Graverobbert Paulett
@robertpaulett.bsky.social
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Historian of early America and bits of Britain. Apostate southerner. Yells about maps, St. Louis, and higher ed.
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Quick intro for new followers: I teach broadly in the histories of early modern North America and the world. I study the visual and material underpinnings of imperial political systems in 18th-century Britain/North America. In general, the weirder the argument, the happier I am.
On the left, a formal portrait of a man standing in silk and fur robes. On the right an outline map of England demonstrating a resemblance between the two images.
But also every person in this article also needs a big dose of get over yourself.
An amusing reminder that all your statistical modeling and data analysis can still be defeated by a few scraps of paper in an archive folder somewhere.
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
And yes, they’re horrible but also, god, they’re just such utter weenies.
Wait, the fascists call each other “bundle of sticks” as an insult? Because, some news…
The Republicans, whose fascistic embrace of racism and Hitler worship was exposed, are not taking it well. At all.
“No manager who does not promptly tell his players to do more for the gamblers, will ever manage professional baseball again.”
Screenshot of Kennesaw Mountain Landis from the movie “Eight Men Out”
Can’t wait for the Happy Madison remake of “Eight Men Out.”
Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:
Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain
www.nytimes.com
Maybe servers want walkable neighborhoods, too? Go to a ball game once in awhile?
Okay, good job today everyone, some notes:

1) “Dunking on Columbus” Day is still a kind of Columbus Day

2) Focusing on indigenous peoples’ victimization is still mostly centering colonizers.

So let’s brush up, hit the books, be ready to focus on some new stuff in the coming year.
Tecumseh on any of his missions crossing 100 years of violence and war to stitch together an enduring alliance of people who didn’t like each other all that much.
Top of mind for me is the seven Cherokee headmen crossing that same unknown Atlantic to negotiate directly with the British king because they knew he was their only true peer.
Tired of talking about CC on Indigenous Peoples Day.

Hit me instead with your episodes from indigenous history that are way more impressive than 1492.
Because, let’s be honest, leading a 90-person expedition through four months of dangerous conditions and uncertain geography was just, like, your average Haudenosonee war party.
Tired of talking about CC on Indigenous Peoples Day.

Hit me instead with your episodes from indigenous history that are way more impressive than 1492.
Also a reminder that the answer to “evil or incompetent?” is usually “yes.”
Navigation aside, dude was also just a world-class incompetent knob who allowed the slaughter of innocents because he couldn’t manage something as basic as payroll. No wonder certain types want to honor his memory.
Equivalent to 133% of my university’s entire state appropriation from last fiscal year.
the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)
Firings so far this season by Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn State, UAB, UCLA and Virginia Tech have those schools committed to buyouts totaling $93.9 million, subject to mitigation and offset, but not including amounts that also will be owed to assistant coaches
The 90s swing band thing was totally downstream of whatever this movie did to our brains.
watching the warren beatty DICK TRACEY movie and it is insane? legitimately wild to me that it was a hit?
Also cheerfully refers to himself as a colonizer so not super reflective about those themes either.
Funny, just watched it the other night without realizing this. Might be one of the quintessential Obama-era films. All faith in humanity, multiracial progress, and indomitable scientific optimism and I do miss those.
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Yeah, you win, not even gonna play after hearing that.
Chicken-and-egg, too. If the crashes hadn’t dissolved necessary institutional support (jobs, but also travel funds, symposium funds, etc.) these fields all could have grown and developed. All we got instead was 100s of (great!) monographs and nowhere to put them.
And no accident that this is also exactly how the VC model works.
One of the under-observed parts of the last several years is the switch where wealthy donors claims directive authority over university policy. So they think Trump’s efforts of undermine academic freedom promote their own control. It’s a symptom of oligarchy, and how oligarchy gives way to Tyranny.
The Times' coverage of Rowan's role has been remarkable. It is sad to me that after forcing his alma mater, Penn, to oust a really good president for incredibly poor reasons, Rowan's megalomanical next thought was "maybe the federal government should do this everywhere" and they're actually trying.
Not all of us, no! I’m sitting here with no pickles on my burger also wishing for human liberation. But I’ve seen some turn that fear of an unpleasant experience into something uglier.
Never thought about the picky eater to fascist pipeline but it makes a lot of sense.
setting aside the fact that they just don’t know what jokes are, this gives a big insight into the mind of white nationalists. they are deeply paranoid about the idea of being percieved as anything other than Epic Stoics