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Historian-in-training, leftist, ADHD-haver, the second most Virtuous Citizen of the Republic they/them
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Today is Décadi the 10th of Ventôse in the year 233. Ventôse is the month of wind. Today we celebrate the spade. #JacobinDay More information on the spade

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a week of doing less than the bare minimum was exactly what I needed to thrust myself into the gaping maw of school for the next six weeks. godspeed

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Today is Quintidi the 25th of Pluviôse in the year 233. Pluviôse is the month of rain. Today we celebrate hares. #JacobinDay More information on hares

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Really makes you think

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Today is Quartidi the 24th of Pluviôse in the year 233. Pluviôse is the month of rain. Today we celebrate common knotgrass. #JacobinDay More information on common knotgrass

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AI is the death rattle of the tech industry, the decrepit remains of a diseased industry addicted to infinite growth on a planet with finite resources. good fucking riddance.

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WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE GUY WHO DID THIS 🌭

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the new central concept of my Canadian identity

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every time I find out about an upcoming 16th minute episode, it soothes my weary soul like nothing else 🥰

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Compared to STEM majors, the humanities aren't important at all, as everyone knows. I mean…unless you want to understand humanity, obviously. But that's dumb.

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ET MA HACHE

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DeepSeek this DeepSeek that why don't you DeepSeek some therapy

submitted 31 days ago • 38 comments

the best thing about having dealt with addiction in the past is i have no illusions about social media: it is a drug. we are all addicted. the people who deny this are rationalizing the way people with addictions do that. no shame, but that's what all this is.

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THINGS ARE LOOKING UP NOW THAT MY DOC GOT AROUND TO GETTING MY FORMS FILLED OUT, CAUSE OTHERWISE I'D FUCKED YES THIS GOOD NEWS DESERVES ALL CAPS (AKA CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL)

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i cannot emphasize enough how much I think professional historians should monitor and post on r/AskHistorians the questions are good and the discussions are serious and you reach a big audience

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

this is what's gonna convince me to get into podcasting

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Use Signal to talk about protests Use Signal to talk about your wordle score Use Signal to talk about abortion Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club Use Signal to talk about parties Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care Use Signal to talk about the weather Use Signal

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found on r/me_irlgbt, seemed relevant. stay strong. i love you all.

submitted 38 days ago • 28 comments

what an auspicious day to discuss politics, power, and the types of authority as defined by Max Weber in the Napoleon class

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this Ulver song feels very appropriate today youtu.be/i6kYmP0suRk?...

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This is such a hilarious failure of a product. Consumers both don't know why it exists and hate it at the same time.

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seasonal depression be like

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Today is Quintidi the 25th of Nivôse in the year 233. Nivôse is the month of snow. Today we celebrate cats. #JacobinDay More information on cats

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things Napoleon and I have in common - Great hair in our 20s - Terrible hairline by our 30s - Terrible with women in our 20s I'll let you know if the similarities keep up in the foreseeable future

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the ideal timeline

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Today is Tridi the 23rd of Nivôse in the year 233. Nivôse is the month of snow. Today we celebrate iron. #JacobinDay More information on iron

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EMPATHY - If you say 'Two days, maybe', it will be etched in her mind forever.

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waaaaay too many people in the middle imo

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10am class: Approaches to European History (aka the Napoleon class) 1pm: The Age of Revolution (aka the Napoleon class apart from the American Revolution) 4pm: Beginner's French (aka the Napoleon language) Vive L'Empereur!

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Mass deportations are the internal cleansing, and now we're at the external expansion of Robert Paxton's definition of fascism. No need to mention the abandonment of ethical or legal restraints, of course

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wow whoever is here must be very cool and awesome

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as someone playing Skyrim again in the year of our Lord 2025, I hate this menu so much

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considering how much money is tied up in AI, it makes me wonder how bad the economic collapse will be

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you can pry my tropical fruit topping on my Italian flatbread from my cold, dead hands

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Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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That's so interesting.

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who in Peterborough Ontario wants to make out???

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2025 worst year of our lives. so far!

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Today is the last day you can post this picture

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see if I were ever a main character of the internet, I would simply not Post Through It 😌

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non-adhd folks: "plan things out! write a to do list! just don't forget stuff!" lol, lmao

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