Marty Olliff
@martyolliff.bsky.social
Retired Prof of History at Troy Univ. Dothan Campus, Director of the Wiregrass Archives. My opinions are absolutely my own. #NOKINGS
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Marty Olliff
@martyolliff.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I collected ~416 Jim Crow Statutes in Alabama, 1876-1903. Here is a link to the Google Drive folder containing the Excel spreadsheet, MS Word Project Explainer, and AL course of study lesson plans for grades 4&11.Pls use freely https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TjEqwwlaL7NtfCLTxcAGL77oPz-aip9e
Watching Die Hard to herald in the Christmas season and admiring how well cast Don Jr. is as Ellis. Or vice versa.
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Watching Die Hard to herald in the Christmas season and admiring how well cast Don Jr. is as Ellis. Or vice versa.
I could have looked up the origin of “cordwainer” but I knew if I waited 70 years someone would tell me.
Spotted on this morning's walk: 'cordwainer', a shoemaker or worker with cordwain leather. You might not guess from its appearance that 'cordwain' has Mediterranean origins – the word comes from the Spanish city of Córdoba.
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I could have looked up the origin of “cordwainer” but I knew if I waited 70 years someone would tell me.
. . . Five concerts . . .
~ZZ Top (before Tres Hombres released)
~Elton John (Yellow Brick Road tour)
~Earth, Wind, and Fire opening for local heroes The Commodores
~Jethro Tull
~The Grateful Dead
~ZZ Top (before Tres Hombres released)
~Elton John (Yellow Brick Road tour)
~Earth, Wind, and Fire opening for local heroes The Commodores
~Jethro Tull
~The Grateful Dead
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
-Bon Jovi and the Goo Goo Dolls
-Ozzy Osbourne
-Rush
-Van Halen
-The Who
-Bon Jovi and the Goo Goo Dolls
-Ozzy Osbourne
-Rush
-Van Halen
-The Who
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Bon Jovi
Billy Joel & Elton John
Dire Straits
Anthrax
Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
Billy Joel & Elton John
Dire Straits
Anthrax
Def Leppard
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
. . . Five concerts . . .
~ZZ Top (before Tres Hombres released)
~Elton John (Yellow Brick Road tour)
~Earth, Wind, and Fire opening for local heroes The Commodores
~Jethro Tull
~The Grateful Dead
~ZZ Top (before Tres Hombres released)
~Elton John (Yellow Brick Road tour)
~Earth, Wind, and Fire opening for local heroes The Commodores
~Jethro Tull
~The Grateful Dead
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Two positions in Theater direction at U of R: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
Search Jobs - University Affairs
universityaffairs.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Two positions in Theater direction at U of R: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
Does immigration change a society? Yes
Is change difficult? Yes
Is change necessary? YES!
Is change difficult? Yes
Is change necessary? YES!
The only antidote - and I do mean the ONLY one - to Trump and Miller's xenophobia is a full-throated defense of immigration and a full-throated attack on the racism and xenophobia currently guiding immigration policy. You can't half-ass this one, you can't Very Reasonable Limits this one.
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Does immigration change a society? Yes
Is change difficult? Yes
Is change necessary? YES!
Is change difficult? Yes
Is change necessary? YES!
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Immigration is a massive net positive for the US and always has been. Every argument against it is grounded in racism. Them's the breaks, kids. But you can't centrist your way out of this.
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Immigration is a massive net positive for the US and always has been. Every argument against it is grounded in racism. Them's the breaks, kids. But you can't centrist your way out of this.
Okay, so do us all a favor and take an indefinite leave. Recharge your batteries, touch grass, find out there’s more to life than doing Trump’s perverted will.
Mike Johnson: “I haven’t had a vacation day in two years. I haven’t been off in two years, literally.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Okay, so do us all a favor and take an indefinite leave. Recharge your batteries, touch grass, find out there’s more to life than doing Trump’s perverted will.
