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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i've never read this book, who's "right"? goldhagen or browning (i know this is a silly question to ask online, but i'm curious as to where the scholarship is today?)

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

hey historians! i am doing an independent study with a student about the holocaust, they are currently reading ORDINARY MEN by Browning, but I would love to point them to other books or articles that would be essential reading - do you have any suggestions?

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

the trade was actually a bad idea and the commissioner has vetoed it because i was being preyed upon for my lack of ball knowledge

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

who's playing fantasy football? tell me if this trade is a good idea? should i give up walker?

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

this book is one of the best books i've ever read

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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm starting to suspect that my tax dollars are going to munitions I'll never use, either

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

i've seen the odyssey twice and i desperately wish i was on the berkeley campus so i could pester @carlosfnorena.bsky.social about it 😭 carlos what did you think of it?

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

In a state where everyone loves tacos and the Democratic candidate doesn’t have the same level of name recognition as the Republican one, the Republican is running an ad campaign associating the Democrat with tacos? It's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see if it pays off for them

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

will this iran deal lead to lindsey graham crying on live television? please i ask god for so little.

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

looking to read more popular history/nonfiction books about sports, any suggestions? especially looking for american football, soccer, or basketball books. currently reading this by sam anderson and i love it.

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Sunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Let's win this. Early voting is open now, and the primary is June 23rd. If you're in NY-10, make sure to cast your ballots for Brad Lander!

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Sunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Brad Lander doesn't want billionaires in Congress or NYC, because that money is better spent on healthcare, education, and childcare for real New Yorkers. While Dan Goldman has put donors and special interests first, Brad has always fought for New York City.

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

i index books as a side gig: 1) make sure to focus on your subentries 2) index your intro and conclusion first 3) then go chapter by chapter 4) index the most important things, do not try to create an exhaustive concordance

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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It is publication day for my book, White Power: Policing American Slavery. Here’s the unboxing, with a trip down memory lane. Thanks so much to those who helped make this a reality, esp. my amazing agent Dani Segelbaum, @dgershenowitz.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

i love when i'm listening to a rendition of the battle hymn of the republic and the the lyrics are: "as he died to make men holy/let us live to make men free" instead of: "as he died to make men holy/let us die to make men free"

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

i asked this over on twitter and got some good recs, but i'd like more: what's the gayest novel you've read? (not just asking for explicitly romance novel recs, but specifically novels that you think hate heteronormativity to the spine).

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

just read blake crouch's dark matter and recursion. i liked the latter a lot more, but i lowkey hate his writing style lmao...any better sci-fi recs?

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

since finishing my phd i've been reading more fiction, and now in 2026 i've already finished 26 books, all fiction. pure bliss.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Statement from the family of Alex Pretti.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 25/01/2026

"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution

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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking. I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. — W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It’s like they read the grievances and thought, “wow,whoever this guy is, he sounds awesome.”

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

if i want my kids to write about the fall of the roman republic and the rise of the empire...what sources should they absolutely read? primary or secondary? i am kicking myself for never taking a roman history class in college.

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

made a chai spice box (from top left: black peppercorn, tulsi, candied ginger, rose petals, assam tea, fennel, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom)

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the hot dam historian (phd) @varsha.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

always ready to give out recs. first check out this list of islay scotches from my spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Whisk(e)y

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 19/06/2025

I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.

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