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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS

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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

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 11h

What??! Why?!

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US Army accepting roughly $1 million donation to bring senior leaders to DC conference as troops brace for missed paycheck | CNN Politics

The US Army is accepting a donation of roughly $1 million for the travel and lodging of senior leaders to a professional development conference in Washington, DC, next week, as active duty forces are ...

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 11h

Hey, everybody! Hands up if you're going to the Hate America Rally.

lols

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 11h

You seem very normal.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 13h

That makes no sense at all.

My original advice stands.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 22h

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

If my world-renowned former boss called my work “bonkers” and “untutored,” you’d probably never hear from me again .

But, since this is Trump, he’ll work on the White House.

robertmcmillan.bsky.social @robertmcmillan.bsky.social · 16h

What to know about James McCrery, Trump’s White House architect

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What to know about James McCrery, Trump’s White House architect

And what Peter Eisenman, his former mentor, thinks of his ballroom plan

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 16h

Look, doesn’t BlueSky have a way of blocking this kind of degrading BDSM porn?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "There's no other way to create that kind of love and enthusiasm than with your leadership, sir. And it is an honor to work with Pam and Kristi in these cities across the country to make sure American citizens and law enforcement are protected with our National Guard. That's a core mission"

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 16h

The country bumpkin accent is what makes this perfect.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 19h

Random but re: your flashbang comment, don't the Army artillery simulators contain actual TNT in them?

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 19h

I'm guessing you'd need asbestos gloves. . .

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 19h

40yo stay-at-home moms who think they are both helping and being dangerously edgy.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 19h

Please log off.

Having rubber gloves melt to your hands while you are handling hot pyro is a TERRIBLE idea.

LackingPatienceinSpades @patiencespade.bsky.social · 7d

Thats why rubber or silicon gardening gloves go to protests. So you can pick them right back up and toss em back.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 19h

I think the "argument" such as it is is that it's the Tylenol to deal with post-circumcision pain that is to blame.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 19h

And then your university decides it would be a great idea to BUY this shit and give it to students.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 20h

Whatever works.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 21h

I was praying and going over MY notes this morning and God told me I better get off BlueSky and finish that damn book review.

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 1d

A tearful Kim Robinson reports that God showed her that Charlie Kirk was rewarded with a horse ranch in Heaven and she saw "Charlie riding on a horse, with Jesus."

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 21h

They gave the Nobel Peace Prize to...a WOMAN...from Venezuela, the country sending its vicious drug boats to the US?

Trump will now nuke Norway.

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