Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 27/09/2026weather has been bad in new york so spent last night in LA 010 1
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 28/08/2026love this sentence from the preface to the 2nd edition of Edgerton’s The Shock of the Old 000 0
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026eating lunch and this guy won’t stop staring at me 000 0
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026absolutely hilarious that Wemby smiled for the kid’s selfie but the kid fumbled and didn’t get Wemby in the frame 1113 11
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 19/05/2026finished grading in a 3-hour sprint this morning so spending the day with these two: 030 3
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I picked a great book to bring (and actually read!): CRACK-UP CAPITALISM by @quinnslobodian.com I went thru Liechtenstein yesterday on train to Zürich. In Vienna, I visited the Albertina, which houses the Batliner Collection. Herbert Batliner, a Liechtensteiner lawyer, was a pioneer in tax evasion. 010 1
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 22/04/2026apple strudel in custard with plum sauce might be my new favorite dessert 020 2
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 17/04/2026those of us who read @scottjshapiro.bsky.social’s book were prepared for this 1236 23
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 16/04/2026“One committee member cited colleges’ tolerance of inclusive legal positivism as fundamental to the decline in the public’s trust of higher education.” @scottjshapiro.bsky.social 👀 (parody not an actual quote) 2251 25
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 09/04/2026In the LRB, Tom Johnson reviews a new book on work in early modern England www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... 021 2
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 09/04/2026In the NYRB, Trevor Jackson reviews James Chappel’s GOLDEN YEARS and @tghilarducci.bsky.social’s WORK, RETIRE, REPEAT www.nybooks.com/articles/202... 011 1
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Financial Times: “The global wave of energy rationing” www.ft.com/content/a9f5... 010 1
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Alexander von Humboldt called Lake Atitlán “the most beautiful lake in the world.” Aldous Huxley wrote “Atitlán is Lake Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing.” I’ve never visited Lake Como, but Atitlán is spectacular. 120 2
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Foreign Policy magazine interviewed Ofir Akunis, the consul general of Israel in New York, and wow… foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/19/i... 001 1
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Advisor: How’s the dissertation chapter coming along? PhD student: Very complete, pretty much. 000 0
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Last time I was here (McCarren Park), the grass was GREEN and LUSH. Now look at it! This is what happens when you elect a SOCIALIST as MAYOR! 110 1
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 03/03/2026wait, are WE the violent religious extremists??? open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... 000 0
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Reading @dbessner.bsky.social’s introductory chapter to his and @mbrenes.bsky.social’s new edited volume. From the intro: “The central tension of Cold War liberals’ domestic project was that progress came at the cost of liberalism.” 020 2
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Mamdani agonizing over ordering drone strikes on cars violating the ban on non-essential travel 000 0
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 20/02/2026sat down and realized I had an amazing mug/book combo @quinnslobodian.com 030 3
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 04/02/202660 percent of Americans have basic morality poll.qu.edu/poll-release... 110 1
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 30/01/2026“a great and unlimited future with ‘TRUMP’” what does that even mean lol 000 0
Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 30/01/2026no notes. most Trumpy reasoning possible for selecting a Fed Chair lol www.wsj.com/economy/cent... 000 0
