David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 28/05/2025He’s not leaning right because of Trump. He’s leaning right because he wants to win the 2028 Presidential election. 010
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 28/05/2025The entertaining part is that there’s no plausible ABM system that would defend the US without also defending Canada. I realize this is beside the point but I thought I’d mention it. 210
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 26/05/2025I subscribe to the Times and as part of that subscription I’d appreciate it if they didn’t punch themselves in the face quite so often. 010
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Heheheh. I appreciate the passive aggressive smack of Jeff Bezos. 020
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Someone noted that Trump thinks it’s always 1979 & that’s the source of some of his weird ideas. When I heard about the Alcatraz thing, I joked to my lovely spouse that it was because Clint Eastwood's “Escape from Alcatraz” came out in 1979. Haha! Welp! www.yahoo.com/news/where-t...yahoo.comTrump Seems to Have Decided to Reopen Alcatraz Because of a MovieIs this how the president of the United States is making major decisions now? 020
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 28/04/2025The Times doesn't really know the history of town hall meetings in America, does it? "respectful town-hall conversation Americans venerate" Town hall meetings have often been raucous, loud, intemperate, and generally non-Norman Rockwellish. From www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/n...nytimes.comRough Night for Republican at Town Hall in N.Y. Swing DistrictRepresentative Mike Lawler faced shouts, groans and mockery at a high school auditorium in Rockland County. 000
Reposted by David SilbeyMari Silbey @msilbey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Everyone will recognize the musical theater tropes Shmigadoon gets right. I suspect fewer will hear all of the musical riffs on classic showtunes they manage to fit in. Having been in Carousel, Oklahoma, and Music Man (once upon a time), I definitely chuckled. 101
Reposted by David SilbeyJames Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I like The Pitt fine, i would not oversell it, but this piece makes an interesting argument: better to do a mild innovation on a ‘90s TV formula than a formulaic variation on ‘00s TV innovations newrepublic.com/article/1882...newrepublic.comThe Pitt Is a Defiantly Different Hospital DramaWhile streaming shows often fall into bloated storytelling, HBO’s latest has the pace and drama of classic television. 7446
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 14/01/2025There go a whole wave of “higher ed death spiral” op-eds. www-chronicle-com.proxy.library.cor… 010
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 14/01/20251. Your students googling something you just said that you're only 98% sure of; 2. Plugging the laptop into the projector when you've forgotten to close your gradebook; 3. Turning the page of an ancient archival document and having it tear in half with a room-silencing noise. 010
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Follow up: Sir, can you name a country the US has not attacked? 010
Reposted by David SilbeyKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12/01/2025What a wonderful story about @edgarmcgregor.bsky.sociallocalnewspasadena.comHow Two Words from a 24-Year-Old Pasadena Climate Specialist Saved Hundreds of Lives - Local News PasadenaEdgar McGregor’s timely Eaton Fire alert: ‘Get out!’ 30930262
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 10/01/2025The dream of every scholar. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/style/pa… 010
Reposted by David SilbeySMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Richard Overy, who was to deliver the Marshall lecture this afternoon, has had his flight diverted by illness on board. @milhistlee.bsky.social will instead give a paper on The Cutting Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800 #AHA25 093
Reposted by David SilbeyBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Guys, C-SPAN is momentarily in a state of lawless anarchy. 374185423225
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I read an end of year "useful ideas" list which included Dawkins' Law ("intrinsically simpler" disciplines use artificially dense jargon to hide their simplicity). Physics was celebrated for using "simple terms when possible," by contrast with Judith Butler in all her postmodern glory. 100
Reposted by David SilbeyMilitary Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Join us in April 2025 for the 1st of 3 events funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social via @sshmedicine.bsky.social The first being hosted by the Uni of Birmingham (UK) and also supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social A keynote by Brian K. Feltman of @mhptpodcast.bsky.social #milwelfhist #WW1 #FWW 13428
Reposted by David SilbeySMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Hi everyone, the Society for Military History is pleased to be here and contribute to this space. Join us as we work to advance the study of military history! www.smh-hq.orgsmh-hq.orgWelcome to the Society for Military HistoryHome page of the Society for Military History 410641
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Jimmy Carter was an interesting combination. A great man and a terrible President. Maybe those two things are related. RIP Lt. Carter 010
Reposted by David SilbeyNiléane @mastodon.nileane.fr · 24/12/2024This German meme was just brought to my attention and I feel obligated to reshare it here Frohe Weihnachten 9561572567
Reposted by David SilbeyPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Headline of the Year contest starts tomorrow. Here are the winners from previous contests: 451377522
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Took my military history class from Cornell in Washington to the Air and Space museum at Udvar Hazy. Lots of great things, including the space shuttle. 010
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Oof. Boeing not in a good place. www.seattletimes.com/business/boein… (Edited 11:48 AM via @skeetsapp.com) 000
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Quoted in the Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...wsj.comEssay | The Angry Iraq Vets Who Want to Upend U.S. Foreign PolicyTulsi Gabbard, JD Vance and Pete Hegseth came back from service in the Global War on Terrorism determined to change America’s role in the world 010
Reposted by David SilbeyAnton Hur @antonhur.com · 04/12/2024Retreating soldier from failed National Assembly infiltration operation bowing several times in apology to a protester who then thanks him for doing the right thing by following the law and retreating, and shouts after him that we are all peers under democracy 🥹youtube.com죄송하다 수차례 인사하는 계엄군! 국민을 지켜줘 감사합니다YouTube video by 이슈카톡 130265
Reposted by David Silbeysarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 04/12/20246 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...theverge.com6 hours under martial law in SeoulOn the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building 25177072232
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 03/12/2024McSweeneys for the win, as always: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-f...mcsweeneys.netA Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the SemesterDear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ... 000
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Recommending an article a few months old on the US vaccine psyop in the Philippines during COVID. Well worth reading. www.reuters.com/investigates...reuters.comPentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccinesThe covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain. 010
David Silbey @silbey.bsky.social · 02/12/2024An always entertaining list: medium.com/@tomwhitwell...medium.com52 things I learned in 2024This year I took a sabbatical, recorded a podcast with Freakonomics, designed and shipped a tiny modular synthesiser, and learned many learnings. Tom Whitwell designs open source music electronics as… 030
