Ethan Healey
@ethanhealey.com
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Historian of Early American New England. History Teacher. Constant Reader. Horror Enthusiast. Tolkien aficionado. New England native. Future ghost. TIME’s 2006 Person of the Year. Footnotes: Annotating the Past - ethanhealey.com
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I like to describe it as boiled chicken music with little to no seasoning.
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One of the biggest advocates for political and environmental change, Greta Thunberg, is detained, mistreated, and illegally so.

It is a problem when detention is caused because she put her life on the line for the Flotilla and humanitarianism.
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This position derives from the Revolutionary era argument that the press was a “bulwark of liberty.”
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"It’s not the journalists’ burden to keep the government’s secrets for it," @seth-stern.bsky.social told @columjournreview.bsky.social. "That is the opposite of the press’s job, which is to tell the public what the government doesn’t want the public told."
The Pentagon press gears up for a fight.
“None of us are signing this pledge,” said one reporter.
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Gulf of Tonkin was also “without a doubt,” remember?
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Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.
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"The river of this valley is under his power, and it will rise in anger when he has great need to bar the Ford.As soon as the captain of the Ringwraiths rode into the water the flood was released." Rivers for #TolkienTrewsday World Rivers Day @timbolton.bsky.social #LOTR #Tolkien Art Joan Wyatt
Escape Over the Ford by Joan Wyatt
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Where can I find this in a high res?
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His laugh at the start always makes me smile.
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Are people still on this app, or did they migrate back to Twitter? I feel like I’m not connecting or seeing the posts as much.
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My dog passed away last week and it is hard to believe she is still gone. She was only three years old.

We named her Willow because like the tree, the sad nature of her deformities never outshined her beauty and grace.
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Today in history, 1960: Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy meet for a televised presidential debate. This marked the first time two presidential candidates debated on television and demonstrated the power of television in swaying public opinion.
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It was worth every penny.
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Congratulations to Bill Nye, a true pioneer in science communication, on receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! ⭐️

For decades, "The Science Guy" has inspired millions by making science accessible, exciting, and unforgettable.
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"He" has done bad things.

Twenty seven bad things.

How bad were they?

They were so bad that they justified severing all ties with his country. And now, the airing of the grievances. #sschat

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I’ve been rereading Lord of the Rings, and there is a lot of comfort in the “medievalism” of the story. A place so fundamentally our own it feels different.

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How Fantasy Fuelled 60s Counterculture
Why The Lord of the Rings was a hit with hippies
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Being deathly ill a few weeks into the school year always hurts more than actually illness. At least it is the weekend, and rest calls.
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Trump would rather protect prayer in schools than children from guns. Remember that.
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For a multi-billion dollar company, Amazon Prime (streaming) has one of the worst user interfaces I’ve ever seen. It’s still stuck in 2010.
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And in the sand are thick ass rocks.
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Trump has thrown sand into the gears of the American economy.
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And still, the Democrats have shown little action and discussion since January. It’s all a ‘recommendation’ and potential, but so little action. The tide needs to change, and until a leader emerges to do that, the water will be still. We’ve had more than a handful of impeachable offenses already.
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Hegseth’s reasoning for the Department of War as a secondary title to represent a “intentionality to the use of force” is beyond terrifying.
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Congratulations to my dear friend, @civicspod.bsky.social, on her first published article as a independent historian. This is an important piece on the paradox of early Medicaid/Medicare and its parallel to the “Big Beautiful Bill.” I’m so proud of you, Alycia!

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Hidden Casualties
In the early pre-dawn hours of May 21, 2025, the House passed H.R.1, also referred to as the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act.’[1] In the days before and after the vote, news agencies flagged the propos…
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When considering Reconstruction, most think about the political and social impacts the era had on the millions of Black Americans. Yet this doesn’t tell the whole story. Reconstruction was national and its impacts felt broadly - including for Mexican Americans.
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Nothing changes if nothing changes.