Jude Webre
@theotherjude.bsky.social
History & Lit & Music | Faculty at Columbia, NYU-Gallatin, and Brooklyn Institute, Columbia PhD | Bass Clef, Inc. Betwixt and between
Pinned
May have hit my rec letter moratorium for the year. Kids, don't ask for or insist on them during finals week!
December 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
May have hit my rec letter moratorium for the year. Kids, don't ask for or insist on them during finals week!
Hard to argue with how well Brexit is working out for the UK
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Hard to argue with how well Brexit is working out for the UK
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I saw someone ask elsewhere about what the common law said about the children of Confederates born during during the Civil War.
They were natural born American citizens. Why? Because there is no loyalty test—not for parents, not for children.
Had the Confederates won, children born before 1861…
They were natural born American citizens. Why? Because there is no loyalty test—not for parents, not for children.
Had the Confederates won, children born before 1861…
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I saw someone ask elsewhere about what the common law said about the children of Confederates born during during the Civil War.
They were natural born American citizens. Why? Because there is no loyalty test—not for parents, not for children.
Had the Confederates won, children born before 1861…
They were natural born American citizens. Why? Because there is no loyalty test—not for parents, not for children.
Had the Confederates won, children born before 1861…
Sam Presti, wrecker of souls
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Sam Presti, wrecker of souls
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/Eminence Front chorus voice "The Emirates Cup"
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
/Eminence Front chorus voice "The Emirates Cup"
Executive order creating a Lord High Executioner position for homeboy when?
A federal appeals court judge's attendance at a rally for U.S. President Donald Trump is drawing scrutiny from critics who say his presence violated judicial ethics rules.
Trump-allied judge draws scrutiny for rally appearance
A federal appeals court judge's attendance at a rally for U.S. President Donald Trump is drawing scrutiny from critics who say his presence violated judicial ethics rules.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Executive order creating a Lord High Executioner position for homeboy when?
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FIFA decided to have a ceremonial match commemorating Pride Month during the World Cup and it ended up being scheduled for Egypt and Iran. Both countries have complained, with Egypt saying it “categorically reject[s] any activities related to supporting homosexuality during the match.”
Egypt and Iran complain about planned World Cup 'Pride' match in Seattle
Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over the scheduling of a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that’s expected to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride.
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
FIFA decided to have a ceremonial match commemorating Pride Month during the World Cup and it ended up being scheduled for Egypt and Iran. Both countries have complained, with Egypt saying it “categorically reject[s] any activities related to supporting homosexuality during the match.”
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Wild that those ratty little DVD sleeves in the mail has led to a cultural oligopoly in our time
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Wild that those ratty little DVD sleeves in the mail has led to a cultural oligopoly in our time
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Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
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Aztec Camera performing Walk Out to Winter live on Switch in 1983
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Aztec Camera performing Walk Out to Winter live on Switch in 1983
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I've been through the desert on a
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I've been through the desert on a
In the middle of a real home run derby run of papers actually written by my students. These pleasures still exist here and there
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In the middle of a real home run derby run of papers actually written by my students. These pleasures still exist here and there
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first the CIA funds the Kenyon Review and now this?!?
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
first the CIA funds the Kenyon Review and now this?!?
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“Since the mid-90s, a tiny minority has tried to dislodge this conventional understanding of the Citizenship Clause by claiming that the phrase ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ excludes the children of unauthorized migrants. That is not how the Reconstruction generation talked about the issue.”
The Origins of Birthright Citizenship - Boston Review
The Fourteenth Amendment captures the idea that no people born in the United States should be forced to live in the shadows.
www.bostonreview.net
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Since the mid-90s, a tiny minority has tried to dislodge this conventional understanding of the Citizenship Clause by claiming that the phrase ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ excludes the children of unauthorized migrants. That is not how the Reconstruction generation talked about the issue.”
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Has anyone started a Flarf-type movement for Chat GPT yet?
November 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Has anyone started a Flarf-type movement for Chat GPT yet?
Did so in a modified form and the kids dug it
Debating whether to drop my Leninist reading of the Gospel of Luke
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Did so in a modified form and the kids dug it
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looking for a good book or two on the Great Awakening(s), if anyone’s got recommendations
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
looking for a good book or two on the Great Awakening(s), if anyone’s got recommendations
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Overlook Hotel
July 4th Ball
1921
July 4th Ball
1921
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Overlook Hotel
July 4th Ball
1921
July 4th Ball
1921
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Easily the most actually on crack committee decisions ever. Ketamine thinking. Inhalant gorilla mind logic. Ray Liotta eating his own brain in Hannibal type arguments.
December 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Easily the most actually on crack committee decisions ever. Ketamine thinking. Inhalant gorilla mind logic. Ray Liotta eating his own brain in Hannibal type arguments.
New York has too many fucking cars
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New York has too many fucking cars