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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

New postings for Oct. 11-17 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1692-1879) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 2 (1880-1891) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 3 (1892-1957) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon...

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This Second Week of October, Part 1 (1692-1879)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New postings for Oct. 4-10 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1692-1856) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 2 (1857-1891) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 3 (1892-1958) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first...

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This First Full Week of October, Part 1 (1692-1856)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New postings for Sept. 29 - Oct. 3 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1697-1879) benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans... Part 2 (1880-1902) benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans... Part 3 (1904-1920) benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans...

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This Transitional Week Between September and October, Part 3 (1904-1920)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New postings for Sept. 22-28 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1695-1859) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 2 (1861-1891) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 3 (1895-1935) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt...

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This Fourth Week of September, Part 1 (1695-1859)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New postings for Sept. 15-21 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1694-1845) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 2 (1852-1883) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 3 (1890-1970) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third...

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This Third Week of September, Part 1 (1694-1845)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New postings for Sept. 8-14 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1692-1808) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 2 (1810-1889) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 3 (1890-1925) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon...

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This Second Week of September, Part 3 (1890-1925)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New postings for Sept. 1-7 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1692-1808) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 2 (1821-1883) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 3 (1886-1939) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first...

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This First Week of September, Part 1 (1692 - 1808)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New postings for Aug. 25-31 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1692-1840) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 2 (1848-1884) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 3 (1885-1925) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt...

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This Fourth Week of August, Part 1 (1692-1840)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New postings for Aug. 18-24 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1692-1845) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 2 (1846-1889) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 3 (1890-1929) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third...

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This Third Week of August, Part 1 (1692-1845)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New postings for Aug. 11-17 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1692-1787) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 2 (1821-1884) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 3 (1885-1947) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon...

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This Second Week of August, Part 3 (1885-1947)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New postings for Aug. 4-10 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1701-1843) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 2 (1846-1890) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 3 (1891-1945) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first...

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This First Full Week of August, Part 1 (1701-1843)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

New postings for July 29-Aug. 3 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1696-1838) benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans... Part 2 (1846-1884) benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans... Part 3 (1885-1959) benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans...

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This Transitional Week Between July and August, Part 1 (1696 - 1838)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

New postings for July 22-28 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1694-1873) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 2 (1874-1893) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 3 (1894-1929) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt...

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This Fourth Week of July, Part 1 (1694 - 1873)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

As I understand it, if his seat goes vacant early enough, the governor appoints a stand-in until a vote can be cast to replace him, and the current governor of Kentucky is a Democrat. So that's why it's actually frustrating that Beshear hasn't been more forceful in pushing for proof or replacement.

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New postings for July 15-21 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1696-1877) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 2 (1878-1899) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 3 (1900-1945) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third...

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This Third Week of July, Part 2 (1878-1899)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

New postings for July 8-14 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1692-1870) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 2 (1875-1902) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 3 (1903-1959) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon...

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This Second Full Week of July, Part 1 (1692-1870)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

New postings for July 1-7 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1696-1872) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 2 (1874-1894) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 3 (1896-1934) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first...

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This First Week of July, Part 1 (1696-1872)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New postings for June 25-30 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1696-1879) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 2 (1880-1908) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 3 (1911-1943) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt...

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This Fourth Week of June, Part 2 (1880-1908)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New postings for June 18-24 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1694-1865) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 2 (1867-1899) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 3 (1900-1959) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third...

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This Third Week of June, Part 3 (1900-1959)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

New postings for June 11-17 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1694-1879) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 2 (1880-1909) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 3 (1911-1943) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon...

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This Second Week of June, Part 1 (1694-1879)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

New postings for June 4-10 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1694-1874) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 2 (1875-1893) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 3 (1894-1946) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first...

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This First Full Week of June, Part 2 (1875-1893)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

New postings for May 29-June 3 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1714-1875) benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans... Part 2 (1880-1893) benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans... Part 3 (1894-1959) benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans...

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This Transitional Week Between May and June, Part 2 (1880-1893)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Canopies were an effective solution to cabin overheating in sunny areas like Doha, Qatar, two decades ago. Putting solar panels up as the canopy has to be another old solution that should have been put into common use long ago. Excellent vision for a future America...

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

New postings for May 22-28 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1693-1869): benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 2 (1875-1893): benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 3 (1894-1957): benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt...

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This Fourth Week of May, Part 3 (1894 to 1957)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The first documentable sea route for silver would have been during the British East India Tea Company’s era. Meaning it had to go through Europe to get to China. This premise alone supports the idea of large price impacts on silver on the continent.

