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Benjamin L. Carp 🎏

@bencarp.bsky.social

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Historian of Early America, Brooklyn College & Graduate Center, CUNY. Leading AHA wit. Latest AmRev book: "The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution" 🔥 Dad, Mets fan, fantasy reader

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Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · Jul 21

Here I am, as the Scorpions once foretold.

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This was a non-insignificant chunk of my graduate education

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“Kruse Control: A Life of Self-Restraint”

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 2d

Immortality!

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 3d

“Kruse Control: Life behind the Wheel”

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 6d

It’s in my calendar, I always do it on the 10th

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 6d

Ah, the Monty Python Dead Parrot sketch…

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 6d

Kipo was a great show (not only for this reason) 🐆💕

Bill Wolkoff @billwearsties.bsky.social · 6d

As a writer, I strive to always relfect our world somehow, esp in fantasy and sci fi. In Kipo, I wrote about a fictional dystopian Los Angeles that LGBTQ+ kids are very much a part of, bc it reflects the real LA we based it on. LGBTQ+ kids exist. Trans kids exist. That shouldn't be controversial.

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 6d

Family first…

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 7d

And here I thought “reply guy” was generally a thankless endeavor

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 9d

The queen’s rook? [j/k]

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 10d

Well the Mets may have played themselves out of the season, but my son went 3-0 at Citi Field (he is 10-0 or 11-0 lifetime) and I went 4-0, and we do love being fans together (now he knows the true meaning!). If anyone wants to fund him for all available home games going forward... #LGM

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Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 10d

I feel like that requires exploring the degree to which (and this has relevance for our present moment) the “opposition” and general public just didn’t care enough to make countervailing claims, until late in the period

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 10d

Every time someone makes reference to the (wrong) “politics the right way” article I want to post this: youtu.be/30L8WMkNYBk?...

Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way (Official Music Video)

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Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 10d

I demand to see the goose that laid the golden eggnog!

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 10d

Did the slave power have the level of hegemony, funding, and coordination that you describe consistently from 1800-1860? I’m not sure.

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 10d

(I’m not saying we should have a passive faith in bigness. Bigness only works when people bring their countervailing interests to bear.)

Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp.bsky.social · 10d

What’s also striking about this is that it seems like the US ought to be too big for this to work. I guess we have to hope that Madison is right that the bigness is what will save us. (Though Russia, China, and India are big, too)

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10d

People who have studied the downfall of democracy in other countries recognize exactly what is happening in the U.S. The parallels are unmistakeable; the only difference is the speed - we are going *faster*. apnews.com/article/trum...