Noah Shusterman
@ncshusterman.bsky.social
Dad, husband, historian, risk-averse outdoorsman.
Wandering Jew.
Disillusioned world citizen.
Wandering Jew.
Disillusioned world citizen.
Pinned
Deploying Federal Troops to U.S. Cities Is a Second Amendment Issue
But not because the founders wanted to see more guns in the hands of Americans.
www.historynewsnetwork.org
My latest piece, for the History News Network - why sending federal troops into US cities is a 2nd Amendment Issue.
I've written a bunch of op-eds and the like over the years. This is my best one yet.
#2A
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/depl...
I've written a bunch of op-eds and the like over the years. This is my best one yet.
#2A
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/depl...
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“The potential that a power-hungry leader could set the military against the very population it was meant to protect would always loom. The Second Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights because the men who wrote it wanted to prevent that from happening.” Great work by @ncshusterman.bsky.social
Deploying Federal Troops to U.S. Cities Is a Second Amendment Issue
But not because the founders wanted to see more guns in the hands of Americans.
www.historynewsnetwork.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“The potential that a power-hungry leader could set the military against the very population it was meant to protect would always loom. The Second Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights because the men who wrote it wanted to prevent that from happening.” Great work by @ncshusterman.bsky.social
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Read @ncshusterman.bsky.social on the founders’ fear of standing armies in our latest feature. www.hnn.us/article/depl...
Deploying Federal Troops to U.S. Cities Is a Second Amendment Issue
But not because the founders wanted to see more guns in the hands of Americans.
www.hnn.us
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Read @ncshusterman.bsky.social on the founders’ fear of standing armies in our latest feature. www.hnn.us/article/depl...
Reposted by Noah Shusterman
Check out @ncshusterman.bsky.social in this really important piece on the Second Amendment issues related to Trump's illegal military deployments www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/depl...
Deploying Federal Troops to U.S. Cities Is a Second Amendment Issue
But not because the founders wanted to see more guns in the hands of Americans.
www.historynewsnetwork.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Check out @ncshusterman.bsky.social in this really important piece on the Second Amendment issues related to Trump's illegal military deployments www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/depl...
My latest piece, for the History News Network - why sending federal troops into US cities is a 2nd Amendment Issue.
I've written a bunch of op-eds and the like over the years. This is my best one yet.
#2A
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/depl...
I've written a bunch of op-eds and the like over the years. This is my best one yet.
#2A
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/depl...
Deploying Federal Troops to U.S. Cities Is a Second Amendment Issue
But not because the founders wanted to see more guns in the hands of Americans.
www.historynewsnetwork.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My latest piece, for the History News Network - why sending federal troops into US cities is a 2nd Amendment Issue.
I've written a bunch of op-eds and the like over the years. This is my best one yet.
#2A
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/depl...
I've written a bunch of op-eds and the like over the years. This is my best one yet.
#2A
www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/depl...
I don't know how much those nets were to blame. I tend to think their role has been a bit overestimated. Still, seeing them freaks me out, and I'm sure that's true for many people - especially those who live behind them. And that matters. Especially right now.
BREAKING: Bernadette Linn has ordered all scaffolding nets at all renovation sites to be taken down immediately
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I don't know how much those nets were to blame. I tend to think their role has been a bit overestimated. Still, seeing them freaks me out, and I'm sure that's true for many people - especially those who live behind them. And that matters. Especially right now.
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Tai Po fire fatality now at 156, 29 bodies awaiting identification, around 30 persons still missing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Tai Po fire fatality now at 156, 29 bodies awaiting identification, around 30 persons still missing.
Downlink? Really?
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Downlink? Really?
Yes, I know. Political stakes, shouldn't make fun of people's names, all that. I just. But each time I read "Lecornu" the image, poof! there it is in my mind.
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Yes, I know. Political stakes, shouldn't make fun of people's names, all that. I just. But each time I read "Lecornu" the image, poof! there it is in my mind.
想平得貴。
ICAC alleges that, in order to replace mesh netting damaged by typhoons, "someone" purchased substandard mesh netting from a local supplier at the price of $54/roll in july. And used up-to-spec mesh netting only at the bottom of the scaffoldings as a cover
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
想平得貴。
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Seven samples of the scaffold netting from Wang Fuk Court did not meet fire retardant standards, according to HK Chief Secretary Eric Chan. The ICAC has also found that compliant netting was mixed in with non-compliant netting in order to evade patrols.
