Brent S. Sirota
@brentsirota.bsky.social
Time-lag accumulator. Professor of History at NC State University. I write about church & state in the long eighteenth century Atlantic world.
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Durham NC, I just had an encounter with the border patrol. Here is the video. I chased them off. Stay safe out there. @siembranc.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Durham NC, I just had an encounter with the border patrol. Here is the video. I chased them off. Stay safe out there. @siembranc.bsky.social
There's now an elaborate Tolkien-esque mythos of grievances, from which he freely draws but now seldom bothers to explain, that must be absolutely mystifying to almost all normal people.
Trump: "They had restrictions on water. It comes down from heaven. You want to wash your hands, or like me, you wash your hair. I lather up. There's no water. I won't mention the 3rd item in the bc I always get criticized. If you don't know what I'm talking about you shouldn't be owning a McDonalds"
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
There's now an elaborate Tolkien-esque mythos of grievances, from which he freely draws but now seldom bothers to explain, that must be absolutely mystifying to almost all normal people.
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Charlotte-Mecklebburg Schools, according to reports, saw 15% of its students absent today amid Border Patrol operations in Charlotte. If that percentage of 15% happens Tuesday in Wake County due to the Border Patrol coming to Raleigh, 24.000 students could be absent from school. #nced #ncpol #wcpss
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Gisle Røen Johansen :: Kveldsragg
aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/11/16/g...
... welding spiritual jazz, icy ECM, martial prog and no-wave noise into an improbable, and emotionally stirring, unity.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/11/16/g...
... welding spiritual jazz, icy ECM, martial prog and no-wave noise into an improbable, and emotionally stirring, unity.
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Gisle Røen Johansen :: Kveldsragg
aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/11/16/g...
... welding spiritual jazz, icy ECM, martial prog and no-wave noise into an improbable, and emotionally stirring, unity.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2022/11/16/g...
... welding spiritual jazz, icy ECM, martial prog and no-wave noise into an improbable, and emotionally stirring, unity.
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She's a Nazi, don't give her any credit you fucking morons.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Promoting H-1B visas to replace American jobs, bringing in 600k Chinese students to replace American students' opportunities -- those are not America first positions. I would love to see Air Force One stay home and there be nothing but a focus in the WH on a domestic agenda"
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
She's a Nazi, don't give her any credit you fucking morons.
A very happy birthday to the great @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social, one of the best ever to do it.
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A very happy birthday to the great @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social, one of the best ever to do it.
SML made a better Tortoise album this year than Tortoise did.
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
SML made a better Tortoise album this year than Tortoise did.
Pluribus is socialism versus the apocalyptic Karen and I fucking love it.
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Pluribus is socialism versus the apocalyptic Karen and I fucking love it.
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“I’m a Grok guy” is the single most embarrassing phrase ever uttered in the course of human history.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“I’m a Grok guy” is the single most embarrassing phrase ever uttered in the course of human history.
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
Absolutely lovely piece by Grayson Haver Currin on the meaning and legacy of Basinski's Disintegration Loops. I was definitely one of those people for whom this became the sound of 9/11.
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Absolutely lovely piece by Grayson Haver Currin on the meaning and legacy of Basinski's Disintegration Loops. I was definitely one of those people for whom this became the sound of 9/11.
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pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
Killer album, but I have been walking around all week singing "Perseverance Flow, it's a put on" to the tune "Eminence Front."
Natural Information Society :: Perseverance Flow
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/12/n...
Perseverance Flow does everything its title promises. It perseveres, certainly, moving with a stubborn intent in a way that feels both mechanical and wholly organic . . .
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/11/12/n...
Perseverance Flow does everything its title promises. It perseveres, certainly, moving with a stubborn intent in a way that feels both mechanical and wholly organic . . .
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Killer album, but I have been walking around all week singing "Perseverance Flow, it's a put on" to the tune "Eminence Front."
Incredible payoff to electing a bunch of Qanon adherents.
Boebert was called to the WH, but from what she said after the meeting, the pressure had the opposite effect. She says she's now more convinced than ever that a massive coverup is taking place.
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Incredible payoff to electing a bunch of Qanon adherents.
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I do not think we need a strong child-molesting party
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I do not think we need a strong child-molesting party
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Conservatives endeavored over the last 50 years to prove, once and for all, that communal public goods were impossible and that economic life is functionally zero sum and built on an exploitive hierarchy of winners and losers.
That they are shocked their kids applied this to race and religion? lol
That they are shocked their kids applied this to race and religion? lol
Rod Dreher putting on a hot dog costume as he sits down to type this out..
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Conservatives endeavored over the last 50 years to prove, once and for all, that communal public goods were impossible and that economic life is functionally zero sum and built on an exploitive hierarchy of winners and losers.
That they are shocked their kids applied this to race and religion? lol
That they are shocked their kids applied this to race and religion? lol
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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Absolute queen shit
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Absolute queen shit
The entire premise of 30 Rock was that Tina Fey somehow wasn't stunning.
What’s your all time favorite Hollywood Homely fail? When a woman is meant to be unattractive but she’s gorgeous. Thinking of how Safety Not Guaranteed has a key moment where a man’s ex is in the script old and no longer attractive and she’s a knockout who the movie still plays as old.
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The entire premise of 30 Rock was that Tina Fey somehow wasn't stunning.
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"Republicans are keeping the government closed, starving kids, and making you miss your Thanksgiving flights because they want your healthcare costs to go through the roof" is actually a pretty effective message for Democrats
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Republicans are keeping the government closed, starving kids, and making you miss your Thanksgiving flights because they want your healthcare costs to go through the roof" is actually a pretty effective message for Democrats
A cynical operator trying to alienate from Trump from Vance might engineer a story like this. Like Queen Elizabeth I, I can't imagine Trump can abide much talk of succession.
Vance is the frontrunner for 2028, Rubio privately confides
President Donald Trump has repeatedly named Vance and Rubio as his two most likely successors.
www.politico.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A cynical operator trying to alienate from Trump from Vance might engineer a story like this. Like Queen Elizabeth I, I can't imagine Trump can abide much talk of succession.
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If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE