@gambitler.bsky.social
You’d probably feel better starting a movement to ask local coffeeshops, bars, & music venues to ban nazi symbols from their establishment: no swastikas, no hate tattoos, or no service!
January 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
You’d probably feel better starting a movement to ask local coffeeshops, bars, & music venues to ban nazi symbols from their establishment: no swastikas, no hate tattoos, or no service!
I remember reading that!
January 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I remember reading that!
Hello please add me to the secret cool club
January 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Hello please add me to the secret cool club
(4/4) "These guys are saying, "I really think this
Constitution is the way to go. Let me say something that's going to really calm you so that we can go ahead with this experiment."
TLDR, when so-called Originalists quote federalist papers in their supreme court arguments, they're just being shits.
Constitution is the way to go. Let me say something that's going to really calm you so that we can go ahead with this experiment."
TLDR, when so-called Originalists quote federalist papers in their supreme court arguments, they're just being shits.
January 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
(4/4) "These guys are saying, "I really think this
Constitution is the way to go. Let me say something that's going to really calm you so that we can go ahead with this experiment."
TLDR, when so-called Originalists quote federalist papers in their supreme court arguments, they're just being shits.
Constitution is the way to go. Let me say something that's going to really calm you so that we can go ahead with this experiment."
TLDR, when so-called Originalists quote federalist papers in their supreme court arguments, they're just being shits.
(3/4)"They were actually trying to sell people on an idea,
and because of that, ... there are things in there that
maybe are a little bit exaggerated and things in there that maybe aren't talked about in great detail and one or two
things that probably aren't really true but it was in a good cause."
and because of that, ... there are things in there that
maybe are a little bit exaggerated and things in there that maybe aren't talked about in great detail and one or two
things that probably aren't really true but it was in a good cause."
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
(3/4)"They were actually trying to sell people on an idea,
and because of that, ... there are things in there that
maybe are a little bit exaggerated and things in there that maybe aren't talked about in great detail and one or two
things that probably aren't really true but it was in a good cause."
and because of that, ... there are things in there that
maybe are a little bit exaggerated and things in there that maybe aren't talked about in great detail and one or two
things that probably aren't really true but it was in a good cause."
(2/4)"They're actually really subjective, and we're going to look at them in this course as what they were
written to be, which is a really big commercial advertisement for this new experimental Constitution."
written to be, which is a really big commercial advertisement for this new experimental Constitution."
January 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
(2/4)"They're actually really subjective, and we're going to look at them in this course as what they were
written to be, which is a really big commercial advertisement for this new experimental Constitution."
written to be, which is a really big commercial advertisement for this new experimental Constitution."
I'll supplement this with quotes from a American Revolution course lecture (1/4)"You may have encountered The Federalist essays as the grand source of authority on the Constitution.
Right? ...Well, the fact of the matter is The Federalist essays weren't intended to be an objective document.
Right? ...Well, the fact of the matter is The Federalist essays weren't intended to be an objective document.
January 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'll supplement this with quotes from a American Revolution course lecture (1/4)"You may have encountered The Federalist essays as the grand source of authority on the Constitution.
Right? ...Well, the fact of the matter is The Federalist essays weren't intended to be an objective document.
Right? ...Well, the fact of the matter is The Federalist essays weren't intended to be an objective document.
(2/2) “…Most fights don't appear in the Record, yet they had a powerful influence on the flow of debate on the floor, as an effective way of silencing one's "opposition", and as a tool of debate that Southerners deployed with gusto.”
I can’t express how much this helped me frame current events.
I can’t express how much this helped me frame current events.
January 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
(2/2) “…Most fights don't appear in the Record, yet they had a powerful influence on the flow of debate on the floor, as an effective way of silencing one's "opposition", and as a tool of debate that Southerners deployed with gusto.”
I can’t express how much this helped me frame current events.
I can’t express how much this helped me frame current events.
I can’t sum it better than the video description (1/2) “In the 1830s-50s, there were well over 100 physical fights on the floor of congress, including fistfights and duel challenges, Bowie knives and pistols, and a few all-out brawls with dozens of congressmen throwing punches.”
January 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I can’t sum it better than the video description (1/2) “In the 1830s-50s, there were well over 100 physical fights on the floor of congress, including fistfights and duel challenges, Bowie knives and pistols, and a few all-out brawls with dozens of congressmen throwing punches.”
But the 40min I invested watching this one-off (link below) gave me all the hope and clarity and context I need for the present threat.
She’s amazing at uncovering instances on violence between members of congress (part of her research ended up in the musical Hamilton).
youtu.be/P7THddQgBCU?...
She’s amazing at uncovering instances on violence between members of congress (part of her research ended up in the musical Hamilton).
youtu.be/P7THddQgBCU?...
The Field of Blood: Congressional Violence in Antebellum America, with Prof. Joanne Freeman
YouTube video by Yale University
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
But the 40min I invested watching this one-off (link below) gave me all the hope and clarity and context I need for the present threat.
She’s amazing at uncovering instances on violence between members of congress (part of her research ended up in the musical Hamilton).
youtu.be/P7THddQgBCU?...
She’s amazing at uncovering instances on violence between members of congress (part of her research ended up in the musical Hamilton).
youtu.be/P7THddQgBCU?...
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social ok I just wanted to see how far I could get with that but here’s my favorite historian cued up to the relevant part: youtu.be/shTBSGoYtK0?...
1. Introduction: Freeman's Top Five Tips for Studying the Revolution
YouTube video by YaleCourses
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social ok I just wanted to see how far I could get with that but here’s my favorite historian cued up to the relevant part: youtu.be/shTBSGoYtK0?...
There’s no Phoebe to get in their face. Yes I had to google these names.
January 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
There’s no Phoebe to get in their face. Yes I had to google these names.
So there’s no Wanda to say “Hey let’s address issue X”
January 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
So there’s no Wanda to say “Hey let’s address issue X”
But these knuckleheads didn’t let anyone else on the bus.
January 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
But these knuckleheads didn’t let anyone else on the bus.
The entire thing was created with Magic School Bus energy (which is good)
January 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The entire thing was created with Magic School Bus energy (which is good)
I wrote a whole thing but it didn’t save so here’s pictures from this month. It’s a mix of healthy living, family and friends, volunteering, connecting people to their community, and the looming cloud of darkness that I haven’t been attacking this month because I’ve been building up these defenses.
January 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I wrote a whole thing but it didn’t save so here’s pictures from this month. It’s a mix of healthy living, family and friends, volunteering, connecting people to their community, and the looming cloud of darkness that I haven’t been attacking this month because I’ve been building up these defenses.
Focus on your closest. Offer your family, friends, and neighbors a way to connect (discord is great option).
Provide opportunities to connect to your local community (volunteer, local projects, etc)
Can’t just shine a light on the bad, gotta build up the good!
Provide opportunities to connect to your local community (volunteer, local projects, etc)
Can’t just shine a light on the bad, gotta build up the good!
January 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Focus on your closest. Offer your family, friends, and neighbors a way to connect (discord is great option).
Provide opportunities to connect to your local community (volunteer, local projects, etc)
Can’t just shine a light on the bad, gotta build up the good!
Provide opportunities to connect to your local community (volunteer, local projects, etc)
Can’t just shine a light on the bad, gotta build up the good!
The prequels are just HIMYM as told by Obi-WAN’s Force Ghost
December 13, 2024 at 1:16 AM
The prequels are just HIMYM as told by Obi-WAN’s Force Ghost