Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 51mI'm half-British and half-Thai. A random right-winger verbally racially abused me in the street for no reason at all. That same man was in my A&E ward a couple of days later due to a cardiac arrest. I was the doctor who saved him. There's a moral in that story somewhere. 1227230
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 8hThey don't believe that women have a right to bodily autonomy. 0325
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 20hJust saw the last episode of TED LASSO, and damn. Those writers deserve all the praise along with the cast for bringing that to the small screen. Simply brilliant. 010
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I see he is trying to go all George C Scott portraying Patton with that background. George did it better, obviously. 000
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026HEDY LAMARR escaped from her Nazi husband by disguising herself as her own maid, became a top actress in Hollywood, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes - the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth and GPS technology. Helluva lady. 472022452
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Does ESPN really have to shove McAfee on everything? I am getting sick of him. 000
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialJake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don’t wanna hear SHIT about woke run amok when protesting genocide gets you banned from campus and sexual assault gets you an apology letter. 61202307
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yeah who needs teachers or social workers? 020
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters. 12595236
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialWaitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 28/09/2026No...for reenactments to be...realistic, there need to be people being horribly maimed and killed. Everything else is sanitized cosplay. And you don't need Nazis for cosplay. The Clean Wehrmacht is the cockroach of historical myths. 1711420
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialDr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And yet again I must trot out the science major in a history of science class when I was an undergrad, who didn't understand why it was useful to know about why people had ideas that had turned out to be wrong. That was the day I learned a lot about why the world is so messed up. 191
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Can easily be done but strip away all prep courses like English or speech and also eliminate all Gen Ed's. Which many institutions are already trying to do. 010
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And...gonna borrow this sucker. Thanks!!! 010
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026These fraudsters are paying money every month to have health insurance but don't use it? Clearly they are fraudsters, who they are defrauding, is yet to be determined, but we have to stop them, for reasons. 020
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialCatherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 26/09/2026AfD and CDU councillors in actionbbc.co.ukGerman town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victimsGermany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal". 54618
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution. 562272532
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 08/07/2026When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted". 681853430
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Add pillage to rape and suddenly it has a certain air of knock-about fun. —David Mitchell (2009) Thinking about adding this amazing quote to my business card. 000
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Could he be misstating that he wants to do it in OP, or Original Pronunciation and thinks that is Olde English? 100
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Someone should ask a simple follow up "Can you please explain how insurance works?" 010
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I swear faculty can be some of the stupidest people at a university. Like, you read an email that says, click this link and tell us if you will do something or not, and instead of doing that you reply all to tell everyone your answer. Really? How stupid are you. The urge to reply is strong. 000
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have been in utter pain most of yesterday and especially today b/c my lower back is messed up. What did I do to get here? Well I moved to a different couch yesterday to watch some football. That is it. I have my body so damn much, whoever designed it needs to be fired from their job. 010
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My whole career the Humanities seem to have been curled up in a defensive crouch trying to justify our meaning/existence. At times it has even seemed a productive thought exercise, but I think generally whatever body has demanded the justification is not really open to being persuaded of anything. 15973137
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 336185365066
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026US policymakers must avoid the temptation to rebuild US science by mimicking China and going all in on STEM. That would be a mistake. We also need social science and humanities that makes sense of great technological change like AI. Thats part of US scientific tradition worth keeping. 520048
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialJoanne Roulston, MSW, JD @ottawakiwi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Irish President Connolly is saying what the world needs to hear. Decency, clarity, honesty. 02718
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This afternoon I have to go to the DMV to renew my license, something I had been putting off and dreading to do, since the DMV might be the 8th circle of hell. I was in and out within 5 min. Not sure how that happened, but I will take it. 110
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026static.klipy.comMr Bean Makes a Funny Face and WavesALT: Mr Bean Makes a Funny Face and Waves 000
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just watched COYOTE VS ACME, and it was soo good. Very nostalgic and done in such a way to make it seem serious and also harken back to the origins of Looney Tunes, which I really appreciate. 121
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The White House just announced that if Trump and the GOP retain the House and Senate in Nov they will release the true meaning of the Voynich Manuscript. Vote wisely. 010
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026After a bit of time thinking about it, I am also leaving Ed Sheeren's tour. 020
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Can we also give some respect to the amazing work he did on the Carol Burnett Show? Those costumes are iconic and helped to make that show what it was. 111
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder - despite our neverending National Conversation™️ - that there are <exactly zero> societal institutions that are <more protective> of free speech & viewpoint diversity & the marketplace of ideas than colleges & universities. 220942
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You know it is Fall when I am editing University Senate Policies while watching football at the same time. Good times to be had. (hint: not really) 000
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Don't worry Arch Manning you will still get a ton of undeserved praise and hype next week, not because your are playing well, but b/c of your last name, and the narrative has already been written and that can never change. 000
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Still trying to figure out how someone at ESPN thought, since people, apparently, were complaining about the scroll at the bottom of the screen, we can get rid of that. But instead replace it with a list of who is broadcasting the game and then highlight their name when they talk. Being a good idea. 101
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026This is a tax guy. His advice could be the difference between someone having their assets seized & maybe going to jail, or not. Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss 2234811350
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I don't think this Oregon team is that good. 000
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialAuthor Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Some music for your Saturday 812343
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialVince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"There will be no more elections in the future in which we lose even a single vote.” Joseph Goebbels, Dec 4 1932. 38804311
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Konstantin Spork, give me back me legions!!!! 000
Reposted by @proffrisch.bsky.socialAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The way I’m tempted to purchase… 9764
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I just fell down a textbook rabbit hole. Since using a new book was cobbling together old slides with new textbook format and there was some discrepancy with a date for the first railroad in England. Old said 1820, new said 1825, even older textbook, 1804. Three textbooks 3 different dates. 100
proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Today I was prepping to give a big lecture tomorrow at Penn State. Excited about this. To be fair I work there and do this multiple times a week, but still. 030