Sage Magister
@sagemagister.bsky.social
Environmental historian, professor, author, citizen.
Boater entering the fog, Arno River, Florence, Italy. 12/18/25
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Boater entering the fog, Arno River, Florence, Italy. 12/18/25
This 1930s advertising sign is now in a museum exhibit, but the sentiment still rings true.
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This 1930s advertising sign is now in a museum exhibit, but the sentiment still rings true.
Let's stop mocking Trump as "Grandpa," OK? Both of my grandfathers were everything he is not: hard-working, ethical, kind, moral, loving men who cared for their families and supported their communities. One of them built Victory ships in WWII, the other grew food as a farmer. Neither was an asshole.
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Let's stop mocking Trump as "Grandpa," OK? Both of my grandfathers were everything he is not: hard-working, ethical, kind, moral, loving men who cared for their families and supported their communities. One of them built Victory ships in WWII, the other grew food as a farmer. Neither was an asshole.
Grrrr.....but they can't hide the truth.
The EPA has scrubbed most of its website of any mention that human activity is driving climate change.
Causes of Climate Change | US EPA
Burning fossil fuels changes the climate more than any other human activity.
www.epa.gov
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Grrrr.....but they can't hide the truth.
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
Every one of my top 10 songs in Spotify wrapped for 2025 is a track from the soundtrack to the movie The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston, from 1971. That's certainly a mood.
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Every one of my top 10 songs in Spotify wrapped for 2025 is a track from the soundtrack to the movie The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston, from 1971. That's certainly a mood.
The text of the 25th Amendment, Section 4, becomes more relevant every day for America.
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The text of the 25th Amendment, Section 4, becomes more relevant every day for America.
All Democrats running for federal office should pledge to reverse Trump's destruction of the White House and to pass a law prohibiting future presidents from making major alterations to any federal building without Congressional authorization.
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
All Democrats running for federal office should pledge to reverse Trump's destruction of the White House and to pass a law prohibiting future presidents from making major alterations to any federal building without Congressional authorization.
Three generations of my family participated in protests today in very red districts. It was awesome. I recommend it to all.
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Three generations of my family participated in protests today in very red districts. It was awesome. I recommend it to all.
Got some help with the fall chores!
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Got some help with the fall chores!
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Are we at a panic point yet? We should be ORGANIZING resistance to fascism. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Are we at a panic point yet? We should be ORGANIZING resistance to fascism. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Don't buy the right-wing lies parroted by the president and media-- actual *research* shows who is committing most political violence in the US, and it isn't "the far left" at all. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) A comparison of political violence by left-wing, right-wing, and Islamist extremists in the United States and the world
PDF | Although political violence has been perpetrated on behalf of a wide range of political ideologies, it is unclear whether there are systematic... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
www.researchgate.net
September 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Don't buy the right-wing lies parroted by the president and media-- actual *research* shows who is committing most political violence in the US, and it isn't "the far left" at all. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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They had kids, too.
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
They had kids, too.
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE! ("This is what democracy looks like!") Repeat... www.cnn.com/2025/09/11/a...
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro convicted of plotting coup, sentenced to over 27 years in prison | CNN
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been found guilty of attempting to overturn the country’s 2022 election with a plot prosecutors say included plans to assassinate the president-elect in a ...
www.cnn.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE! ("This is what democracy looks like!") Repeat... www.cnn.com/2025/09/11/a...
Those who preach hate and division should not be eulogized as saints. Period.
September 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Those who preach hate and division should not be eulogized as saints. Period.
No? How about now? Now?
September 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
No? How about now? Now?
Cue the usual suspects, at both ends of the spectrum.
August 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Cue the usual suspects, at both ends of the spectrum.
I wasn't asked (this time) to offer direct criticism, but as a professional historian (and a current board member at a museum) this intrusion of politics is disgusting. Back 30+ years ago historians were aghast when the Smithsonian backed away from a planned exhibit on the Enola Gay. This is worse.
Trump Administration Plan to Oversee Smithsonian Exhibits Draws Criticism From Historians www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/a...
Historians Alarmed by White House Plan to Oversee Smithsonian Exhibits
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I wasn't asked (this time) to offer direct criticism, but as a professional historian (and a current board member at a museum) this intrusion of politics is disgusting. Back 30+ years ago historians were aghast when the Smithsonian backed away from a planned exhibit on the Enola Gay. This is worse.
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I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
This is part of why we can't have nice things. No more money to the Democratic party! Donate directly to good candidates, but cut off the money machine that enriches consultants while accomplishing nothing of import.
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is part of why we can't have nice things. No more money to the Democratic party! Donate directly to good candidates, but cut off the money machine that enriches consultants while accomplishing nothing of import.
Sunset over ice arena construction site in Billings, MT.
August 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sunset over ice arena construction site in Billings, MT.
Santa effigy, 40 miles NE of Mountain Home, ID.
August 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Santa effigy, 40 miles NE of Mountain Home, ID.
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