Taulby Edmondson
@taulby.bsky.social
US South & Appalachia. Research: historical & cultural memory; race & white nationalism. Most recently writing on Gone with the Wind, plantation tourism, and campus racism. Horror enthusiast. Sports watcher. Dad.
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Taulby Edmondson
@taulby.bsky.social
· May 16
It's worth noting that a lot of the "historic homes" you see in southern locales are not antebellum at all. Many were built around the turn of the century in neoclassical antebellum style to demarcate wealthy white neighborhoods from segregated Black communities. I wrote about it here:
I do this lecture in pop culture: mid 60s to mid 70s: Funk emerges alongside Black Power before giving way to the materialism of disco and hair metal.
What decade do you think produced the most revolutionary shift in popular music?
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I do this lecture in pop culture: mid 60s to mid 70s: Funk emerges alongside Black Power before giving way to the materialism of disco and hair metal.
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Average folks kettled ICE
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Average folks kettled ICE
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
This shit has been escalating for over a decade. I've probably posted about it 50x: Nazi runes (and actual neo-Nazis) at CPAC, sieg heils, campaigning with Hitler's car, and, just the other week, we saw that the head of ICE literally cosplays as a Nazi SS officer. There's too much to even remember.
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This shit has been escalating for over a decade. I've probably posted about it 50x: Nazi runes (and actual neo-Nazis) at CPAC, sieg heils, campaigning with Hitler's car, and, just the other week, we saw that the head of ICE literally cosplays as a Nazi SS officer. There's too much to even remember.
Most major D1 coaches, the ones always with a spot on the so-called "coach's carousel," are greedy little prima donnas and know exactly why their contracts are so obscene. That's why they trash players getting paid at every opportunity. Dabbo will even throw in a sermon.
Former LSU coach Brian Kelly received a letter from LSU confirming that he was fired without cause and is owed “liquidated damages as required” under his contract of about $54 million.
LSU confirms Kelly was fired 'without cause' and is owed his full $54 million buyout
Former LSU coach Brian Kelly has received a letter from LSU confirming that he was fired without cause and is owed his full $54 million buyout.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Most major D1 coaches, the ones always with a spot on the so-called "coach's carousel," are greedy little prima donnas and know exactly why their contracts are so obscene. That's why they trash players getting paid at every opportunity. Dabbo will even throw in a sermon.
There are lots of administrators and trustees at universities who support these changes. Due to decades of businessification in Higher Ed, faculty governance has been ground into the dirt and decision-makers replaced with cronies and non-educators.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There are lots of administrators and trustees at universities who support these changes. Due to decades of businessification in Higher Ed, faculty governance has been ground into the dirt and decision-makers replaced with cronies and non-educators.
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This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
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It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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And I swear, once again, this is not dunking on kids. We are seeing this at all levels--even grad students. AI + social media has had a profound impact on how we think and process our world, and we can't stop to reflect on it, because billionaires keep hurling addictive tech at us.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
And I swear, once again, this is not dunking on kids. We are seeing this at all levels--even grad students. AI + social media has had a profound impact on how we think and process our world, and we can't stop to reflect on it, because billionaires keep hurling addictive tech at us.
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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The article is well worth a read; this information would never have come to light were it not for Steam's AI disclosure policy, and the game looks to be a rushed cash grab not involving Grasshopper studio.
This is why CEOs dont like AI disclosures, they want to be able to discreetly serve slop
This is why CEOs dont like AI disclosures, they want to be able to discreetly serve slop
The Let it Die sequel - Let it Die: Inferno - which is coming out next week (4th December), seems to have been built using a considerable amount of generative AI. https://bit.ly/4ol7lIA
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The article is well worth a read; this information would never have come to light were it not for Steam's AI disclosure policy, and the game looks to be a rushed cash grab not involving Grasshopper studio.
This is why CEOs dont like AI disclosures, they want to be able to discreetly serve slop
This is why CEOs dont like AI disclosures, they want to be able to discreetly serve slop
Don't forget that Bovino cosplays as a Nazi.
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Don't forget that Bovino cosplays as a Nazi.
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This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen --
Jason Isbell (no lie, like 15x)
Turnpike Troubadours
Luke Combs
The Preservation Hall Band
Rhiannon Giddens
Jason Isbell (no lie, like 15x)
Turnpike Troubadours
Luke Combs
The Preservation Hall Band
Rhiannon Giddens
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen --
Jason Isbell (no lie, like 15x)
Turnpike Troubadours
Luke Combs
The Preservation Hall Band
Rhiannon Giddens
Jason Isbell (no lie, like 15x)
Turnpike Troubadours
Luke Combs
The Preservation Hall Band
Rhiannon Giddens
Easiest prediction I ever made.
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Easiest prediction I ever made.
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This is overtly genocidal.
The Indian Health Service has placed new restrictions on how staff can speak publicly about vaccines, flagging words like “immunizations” and “vaccines,” according to internal emails reviewed by ProPublica.
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
By @maryhudetz.bsky.social
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is overtly genocidal.
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TL;DR: basically the same contemptible garbage as all the other schools, anti-trans, anti-protest, more restrictive on admissions than the court held in SFFA. 75 million dollar tribute payment. At least no surveillance of teaching evaluations I guess?
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
TL;DR: basically the same contemptible garbage as all the other schools, anti-trans, anti-protest, more restrictive on admissions than the court held in SFFA. 75 million dollar tribute payment. At least no surveillance of teaching evaluations I guess?
Extortion, cowardice, and complicity.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Extortion, cowardice, and complicity.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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Here's the problem with Frederick Douglass: Us.
Most of us never get past one of his autobiographies, usually the first & shortest, & his oration, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"
Yet his was one of the greatest prophetic voices the country has produced. The post below is a small example.
Most of us never get past one of his autobiographies, usually the first & shortest, & his oration, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"
Yet his was one of the greatest prophetic voices the country has produced. The post below is a small example.
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Here's the problem with Frederick Douglass: Us.
Most of us never get past one of his autobiographies, usually the first & shortest, & his oration, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"
Yet his was one of the greatest prophetic voices the country has produced. The post below is a small example.
Most of us never get past one of his autobiographies, usually the first & shortest, & his oration, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"
Yet his was one of the greatest prophetic voices the country has produced. The post below is a small example.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Rattlesnake
Wallaby
Wild Pony (Grayson Highlands)
Snowy Owl
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Rattlesnake
Wallaby
Wild Pony (Grayson Highlands)
Snowy Owl
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
bison
pronghorn
sandhill crane
gopher tortoise
manatee
bison
pronghorn
sandhill crane
gopher tortoise
manatee
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
bighorn sheep
green sea turtles
north american porcupine
ravens (friends)
grey whales
bighorn sheep
green sea turtles
north american porcupine
ravens (friends)
grey whales
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Rattlesnake
Wallaby
Wild Pony (Grayson Highlands)
Snowy Owl
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Rattlesnake
Wallaby
Wild Pony (Grayson Highlands)
Snowy Owl
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Ta-Nehisi Coates asks Palestinian scholar & writer Tareq Baconi “what is it about this genocide particularly” that has changed us? Baconi, who has written extensively on Hamas & the history of Palestinian resistance, points to 3 factors. It’s happening in full view of the world, yet still allowed...
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates asks Palestinian scholar & writer Tareq Baconi “what is it about this genocide particularly” that has changed us? Baconi, who has written extensively on Hamas & the history of Palestinian resistance, points to 3 factors. It’s happening in full view of the world, yet still allowed...