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Charles Wexler

@cjwexler.bsky.social
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Civil War Naval historian examining Confederate ironclad construction and the Federal Blockade off Charleston Harbor. Philly sports fan, PhD, Associate Professor at a community college. Also: metal, foodways. Views are my own, not my employers, etc.

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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Phils. That is the post.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lol of course. Game on.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Welp
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And they're bringing in Luzardo. So hopefully this will go well.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two more innings of the Phillies bullpen
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For those observing Yom Kippur, may you have an easy fast and may you be inscribed in the Book of Life for another year.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Insert the Eagles meme here
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So the missed handball in the City box should have been a penalty for Sunderland rather than city scoring a 4th goal since play had never stopped. Great job VAR.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Temple football will Temple football
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ha'way the lads!
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Congrats!
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If your starter throws a complete game, the bullpen can't blow it.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Wilson!
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Ring the bell!
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Good morning from Tess.
A brown, black, and tan tortie cat sitting in the median section of a brown leather sofa.
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Wayne E. Lee @milhistlee.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For no reason whatsoever, I'm re-upping this piece. Ironically, written earlier this very year. You can skip ahead to the "lessons" if you're wondering what I'm talking about. warontherocks.com/the-importan...
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The Importance of St. Clair’s Defeat
In the fall of 1791, Gen. Arthur St. Clair pushed an unready, ill-trained, and poorly supplied American army of militia and regulars into the woods of
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Updated for the fall semester - my bibliography of readings, both academic and popular, about the many problems with and pitfalls in using Generative AI. catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
catherinedenial.org
Against Generative AI – Cate Denial
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 05/08/2026
Tennessee Lottery proceeds that fund many of the state’s college and technical education scholarships are projected to fall short of covering those programs’ costs each year through 2030, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Report: Tennessee’s lottery-funded scholarship program faces revenue shortfalls • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Lottery proceeds that fund many of the state’s college and technical education scholarships are projected to fall short.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Good effort Sunderland. It was good finally getting to see them play live.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sunderland v. Liverpool in Nashville. Ha'way the lads!
Sunderland in pink playing Liverpool in red at Nashville's Geodis Stadium
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
They aren't taking that goal off the board.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
That should be a goal
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Yeah. That was a great shot from Alvarez. Nothing the Swiss goalie could do on that one.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
That was a heck of a game between England and Mexico.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The ref lost the plot in the Paraguay-France game.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Regardless how this ends, what a game.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
What a shot and finish to equalize from Cape Verde!
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
There we go
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How is that a red given how he called the entire game?
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What are the sixers doing?
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This 2019 talk from Chris Kolakowski, shown on C-SPAN, discusses aspects of the campaign. www.c-span.org/program/the-...
c-span.org
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
With all the focus Civil War wise in the upcoming days with the anniversaries for Gettysburg and Vicksburg, one must not forget the third major campaign underway in late June 1863. Rosecrans forced Bragg to retreat from Tullahoma and middle TN toward Chattanooga in the Tullahoma Campaign.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The ending to Austria-Algeria...wow.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Isidor with a great goal for Haiti!
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Really fun times at SCWH this weekend in Richmond. Hope everyone has a safe trip back home.
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Society of Civil War Historians @scwhistorians.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Are you presenting at the SCWH later this week in Richmond? Want to promote your book or an event? Tag us or use the hashtag #SCWH26 and we will give you a boost! Can't wait to see y'all there!
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Taking the train to SCWH. Onto Richmond!
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Reason 671 why you cite as you go. I'm finishing up a paper and I just realized I missed a citation and I can't find where in the book the quote is from. Wonderful job Chuck...
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Time to play this all day, along with Midway: youtu.be/qVHyl0P_P-M?...
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SABATON - Primo Victoria (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Sabaton
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I say it's interesting because for the second time, I've come across a ship I was researching that had major galley issues in Civil War Charleston (for the dissertation, in late '64 one of the 1862 Confederate ironclads needed to completely replace the galley, think it was the Palmetto State).
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Been busy the past few days doing a deep dive through the Logbook for the Bark Restless, a Civil War blockader stationed north of Charleston in 1862 for a paper for the SCWH next month. It's interesting that the ship had a bad galley that gave it problems through the Summer.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...
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The Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day Started
Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Sunderland are off to the Europa League. What a season. Ha'way!
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Today in 1968, the attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589) sank mysteriously in about 10,000 feet of water in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 nautical miles southwest of the Azores, with 99 crew members and two Mark-45 ASTOR nuclear torpedoes (each armed with a 10-15 kiloton W34 warhead).
A color photograph looking from the bow toward the stern of the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) on the surface outside Claywall Harbor, Naples, Italy, April 10, 1968, taken by an engineering officer aboard the Tallahatchie County (AVB-2), showing multiple crew members standing the fore and aft deck wearing orange life preservers, as well as on the sail and the left steering plane. This is one of the last known photographs of the Scorpion and its crew before it sank.A black and white screenshot from an official film showing seven sailors loading a long ASTOR torpedo into a submarine as two officers watch at top right.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
'Till the end. Ha'way the Lads!
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Spring 2026 is officially in the books. Now, it's immediately onto summer class prep and writing a conference paper for the rest of this month.
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Charles Wexler @cjwexler.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Solid draw vs United, and with better finishing should have been three points.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 07/05/2026
Tennessee Republicans are moving ahead with a new GOP-dominant congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections. But in a midterm election, where President Donald Trump remains unpopular, the map gives Democrats a slightly better chance at picking up at least two seats.
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Visual: The partisan lean of Tennessee’s proposed new U.S. House map • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Republicans are moving ahead with a congressional map that will likely give nine of the state’s U.S House seats to the GOP.
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