Michael Oberg
@michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social
Historian of Indigenous America, writer of books, and hearer of bands you’ve never heard in dingy clubs you’ve not likely visited. Good at trivia.
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I know everyone is twelve now but this is getting ridiculous
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I know everyone is twelve now but this is getting ridiculous
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What a gorgeous poem. #poetry #DerekMahon
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What a gorgeous poem. #poetry #DerekMahon
Don’t look at your retirement account.
Americans remain “frustrated” about rising prices and have a dimming view of their personal finances, a survey found.
Economic Confidence Improved Slightly After Shutdown Ended—But Remains Near Historic Lows
Americans remain “frustrated” about rising prices and have a dimming view of their personal finances, a survey found.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Don’t look at your retirement account.
Oh, I don’t know, David. I think the credible evidence that the President and many members of the American elite from both parties raped minors is a pretty big deal.
The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Oh, I don’t know, David. I think the credible evidence that the President and many members of the American elite from both parties raped minors is a pretty big deal.
The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
It was a genuine cause for celebration when Tonawanda Seneca Ely Parker was admitted, posthumously and at long last, to the New York State Bar, but Parker was a complicated man who left an ambivalent legacy.
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Ely Parker’s Ambivalent Legacy
Last week Ely Parker of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation was admitted posthumously to the New York State Bar. Parker had read law in the Ellicottville office of William Angel in the 1840s bu…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It was a genuine cause for celebration when Tonawanda Seneca Ely Parker was admitted, posthumously and at long last, to the New York State Bar, but Parker was a complicated man who left an ambivalent legacy.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
I’ve spent my career at public colleges where my primary job is teaching. Harvard and the Ivy League is a million miles away. Still I find Lepore’s whining exhausting. I believe that historians like her, occupying cushy spots at a tiny sliver of institutions, have no clue what I do for a living.
Harvard's prosecutorial culture was "miserable," says Jill Lepore. Even so, she stayed, but has since come to regret her silence. https://chroni.cl/4ihof9O
Why Jill Lepore Nearly Quit Harvard
The prosecutorial culture was “miserable.” She stayed, but has come to regret her silence at the time.
www.chronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’ve spent my career at public colleges where my primary job is teaching. Harvard and the Ivy League is a million miles away. Still I find Lepore’s whining exhausting. I believe that historians like her, occupying cushy spots at a tiny sliver of institutions, have no clue what I do for a living.
This administration is made up of perverts, rapists, dimwits and creeps. They are angry, little people devoid of character who have appealed successfully to a majority of ethically and constitutionally illiterate white people. They’ve made everything worse. It’s sickening to watch.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This administration is made up of perverts, rapists, dimwits and creeps. They are angry, little people devoid of character who have appealed successfully to a majority of ethically and constitutionally illiterate white people. They’ve made everything worse. It’s sickening to watch.
“We need a real asshole to lead the GOP,” Cruz said. “Yes, Vance is a total prick, but I have been an opportunistic, scheming dickhead for a generation. My time is now.”
LMAO -- Ted Cruz is on Fox News talking about running for president in 2028
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“We need a real asshole to lead the GOP,” Cruz said. “Yes, Vance is a total prick, but I have been an opportunistic, scheming dickhead for a generation. My time is now.”
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Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding
Gave a talk on Thursday where I aired out a small piece of a very large forthcoming book, and it went over pretty well which is a big relief.
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gave a talk on Thursday where I aired out a small piece of a very large forthcoming book, and it went over pretty well which is a big relief.
You know what? Investigate them all. Democrat and Republicans. Throw them all in jail if necessary. Like I care what happens to Larry Summers.
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
You know what? Investigate them all. Democrat and Republicans. Throw them all in jail if necessary. Like I care what happens to Larry Summers.
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The fact that Trump is calling Mace and Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition at the last minute tells you everything you need to know about how incriminating the info in the files is to him and his cronies.
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The fact that Trump is calling Mace and Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition at the last minute tells you everything you need to know about how incriminating the info in the files is to him and his cronies.
It’s Canandaigua Treaty Commemoration Day today!
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It’s Canandaigua Treaty Commemoration Day today!
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8 ancient Democrats, wealthy beyond what most of us can dream, who’ve never feared that they might go without, who’ve never worried about the cost of medical treatment or medication, screwed those who carry those concerns every waking moment, demonstrating the uselessness of the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
8 ancient Democrats, wealthy beyond what most of us can dream, who’ve never feared that they might go without, who’ve never worried about the cost of medical treatment or medication, screwed those who carry those concerns every waking moment, demonstrating the uselessness of the Democratic Party.
Several years ago a young woman went to prison for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself. Suing these companies into oblivion is not enough. Their leaders are criminally responsible.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Several years ago a young woman went to prison for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself. Suing these companies into oblivion is not enough. Their leaders are criminally responsible.
We should totally do renewables.
Wait, what?
He did what?
JFC. Trump wants to protect coal, an industry that employs fewer than people than the Cheesecake Factory.
Wait, what?
He did what?
JFC. Trump wants to protect coal, an industry that employs fewer than people than the Cheesecake Factory.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We should totally do renewables.
Wait, what?
He did what?
JFC. Trump wants to protect coal, an industry that employs fewer than people than the Cheesecake Factory.
Wait, what?
He did what?
JFC. Trump wants to protect coal, an industry that employs fewer than people than the Cheesecake Factory.
Flying today and Sunday, home to California to celebrate my mom’s life. Not worried about making it to LA. Our return trip may be a bit more in doubt.
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Flying today and Sunday, home to California to celebrate my mom’s life. Not worried about making it to LA. Our return trip may be a bit more in doubt.
I don’t mind that the NYT has some conservative columnists. What I object to is that two of them, Douthat and Bret Stephenson, are idiots.
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I don’t mind that the NYT has some conservative columnists. What I object to is that two of them, Douthat and Bret Stephenson, are idiots.
When I moved from Montana to NY (Rochester! Not NYC!) 27 years ago, conservative colleagues said “don’t get mugged” and “watch out for the criminals.” “Don’t get a disease,” said another. Nothing new in the anti-Mamdani, any NYC rants from the right. The same old racism in new clothes.
Immigrants? In New York City???? sorry i've never read a book so this sounds scary and strange to me bsky.app/profile/park...
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When I moved from Montana to NY (Rochester! Not NYC!) 27 years ago, conservative colleagues said “don’t get mugged” and “watch out for the criminals.” “Don’t get a disease,” said another. Nothing new in the anti-Mamdani, any NYC rants from the right. The same old racism in new clothes.
Long ago, my mother’s family was made up of Irish immigrants to New York City. Last night was a good night. Though I have never lived in NYC, I was very much inspired by Mamdani’s decisive victory over the old people who have failed to address such screamingly obvious problems.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Long ago, my mother’s family was made up of Irish immigrants to New York City. Last night was a good night. Though I have never lived in NYC, I was very much inspired by Mamdani’s decisive victory over the old people who have failed to address such screamingly obvious problems.
Dick Cheney is to JD Vance what Lawful Evil is to Chaotic Evil.
a statue of a dragon is surrounded by fire
ALT: a statue of a dragon is surrounded by fire
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November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Dick Cheney is to JD Vance what Lawful Evil is to Chaotic Evil.