating ICE agents. Following them around, cursing them out, telling them the Hague is waiting and so on. Not sure this would have been so quickly adopted not that long ago.
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As I keep saying, the liberal left should be less defensive about the culture war. You're goddamn right we started the war, it's a holy war against millennia of oppression and we damn well mean to finish the job
The only major faction which does not believe it is the far right, which understands itself to be in a cultural battle for hearts and minds which is only glancingly correlated with economic anything. It’s worked out wonderfully for them
November 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
As I keep saying, the liberal left should be less defensive about the culture war. You're goddamn right we started the war, it's a holy war against millennia of oppression and we damn well mean to finish the job
So I’ve only seen three…but here they are.
Foo Fighters
All Them Witches
Shakey Graves
Foo Fighters
All Them Witches
Shakey Graves
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen.
The Clash
La Monte Young
Jon Hassell
Michael Jackson
The Meters
The Clash
La Monte Young
Jon Hassell
Michael Jackson
The Meters
Eddie Palmieri
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
NG La Banda
Sonic Youth
Megadeth
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
NG La Banda
Sonic Youth
Megadeth
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
So I’ve only seen three…but here they are.
Foo Fighters
All Them Witches
Shakey Graves
Foo Fighters
All Them Witches
Shakey Graves
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D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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oh is he doing another can't-appear-in-public treatment
White House pooler S.V. Daté releases a statement about President Trump's video on the DC shooting not NOT saying it was AI-generated
(VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvcj...)
(VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvcj...)
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
oh is he doing another can't-appear-in-public treatment
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Weapon Added To Each Thanksgiving Place Setting In Preparation For Blowout Family Argument
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Weapon Added To Each Thanksgiving Place Setting In Preparation For Blowout Family Argument
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Horrific
Firefighters battled a blaze at a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex for the second day on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 94 in one of the deadliest blazes in the city’s modern history.
Fire that killed at least 44 burns in Hong Kong towers for a second day
Firefighters are battling one of Hong Kong’s deadliest modern blazes for a second day, fighting to control the fire that blackened several high-rise towers and killed at least 44 people.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Horrific
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DEPLOY THE BOY
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
DEPLOY THE BOY
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well that tracks
(also should put to rest any bleating about “vetting” but we live in hell so)
(also should put to rest any bleating about “vetting” but we live in hell so)
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
well that tracks
(also should put to rest any bleating about “vetting” but we live in hell so)
(also should put to rest any bleating about “vetting” but we live in hell so)
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The vibe here is really "guy who was part of a U.S.-aligned death squad got told he's getting sent back to Afghanistan to die"
well that tracks
(also should put to rest any bleating about “vetting” but we live in hell so)
(also should put to rest any bleating about “vetting” but we live in hell so)
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The vibe here is really "guy who was part of a U.S.-aligned death squad got told he's getting sent back to Afghanistan to die"
