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John S. Huntington

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Historian and community college professor. Author of Far-Right Vanguard. Fan of soccer, acoustic guitars, and black labs. Posts are my own. You can follow my leukemia journey here: https://johnshuntington.substack.com

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hi all, I got diagnosed with leukemia back in January, and I decided to start a Substack to detail my journey, from diagnosis through treatment.

The first post is available now: johnshuntington.substack.com/p/so-howd-yo...

I would be honored if you would read it.

So, how'd you find out?

My journey through the Leuking Glass.

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 6d

"I asked Chat GPT"

Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · 12d

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Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · 14d

One of the best jazz shows I've ever been to was the Duke Ellington Orchestra. I was in college and a total metalhead with a soft spot for jazz, and man, they blew me away.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14d

sometimes i watch classic hollywood films — this happened recently with HIGH NOON — and i think, “yeah i get it, this whips.” i’m having a similar experience with music right now and specifically the work of duke ellington. i’m listening to the man’s work and i’m like, “yeah, this stuff is sick”

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14d

Reconstruction bros have long understood that in the American context, "socialism" most often means "integration and equality" bsky.app/profile/bren...

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14d

As a child of the Reagan years, the fact that the *Republican Party* is expropriating shares in companies and shaking companies down while saying stuff like this is wild

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

BARTIROMO: The idea of government owning portions of public companies -- this is something that free-market have to get their heads around.

BESSENT: Maria, there are decisions that the US government makes that we believe are good for society

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Nate Wolff @natewolff.bsky.social · 15d

[new Isaac Chotiner interview]

But he got your crewmates killed?

I don't recall the details. He was a very magnetic person. He taught me a lot about whales. I don’t know anyone who showed that level of curiosity.

Well, next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about The Pequod I will definitely drop the "whale facts" thing to show that people have two sides.

Yeah.

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𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖘 @doomdisco.bsky.social · 16d

LOL

A representative for GWAR told The Post, "Normalizing violence? Humans don't need GWAR for that. There is nothing normal about the Looney Toon violence acted out on a GWAR stage. GWAR is absurdist spectacle. GWAR is to violence what the New York Post is to journalism. Ridiculous."

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · 16d

Pretty neat distillation of why it's dangerous to let companies consolidate control over TV stations.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 16d

This just in from Sinclair: "Beginning Tuesday night Sinclair will be preempting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return."

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · 17d

*Eight years ago

John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · 17d

I wrote this nearly right years ago and conservatives keep proving me right.

Washington Post piece titled "how conservatives learned to love big government"

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · 17d

A lot of Democrats have spent so long punching left that it's become instinct. They can't even grasp that there's another path.

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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · Aug 21

It’s a terrific conference! Join us!

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · Aug 20

This CFP looks so good. The program committee includes
@pastpunditry.bsky.social @gauthamrao.bsky.social @rachelshelden.bsky.social & other luminaries. Via @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social
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CFP: American Political History Conference

[We have the following CFP . DRE] Call for Proposals: American Political History Conference , June 4-6, 2026, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Cente...

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 18

To quote former football coach Dennis Green:

"They are who we thought they were."

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 17

What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]

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Sinema's Enema @jonibloni.bsky.social · Aug 11

"Equally damning is that the Times, the Post, the Wall Street Journal.. haven’t chosen to make one singular story the dominant framing device of the past 6 months: The Trump administration is teeming with despicable gutter racists and President Trump and his cabinet are having them call the shots.."

Nobody Cares That White Supremacists Are Calling the Shots Now

Darren Beattie, a speechwriter for Trump early during his first term, posted the following in October 2024, a month before Trump would win re-election: “Competent white men must be in charge if you wa...

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 10

The clownigarchy.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · Aug 10

nobody can possibly predict what the labor market is going to look like over the next 40 years, it's impossible. better to get some broadly useful mental skills, and that will be a lot easier if it's something you're interested in like history, literature, etc

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 9

People really struggle to envision anything other than car dominance.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Research, valuable not in itself but for some ulterior purpose, will be of little import except in so far as it is transmuted into common knowledge. The history that lies inert in unread books does no work in the world."

-- Carl Becker, American Historical Association presidential address, 1931

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Aug 7

When academics sit at universities and publish highly researched academic monographs that few read, we are responsible for the destruction of our field for not engaging the public. When we engage with the public, we are betraying our scholarly mission and so are responsible for our destruction.

Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 7

The history profession is in free fall, but its members can write liberal briefs that are cited in dissents to conservative decisions. Doesn’t seem like a great deal all told.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 6

Absolutely.

John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 6

I was struck by the importance of rhetoric recently when reading about the Space Race. JFK's soaring rhetoric about space and its endless possibilities helped create the political will for putting a man on the moon.

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American Moonshot

Instant New York Times Bestseller As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Time...

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 6

This is excellent from Ganz. I agree wholeheartedly. We need leaders who excite and inspire with their rhetoric, not who try to campaign by solely sifting through the chicken bones of polling data.

From Ganz's piece: "The statistical fixation of the early 21st century that’s made so many bad predictions and fathered so many puzzling defeats must be abandoned. We are not in an era of small calculations but of great movements. Politicians with a vision and a strong, clear rhetorical appeal, like Trump, Bernie, AOC, and now Mamdani, are those who excite people. People become disappointed and disillusioned when they lapse into focus-group-tested canting. Say something for a change."

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 3

OH! Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin is incredible. One of my absolute favorite sci-fi books.

John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 3

It's also sort of autobiographical, but it's the first book that popped into my head.

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 3

Not sure it's Cold War related, but Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar is pretty haunting.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · Aug 3

Crucial to the pronatalist worldview is the reality that children are only considered desirable so far as those children and their care needs can be used to constrain women’s dignity and prospects.

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John S. Huntington @johnshuntington.bsky.social · Aug 3

Well, Texans play by different rules, I guess.