Ryan Abt (He/Him)
@ryanabt.bsky.social
History PhD in the intersection of Education (NYC & Texas), anti-racism, & Holocaust Memory. I also have opinions based on my evangelical upbringing and my anabaptist views.
Protect immigrants, Protect LGBTQ+, Protect PoC, Protect everyone!
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Ryan Abt (He/Him)
@ryanabt.bsky.social
· Jun 20
It’s Juneteenth, so I’ve put together a list of history books that have helped me better understand slavery and its impact today. Knowing this can help us better secure the elusive equality for all promised at this nation’s founding.
Please make suggestions. Particularly by scholars of color.
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Please make suggestions. Particularly by scholars of color.
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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If the people who recruit and hire police officers for a living keep telling you these are the people they want in these roles, why are we so insistent on ignoring them?
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If the people who recruit and hire police officers for a living keep telling you these are the people they want in these roles, why are we so insistent on ignoring them?
Imma write “Pope says 0” but same difference, right?
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Imma write “Pope says 0” but same difference, right?
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
lol. Morons.
Hall: I think these are well-rounded, very good. I love the early grades, the ancient history, good to capture curiosity that will engage them. History is my favorite subject. "Obviously, history is objective. We're going to have different views of what that is." [So... not objective?]
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
lol. Morons.
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It is remarkable how little any of these content advisors know about K-12 education and how much this is just them taking what they know and trying to fit it to percentages. Teachers have testified, repeatedly, that this doesn't work. And yet, they are plowing ahead.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It is remarkable how little any of these content advisors know about K-12 education and how much this is just them taking what they know and trying to fit it to percentages. Teachers have testified, repeatedly, that this doesn't work. And yet, they are plowing ahead.
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Here are the key topics for K-2 and then 3 through 8. Note how "pre history to world 500 AD" is essentially Western Civ.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Here are the key topics for K-2 and then 3 through 8. Note how "pre history to world 500 AD" is essentially Western Civ.
Ughhhh
The new sequence manages to get rid of all standalone Texas history while making Texas history the sum of world and US history. Take a look at the proposed course themes.
Converting percentages across grades 3-8 into years:
World history: 1.2 years
US history: 2.1 years
Texas history: 2.7 years.
Converting percentages across grades 3-8 into years:
World history: 1.2 years
US history: 2.1 years
Texas history: 2.7 years.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ughhhh
I wear socks when I fly.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I wear socks when I fly.
One wonders what in that first graph suggests that Dem embrace of social justice causes brought them to the fore.
I have an undergrad who is doing work on how different news networks used different terms over the past 15 years. Here is "woke" at Fox News and in official congressional e-newsletters
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
One wonders what in that first graph suggests that Dem embrace of social justice causes brought them to the fore.
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Hollywood loves our trauma. Black actors are more likely to win awards when playing roles tied to slavery, servitude, or trauma.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hollywood loves our trauma. Black actors are more likely to win awards when playing roles tied to slavery, servitude, or trauma.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
As our administration ramps up for war, I am reminded of The German War, by Nicholas Stargardt.
One key feature of the German mindset was that those opposed to the regime supported the war effort because they didn’t want Germany defeated again.
May we desire to lose immoral wars.
One key feature of the German mindset was that those opposed to the regime supported the war effort because they didn’t want Germany defeated again.
May we desire to lose immoral wars.
The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945
A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945
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November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
As our administration ramps up for war, I am reminded of The German War, by Nicholas Stargardt.
One key feature of the German mindset was that those opposed to the regime supported the war effort because they didn’t want Germany defeated again.
May we desire to lose immoral wars.
One key feature of the German mindset was that those opposed to the regime supported the war effort because they didn’t want Germany defeated again.
May we desire to lose immoral wars.
As it ever has been. My fellow white people, it is up to us to disallow such a reconciliation. We MUST demand that national unity is accomplished only as a handshake over the dead body of white supremacy.
Because the consequence is that we end up here again if we don’t kill it.
Because the consequence is that we end up here again if we don’t kill it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As it ever has been. My fellow white people, it is up to us to disallow such a reconciliation. We MUST demand that national unity is accomplished only as a handshake over the dead body of white supremacy.
Because the consequence is that we end up here again if we don’t kill it.
Because the consequence is that we end up here again if we don’t kill it.
