Nathaniel C. Green
@nathanielcgreen.bsky.social
History professor at Northern Virginia Community College. Author, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE, by Kansas Press.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
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Not “Three-Fifths of a Person”: What the Three-Fifths Clause Meant at Ratification - Commonplace
Denials of Black humanity, free and enslaved, coexisted with explicit acknowledgment that enslaved Black people, though legally deemed “property,” were people.
commonplace.online
My piece is up on Commonplace!
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
This post, and the replies beneath it, are great reminders that 1) explaining being gay is actually very easy when you're talking to someone who doesn't think loving someone of the same sex is gross or evil 2) kids have to be taught that, and it's easier just...not to, and 3) kids are deep thinkers
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This post, and the replies beneath it, are great reminders that 1) explaining being gay is actually very easy when you're talking to someone who doesn't think loving someone of the same sex is gross or evil 2) kids have to be taught that, and it's easier just...not to, and 3) kids are deep thinkers
The same goons who say teachers should be secretly recorded while they teach people believe ICE agents should have total anonymity while terrorizing people.
Ricketts: "No face masks -- we're seen a huge increase in attacks on our ICE agents. There's been 180 vehicle attacks. Overall attacks on DHS are up 8,000%. There's many so many doxxings of officers they've had to set up a tip line. This is very very serious."
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The same goons who say teachers should be secretly recorded while they teach people believe ICE agents should have total anonymity while terrorizing people.
This dog is having more fun at the Olympics than any human
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This dog is having more fun at the Olympics than any human
The people who have the power and privilege to be able to say "fuck you" to Trump are the ones caving to him, while people who are vulnerable to being brutalized and killed by this regime are actively resisting him.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
👀 “I don’t even know if they’re growing a spine, but they’re just realizing—this White House is a paper tiger. They’re just not as scary as they act.” - @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social re business entities like the NFL not being afraid of Trump as the MAGA coalition continues to bleed out.
Trump-MAGA rage at Bad Bunny is actually driven by anger at multiracial solidarity. On the pod, @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social nails it on how this demented MAGA fury captures why Trump's gains with the nonwhite working class in 2024 have now completely collapsed:
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The people who have the power and privilege to be able to say "fuck you" to Trump are the ones caving to him, while people who are vulnerable to being brutalized and killed by this regime are actively resisting him.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
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I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation is brave enough to just be about two messy bitches.
www.vulture.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
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Some of the specific details are new but I think there are precedents on a more fundamental level.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Some of the specific details are new but I think there are precedents on a more fundamental level.
"[T]he State...entrusts to the ages the names of those who died for its integrity or in obedience to its laws; it puts forward as an example and recommends to the generations that are to come the leaders who increased its territory and the men of genius who gave it glory." -Benito Mussolini
Last week, the Secretary of Defense called the US a "Christian nation" & said a soldier "finds eternal life" by dying for country. But, sure, some people want to debate if #ChristianNationalism is even a thing.
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-nationa...
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-nationa...
At National Prayer Breakfast, Hegseth Says US Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for ‘Christian Nation’
While Trump's remarks dominate the headlines about the event, more concerning Christian Nationalist comments came a few minutes later.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"[T]he State...entrusts to the ages the names of those who died for its integrity or in obedience to its laws; it puts forward as an example and recommends to the generations that are to come the leaders who increased its territory and the men of genius who gave it glory." -Benito Mussolini
Cannot be said often enough that these people are absolute monsters
Amazon prime, but for human beings.
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Cannot be said often enough that these people are absolute monsters
Only white supremacists think that efforts to correct historic racial injustices is persecution of whites.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
February 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Only white supremacists think that efforts to correct historic racial injustices is persecution of whites.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
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I don't think the Olympics and the Superbowl should happen at the same time.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I don't think the Olympics and the Superbowl should happen at the same time.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
Is the airport abbreviation FUK taken?
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Is the airport abbreviation FUK taken?
Book in the wild! Book in the wild!
@adamrothman.bsky.social's SLAVE COUNTRY at Arlington's Central Library!
@adamrothman.bsky.social's SLAVE COUNTRY at Arlington's Central Library!
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Book in the wild! Book in the wild!
@adamrothman.bsky.social's SLAVE COUNTRY at Arlington's Central Library!
@adamrothman.bsky.social's SLAVE COUNTRY at Arlington's Central Library!
