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He/Him. Analog Kid. Retired museum administrator, occasional historian, gamer from the Age of Pong.
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Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend. And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October. I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com

submitted 6 days ago • 318 comments

Canada, Greenland, Denmark, Panama, and Gaza could not immediately be reached for comment

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Column: “My wife and I have stopped going to #Florida for the winter after 12 straight years." Canadians are fighting mad at President Convicted Felon & say they're going to make his home state suffer. www.tampabay.com/opinion/2025... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 261 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 6 days ago • 2287 comments

This has to be stopped. Like, tonight.

submitted 6 days ago • 25 comments

Trump’s federal firings reach Independence Mall and other Pennsylvania national historic sites www.inquirer.com/news/trump-l...

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🧵 1/ After the news that government officials erased transgender people from Stonewall’s history, every American should know the truth. Stonewall wasn’t just a protest—it was a rebellion. Let’s talk about what really happened and why it still matters. #Stonewall #LGBTQHistory

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Don’t make me tap the sign, Eagles fans.

submitted 13 days ago • 11 comments

It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.

submitted 13 days ago • 429 comments

Line up to follow these brilliant doctors who will give us proper and accurate information as the #CDC falls. #ACOG

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

100,000 eggs were stolen in Pennsylvania. Police have yet to crack the case. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

From an excellent historian of trade: time.com/7212675/tari...

submitted 16 days ago • 42 comments

A statement from the heads of two prominent historical associations on Trump’s recent executive order on “radical indoctrination” in the schools.

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

ok, so basically I'm trying to make this post go viral.

submitted 18 days ago • 508 comments

The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.

submitted 18 days ago • 191 comments