Eric Rauchway
@rauchway.bsky.social
Historian & author of seven books on US history including WHY THE NEW DEAL MATTERS and WINTER WAR: HOOVER, ROOSEVELT, AND THE FIRST CLASH OVER THE NEW DEAL. Florida man. Keep Bluesky weird. http://ericrauchway.com pfp by Daniel Mackie
Tbf that’s consistent with education in many other areas of knowledge about world affairs
Ulrike Franke@rikefranke.bsky.social · 17h ago“One recent British cabinet member admitted the west had been “crap” at educating its public about the scale of the hybrid conflict with Russia.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 2d agoWe are told that humanities majors are dropping; hence universities don’t hire tenure line humanities faculty. Yet, computer science has lost colossal #s of majors; by the logic applied to humanities, one would expect a corresponding drop in tenure-line positions. But is this happening?
My book which is partly about the Ford Foundation is out in November and that is 100% true. Ford had little interest in charity, he wanted a tax sheltered place for shares after he died
🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 4d agoAmazing moment. Coinbase's CEO says he doesn't believe in charity because " If you look at like the Ford Foundation, I think Henry Ford would be like turning over in his grave."
thankfully we have all learned a valuable lesson and will recalibrate our views accordingly
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4d agoHe ran the kind of government that US centrists fondly envision, and as a result, he was a total failure, everyone hated him, and no one will miss him.
Back in 1987, Steinem wrote about Dolly. Seems appropriate to share today.
Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (January 1987)
Woman of the Year Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (From the January 1987 issue of Ms. Magazine)
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I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem
[The] “best parts include Ullrich’s discussion of the absence of a “firewall” against the inclusion of Frick in the government in Thuringia. Worryingly, this is also the part of the book that echoes most closely with our own times.”
Eric Rauchway@rauchway.bsky.social · 4d ago'for years new English-language histories of Weimar were rare. As with so much else, Donald Trump has changed this entirely. The Weimar Republic is back'
'for years new English-language histories of Weimar were rare. As with so much else, Donald Trump has changed this entirely. The Weimar Republic is back'
The wages of defeat
How Germany tried and failed to respond to the First World War
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"'Beaton places particular emphasis on the idea of the “rule of law” or “equality before the law” as the greatest Greek gift to Europe'
Marathon to Mariupol
Europe as a unifying identity
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"According to Brooke Nichols ... cuts to PEPFAR cost more than a hundred and seventy-five thousand lives within a year—nearly a quarter of the approximately seven hundred and eighty thousand deaths caused by Trump’s foreign-aid cutbacks as a whole."
George W. Bush’s Code of Silence
He lovingly paints immigrants, praises free trade and diplomacy, and rues the coarsening of American politics. Why won’t he talk about Donald Trump?
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“But the problem is not that Trump is mad, but that he’s utterly predictable. His ramblings on his Truth Social platform may be incoherent, but the broad framework in which he operates is consistent: he is a bully.”
Madmen and Realists
US foreign policy under Trump and beyond
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The Wiener Holocaust Library@wienerlibrary.bsky.social · last wk.📣 Work with us! We are seeking an individual with experience of digitising library and/or archival collections to join us as a Digitisation Officer to digitise our globally significant collections and support reader services. Find out more and apply: buff.ly/zV98PS8
Science has determined: - the Median Baltimore Orioles player - the Median Tampa Bay Rays player
Listening to a Beatles comp with Eleanor Rigby and Paperback Writer and Get Back on it, and remembering Mull of Kintyre and thinking that if, as a songwriter, you’re reaching for a third chord, Paul McCartney thinks you’re weak.
Paul McCartney of The Beatles Rolls Eyes
ALT: Paul McCartney of The Beatles Rolls Eyes
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This is the first time I've ever seen someone say the Civil War was fought over processed foods
Our age of silicon is coming to an end
I recently interviewed a traveller from an antique land. Their experience in arid environments with sizable, defunct monumental sculpture (sans torso) stuck with me. While they didn't get the position, here's three key takeaways they taught me about the fleeting nature of earthly power 👇
Top 5 Most Embarrassing & Humiliating Capitulations to Trump/MAGA: 5. Klein's Charlie Kirk essay ("he did politics the right way") 4. white-shoe law firms' "deal" with Trump 3. Columbia's "deal" with Trump (my god, this one) 2. Google's hydronyms 1. gleeful attendance of press at WHCA dinner
It’s difficult to argue with this, tbh
Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · last wk.In the midst of an awful lot of ever-so-sophisticated equivocating and oh-so-thoughtful-chin-stroking and too-clever-by-half-over-thinking, I just want to say, simply and unequivocally and for the record: The Resistance Libs Were Right.
Democrats need to hear him out. Perhaps live, at the RNC midterms convention in Dallas, on stage with Ken Paxton
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · last wk.TRUMP SAYS HE IS CONSIDERING CHANGING THE NAME OF THE ATLANTIC OR PACIFIC OCEAN.
“Without a declaration of war and without warning or justification of any kind, civilians, including vast numbers of women and children, are being ruthlessly murdered” FDR 10/5/37
Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · last wk."My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica...The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” -Jennifer Nelson (quoted in the linked booklet, alongside other extraordinary pieces)
"My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica...The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” -Jennifer Nelson (quoted in the linked booklet, alongside other extraordinary pieces)
Stacey Burns@wentrogue.bsky.social · last wk.Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art
Henry has as always interesting stuff to say but as for techno-optimists: I would find them more credible* if they were championing offline open source LLMs *ObBluesky explainer: I DIDN’T SAY “MORAL” OR “RIGHT,” JUST CREDIBLE
The Acemoglu Wars Are All About AI
Regarding that Economist article ...
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