Reposted by Doug ThompsonMatthew Fisher @bookhand.bsky.social · 19hSTOP using “medieval” to describe the atrocities people commit today. “Evil” and “morally repugnant” will suffice. 25115
Reposted by Doug ThompsonChris Graham, Beardo Weirdo @cagraham.bsky.social · 19hFYI the Richmond Folk Fest livestreams here.aws-hosted-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.comListen Live — WCVE HD2 121
Reposted by Doug ThompsonChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Love that my opponent is trying to paint me as someone who wants political violence and meanwhile her party is going to execute someone on live tv (after already murdering multiple citizens in the streets and fishermen in boats) 433018462
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Not part of your thread, which is brilliant, but one of the things to be aware of is that early church believed the anti-christ is anything in seats of power. Beware of the one calling out anti-christs because that one is a false prophet 010
Reposted by Doug ThompsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“Every member of this ethnic group is a criminal who needs to be imprisoned by the state” is just pure uncut Nazi shit 10449691206
Reposted by Doug Thompsonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent 457172422655
Reposted by Doug ThompsonRachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There it is!! Eagerly awaiting its arrival in my own mailbox! 0253
Reposted by Doug ThompsonNick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026LLM (Large Line Man) solves math problem 212371475
Reposted by Doug ThompsonKathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Very happy to announce the Spanish edition of Bring the War Home, coming 10/19 from @capitanswing.bsky.social. Though it has been almost a decade since its publication, this history still has much to teach us about white supremacy, racism, violence, & the way these forces structure society. 46516
Reposted by Doug ThompsonScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: Cook Political Report shifts forecasts It's still quite striking to see the words: "Kansas" and "Toss-up" 17927208
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I realize this is obvious and others have made the observation, but I wonder if toss up category may be a pants-on-fire Leans D 0100
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Suggests the internal polling triggered a red-flag warning in GOP to move money from NC. 38812
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Populism has always been driven by forms of deception. Wealthy politician convincing middle-class voters that the lowest class is stealing their money. 011
Reposted by Doug ThompsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’m sorry, what’s that acronym again? 1932703485
Reposted by Doug ThompsonIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is the same man who took out a full page ad for the death of the so-called Central Park Five for essentially the same crime. 47126
Reposted by Doug ThompsonCarly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If they succeed at closing the post office it will be because too many people grew up without radio stations that played Motown songs about writing and mailing letters 6316
Reposted by Doug ThompsonDoug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Excited to share this interview with Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) as the first in our series of King Center Sessions at Capricorn exploring the deep well of music in the American South. Hosted by King Center for Southern Studies and historic Capricorn Studio at Mercer University youtu.be/ftPZyp6O7jYyoutu.beKing Center Amy Ray InterviewYouTube video by Spencer B. King, Jr Center for Southern Studies 031
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Excited to share this interview with Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) as the first in our series of King Center Sessions at Capricorn exploring the deep well of music in the American South. Hosted by King Center for Southern Studies and historic Capricorn Studio at Mercer University youtu.be/ftPZyp6O7jYyoutu.beKing Center Amy Ray InterviewYouTube video by Spencer B. King, Jr Center for Southern Studies 031
Reposted by Doug Thompsonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25561451143
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“When his turn on the pope’s stage came, Mr. Olah acknowledged that every frontier A.I. lab, including Anthropic, had business incentives that conflicted with moral behavior.” One cannot worship God and mammon(power) at the same time. The valuation of Anthropic means Claude defaults to power. 020
Reposted by Doug ThompsonRachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reminder that literacy tests never tested literacy. They were an excuse to bar people the registrar disagreed with (usually on the basis of skin color) from voting. This is a video of me, a voting rights historian, failing those same literacy tests. www.tiktok.com/@phdrachel/v... 🗃️tiktok.comLets talk #literacytests & #votingrights #vivek #historian #historiansoftiktok #historytok @generic.human🍉 TikTok video by PhDRachel 43115
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Not a Yankees fan, but they are playing exceptional situational ball on offense with a couple long balls. This inning is miserable for the Red Sox. 120
Reposted by Doug ThompsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This might be the best one they've ever done. Flawless. 941278
