Joe Stieb
@joestieb.bsky.social
Asst Prof. of US History at UNC Chapel Hill.
Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
It appears that all white american males btw the ages of 34 and 52 are now required to wear this kind of hat
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It appears that all white american males btw the ages of 34 and 52 are now required to wear this kind of hat
No read. Only play.
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
No read. Only play.
Every year around the holidays I have been reading a big ol classic book, and this year is The Count of Monte Cristo.
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Every year around the holidays I have been reading a big ol classic book, and this year is The Count of Monte Cristo.
Now listening to ‘Matrix’ by Lauren Groff.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Now listening to ‘Matrix’ by Lauren Groff.
Me when it comes to bsky disputes about pies.
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Me when it comes to bsky disputes about pies.
This is historically wrong, as totalitarianism originated first as something Italian fascists called themselves and second in the 1930s as a way or comparing the remarkably similar ambitions and techniques of governance in the USSR and Nazi Germany.
Ofc it became a bit of an analytical bludgeon in/
Ofc it became a bit of an analytical bludgeon in/
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is historically wrong, as totalitarianism originated first as something Italian fascists called themselves and second in the 1930s as a way or comparing the remarkably similar ambitions and techniques of governance in the USSR and Nazi Germany.
Ofc it became a bit of an analytical bludgeon in/
Ofc it became a bit of an analytical bludgeon in/
Working on a mustache theory of US regime change policy
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Working on a mustache theory of US regime change policy
Same vibe but maybe worse:
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Same vibe but maybe worse:
The literal president of America to a country that has lost 100,000 people defending its existence:
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The literal president of America to a country that has lost 100,000 people defending its existence:
This metaphor is simply irresistible to mediocre pundits.
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This metaphor is simply irresistible to mediocre pundits.
An account literally called Vector 56 is giving me the Kremlin’s line on the war.
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
An account literally called Vector 56 is giving me the Kremlin’s line on the war.
The Responsible Statecraft folks really like Trump's surrender plan for Ukraine and are really scared Europe might undermine it.
LIke this is blatantly dishonest:
"European leaders are offering public lip service to Trump’s efforts to end the war while maneuvering to sabotage any initiative that/
LIke this is blatantly dishonest:
"European leaders are offering public lip service to Trump’s efforts to end the war while maneuvering to sabotage any initiative that/
November 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Responsible Statecraft folks really like Trump's surrender plan for Ukraine and are really scared Europe might undermine it.
LIke this is blatantly dishonest:
"European leaders are offering public lip service to Trump’s efforts to end the war while maneuvering to sabotage any initiative that/
LIke this is blatantly dishonest:
"European leaders are offering public lip service to Trump’s efforts to end the war while maneuvering to sabotage any initiative that/
We are in the dumbest takes imaginable for the lefty podcast bros.
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We are in the dumbest takes imaginable for the lefty podcast bros.
It's based to meet with Trump the day after he threatened to execute Democrats, but lame libbing out to oppose and criticize him.
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's based to meet with Trump the day after he threatened to execute Democrats, but lame libbing out to oppose and criticize him.
Oh he’s soooo close
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Oh he’s soooo close
It's stupid so that you'll click.
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's stupid so that you'll click.
Now listening to "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement" by Benjamin Nathans.
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Now listening to "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement" by Benjamin Nathans.
Shadi Hamid could be replaced with AI so easily.
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Shadi Hamid could be replaced with AI so easily.
