C. E. Aubin
@ceaubin.com
"A scholar and a hater" - The Guardian
◦ historian of nazis & usa @ Yale
◦ fellow, RITM & @yalewhc
◦ author, THE HOMELAND (2026)
◦ host, This Guy Sucked - the world’s meanest history pod
opinions mine.
https://www.ceaubin.com
https://thisguysucked.com
◦ historian of nazis & usa @ Yale
◦ fellow, RITM & @yalewhc
◦ author, THE HOMELAND (2026)
◦ host, This Guy Sucked - the world’s meanest history pod
opinions mine.
https://www.ceaubin.com
https://thisguysucked.com
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C. E. Aubin
@ceaubin.com
· Aug 5
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I’m so beyond excited to share that This Guy Sucked was selected by Apple Podcasts as one of their top ten best new shows of 2025! How wild is that?!
Check out the rest of the list here: apple.co/bestsofar
Check out the rest of the list here: apple.co/bestsofar
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Väinö Kamppuri
( 1891 - 1972 ) Finnish painter
"Winter Landscape in Elimäki" oil on canvas 48,5 x 43 cm, 1937
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
( 1891 - 1972 ) Finnish painter
"Winter Landscape in Elimäki" oil on canvas 48,5 x 43 cm, 1937
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Väinö Kamppuri
( 1891 - 1972 ) Finnish painter
"Winter Landscape in Elimäki" oil on canvas 48,5 x 43 cm, 1937
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
( 1891 - 1972 ) Finnish painter
"Winter Landscape in Elimäki" oil on canvas 48,5 x 43 cm, 1937
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
NEW EPISODE: Maddy Pelling @maddypelling.bsky.social and I explain why you don’t want George IV anywhere near your holiday party, even if he would most likely bring good wine.
December 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW EPISODE: Maddy Pelling @maddypelling.bsky.social and I explain why you don’t want George IV anywhere near your holiday party, even if he would most likely bring good wine.
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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
December 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
New tradition unlocked! ☺️
December 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New tradition unlocked! ☺️
Merry Muppets Christmas Carol Eve to all who celebrate!
December 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Merry Muppets Christmas Carol Eve to all who celebrate!
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My Christmas* present to myself is a This Guy Sucked subscription - not the cost, which is sfa, but the time to actually enjoy all the back episodes. Merry Christmas, y'all 🪩🪩🪩
*I am working on Danish Christmas time so this is allowed
*I am working on Danish Christmas time so this is allowed
THIS WEEK ON TGS: we’re celebrating the holidays with Madeleine Pelling @maddypelling.bsky.social and a man known as the Party Prince - what could go wrong?
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My Christmas* present to myself is a This Guy Sucked subscription - not the cost, which is sfa, but the time to actually enjoy all the back episodes. Merry Christmas, y'all 🪩🪩🪩
*I am working on Danish Christmas time so this is allowed
*I am working on Danish Christmas time so this is allowed
Don’t say I never gave you anything
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December 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Don’t say I never gave you anything
💕
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Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
December 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
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Look at this guy’s incredible hat and fancy moustache--would he really strangle 19 of his brothers? Be serious.
December 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Look at this guy’s incredible hat and fancy moustache--would he really strangle 19 of his brothers? Be serious.
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Setting aside the many MANY MANY MANY ethical issues around digitally puppetting the dead and constructing unauthorized facsimiles and theatre in court... An AI avatar cannot be held liable for perjury and cannot be relied upon to represent an uncompromised source. I feel like I'm losing my mind.
This year marked the first time the AI avatar of a victim—in this case, a dead man—has ever addressed a court, and it raises many questions about the use of this type of technology in future court proceedings.
www.404media.co/i-loved-that...
www.404media.co/i-loved-that...
'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
How the sister of Christopher Pelkey made an avatar of him to testify in court.
www.404media.co
December 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Setting aside the many MANY MANY MANY ethical issues around digitally puppetting the dead and constructing unauthorized facsimiles and theatre in court... An AI avatar cannot be held liable for perjury and cannot be relied upon to represent an uncompromised source. I feel like I'm losing my mind.