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And if it works like regular markets, like the founder claims, lots of folks are leveraging against losses. Will be as effective as ordinary polling 000
Reposted by Doug ThompsonChris Graham, Beardo Weirdo @cagraham.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hey check it out 011
Reposted by Doug ThompsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president 900256986096
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ball was not snapped before :00. For all the crap Chiefs catch, Eagles get more favorable calls. 101
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026These should be dismissed and then they should be forced to pay all court costs. Make these kinds of lawsuits painful to make others less likely to do the same 000
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Re-reading Weber’s “Spirit” of Capitalism and Matteson’s *Worse Than Hell: Battle of Fredericksburg* (college prof so I’m also grading, which is a kind of reading) 020
Reposted by Doug ThompsonKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My new biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw officially drops in three days. #booksky bookshop.org/p/books/a-gl...bookshop.orgA Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould ShawRobert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment--one of the first regiments of Black soldiers in the Civil War--in its famous ill-fat... 45113
Reposted by Doug ThompsonScottish Beekeepers Association @scottishbeekeepers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Joining us today at our Convention is guest lecturer Sean Stephenson Sean is a Master Beekeeper with a wealth of practical experience His lectures include: ❓How Do Bees Do That? Kindly sponsored by Hatrick Bruce 👑 🐝 Queen Rearing Made Simple! Kindly sponsored by Vita Bee Health 011
Reposted by Doug ThompsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Republicans are the cause of your problems not the solution” is a winning message every election but they’re bringing literal receipts now 293693877
Reposted by Doug ThompsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends 481849694
Reposted by Doug ThompsonGautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Every book has an origin story. Here's mine, ca. 2001-2026. Featuring some accidental discoveries, benefitting from Sally Hadden's remarkable book, lots of twists, turns, time elapsed, and help from my friends! @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/writ...legalhistoryblog.blogspot.comWriting A Second Book (With a Little Help From My Friends)My first guest post was a brief excerpt from my new book, White Power: Policing American Slavery . Now I want to tell you how it came to be.... 052
Reposted by Doug ThompsonKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026One of the things I love about following Seth (other than the fact he's a great dude and brilliant scholar) is he'll describe some Right-wing guy and it's always like "a committed anti-Communist and John Bircher, he also believed an army of forest gnomes could help him become county commissioner" 36813
Reposted by Doug ThompsonJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 25/09/2026In which my RNS colleague @bmietana.bsky.social tracks the "Rise of the Jim Crow theobros." Fascinating an unsettling reporting here, but this is a key line: "…along the way, they are turning outrage into cash." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...religionnews.comThe rise of the Jim Crow theobros(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ... 712357
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sadly, no rookie QB and their backups have failed to reach Red Zone in first two games. Only NFL team with that distinction at this point. 030
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I am reminded as fall temps drop that worker bees spend their days kicking out the drones out of hives to die. Drones are bros in true sense of word: eat everything, do nothing, and bring diseases in the home. The natural world of honey bees knows how to deal with shameless men who drain resources. 0113
Reposted by Doug ThompsonThe Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When my students shine, it is like nothing else on Earth. #eduSky 061
Reposted by Doug ThompsonDavid Silkenat @davidsilkenat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just heard that OUP will be publishing a paperback edition of Scars on the Land! No release date yet, but I’m very excited! 1183
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yes, never bring it up. Always a student who raises hand and then others jump in. More recently, I had a student ask if that is why they are attacking history programs. The kids are alright (and the irony is that the administration is radicalizing them not me/us) 010
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sometimes I think to myself while I talking about these issues in class (are y’all getting that this is happening now?). Never fails that a group of students start making connections to current events. 110
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Might suggest we banish the naming rights thing in all areas of society. He thinks if there is enough money involved, he can put his name on anything. 120
Reposted by Doug ThompsonTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026telling my disbelieving students what it was like for my generation to live without AI, 18 months ago 28611
Doug Thompson @drdougthompson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It is why opening day/week is so hopeful. We don’t know yet. And then . . . 010