Bubbles the Vampire
@bubblesvampire.bsky.social
Recovering university history prof now corporate sell out, miniatures/war gamer, duplicate bridge player, traveler, music lover, cheese fanatic, OG Pooligan.
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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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The irony of Turning Point USA is that when it was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery, their two main policies to push were against gun control and zero COVID restrictions.
Montgomery died of COVID / Kirk died by gun violence.
Montgomery died of COVID / Kirk died by gun violence.
a man and a boy are posing for a picture and the man is wearing a shirt that says aero
ALT: a man and a boy are posing for a picture and the man is wearing a shirt that says aero
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December 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The irony of Turning Point USA is that when it was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery, their two main policies to push were against gun control and zero COVID restrictions.
Montgomery died of COVID / Kirk died by gun violence.
Montgomery died of COVID / Kirk died by gun violence.
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🚨New episode🚨- the Battles of Ligny and Quatre-Bras, Napoleon’s final gamble begins! Special guest & author Gareth Glover GloverGareth joins the show to discuss these twin battles fought a few days before Waterloo in 1815. open.spotify.com/episode/0xyt...
December 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🚨New episode🚨- the Battles of Ligny and Quatre-Bras, Napoleon’s final gamble begins! Special guest & author Gareth Glover GloverGareth joins the show to discuss these twin battles fought a few days before Waterloo in 1815. open.spotify.com/episode/0xyt...
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The states' rights party is at it again.
December 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The states' rights party is at it again.
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Chris Rea, a versatile, Grammy-nominated British singer-songwriter died on Monday at 74. His hits included the sentimental ballad “Driving Home for Christmas.”
Chris Rea, Grammy-Nominated Singer of ‘Driving Home for Christmas,’ Dies at 74
The Blues-influenced singer and guitarist built a lasting career, particularly in Europe, with hits that included “Driving Home for Christmas” and “Fool (If You Think It’s Over).”
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December 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Chris Rea, a versatile, Grammy-nominated British singer-songwriter died on Monday at 74. His hits included the sentimental ballad “Driving Home for Christmas.”
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
I am broken hearted to learn this. Other than "Fool if You Think It's Over" in 1978 he made little impression on American audiences but he is grossly underappreciated. His musical catalog is massive and varied. Rest easy Chris Rea. 😢
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Chris Rea: Driving Home for Christmas singer dies aged 74
A statement from his wife and two children says he
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December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I am broken hearted to learn this. Other than "Fool if You Think It's Over" in 1978 he made little impression on American audiences but he is grossly underappreciated. His musical catalog is massive and varied. Rest easy Chris Rea. 😢
www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm sure after selling her soul to Satan, Elise Stefanik must be wondering if there's a refund policy... As for her decision to transform herself to ultra-MAGA attack dog:
December 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I'm sure after selling her soul to Satan, Elise Stefanik must be wondering if there's a refund policy... As for her decision to transform herself to ultra-MAGA attack dog:
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It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
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A teaser trailer for the next episode of The Siècle (featuring guest narration from @lafayettepodcast.com!):
December 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A teaser trailer for the next episode of The Siècle (featuring guest narration from @lafayettepodcast.com!):
"Beyond and Before;" track one, side one of the debut album from Yes. I cannot imagine a bolder statement about how, moving forward, the bass would be treated like a different instrument than what Chris Squire did here.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjs...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjs...
Beyond and Before (2003 Remaster)
YouTube video by Yes - Topic
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December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Beyond and Before;" track one, side one of the debut album from Yes. I cannot imagine a bolder statement about how, moving forward, the bass would be treated like a different instrument than what Chris Squire did here.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjs...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjs...
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The Georgian era was a time of innovations. But, what does it mean to track down and explore the views of eighteenth-century optimists and pessimists? And how did the Georgians view themselves? Penelope J. Corfield explores this.
#c18th #skystorians
yalebooks.co.uk/eighteenthce...
#c18th #skystorians
yalebooks.co.uk/eighteenthce...
Tracking Down Eighteenth-Century Optimists and Pessimists - Yale University Press London
The Georgian era (1714–1830) was a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, the world’s first industrial revolution, and deep What does it mean to track down and explore the view...
yalebooks.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Georgian era was a time of innovations. But, what does it mean to track down and explore the views of eighteenth-century optimists and pessimists? And how did the Georgians view themselves? Penelope J. Corfield explores this.
#c18th #skystorians
yalebooks.co.uk/eighteenthce...
#c18th #skystorians
yalebooks.co.uk/eighteenthce...
One of my cats, whenever he hears Bob Dylan play the harmonica looks startled and runs from the room. 😅
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
One of my cats, whenever he hears Bob Dylan play the harmonica looks startled and runs from the room. 😅
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🚨New episode🚨- Napoleon's funeral. #OTD Dec. 15, 1840, Paris witnessed one of the most extraordinary funerals in history as the remains of Napoleon returned to France years after his death in exile.
open.spotify.com/episode/0EI2...
With Special guest Charles Mackay. @bubblesvampire.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0EI2...