Feeling incredibly seen/understood by @amanda.omg.lol today
December 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Feeling incredibly seen/understood by @amanda.omg.lol today
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A Moscow school stabbing exposes the transnational reach of far-right extremism. The 15-year-old suspect livestreamed the attack, circulated a manifesto praising mass murderers, and invoked the “Great Replacement,” showing how online white supremacist culture fuels real-world violence worldwide.
Moscow School Attacker Inspired by Far-Right Mass Murderers and the “Great Replacement” Conspiracy Theory
A knife attack at a Moscow school that left a 10-year-old boy dead underscores the global reach of far-right extremist ideology. The 15-year-old suspect livestreamed the assault and circulated a manif...
globalextremism.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A Moscow school stabbing exposes the transnational reach of far-right extremism. The 15-year-old suspect livestreamed the attack, circulated a manifesto praising mass murderers, and invoked the “Great Replacement,” showing how online white supremacist culture fuels real-world violence worldwide.
It’s very weird putting together a CV as an academic historian who does a lot of public-facing work, because which section am I supposed to put “ASMR medieval battlefield guided meditation” in????
December 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It’s very weird putting together a CV as an academic historian who does a lot of public-facing work, because which section am I supposed to put “ASMR medieval battlefield guided meditation” in????
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THIS WEEK ON TGS: we’re celebrating the holidays with Madeleine Pelling @maddypelling.bsky.social and a man known as the Party Prince - what could go wrong?
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
THIS WEEK ON TGS: we’re celebrating the holidays with Madeleine Pelling @maddypelling.bsky.social and a man known as the Party Prince - what could go wrong?
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"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
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We have an AMA today with @profgsgordon.bsky.social for his new book Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor, come check it out over on @askhistorians.bsky.social!
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December 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We have an AMA today with @profgsgordon.bsky.social for his new book Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor, come check it out over on @askhistorians.bsky.social!
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THIS WEEK ON TGS: we’re celebrating the holidays with Madeleine Pelling @maddypelling.bsky.social and a man known as the Party Prince - what could go wrong?
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
THIS WEEK ON TGS: we’re celebrating the holidays with Madeleine Pelling @maddypelling.bsky.social and a man known as the Party Prince - what could go wrong?
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"On the neo-Nazi far-right, adoption of AI-voice cloning software has already become particularly prolific, with several English-language versions of Adolf Hitler’s speeches garnering tens of millions of streams across X, Instagram, TikTok, and other apps."
Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda. Experts say it’s helping them grow
Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideology
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"On the neo-Nazi far-right, adoption of AI-voice cloning software has already become particularly prolific, with several English-language versions of Adolf Hitler’s speeches garnering tens of millions of streams across X, Instagram, TikTok, and other apps."
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A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
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I heard about this book on @lollardfish.bsky.social ‘s This Guy Sucked episode, and I’m very excited to dive in once my grades are in
In case anyone ever fears you’re not supporting the author by reading from a library, you absolutely are! And the more people request a book the more copies they buy!
December 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I heard about this book on @lollardfish.bsky.social ‘s This Guy Sucked episode, and I’m very excited to dive in once my grades are in
Also, if you don’t like reading works in your field you probably shouldn’t be a historian? It is very much your job to do that, and if you don’t like it then unfortunately it’s simply not the job for you.
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Also, if you don’t like reading works in your field you probably shouldn’t be a historian? It is very much your job to do that, and if you don’t like it then unfortunately it’s simply not the job for you.
My Christmas wish is for boomers to focus more on politicians’ politics and less on their appearance ❤️
December 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My Christmas wish is for boomers to focus more on politicians’ politics and less on their appearance ❤️
The cashier at HomeGoods told me I had great taste in picture frames and then launched into a story about how her friend accidentally married his cousin, and this is why it’s very important to leave your house sometimes
December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The cashier at HomeGoods told me I had great taste in picture frames and then launched into a story about how her friend accidentally married his cousin, and this is why it’s very important to leave your house sometimes