Such a great game. I was obsessed with trying to convince my friend to let me play his game.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Such a great game. I was obsessed with trying to convince my friend to let me play his game.
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OK goodbyes are being said. BIL and LD are now besties it seems. BIL made a joke about hell of a night. Both laughed. LD made a joke about how BIL's night is only just beginning because he has to go back in. BIL did not laugh.
September 4, 2024 at 4:54 PM
OK goodbyes are being said. BIL and LD are now besties it seems. BIL made a joke about hell of a night. Both laughed. LD made a joke about how BIL's night is only just beginning because he has to go back in. BIL did not laugh.
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
Notice how the only thing he thinks about is how to transgress norms? This is a form of masculinity with lineages from slavery. Freedom/manhood is derived from being indomitable.
And one proves their indomitable nature by transgressing norms and rejecting consequences for transgression.
And one proves their indomitable nature by transgressing norms and rejecting consequences for transgression.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Notice how the only thing he thinks about is how to transgress norms? This is a form of masculinity with lineages from slavery. Freedom/manhood is derived from being indomitable.
And one proves their indomitable nature by transgressing norms and rejecting consequences for transgression.
And one proves their indomitable nature by transgressing norms and rejecting consequences for transgression.
In case any of my followers are unaware there is a lot of discussion about whether to use hyphenated or un-hyphenated; HOWEVER, in the context of Israel-Palestine, Left antisemites use hyphenated in order to deny their own antisemitism by co-opting the term to mean bigotry against “Semites”…
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Yes. It’s not a guarantee, but “anti-Semitic” often proceeds “how can I be anti-Semitic for supporting Palestine, they are Semitic” accompanied by an antisemitic screed.
"Uses the spelling with the hyphen" is not necessarily a sign that the person is a nazi and shouldn't be treated as such, but my usual monitoring of the Worst Internet this last year has made it clear the Nazis are deliberately seeding "Semitic as a label for people and not just languages"
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
In case any of my followers are unaware there is a lot of discussion about whether to use hyphenated or un-hyphenated; HOWEVER, in the context of Israel-Palestine, Left antisemites use hyphenated in order to deny their own antisemitism by co-opting the term to mean bigotry against “Semites”…
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For Christians looking for a term to describe Christians who use Christianity to sell things and don’t want to use Pharisees (which should be everyone) might I suggest simony.
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
For Christians looking for a term to describe Christians who use Christianity to sell things and don’t want to use Pharisees (which should be everyone) might I suggest simony.
Yes. It’s not a guarantee, but “anti-Semitic” often proceeds “how can I be anti-Semitic for supporting Palestine, they are Semitic” accompanied by an antisemitic screed.
"Uses the spelling with the hyphen" is not necessarily a sign that the person is a nazi and shouldn't be treated as such, but my usual monitoring of the Worst Internet this last year has made it clear the Nazis are deliberately seeding "Semitic as a label for people and not just languages"
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Yes. It’s not a guarantee, but “anti-Semitic” often proceeds “how can I be anti-Semitic for supporting Palestine, they are Semitic” accompanied by an antisemitic screed.
I can’t respect the political opinions of anyone who ever says TLJ should be higher on a ranking of SW films. And I don’t care how low it is. Visually beautiful and horrific film.
i would push rogue one down and bring solo and the last jedi up. i’d also place attack of the clones at the bottom.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I can’t respect the political opinions of anyone who ever says TLJ should be higher on a ranking of SW films. And I don’t care how low it is. Visually beautiful and horrific film.
As in Academic works tend to have a cadence to them where I can listen passively and get the evidence of the thesis or sub-thesis but with fiction every bit of dialogue or description may or may not be a key plot point so I can’t passively listen so I have to pause all the time.
Hot Take:
It’s easier to read academic works as audio books than it is to read fiction as audio book.
It’s easier to read academic works as audio books than it is to read fiction as audio book.
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As in Academic works tend to have a cadence to them where I can listen passively and get the evidence of the thesis or sub-thesis but with fiction every bit of dialogue or description may or may not be a key plot point so I can’t passively listen so I have to pause all the time.
Hot Take:
It’s easier to read academic works as audio books than it is to read fiction as audio book.
It’s easier to read academic works as audio books than it is to read fiction as audio book.
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hot Take:
It’s easier to read academic works as audio books than it is to read fiction as audio book.
It’s easier to read academic works as audio books than it is to read fiction as audio book.