Tom (Anne) Brinton
@tombrinton.bsky.social
Transmasc writer, historian, educator. Civil War nerd. Tenured. Work in progress.
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The Largest Historical Dictionary of English Slang Now Free Online: Covers 500 Years of the “Vulgar Tongue”
The Largest Historical Dictionary of English Slang Now Free Online: Covers 500 Years of the “Vulgar Tongue”
'The three volumes of Green's Dictionary of Slang demonstrate the sheer scope of a lifetime of research by Jonathon Green, the leading slang lexicographer of our time. A remarkable collection of this ...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The Largest Historical Dictionary of English Slang Now Free Online: Covers 500 Years of the “Vulgar Tongue”
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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Need some advice do I put “not in the Epstein files” under skills or work history or achievements or all three?
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Need some advice do I put “not in the Epstein files” under skills or work history or achievements or all three?
Two bench press PRs in a single night.
February 7, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Two bench press PRs in a single night.
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if I could, instead of a short bio I would submit a recording of overlapping screams
February 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM
if I could, instead of a short bio I would submit a recording of overlapping screams
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I am speechless.
"The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a 'racist.'" 🗃️ mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
"The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a 'racist.'" 🗃️ mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I am speechless.
"The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a 'racist.'" 🗃️ mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
"The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument. Among the anticipated changes? No longer calling his murderer a 'racist.'" 🗃️ mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
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Hey. Leave your phone and go out somewhere where there are no signs, no lights, no screens, no loud music
Remembering what life can be like without ads in your face all the time will radicalize you if you let it
Remembering what life can be like without ads in your face all the time will radicalize you if you let it
February 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Hey. Leave your phone and go out somewhere where there are no signs, no lights, no screens, no loud music
Remembering what life can be like without ads in your face all the time will radicalize you if you let it
Remembering what life can be like without ads in your face all the time will radicalize you if you let it
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Carver literally saved agriculture in the South. Cotton is hugely draining in terms of nutrients, decades of monoculture left the soil depleted and barren, and eroding away, to the point that Georgia now has its own "Little Grand Canyon". It's gorgeous, but it was caused by the cotton industry
George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Carver literally saved agriculture in the South. Cotton is hugely draining in terms of nutrients, decades of monoculture left the soil depleted and barren, and eroding away, to the point that Georgia now has its own "Little Grand Canyon". It's gorgeous, but it was caused by the cotton industry
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i had imposter syndrome trying to talk about fascism alongside Alberto Toscano, but i'm glad i did coz it was an incredibly generative conversation that helped distill & crystallize my own thoughts about fascism worldwide today & it's differentiations from the past.
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
Lifeboats, steampunk and colonialism – fascism today | Transnational Institute
In this fascinating opening interview for State of Power 2026, scholar activists Toscano and Walia explore the historic roots and current capitalist dynamics that have led to the rise of fascism world...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
i had imposter syndrome trying to talk about fascism alongside Alberto Toscano, but i'm glad i did coz it was an incredibly generative conversation that helped distill & crystallize my own thoughts about fascism worldwide today & it's differentiations from the past.
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 AM
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
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Among all the bleakness, strangeness, and terror of The Writhing, Verdant End, there is STELLAR nature writing--the kind that makes you want to go outside and just stare in awe at our beautiful world. Grab this weird ecohorror anthology here: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...
February 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Among all the bleakness, strangeness, and terror of The Writhing, Verdant End, there is STELLAR nature writing--the kind that makes you want to go outside and just stare in awe at our beautiful world. Grab this weird ecohorror anthology here: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...
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🐋 #Whales #whaling #Brazil
"...they discovered evidence from a museum in southern Brazil that indigenous people 5,000 years ago were hunting large baleen whales like the humpback before they’d discovered sailing, and before metallurgy."
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"...they discovered evidence from a museum in southern Brazil that indigenous people 5,000 years ago were hunting large baleen whales like the humpback before they’d discovered sailing, and before metallurgy."
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Harpoons Carved from Whale Bones Confirm Ancient Whaling Culture 5,000 Years Ago
How do you hunt a whale when your boat is made of logs lashed with vines and your harpoon is carved from animal bone?
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January 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM
🐋 #Whales #whaling #Brazil
"...they discovered evidence from a museum in southern Brazil that indigenous people 5,000 years ago were hunting large baleen whales like the humpback before they’d discovered sailing, and before metallurgy."
share.google/NZh84o7uDiOb...