With Special guest Charles Mackay. @bubblesvampire.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🚨New episode🚨- Napoleon's funeral. #OTD Dec. 15, 1840, Paris witnessed one of the most extraordinary funerals in history as the remains of Napoleon returned to France years after his death in exile.
open.spotify.com/episode/0EI2...
With Special guest Charles Mackay. @bubblesvampire.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/0EI2...
With Special guest Charles Mackay. @bubblesvampire.bsky.social
I have TOTAL holiday confusion. 😳
December 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I have TOTAL holiday confusion. 😳
No empathy for Republican enablers. What did they think would happen? Trump doesn't have an ideological bone in his body. He demands unquestioning fealty to his brand... whatever that is at any given moment in his addled mind. Heritage thought they could use him as a tool. They have chosen poorly.
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
No empathy for Republican enablers. What did they think would happen? Trump doesn't have an ideological bone in his body. He demands unquestioning fealty to his brand... whatever that is at any given moment in his addled mind. Heritage thought they could use him as a tool. They have chosen poorly.
Signalgate, blowing boats out of the water, seizing oil tankers, ICE kidnapping US citizens because they're racially profiling... I could go on and on. . . .
Republicans, ask yourself this: would I be ok with any of these things if Obama or Biden did it? If not, find some f'ing integrity & courage.
Republicans, ask yourself this: would I be ok with any of these things if Obama or Biden did it? If not, find some f'ing integrity & courage.
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Signalgate, blowing boats out of the water, seizing oil tankers, ICE kidnapping US citizens because they're racially profiling... I could go on and on. . . .
Republicans, ask yourself this: would I be ok with any of these things if Obama or Biden did it? If not, find some f'ing integrity & courage.
Republicans, ask yourself this: would I be ok with any of these things if Obama or Biden did it? If not, find some f'ing integrity & courage.
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This hearing is a fucking bloodbath...but, then again, it's kind of like having a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This hearing is a fucking bloodbath...but, then again, it's kind of like having a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
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This is just inane. A colleague was having a health crisis this summer & the local hospital airlifted him to Cleveland Clinic thinking he was having a stroke. How was he supposed to shop that??
Last year my father broke a hip. His town has one hospital. How is he supposed to shop that??
Stupid. 🙄
Last year my father broke a hip. His town has one hospital. How is he supposed to shop that??
Stupid. 🙄
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is just inane. A colleague was having a health crisis this summer & the local hospital airlifted him to Cleveland Clinic thinking he was having a stroke. How was he supposed to shop that??
Last year my father broke a hip. His town has one hospital. How is he supposed to shop that??
Stupid. 🙄
Last year my father broke a hip. His town has one hospital. How is he supposed to shop that??
Stupid. 🙄
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And those Max OOP numbers don't include premiums, which, for us is another $6k per year. Our deductible is $6500...each. $1000 is like a cheap tip.
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
And those Max OOP numbers don't include premiums, which, for us is another $6k per year. Our deductible is $6500...each. $1000 is like a cheap tip.
The max out of pocket on a bronze plan in 2026 is $10,600 for an individual. An $8,000 deductible is common. $1,000 in a HSA is the R solution to affordability.
Wow...
Republicans unveil health care plan to counter Democratic effort to extend ACA subsidies - ABC News share.google/VVEtrTKf8oCp...
Wow...
Republicans unveil health care plan to counter Democratic effort to extend ACA subsidies - ABC News share.google/VVEtrTKf8oCp...
Republicans unveil health care plan to counter Democratic effort to extend ACA subsidies
With the deadline to address expiring ACA tax credits fast approaching, GOP's John Thune announced that two competing health care plans will get a vote later this week.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The max out of pocket on a bronze plan in 2026 is $10,600 for an individual. An $8,000 deductible is common. $1,000 in a HSA is the R solution to affordability.
Wow...
Republicans unveil health care plan to counter Democratic effort to extend ACA subsidies - ABC News share.google/VVEtrTKf8oCp...
Wow...
Republicans unveil health care plan to counter Democratic effort to extend ACA subsidies - ABC News share.google/VVEtrTKf8oCp...
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Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association, on Trump's farm bailout: "This is a band-aid on an open wound ... what we truly need are market-based solutions"
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association, on Trump's farm bailout: "This is a band-aid on an open wound ... what we truly need are market-based solutions"
They have nothing on healthcare. They've never had anything on healthcare. They will never have anything on healthcare.
Fundamentally, Republicans do not believe government has a role in solving problems around healthcare. They are increasingly out of touch with most Americans.
Fundamentally, Republicans do not believe government has a role in solving problems around healthcare. They are increasingly out of touch with most Americans.
FOX: What do you say to Americans who say to Republicans, where's your healthcare plan? If they're not getting their subsidy, what's option B?
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
McCORMICK: In the short term, we're still wrestling with how to deal with this
December 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
They have nothing on healthcare. They've never had anything on healthcare. They will never have anything on healthcare.
Fundamentally, Republicans do not believe government has a role in solving problems around healthcare. They are increasingly out of touch with most Americans.
Fundamentally, Republicans do not believe government has a role in solving problems around healthcare. They are increasingly out of touch with most Americans.