Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS
@waitmanwbeorn.com
Holocaust & Genocide Studies/ History prof/ veteran/single dad/ former goalkeeper/ current fiddler/ Grad West Point and UNC/ he/him
Host of The Holocaust History Podcast
TV/Film Rep: Past Preservers
Psalm 109: 7-18
Host of The Holocaust History Podcast
TV/Film Rep: Past Preservers
Psalm 109: 7-18
"Stroking" is one of those British usages like "lush" that is just...cringey.
In the Cycle Shop waiting for my fixed bike. A lady walks in with a puppy Jack Russell, which gets free and runs about; she sniffs me, darts away, back to sniff, retreats again.
“Don’t be silly Molly. He’s a nice man. A safe man. Look..I’m stroking him”
And this stranger starts stroking my jumper.
“Don’t be silly Molly. He’s a nice man. A safe man. Look..I’m stroking him”
And this stranger starts stroking my jumper.
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Stroking" is one of those British usages like "lush" that is just...cringey.
<add to reading list>
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Endowing a faculty position runs about $2–3 million, in case you were wondering
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.
apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Endowing a faculty position runs about $2–3 million, in case you were wondering
This is the way.
I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This is the way.
We need to shut down Groups of 20 Something Men On Trains until we can figure out what is happening.
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We need to shut down Groups of 20 Something Men On Trains until we can figure out what is happening.
Just a reminder that any discussion of the DC shooter's history/background is just a kabuki dance.
The Trump administration is beyond happy this that occurred so they can further escalate their anti-immigrant agenda.
It's their Reichstag Fire for xenophobia.
edition.cnn.com/us/live-news...
The Trump administration is beyond happy this that occurred so they can further escalate their anti-immigrant agenda.
It's their Reichstag Fire for xenophobia.
edition.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Live updates: Trump says US to pause migration from all ‘Third World Countries’ after National Guard member dies in shooting | CNN
President Donald Trump says the US will “permanently pause migration from all Third World countries”, following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC. Follow for live updates.
edition.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Just a reminder that any discussion of the DC shooter's history/background is just a kabuki dance.
The Trump administration is beyond happy this that occurred so they can further escalate their anti-immigrant agenda.
It's their Reichstag Fire for xenophobia.
edition.cnn.com/us/live-news...
The Trump administration is beyond happy this that occurred so they can further escalate their anti-immigrant agenda.
It's their Reichstag Fire for xenophobia.
edition.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Do what now?
Aaaaaand that's enough aviation internet for the day.
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Do what now?
"So much winning!" local German says, between bites of a rotten turnip.
Youtube comment of the day:
"Germany never lost WW1. That is the thing. Germany actually won WW1, but no one realised it until 1941."
"Germany never lost WW1. That is the thing. Germany actually won WW1, but no one realised it until 1941."
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"So much winning!" local German says, between bites of a rotten turnip.
The Thanksgiving table is literally in memory of the invaders. lol
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Thanksgiving table is literally in memory of the invaders. lol
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Definitely have to share one of the most iconic Thanksgiving Day reenactments today. Grab those cardigans and highballs and enjoy! 🦃 🍁 🪶🔥🍽️
Addams Family Values: Thanksgiving play (HD CLIP)
YouTube video by Binge Society
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Definitely have to share one of the most iconic Thanksgiving Day reenactments today. Grab those cardigans and highballs and enjoy! 🦃 🍁 🪶🔥🍽️
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Straight-up sociopath.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Straight-up sociopath.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Spec Ops fanboys and vetbros are just trash.
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Spec Ops fanboys and vetbros are just trash.
LIstening to three British commentators try to talk about American football is hilarious.
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
LIstening to three British commentators try to talk about American football is hilarious.
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you! 🌸
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you! 🌸
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We are very much looking forward to it!
Super excited to be delivering the 2025Aubrey Newman Lecture at the Stanley Burton Holocaust Centre (@uolsbc.bsky.social)
Please come if you are in the area!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
Please come if you are in the area!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We are very much looking forward to it!
I would take the bet that the brother had ICE called on his son's mother to get custody of the kid.
This seems SOOOO obvious.
This seems SOOOO obvious.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I would take the bet that the brother had ICE called on his son's mother to get custody of the kid.
This seems SOOOO obvious.
This seems SOOOO obvious.
I wish we could rehabilitate "idiots" for this purpose.
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I wish we could rehabilitate "idiots" for this purpose.
Super excited to be delivering the 2025Aubrey Newman Lecture at the Stanley Burton Holocaust Centre (@uolsbc.bsky.social)
Please come if you are in the area!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
Please come if you are in the area!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Super excited to be delivering the 2025Aubrey Newman Lecture at the Stanley Burton Holocaust Centre (@uolsbc.bsky.social)
Please come if you are in the area!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
Please come if you are in the area!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-s...
Here's my phone number.
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Here's my phone number.
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer
We don’t know what happened in the DC shooting yet, but we DO know that it will definitely lead to more fuckers from President Anger Yam.
a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
ALT: a sign that says days without nonsense hangs on a door
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We don’t know what happened in the DC shooting yet, but we DO know that it will definitely lead to more fuckers from President Anger Yam.
Look, it's tiring enough to have to wake up check the damage reports from the US.
But now I have to do it for the UK as well?
But now I have to do it for the UK as well?
a man in a red sweater with a star trek logo on his chest
ALT: a man in a red sweater with a star trek logo on his chest
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Look, it's tiring enough to have to wake up check the damage reports from the US.
But now I have to do it for the UK as well?
But now I have to do it for the UK as well?
I mean, a bunch of white folks singing about whether or not people in Africa know it's Christmas IS probably relevant for this year, but maybe not in the way you think.
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I mean, a bunch of white folks singing about whether or not people in Africa know it's Christmas IS probably relevant for this year, but maybe not in the way you think.
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Desperate Donny posting this West Point plaque that completely undermines his own attacks on Dem leaders raises serious questions about whether Trump is aware of his surroundings and his own actions, has dementia, or is in any way fit to remain in office.
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Desperate Donny posting this West Point plaque that completely undermines his own attacks on Dem leaders raises serious questions about whether Trump is aware of his surroundings and his own actions, has dementia, or is in any way fit to remain in office.
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Out Now, in Time for Xmas: Tintin and the Stolen Pay @ucu.org.uk @northumbriauni.bsky.social @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Out Now, in Time for Xmas: Tintin and the Stolen Pay @ucu.org.uk @northumbriauni.bsky.social @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.