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- Delaware, but Iowa born - Dad to the best son - Archivist - Fishing/art/literature/poetry/music/hiking - Aspirational motorcyclist - Incompetent agnostic/socialist/sober "God has no other hands than ours." - Dorothee Soelle

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Frankly, I desperately hope that Trump chickens out.

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It’s not paranoia, it’s situational awareness.

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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Very, very, very little of any given archives’ collections are digitized let alone available online. Usually only a mere fraction. Archivists rarely wear the white Mickey Mouse cotton gloves unless handling objects.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Could World War III hold off until I get my survival gear in order and get to a “safe” location? I want a fighting chance against the radioactive undead.

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These are vicious times.

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1:30 AM thought: It is so disconcerting and disorienting to be going about the normal exercise of life while this country continues its headlong slide into quite possible civil war. Go to work, go to the grocery store, read, listen to music, surf online, sleep. So odd.

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I have a vague memory from a long ago historiography class of an even far more long ago European historian saying something to the effect of “Any fool can write the history of recent times.” Any of you able to identify the historian and provide the actual quotation? Also, that dude was wrong.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I mean, it’s a cool shirt with the 45rpm record adapter, but did I also just join the three dicks club? I shall name it Dong Madness.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I realize my impressions were a bit negative, which I didn’t intend. It’s decent turnout for a red county. That said, it’s overwhelmingly clear that the Delaware Democratic electeds are staying away from something literally in their backyard, which is disappointing however predictable.

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No Kings in Dover, Delaware, first impressions about half way through: A few state legislators speaking, no congressional delegation presence unless I missed it. Very boomer crowd for lack of a better description, about 200 souls all told. Some younger, few Gen X (come on, folks!).

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OK, now here at the No Kingy Thingy in Dover, Delaware.

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Tons of apocalyptic smoky haze in the air here in Delaware from the New Jersey forest fire, smells like a burning campfire, good day for a protest? (doesn't matter, still going) www.nj.com/burlington/2...

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I’m the captain of this archival ship, I say today’s dress code is beach casual, ye sailors of the wine-dark vaults and racks …

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

... and yet, my home senator votes for Trump's appointees among other things. We don't need you to ask what is happening, we need you to rise to the moment that you know is happening and do your duty. Get your colleagues on the same page and shut down the senate. Be the consistent opposition.

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I had a dream last night in which the anthropology faculty at my university invited me into their circle for an illegal high stakes poker game and frankly - that's probably the only way anything is funded, and - I'd much rather watch madcap anthropologists risking it all than fucking Walter White

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

We do not in fact need videos of horrific plane crashes beamed into our media feeds and brains. Fuck human culture sometimes.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

#delmarva.... We are red and blue. We're Delaware s. Maryland! Saturday we are going to make the point that America does not have a king but it does have a clown! #democracy #Uniteblue #Easternshore #Dover, #Delaware are you in the #military? Come out and show your support for the #Constitution!

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Delicious ...

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"The years passed and the East Wind blew. Even the ruins fell into ruin—tired playthings of Time and the thunder and rain."

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Post a 10 year old picture of yourself. Photos on my phone only go back eight years, close enough.

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This is a really important point. I've seen far too many self-soothing posts here and elsewhere by those seeking to ameliorate the dark specter of regular troops and arms present in a combustible situation, by people who deep down arguably should know better.

Frankly, I desperately hope that Trump chickens out.

It’s not paranoia, it’s situational awareness.

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Very, very, very little of any given archives’ collections are digitized let alone available online. Usually only a mere fraction. Archivists rarely wear the white Mickey Mouse cotton gloves unless handling objects.

Could World War III hold off until I get my survival gear in order and get to a “safe” location? I want a fighting chance against the radioactive undead.

These are vicious times.

1:30 AM thought: It is so disconcerting and disorienting to be going about the normal exercise of life while this country continues its headlong slide into quite possible civil war. Go to work, go to the grocery store, read, listen to music, surf online, sleep. So odd.

I have a vague memory from a long ago historiography class of an even far more long ago European historian saying something to the effect of “Any fool can write the history of recent times.” Any of you able to identify the historian and provide the actual quotation? Also, that dude was wrong.

I mean, it’s a cool shirt with the 45rpm record adapter, but did I also just join the three dicks club? I shall name it Dong Madness.

I realize my impressions were a bit negative, which I didn’t intend. It’s decent turnout for a red county. That said, it’s overwhelmingly clear that the Delaware Democratic electeds are staying away from something literally in their backyard, which is disappointing however predictable.

No Kings in Dover, Delaware, first impressions about half way through: A few state legislators speaking, no congressional delegation presence unless I missed it. Very boomer crowd for lack of a better description, about 200 souls all told. Some younger, few Gen X (come on, folks!).

OK, now here at the No Kingy Thingy in Dover, Delaware.

Tons of apocalyptic smoky haze in the air here in Delaware from the New Jersey forest fire, smells like a burning campfire, good day for a protest? (doesn't matter, still going) www.nj.com/burlington/2...

I’m the captain of this archival ship, I say today’s dress code is beach casual, ye sailors of the wine-dark vaults and racks …

... and yet, my home senator votes for Trump's appointees among other things. We don't need you to ask what is happening, we need you to rise to the moment that you know is happening and do your duty. Get your colleagues on the same page and shut down the senate. Be the consistent opposition.

I had a dream last night in which the anthropology faculty at my university invited me into their circle for an illegal high stakes poker game and frankly - that's probably the only way anything is funded, and - I'd much rather watch madcap anthropologists risking it all than fucking Walter White

We do not in fact need videos of horrific plane crashes beamed into our media feeds and brains. Fuck human culture sometimes.

#delmarva.... We are red and blue. We're Delaware s. Maryland! Saturday we are going to make the point that America does not have a king but it does have a clown! #democracy #Uniteblue #Easternshore #Dover, #Delaware are you in the #military? Come out and show your support for the #Constitution!

Delicious ...

"The years passed and the East Wind blew. Even the ruins fell into ruin—tired playthings of Time and the thunder and rain."

Post a 10 year old picture of yourself. Photos on my phone only go back eight years, close enough.

This is a really important point. I've seen far too many self-soothing posts here and elsewhere by those seeking to ameliorate the dark specter of regular troops and arms present in a combustible situation, by people who deep down arguably should know better.

They’ll still expect you to log in from the leper colony.

"How can he boast, when he begins as a drop and ends as a corpse?"