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Historian. Boilermaker and Gamecock living in Alabama. Guitars, pickup trucks, and hillbilly music.
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They didn't mince words in 17th century advice columns. From the Athenian Mercury for the 10th February 1694.

Same energy.

US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications The move has been heavily criticised by Taoiseach Micheál Martin who described it as “excessive”. www.thejournal.ie/us-visa-chan...

I’d have more confidence in President Trump if he weren’t such a moronic ignorant clown.

I can't believe the news today Oh, I can't close my eyes and make it go away How long, how long must we sing this song? How long? How long? youtu.be/bCP9rkTsbKQ?...

How long until Trump claims special "war powers"?

You: Interact with AI for 2 minutes to summarise your book. Drink coffee for 58 minutes. Me: Read my book and drink coffee. Drink more coffee while reading more books. Repeat endlessly. We are not the same.

#bloomsday

Pretty cool being in Dublin for #Bloomsday

You know who didn't like military parades? George Washington. #NoKingsDay #NoKings

This is one of the best - and most terrifying - images from my bird feeder. 😬

Brian Wilson was a genius and one of the true giants of twentieth century music.

This is basically like saying I have a right to shit in someone elses living room and they can't be mad about it.

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Reagan believed in free trade, too.

Yeah of course I'm rooting for the Pacers in the ECF.

It used to be unimaginable for an American president to personally attack American citizens. Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift are in good company. Trump has ridiculed and attacked hundreds of Americans.

Paris, Saint Germain, late 1970s. Le Pre aux Clercs (as it was before chichi-fication), at the intersection of rue Bonaparte & rue Jacob. Photo by me, using my Minox "spy camera," in the pre-mobile-phone era. #14Juillet #Paris

DAD POWER

The Pampered Idiot, by Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807–45, 📸 by @b_smialowski

I'm at the library and I love it. You should go to the library.

A basic, inexpensive pickup should be a winning idea.

Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride. "For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear . . . the midnight message of Paul Revere." poets.org/poem/paul-re...

Oh fuck. They're going back to save Hitler, aren't they?

I guess MTG doesn't want anyone at her town halls acting like she did at President Biden's State of the Union addresses.

trying to "its a prank its a prank" our way back to a manufacturing economy

The ‘1984’-style Ministry of Truth in full effect

With the tariff exemptions, it looks like the US has already given up bringing back manufacturing of iPhones and Macs. At least there’s still the hope we can bring home the manufacturing of MAGA hats and fast fashion hauls from SHEIN.

I'm seeing grown-ass adults marvel at how high stocks jumped today - they must think their mom actually vanished when she played "peek-a-boo."

The failure isn’t the insane President. The failure is all the supposedly sane people pretending he’s not.

Excuse me while I pay my macho taxes.

a lot of people think you need a lot of money to buy clothes. now you're right. ok. my bad.

Not even Duke was able to collapse as quickly as the stock market.

#HandsOff Rally & March in #HuntsvilleAL! 🪧 Estimated 2,000 people are in attendance, and we are just getting started! @indivisible.org #Indivisible #Alabama #District5 #NorthAlabama

Duke should've played Mason Gillis more.

And nunchucks. And a pocket knife.