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Orion Klautau @orionklautau.bsky.social · 14h

How many degrees of separation are there between Van Damme and Prince Shōtoku? My new article open access article explores how the ancient Japanese prince became a ninja ancestor, in a story spanning figures from prewar mind-cure movements and bubble-era tokusatsu actors. doi.org/10.1080/1869...

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 17h

Transcribing Meiji-era politicians into a list sucks when you realize that no, what you were trying to input was Saionji Kinmochi's 1st term as education minister under the 2nd Itō admin, but you accidentally jumped to the 2nd Saionji term under the 3rd Itō admin, so your order is borked.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 17h

I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 21h

I think it might be time to start talking about an SEC Wheel of Derp, at least in the mid-ranks.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 22h

You know that DoorDash commercial where Jameis Winston tries to steal the crab legs would be a lot funnier if he also wasn't, you know, a rapist.

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 22h

the NEH is a ghost of an organization. the NEA's budget is $29 million. I'm not saying this to be pissy, but simply to say that when we rebuild - and we will rebuild - I expect solidarity from my STEM colleagues as we robustly expand research in the arts and humanities as well.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 22h

what the hell is Gus talking about

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Atlanta Hawks star Caitlin Clark on Gameday, huh?

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We are now, without a doubt, the greatest kleptocracy the world has ever known. By virtue of Donald Trump and the Republican Party promising to hate and abuse those people a nation of angry rubes wants to hate and abuse, they have lifted the national wallet and handed it back to the rubes, empty.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

15-20 years ago, ESPN ran an online contest on college football--best mascot or something. Some student at Stanford decided to write a bot script to stuff the online ballot box but over did it and gave them so many votes it was obvious tampering. These are the people who control our internet now.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"This guy's got more moves than a military family" RGIII, you magnificent bastard.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nard-dogg stumping to be ranked after that LOL gtfo.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

WOW. They both tried to Franklin, but Franklin Franklin'd harder.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Don't worry, if this goes in, Narduzzi will just blame the loss on the fact that Notre Dame isn't a full ACC member.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I find Frames Janklin to be generally annoying and he was easy to root against while at Penn State, but he's not hate-inducing, particularly at VT. He's fun to laugh at when he Franklin's. Narduzzi is a hateable dipshit and I will giggle when his team blows this.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Folks, I think PennIowa State sucks.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Seriously, Pitt, that is a junior high-ass logo.

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Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cool book find today. For a museum library I tend, I got a copy of the first US intelligence manual, the 1893 "Service of Security and Information" by Arthur Wagner. The copy turned out to have belonged to M. W. Day, a white officer who spent most of his career w/the 9th Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers).

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm hearing reports of purple kittens.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tom Hiddleston? You mean the nature documentary narrator guy?

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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

just checking the till here Pete, and i think you're missing a rather important one

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This guy really needs to get the Mishima Yukio treatment from any troops forced to listen to him speak.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/09/2026

This is obviously disgusting in so many ways. Gonna highlight one: Servicemember beard exemptions are all on religious or medical grounds. They're either Sikhs (mostly South Asian) or have a skin condition related to shaving curly hair (mostly African American). "No beardos" is racist as hell.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Hey, for our first date, I'll cook. How do you feel about Irish cuisine?"

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You're losing the war you started for no reason, dumbass.

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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh, you mean it fairly compensates artists while providing distribution of their work? "No" Oh...so it must at least separate that distribution from the platforms owned and operated by corporate fascists, then? "No, not that either..." Hmm...what problem is it solving then? "Oh...you know..."

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Missed where the sign on my door that says my title and office hours included "also, this is the guy you talk to if you have problems with the vending machine in the foyer."

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wednesday is "Okakura Tenshin Day" and by that I mean "let's make fun of Okakura Tenshin in class" Day.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just say "Liberty University" it's fine.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Small numbers of minorities who "know their place" is tolerable, if not ideal, for them. White supremacists freak out most when they feel like they are close to becoming the minority--mostly because they expect that other groups will treat them as badly as they treat minorities.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sure, totally makes sense for me to spend 4 hours making a chart tracking the placement of Meiji Genrō in government minister positions for a slide my students will glance at for 30 seconds, 100% worth it.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Been running over time, so I'm editing my lecture slides to trim them down** (**adding new things to talk about)

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Juuust prepping for tomorrow's lecture portion covering the Russo-Japanese War. Found this interesting, no other reason at all. Nope. None.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Makes me giggle that one of USC's best defenders is a safety that couldn't make it on the field other than special teams for ND.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

👇🎯 If you send kids the message that the only majors that are good are business & STEM from the time they’re in middle school, & then you don’t find the humanities & social sciences at the college level, it all becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy & that was clearly the point in the first place.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey Chris Simms, maybe now isn't the time to try make us sympathetic for the defender.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NBC just showed a stat that Oregon was #3 in the nation with 37 (or so) games won in a row while leading at half (they just went into the half up 13-10). Michigan was #1 at 47. Notre Dame second at 41. Michigan was up 10-7 and lost 20-19 today to Iowa. Which means there's a new streak leader.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I say this without even my normal anti-USC fervor.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That was a Night Train Lane style hit. Hasn't been legal in the NFL in decades, forget today's targeting rules.

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Matt @mbunchanumbers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m probably okay if 8 for USC never plays another down tbh

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Criminy USC just killed Dante Moore.

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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh, Wake beat Louisville? The same Wake that went to overtime with Purdue? Huh. The Purdue that...well...you know what happened today.

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