"...they discovered evidence from a museum in southern Brazil that indigenous people 5,000 years ago were hunting large baleen whales like the humpback before they’d discovered sailing, and before metallurgy."
share.google/NZh84o7uDiOb...
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Our host @johnmoe.bsky.social is a Bigfoot obsessive, as is the wonderful actor @realtoddstashwick.bsky.social.
Join them for a talk about the big fella, how to do leisurely investigations of him, and whether he's a transdimensional traveler. So you can sleep.
maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
Join them for a talk about the big fella, how to do leisurely investigations of him, and whether he's a transdimensional traveler. So you can sleep.
maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
A Discussion of Bigfoot with Todd Stashwick That Gets a Bit Too Exciting But Then Calms Down | Maximum Fun
Actor Todd Stashwick’s IMDb page is miles long, with appearances in Laws & Orders OG and SVU, Angel, Buffy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Riches, Phineas and Ferb, and Star Trek: Picard and the upcomi...
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January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Our host @johnmoe.bsky.social is a Bigfoot obsessive, as is the wonderful actor @realtoddstashwick.bsky.social.
Join them for a talk about the big fella, how to do leisurely investigations of him, and whether he's a transdimensional traveler. So you can sleep.
maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
Join them for a talk about the big fella, how to do leisurely investigations of him, and whether he's a transdimensional traveler. So you can sleep.
maximumfun.org/episodes/sle...
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Nodders are heroes, no question about it.
I have my highest per capita rate of emphatic nodders in class this semester, and MAN am I thankful. As an emphatic nodder myself, I used to be self-conscious about it, but now I know how clutch those people are.
January 28, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Nodders are heroes, no question about it.
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Probably my favorite part of researching KING OF THE NORTH was discovering all the work Dr. King did with gang members in Chicago--how much he saw their potential for leadership & how much they respected him (even if they didn't always agree). A King for our times: hammerandhope.org/article/mart...
The Martin Luther King Jr. We Don’t Know
His work with gang members in Chicago shows how much he valued the part played by young people in the Black freedom struggle.
hammerandhope.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Probably my favorite part of researching KING OF THE NORTH was discovering all the work Dr. King did with gang members in Chicago--how much he saw their potential for leadership & how much they respected him (even if they didn't always agree). A King for our times: hammerandhope.org/article/mart...
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Ford’s Theatre Education is excited to share brand-new classroom lessons and activities in celebration of America’s 250th!
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Teaching and Learning — Ford's Theatre
Teaching and Learning Ford’s Education provides dynamic learning experiences for all teachers and students. Our teacher programs and resources explore the leadership and legacy of […]
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January 26, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Ford’s Theatre Education is excited to share brand-new classroom lessons and activities in celebration of America’s 250th!
fords.org/teaching-and...
fords.org/teaching-and...
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Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
-W. H. Auden
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
-W. H. Auden
January 22, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
-W. H. Auden
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
-W. H. Auden
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I figured out a good way to describe good academic writing to geeks:
Write The Hobbit, not The Silmarillion.
Tight, readable narrative over rambling scope, and strong characters over sprawling mythological significance.
Write The Hobbit, not The Silmarillion.
Tight, readable narrative over rambling scope, and strong characters over sprawling mythological significance.
January 24, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I figured out a good way to describe good academic writing to geeks:
Write The Hobbit, not The Silmarillion.
Tight, readable narrative over rambling scope, and strong characters over sprawling mythological significance.
Write The Hobbit, not The Silmarillion.
Tight, readable narrative over rambling scope, and strong characters over sprawling mythological significance.
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“…Long is the way/and hard that out of Hell leads up to light.” — Milton
January 23, 2026 at 1:39 AM
“…Long is the way/and hard that out of Hell leads up to light.” — Milton
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Super delighted and honored to have a new piece out in Modern American History, which I’ve coauthored with my friend and colleague Brent Campney. Best part—it’s open access! 🗃️
On First View, A research article from Brent Campney and @tbowmanhist.bsky.social that charts growers' vigilante violence in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to suppress farmworker activism in the 70s & their shift in 1980 to nonviolent methods associated with neocon backlash.
Linked below!
Linked below!
January 20, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Super delighted and honored to have a new piece out in Modern American History, which I’ve coauthored with my friend and colleague Brent Campney. Best part—it’s open access! 🗃️