大埔宏福苑五級火｜陳國基：宏福苑7個棚網樣本未達阻燃測試標準 (16:02) - 20251201 - 港聞
政務司長陳國基表示，當局於大埔宏福苑的宏泰、宏道、宏志、宏仁閣檢取20個棚網樣本，其中7個位處高、中、低層不同地方的樣本未達阻燃測試標準。保安局長鄧炳強早前曾指棚網初步測試合乎標準，鄧炳強今日解釋指，在火勢猛烈時，調查人員起初只能在宏志閣地下檢取樣本測試，並發現合乎標準，但其後認為情况與各界觀察不一致，所以火勢受控後再於事發大廈檢取樣本。
news.mingpao.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Seven samples of the scaffold netting from Wang Fuk Court did not meet fire retardant standards, according to HK Chief Secretary Eric Chan. The ICAC has also found that compliant netting was mixed in with non-compliant netting in order to evade patrols.
It just seems to me - non-expert, yes - that if the bamboo scaffolding was the problem, more of it would have burned.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It just seems to me - non-expert, yes - that if the bamboo scaffolding was the problem, more of it would have burned.
I mean, really - does the Salic Law mean NOTHING to these people???
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I mean, really - does the Salic Law mean NOTHING to these people???
Tai Po, viewed from Grassy Hill. Wang Fuk Court to the right, circled in red.
High-rise apartment buildings, they're how people live here.
High-rise apartment buildings, they're how people live here.
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Tai Po, viewed from Grassy Hill. Wang Fuk Court to the right, circled in red.
High-rise apartment buildings, they're how people live here.
High-rise apartment buildings, they're how people live here.
Japanese people are really into their toilets, so it makes sense that Japanese bears are as well.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Bear attacks man in public toilet in Japan
Incident north of Tokyo comes after a record 13 deaths from bear attacks in Japan since the start of April
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Japanese people are really into their toilets, so it makes sense that Japanese bears are as well.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Grrrrrrr.
Good game, Chicago.
Good game, Chicago.
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Grrrrrrr.
Good game, Chicago.
Good game, Chicago.
Really hard to process the scope of it all.
From the waterfront path - my normal bike ride, and lots of other people's too.
#HongKong
#HongKong
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Really hard to process the scope of it all.
I get that it's international news, still weird to see my hometown news station covering it.
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I get that it's international news, still weird to see my hometown news station covering it.
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International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
Reposted by Noah Shusterman
Two Indonesian domestic workers have died in the deadly fire at a Tai Po housing estate, the Indonesian government has said. In full: buff.ly/WkypluI
Breaking: 2 Indonesian domestic workers killed, 2 injured in Tai Po housing estate fire | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Two Indonesian domestic workers have died in the deadly fire at a Tai Po housing estate, the Indonesian government has said. In a statement on Thursday, the Indonesian Consulate in Hong Kong said two...
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Two Indonesian domestic workers have died in the deadly fire at a Tai Po housing estate, the Indonesian government has said. In full: buff.ly/WkypluI
想平得貴。
"Flame-retardant nets – taking nets of the size seen in the fire as an example, 18×2 metres – costs about HK$75 to $90 per piece.
The same size but without the fireproof performance will cost $40 to $50 per piece, so it provides an incentive for some to take risks."
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
The same size but without the fireproof performance will cost $40 to $50 per piece, so it provides an incentive for some to take risks."
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
Experts urge laws to mandate fire-proof materials' use - RTHK
Hong Kong construction industry leaders called on Thursday for authorities to draw up legislation to make the use of fir...
news.rthk.hk
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
想平得貴。
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Horrifying.
And... I don't remember anything even remotely like this happening here during the decade we've been here.
There are fires in the hills, and in specific apartments. But this kind of fully-engulfed buildings? I didn't think that would happen.
And... I don't remember anything even remotely like this happening here during the decade we've been here.
There are fires in the hills, and in specific apartments. But this kind of fully-engulfed buildings? I didn't think that would happen.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Horrifying.
And... I don't remember anything even remotely like this happening here during the decade we've been here.
There are fires in the hills, and in specific apartments. But this kind of fully-engulfed buildings? I didn't think that would happen.
And... I don't remember anything even remotely like this happening here during the decade we've been here.
There are fires in the hills, and in specific apartments. But this kind of fully-engulfed buildings? I didn't think that would happen.
post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
post a famous bathroom scene