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
This is paywalled, and I don't subscribe to the NYT, but FWIW:
One of the coolest kids in my HS had a 4.0 GPA and went to MIT to study engineering.
He was also a state champion boxer.
He was on the speech team with me.
And one of the kindest people I knew.
One of the coolest kids in my HS had a 4.0 GPA and went to MIT to study engineering.
He was also a state champion boxer.
He was on the speech team with me.
And one of the kindest people I knew.
Or do we? 🧐
“We don’t need to build a commemorative arch outside the home of each Ph.D”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
“We don’t need to build a commemorative arch outside the home of each Ph.D”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
Opinion | What if the Valedictorians in America’s Schools Were the Cool Kids?
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
This is paywalled, and I don't subscribe to the NYT, but FWIW:
One of the coolest kids in my HS had a 4.0 GPA and went to MIT to study engineering.
He was also a state champion boxer.
He was on the speech team with me.
And one of the kindest people I knew.
One of the coolest kids in my HS had a 4.0 GPA and went to MIT to study engineering.
He was also a state champion boxer.
He was on the speech team with me.
And one of the kindest people I knew.
This is exactly why people who aren't MAGA assholes ought to wave American flags and re-claim patriotism from these traitors. Bigoted shitweasels aren't "real America," and we should stop letting them pretend like they are.
They accuse anyone besides white christians of not being real Americans but it's the MAGA folks whose patriotism is conditional.
Wow. MAGA admits it is rooting AGAINST Team USA because athletes are using their first amendment rights!
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This is exactly why people who aren't MAGA assholes ought to wave American flags and re-claim patriotism from these traitors. Bigoted shitweasels aren't "real America," and we should stop letting them pretend like they are.
Trump is not a legitimate president, and therefore the agencies following his orders aren't legitimate, either.
February 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Trump is not a legitimate president, and therefore the agencies following his orders aren't legitimate, either.
Love to find genuine information about sexual health as a reply to a post about people throwing dildos at ICE agents
Most sex toys are sold as “novelties” because they are not made of body-safe materials and break down over time. Stick to 100% silicone, glass, steel, and othr nonporous materials. dangerouslilly.com/2013/09/melt...
Melted Sex Toys — Dangerous Lilly
The other day I picked up my experimental Jar of Manky Sex Toy Bits and was surprised to finally see a discernible pool of liquid in the jar. I had been watching it for...
dangerouslilly.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Love to find genuine information about sexual health as a reply to a post about people throwing dildos at ICE agents
I don't teach at an R1 and never will, but this kind of thing is why I'm unimpressed when one of these folks in history publishes their 10th book.
Like, OF COURSE you wrote 10 books! What else would you do with all that free time not actually teaching?
Like, OF COURSE you wrote 10 books! What else would you do with all that free time not actually teaching?
There’s a “superstar” layer at every R1 institution I’ve been at that isn’t composed of academics in any sense I recognize. They’re there so the institution can claim them, but they use the university as a launchpad to contracts and speaking engagements. They’re not teaching the intro classes.
February 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I don't teach at an R1 and never will, but this kind of thing is why I'm unimpressed when one of these folks in history publishes their 10th book.
Like, OF COURSE you wrote 10 books! What else would you do with all that free time not actually teaching?
Like, OF COURSE you wrote 10 books! What else would you do with all that free time not actually teaching?
Mamdani is 100% a board game nerd
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Mamdani is 100% a board game nerd
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Mamdani cheating at politics by being a normal human being who has been to a child’s birthday party before
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Mamdani cheating at politics by being a normal human being who has been to a child’s birthday party before
Timeline cleanse: a politician who is actually a decent human being
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Timeline cleanse: a politician who is actually a decent human being
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
Notice that it's "apologize," not "resign." Not "this is impeachable and unacceptable."
Cowards, the whole lot of them. Spineless cowards
Cowards, the whole lot of them. Spineless cowards
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Notice that it's "apologize," not "resign." Not "this is impeachable and unacceptable."
Cowards, the whole lot of them. Spineless cowards
Cowards, the whole lot of them. Spineless cowards
Seriously how hard is it to just live your life and not do stuff that might get you indicted for child sex abuse
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MSN
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February 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Seriously how hard is it to just live your life and not do stuff that might get you indicted for child sex abuse
www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
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