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Also, Japan during the period before the Sakoku shutdown in 1635 was in a warring states period. It wouldn’t be a likely source for silver to China. And the Manila Galleon was a large exporter but not the largest by far for New Spain’s silver…

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

There was no historically visible treasure fleet that regularly went from Spain to the Far East. In the period, Eurasia was a mess with the Mongol collapse and the rise of Muscovy, and a hostile Ottoman Empire blocked direct commerce eastward…

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

My sense, after these, is that while it’s true that China probably did end up as the end recipient of a large percentage of New Spain’s silver, most of it didn’t arrive very quickly. To get there, it had to have a means of conveyance…

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Reviewed a bit of summaries of Graeber’s work and reviews (Wikipedia has a page, SuperSummary gives you a peak before trying to charge you, and Everyday Anarchism covered the definition of capitalism part of the chapter)…

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Do you have a link to the book?

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A certain amount of the silver might well have gone onward to India and China... China refused any trade other than precious metals, but there was still a noticeable impact in Europe, which suggests not all of it went onward.

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The problem that comes to mind in that theory is that the main transport for silver coming from northern New Spain (Mexico) was the treasure fleet that sailed out of Veracruz. There was a considerably smaller group of ships that sailed to Manila out of SanBlas, but it was nowhere near the same size.

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Always open to different perspectives, but most analyses seem to indicate that the arrival of so much silver from the New World had a rather monumental impact on European markets. This of course was back in the day when commerce was dependent on local scarcity. Could you summarize your perspective?

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New postings for May 15-21 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1707-1869) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 2 (1871-1881) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 3 (1883-1955) benangel.substack.com/p/this-third...

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This Third Week of May, Part 1 (1707-1869)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

That's odd... well, the profile URL is this: substack.com/@benangel And the most recent three posts should land you where the links were intended to take you. Much appreciate you letting me know about the issue...

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New postings for May 8-14 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1695-1879) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 2 (1880-1894) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 3 (1895-1957) benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon...

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This Second Week of May, Part 2 (1880-1894)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

New postings for May 1-7 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1697-1862) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 2 (1866-1892) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 3 (1893-1959) benangel.substack.com/p/this-first...

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This First Week of May, Part 1 (1697-1862)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

That's probably not dissimilar from the other varieties as it was always been about the dried rat excretion dust. (Bear Hunt was out in the open, so the dust landing on MREs was more a danger than in the Betsy Arakawa case, where she was in an enclosed space.)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Looks kind of like it's area is more closely tied to northern Patagonia, at least what I can pick up from online sources (Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut). The guy who brought it onto the boat apparently went from there to Ushuaia in the far south to board. I guess this strain is more resp than renal...

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

It is baffling. Transmission in 1986 was clearly through rodent droppings. We were advised to minimize exposure of MREs to dust, and the area where the victims were was in just one section of camp. 2007 was the same. Perhaps it's now communicated through touch? Will have to follow more closely...

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The Andes variant is new (just as the variant that hit New Mexico before 2007 was new - it was a concern for construction in Chaco Canyon), and yeah, that is the worry that it could now be communicated person-to-person. I've not seen if that's been confirmed (but haven't followed the news closely).

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

And apparently the species Apodemus agrarius, Rattus rattus, and Clethrionomys glariolus, per the writeup on my unit's exposure: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview...

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

It's spread by the dust of rat droppings. That means any area that is dry enough where rat poop desacates & disintegrates to dust is susceptible, including NM. (My military unit was one of the first American units, or Americans, period, to encounter it during Bear Hunt 1986 at Uncheon, South Korea.)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

New postings for Apr. 25-30 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1 (1705-1879) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 2 (1880-1893) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... Part 3 (1894-1958) benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt...

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This Fourth Week of April, Part 1 (1705-1879)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

New postings for Apr. 18-24 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1: benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 2: benangel.substack.com/p/this-third... Part 3: benangel.substack.com/p/this-third...

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This Third Week of April (Part 3), 1889-1936

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

New postings for Apr. 11-17 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1: benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 2: benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon... Part 3: benangel.substack.com/p/this-secon...

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This Second Week of April, Part 1 (1716-1879)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

New postings for Apr. 4-10 for This Week in New Mexico History: Part 1: benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 2: benangel.substack.com/p/this-first... Part 3: benangel.substack.com/p/this-first...

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This First Full Week of April (1880-1894), Part 2

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

New Postings for This Week In New Mexico History (transitional week between March and April, or Mar. 29 to Apr. 3): Part 1: benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans... Part 2: benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans... Part 3: benangel.substack.com/p/this-trans...

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This Transitional Week between March and April, Part 1 (1696-1877)

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Ben Angel @ben3angel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Here at the end of March, This Week in New Mexico History on Substack... thanks for following along: benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt... benangel.substack.com/p/this-fourt...

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This Fourth Week of March, Part 1 (1696 to 1865)

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