Brad Proctor
@bdproctor.bsky.social
Historian at the Evergreen State College, occasional/lapsed banjo player, IndyCar fan.
Olympia, WA. 🏳️🌈
Olympia, WA. 🏳️🌈
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RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
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been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
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My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
The framework of "AI as normal technology" is useful here, because there is both 0% chance that this will come true based on the ways the technology has repeatedly proved itself to be flawed and limited and ...
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The framework of "AI as normal technology" is useful here, because there is both 0% chance that this will come true based on the ways the technology has repeatedly proved itself to be flawed and limited and ...
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Not only a powerful opening, but a valuable source of information.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Not only a powerful opening, but a valuable source of information.
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A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-... “If a race has no history... it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, & it stands in danger of being exterminated"
A White Historian Claimed That Black People 'Had No History.' This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise
Carter G. Woodson, the "father of Black history," founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a "li...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-... “If a race has no history... it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, & it stands in danger of being exterminated"
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Student in class today asked me what the difference was between a British pound in money versus in weight, which meant I got to quote Nate Bargatze as George Washington: "Nobody knows..."
a group of men in historical costumes with the words nobody knows above them
ALT: a group of men in historical costumes with the words nobody knows above them
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February 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Student in class today asked me what the difference was between a British pound in money versus in weight, which meant I got to quote Nate Bargatze as George Washington: "Nobody knows..."
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
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Surya Bonaly is a multi Olympian, world medalist, euros champion, and French national champion, and did it all during a time when #figureskating wasn’t exactly the friendliest to its skaters of color.
But sure, let’s reduce her to fake news about her doing a (really awesome) one footed backflip.
But sure, let’s reduce her to fake news about her doing a (really awesome) one footed backflip.
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Surya Bonaly is a multi Olympian, world medalist, euros champion, and French national champion, and did it all during a time when #figureskating wasn’t exactly the friendliest to its skaters of color.
But sure, let’s reduce her to fake news about her doing a (really awesome) one footed backflip.
But sure, let’s reduce her to fake news about her doing a (really awesome) one footed backflip.
It's weird to be so deeply nostalgic for the US military propaganda film Hunt for Red October where a Soviet looking to defect is so excited about getting to drive from state to state with "no papers."
The Senate will vote on the SAVE America Act (voter ID/ proof of citizenship) in the “not so distant future,” Thune says
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
It's weird to be so deeply nostalgic for the US military propaganda film Hunt for Red October where a Soviet looking to defect is so excited about getting to drive from state to state with "no papers."
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT
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I don’t know what AI dot com is but that logo is a ripoff of the old Saturn logo
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I don’t know what AI dot com is but that logo is a ripoff of the old Saturn logo
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My almost 105 year old abuelita-in-law is VERY excited for Bad Bunny. She came from the island, and for her entire life, she’s been an American citizen! Voted for FDR! 🇵🇷🇺🇸
February 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
My almost 105 year old abuelita-in-law is VERY excited for Bad Bunny. She came from the island, and for her entire life, she’s been an American citizen! Voted for FDR! 🇵🇷🇺🇸
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That’s the sound of every history department updating the “careers” tab on their website.
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
That’s the sound of every history department updating the “careers” tab on their website.
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Well, the Patriots literally allow their jets to be used for ICE deportations.
I can't explain it but the Seahawks are the anti-facist team.
February 9, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Well, the Patriots literally allow their jets to be used for ICE deportations.
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Did…Mike Tyson just call me fat because RFK Jr paid him to? WTF
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Did…Mike Tyson just call me fat because RFK Jr paid him to? WTF
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Watching bad bunny from São Paulo is an experience
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Watching bad bunny from São Paulo is an experience