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The key point that anyone who is left of center really needs to understand is that the market is infinitely malleable. There is no market out there, which we decide whether or not we want the government to interfere with. The government structures the market, how it is structured is a policy choice.
@deanbaker13.bsky.social thought you might like this article
October 26, 2024 at 5:19 AM
The key point that anyone who is left of center really needs to understand is that the market is infinitely malleable. There is no market out there, which we decide whether or not we want the government to interfere with. The government structures the market, how it is structured is a policy choice.
My son-in-law expressed an interest in baking years ago. I gave him my copy of The Breadbaker’s Apprentice, and that might be one of the best decisions I ever made.
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My son-in-law expressed an interest in baking years ago. I gave him my copy of The Breadbaker’s Apprentice, and that might be one of the best decisions I ever made.
Re: Vile Miller’s racist, xenophobic screed.
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Re: Vile Miller’s racist, xenophobic screed.
Happy Day after the Feast. I hope everyone is fat and happy, and that there’s enough leftovers for the turkey and cranberry sauce sandwiches you know you want today.
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Happy Day after the Feast. I hope everyone is fat and happy, and that there’s enough leftovers for the turkey and cranberry sauce sandwiches you know you want today.
Miller should be nowhere near the levers of power or policymaking, but our statescraft over the past 40 years has been so degraded that he’s as much a logical conclusion as Trump the Great Entertainer™️.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Miller should be nowhere near the levers of power or policymaking, but our statescraft over the past 40 years has been so degraded that he’s as much a logical conclusion as Trump the Great Entertainer™️.
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What’s a good telescope for a 7 year old that is powerful enough to see Jupiter and Saturn?
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
What’s a good telescope for a 7 year old that is powerful enough to see Jupiter and Saturn?
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People laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian, but they’re not laughing now.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
People laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian, but they’re not laughing now.
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New job:
2026 Communication Tenure Track Position in Public Relations and Digital Media
Wenzhou-Kean University
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69548
2026 Communication Tenure Track Position in Public Relations and Digital Media
Wenzhou-Kean University
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69548
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New job:
2026 Communication Tenure Track Position in Public Relations and Digital Media
Wenzhou-Kean University
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69548
2026 Communication Tenure Track Position in Public Relations and Digital Media
Wenzhou-Kean University
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69548
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Today’s Find: Alabama Yesterdays blog post “A Visit to Gibson’s Bookstore in Owens Cross Roads” tinyurl.com/y5a253hr #alabama #alabamayesterdays
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Today’s Find: Alabama Yesterdays blog post “A Visit to Gibson’s Bookstore in Owens Cross Roads” tinyurl.com/y5a253hr #alabama #alabamayesterdays
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carson apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1922
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
carson apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1922
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New job:
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2026-2027
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69549
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2026-2027
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69549
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New job:
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2026-2027
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69549
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships 2026-2027
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69549
Happy Thanksgiving (U.S.) to all who celebrate. And good luck to those who know they’ll end up arguing politics with drunken uncles.
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Happy Thanksgiving (U.S.) to all who celebrate. And good luck to those who know they’ll end up arguing politics with drunken uncles.
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The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
Good.
Saudi Arabia can’t even afford MBS’s follies, let alone the massive investment into the U.S. he promised Donald Trump.
MBS’ Vanity Projects Are Bleeding Saudi Arabia Dry
Saudi Arabia can’t even afford Mohammed bin Salman’s follies, let alone the investment into the U.S. he promised Donald Trump.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Good.
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One key thing Zohran can learn from Milwaukee's sewer socialists is that to deliver transformative reforms you need to lean on mass movement pressure
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
One key thing Zohran can learn from Milwaukee's sewer socialists is that to deliver transformative reforms you need to lean on mass movement pressure
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It doesn’t matter where you live or how you vote – Social Security is a universal promise of economic security.
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It doesn’t matter where you live or how you vote – Social Security is a universal promise of economic security.