Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialEdouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 14hyou can't make that up! I am so ashamed to be american. 021
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13hAfter Princeton ditched her, McGill scooped her up and she taught there from 1988-2002, proving again that McGill is, as Heated Rivalry said, "a really good school." 622027
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026⚾️ Jake Bauers of the Milwaukee Brewers says he decided not to retire because his wife was pregnant and they needed health insurance. In the richest country in the world. It doesn’t have to be like this. #MedicareForAllNOW 431242427
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialConnor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Many, many people are surprised to learn" this principally because it isn't true. Montesquieu is cited more times (11) in more essays (4) than Plutarch (3, 3). Heck, the Abbé de Mably is cited as often as Plutarch. And what do citations even tell us? Locke isn't cited at all... 1517747
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialChris ❤️🔥🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🏴 @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I can personally vouch for most of these, especially and particularly Latin, Greek, German, French and Spanish. 😩 2211
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 06/10/2026please give me the democratic party of republican fearmongering, part one million 181689194
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026However good you think this is going to be, it’s better. Steve just has Alito dead to rights. 11729134
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialSmall Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What. 5486252712
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialStephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Majority Leader John Thune already said earlier this summer that the Senate would jam through a successor in the lame duck if the Senate flips and a justice retires. 313838
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialJjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation” 182474847
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Friday. 521351
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialp'ting BOO 💜 @harryisquite.gay · 27/09/2026me on casualty: 0205
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not 7065721333
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialDragon Age Codex @dragonagecodex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I will prove that having an orgy on the top floor of the Circle tower every full moon is better than diplomacy. 02913
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialBioWare Problems @biowareproblems.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 0307
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 18/09/2026Never forget that for many of these tech billionaire creeps, "disrupt" has always just meant "break the fucking law." 5543186
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A thunderstorm enhances the reading experience by at least 52%. 2594288
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 18/09/2026“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.” Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331) 441101293
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialRanch hand hardwood 👻🎃🦇 @midwestguy185.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Psychics doing a reading: 0161
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Canada reached a trade agreement with us, the President blew it up for no reason while threatening to annex them, and Congress didn't do squat about either. It sucks, it's objectively bad for America, but WaPo is outright lying that "spite" is driving Canada's policy. It's the only rational choice. 211189222
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The next reconstruction: - Expand the House to 700 Seats - Use MMP to create a multi-party system with PR - Use RCV for US Senate elections - End the filibuster + add DC - Limit the power of the Supreme Court - Expand the court to 13 Justices - Term limits and ethics rules for the court 1271966439
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialAnthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026hell yeah 3748
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’m on a quiz show that only tapes 46 days a year and even I think this schedule is a little light. 412168294
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialAnthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026writing a paragraph this stupid is a great way to get St James, the patron saint of the vast pilgrimage economy of the Middle Ages, mad at u 1037175
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11/09/2026shit like this is why i say the press are a bunch of chickenshits. "oh they yelled at us so we just dumped it on youtube" you fucking cowards, air it anyways and dare them to sue you then put the threats in the court record. air a title card saying "THE US GOVERNMENT ORDERED THIS NOT AIR", come on 472082442
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Another high profile resignation from leading AI company Anthropic. This is the warning to the world he wrote this evening on Twitter. "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." 29783343
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialJust Joshua @noshayminthat.bsky.social · 06/09/202610/10 no notes. 1172
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/09/2026No fucking shit buddy. This is what we were trying to tell you. 966135442212
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is insane. And I have to imagine it’s wildly illegal. 27482108
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.social🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry. 9699563085
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialBobert @bobertonbluesky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I mean, at this point, future historians will have to conclude that Trvmp sacked and laid waste to DC. It certainly fucking feels like it. 051
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialleemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"...the legacy media’s obsession w/ Hillary Clinton’s emails created the false impression that, between her and Donald Trump, she was most corrupt...It almost certainly cost her the election. It may yet cost us constitutional democracy." More succinctly put, "Sorry, it’s bullshit." 25911
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I had bet the court would rule east wing demolition and ballroom construction were illegal only after it was too late, purporting to preempt a Dem president from tearing down the ballroom in 2029. Now a new possibility: nobody has standing to sue in 2026; Trump has standing to sue in 2029. 2525366
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Republicans don’t need to distance themselves from the neo-Nazi who owns a child porn machine, was in the government and spends millions on elections. Democrats need to distance themselves from the streamer who sometimes endorses Democrats. Makes sense! 11511136
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026newrepublic.com/post/214770/... 13952002217
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026it is in fact just the media, which has devoted more attention to this than it has to the fact that multiple republican lawmakers are dealing with “we hired nazis” scandals and that the “we hired nazis” problem extends to the white house 17357561333
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialNot a Moderate Democrat @gottastory.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I am here for THIS! 0353
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialDaily Mothra ʚïɞ @dailymothra.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Today's Daily Mothra! 🦋 🎥 "Rebirth of Mothra" (1996) 14412
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialStephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”. 282115142168
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialLiberator_hen @lisatea.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Good morning Bluesky. 261799302
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialAyce @flyincasual.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Is he... ya know 🫳 716714
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Imagine being so hated that every single time someone famous dies there are millions of people mourning the fact that it wasn't you. 352175452
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.social𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026So called “tolerant” liberals not so tolerant of fascism, much to think about 1051865
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A state grand jury found the DeSantis admin "misappropriated" taxpayer money when it diverted $10 million from a Medicaid settlement into the Hope Florida Foundation, arguing the transfer was "part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities," according to the sealed grand jury report.cbsnews.comGrand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope FloridaA Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes. 2182347884
Reposted by @witchhistorian.bsky.socialWendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 25/08/2026damn straight "Roberts is antidemocratic to his core, and he’s been happy to help Trump hasten the death of the constitutional order. He should be forever reviled for it" 20903212
