Alterdox
alterdox.bsky.social
Alterdox
@alterdox.bsky.social
Former history professor; retired IT professional.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
What's with the die-cut camoflaged lectern? Do they need to keep it unseen by "the enemy"? Why hide a lectern?
January 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
They realized that the War on Christmas had already been decisively won, so they turned their attention toward defending that innocent and beleaguered foodstuff, protein. They realized they would have to face the terrifying soy-boys and the vicious non-dairy latte drinkers, but they were ready ...
January 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
January 12, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Wounded Knee (1890) 250-300 Lakota, most of whom were civilians, though not citizens, since the Indian Citizen Act wasn't until 1924.
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Thank you for being able to recognize that two (or even more!) things can be true at once. Complexity is real.
December 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"That host body has to have rights because, at the end of the day, it is that body that carries this entire other body to term."

Wow, and I thought the reason women have rights is because they are persons. You learn something new every day ...
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is unAmerican.
August 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Otis Redding, "Cigarettes and Coffee" (1966)

It's early in the morning
About a quarter to three
I'm sitting here talking with my baby
Over cigarettes and coffee, now ...
August 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
And anti-abortion groups are tying themselves into knots trying to get mifipristone banned b/c it "pollutes the water supply," but not a peep about topically applied testosterone "therapy" that is rarely clinically indicated.
July 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Once upon a time, people had "morals" (no guarantee that they were fair or good ones!) that were enforced by societies backed by gods who threatened punishment for violators. The Enlightenment "killed" the gods and morality, so people lacked meaning. They now seek out autocratic supermen, like Trump
July 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM