OllieMae
@olliemae.bsky.social
Human incarnation of golden retriever energy (watch out for the tail!).
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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“In keeping with other trends in maternal and infant health, we see a persistent racial disparity, in which Black women experience stillbirths at a rate roughly twice as high as white women.
A key factor in the prevalence of stillbirth is the failure of healthcare systems to listen to women.”
A key factor in the prevalence of stillbirth is the failure of healthcare systems to listen to women.”
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“In keeping with other trends in maternal and infant health, we see a persistent racial disparity, in which Black women experience stillbirths at a rate roughly twice as high as white women.
A key factor in the prevalence of stillbirth is the failure of healthcare systems to listen to women.”
A key factor in the prevalence of stillbirth is the failure of healthcare systems to listen to women.”
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🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
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Pope Leo XIV urges all people of goodwill to listen to @usccbofficial.bsky.social’s call for humane treatment and respect for the dignity of immigrants in the U.S..
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Pope Leo XIV urges all people of goodwill to listen to @usccbofficial.bsky.social’s call for humane treatment and respect for the dignity of immigrants in the U.S..
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I recently had the privilege of talking with Dan Barker and Scott Knickelbine from the Freedom From Religion Foundation on their show, Secular Spotlight, and the interview is available on YouTube, if you're interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Hv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Hv...
Exploring Biblical Misconceptions with Bible Scholar Dan McClellan | Secular Spotlight
YouTube video by Freedom From Religion Foundation
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I recently had the privilege of talking with Dan Barker and Scott Knickelbine from the Freedom From Religion Foundation on their show, Secular Spotlight, and the interview is available on YouTube, if you're interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Hv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Hv...
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WHOAAAAAA
CALL!!!
CALL!!!
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
WHOAAAAAA
CALL!!!
CALL!!!
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Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
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Resist fascism, make friends. Build community, check on each other. Party, cook, build ties, and never let them make you too scared to love one another.
October 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Resist fascism, make friends. Build community, check on each other. Party, cook, build ties, and never let them make you too scared to love one another.
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Former U.S. Army sniper has something to say:
October 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Former U.S. Army sniper has something to say:
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"It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it. If any schools capitulate, the pressure will be enormous on all to fold. The only solution is solidarity & collective action against this effort at federal control over higher ed"
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it. If any schools capitulate, the pressure will be enormous on all to fold. The only solution is solidarity & collective action against this effort at federal control over higher ed"
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The White House has chosen a truly extremist step that will kneecap American research and innovation.
It is an additional bomb dropped on the US higher education system, illegally and recklessly, that will end up harming every Conservative and Liberal American.
It is an additional bomb dropped on the US higher education system, illegally and recklessly, that will end up harming every Conservative and Liberal American.
Why is this horrible for Universities?
Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card.
This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"
Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card.
This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"
Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
September 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The White House has chosen a truly extremist step that will kneecap American research and innovation.
It is an additional bomb dropped on the US higher education system, illegally and recklessly, that will end up harming every Conservative and Liberal American.
It is an additional bomb dropped on the US higher education system, illegally and recklessly, that will end up harming every Conservative and Liberal American.
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It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
September 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
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These Americans served with honor for more than a decade. Put their lives on the line. Trump fired them, just for being who they are-and now is denying retirement benefits our nation promised them for their service.
Treating troops this way is dishonorable, unfair, & harmful to national security.
Treating troops this way is dishonorable, unfair, & harmful to national security.
US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service
The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of service.
apnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
These Americans served with honor for more than a decade. Put their lives on the line. Trump fired them, just for being who they are-and now is denying retirement benefits our nation promised them for their service.
Treating troops this way is dishonorable, unfair, & harmful to national security.
Treating troops this way is dishonorable, unfair, & harmful to national security.
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🚨TESTIMONY OF THE YEAR: A Texas voter just torched Donald Trump and Greg Abbott during a redistricting hearing - and it was BRUTAL:
“He cheated on the golf course…
He cheated on his taxes…
He cheated on his wives…
He cheated on democracy…”
But then came the mic drop 👇
“He cheated on the golf course…
He cheated on his taxes…
He cheated on his wives…
He cheated on democracy…”
But then came the mic drop 👇
August 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🚨TESTIMONY OF THE YEAR: A Texas voter just torched Donald Trump and Greg Abbott during a redistricting hearing - and it was BRUTAL:
“He cheated on the golf course…
He cheated on his taxes…
He cheated on his wives…
He cheated on democracy…”
But then came the mic drop 👇
“He cheated on the golf course…
He cheated on his taxes…
He cheated on his wives…
He cheated on democracy…”
But then came the mic drop 👇
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All I’ve seen of this guy is this video, but wow is it good.
July 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
All I’ve seen of this guy is this video, but wow is it good.
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I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
July 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
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One of the things I appreciated most about my time at IU was the breadth of courses I got to take purely out of interest. They made me a better person. Closing degree programs will prevent that experience for future students. Horribly sad.
Indiana University Bloomington has a very long tradition of excellence in the Humanities and non-applied/pure/foundational sciences Law passed without debate is on track to close many of these degree programs
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Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing
By Ethan Sandweiss Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislati…
wfiunews.wordpress.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
One of the things I appreciated most about my time at IU was the breadth of courses I got to take purely out of interest. They made me a better person. Closing degree programs will prevent that experience for future students. Horribly sad.
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RFK Jr. is going to kill thousands of people. That’s not hyperbole.
June 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
RFK Jr. is going to kill thousands of people. That’s not hyperbole.
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I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.