Melissa Johnson, PhD
@ladyhistorian.bsky.social
Historian. Associate Professor. Community College enthusiast. Researching 17th-c gossip. Weighs more than a duck. Employed by George and Gracie. She/her.
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One personally frustrating thing about the big AI push is that it forces people to assess it in a hurry, which makes people careless. It kinda smells like a scam to me if someone’s hurrying you along, cultivating urgency in you, well before you know where they’re taking you.
November 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
One personally frustrating thing about the big AI push is that it forces people to assess it in a hurry, which makes people careless. It kinda smells like a scam to me if someone’s hurrying you along, cultivating urgency in you, well before you know where they’re taking you.
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Bidenomics saved this country and he will never get a fucking shred of credit for it. World historical tantrum because "old."
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Bidenomics saved this country and he will never get a fucking shred of credit for it. World historical tantrum because "old."
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Latenite archival BabbyGonz time!
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Latenite archival BabbyGonz time!
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yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
Oh no
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Oh no
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i swear this old tweet will be my legacy
November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
i swear this old tweet will be my legacy
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i hope this guy finds out that you can skip every step of this process and just listen to music other people have made that sounds interesting to you
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
i hope this guy finds out that you can skip every step of this process and just listen to music other people have made that sounds interesting to you
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My dissertation was about women who became Catholic because all of the scholarship that existed had taken male converts as serious intellectuals and dismissed women as lightweights seduced by priests and incense.
I'm not saying the VP is a smells & bells convert, but I'm not not saying that.
I'm not saying the VP is a smells & bells convert, but I'm not not saying that.
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My dissertation was about women who became Catholic because all of the scholarship that existed had taken male converts as serious intellectuals and dismissed women as lightweights seduced by priests and incense.
I'm not saying the VP is a smells & bells convert, but I'm not not saying that.
I'm not saying the VP is a smells & bells convert, but I'm not not saying that.
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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I’m late to this, and nothing matters, but I have to say something:
Desire doesn’t exist outside the act of desiring. To desire desiring and to desire desire itself are the same thing!
Desire doesn’t exist outside the act of desiring. To desire desiring and to desire desire itself are the same thing!
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’m late to this, and nothing matters, but I have to say something:
Desire doesn’t exist outside the act of desiring. To desire desiring and to desire desire itself are the same thing!
Desire doesn’t exist outside the act of desiring. To desire desiring and to desire desire itself are the same thing!
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Every year I get sad and then give myself a little pep talk: It'll be OK! We'll all just have to be our own Darth for a few months
ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Every year I get sad and then give myself a little pep talk: It'll be OK! We'll all just have to be our own Darth for a few months
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Universities: “Take 54 million American dollars for being a lousy coach”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Universities: “Take 54 million American dollars for being a lousy coach”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
Also universities: “You turned in this one form an hour late and you will not be reimbursed $57.16”
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Lizza says Nuzzi was acting as a campaign operative while pretending to be a journalist. she did catch and kill, outing sources in the campaign; she tried to get RFK surrogates on television; she wrote strategy memos. 1
While there are often some ethical issues with making free PDFs of paywalled content, in this case it seems entirely justifiable, given the author, the subject, and the journalistic imperative to provide the widest possible audience for the verb "Michael Wolffed"
gofile.io/d/Ap4v35
gofile.io/d/Ap4v35
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Lizza says Nuzzi was acting as a campaign operative while pretending to be a journalist. she did catch and kill, outing sources in the campaign; she tried to get RFK surrogates on television; she wrote strategy memos. 1
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Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
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You ever feel like the elite strata of our society are just rotten wood? Hollowed out, absolutely nothing of real substance there?
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You ever feel like the elite strata of our society are just rotten wood? Hollowed out, absolutely nothing of real substance there?
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So, the Secret Service doesn’t screen for bugs in Mar-a-Lago? That probably means every substantive conversation he’s ever had there is in the hands of various foreign intelligence agencies.
This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
So, the Secret Service doesn’t screen for bugs in Mar-a-Lago? That probably means every substantive conversation he’s ever had there is in the hands of various foreign intelligence agencies.
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And just to be clear, not all American converts are like him or have ever been like him!
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And just to be clear, not all American converts are like him or have ever been like him!
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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
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I have said for years that they’re all up to the same tricks. You didn’t want to hear it. Now it comes out a member of the sainted Beltway press bugged the once and future President of the United States to help a political opponent she was screwing.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I have said for years that they’re all up to the same tricks. You didn’t want to hear it. Now it comes out a member of the sainted Beltway press bugged the once and future President of the United States to help a political opponent she was screwing.
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On the one hand, It's Ryan Lizza
On the other hand, hell of a thing to randomly mention
On the other hand, hell of a thing to randomly mention
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
On the one hand, It's Ryan Lizza
On the other hand, hell of a thing to randomly mention
On the other hand, hell of a thing to randomly mention
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my dissertation was about the history of Catholic converts in the US and every day something makes me remember how often I was told it was too niche
My dissertation turns 10 next month and I've been dipping in to see if there's anything in there worth pulling out and working with, and each chapter is effectively about a different emotional struggle that would be familiar today.
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
my dissertation was about the history of Catholic converts in the US and every day something makes me remember how often I was told it was too niche