Craig Bruce Smith
@craigbrucesmith.bsky.social
Awful news and a tremendous loss for the hockey community. RIP Larry Brooks
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RIP Brooksie: Larry Brooks, Post legend and Hall of Fame hockey writer, dead at 75
“He said he was lucky to get to The Post, but The Post was even luckier to have him.”
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November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Awful news and a tremendous loss for the hockey community. RIP Larry Brooks
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Last Action Hero is criminally underrated. It’s a top 5-6 @schwarzenegger.bsky.social movie
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Underrated Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies to Watch at Home
Once you’ve watched ‘Terminator’ and ‘Predator’, watch these.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Last Action Hero is criminally underrated. It’s a top 5-6 @schwarzenegger.bsky.social movie
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screencrush.com/watch-arnold...
Some historians in 2023: “Why would you want to study the Founders?…America doesn’t want the Founders for the 250th!”
Same historians in 2025:
Same historians in 2025:
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Some historians in 2023: “Why would you want to study the Founders?…America doesn’t want the Founders for the 250th!”
Same historians in 2025:
Same historians in 2025:
Coming Soon...
My latest work, Securing Victory, on the end of the American Revolution, and how the year 1783 preserved America.
My latest work, Securing Victory, on the end of the American Revolution, and how the year 1783 preserved America.
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Coming Soon...
My latest work, Securing Victory, on the end of the American Revolution, and how the year 1783 preserved America.
My latest work, Securing Victory, on the end of the American Revolution, and how the year 1783 preserved America.
Nice to see someone publicly admit the American Revolution was one of the most important moments in history!
#KenBurns
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#KenBurns
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Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ"
The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American Revolution," and why the end of the Revolutionary War did not mean the end o...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Nice to see someone publicly admit the American Revolution was one of the most important moments in history!
#KenBurns
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#KenBurns
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Friends, I could not be more excited to let you know that my book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, is out today from Penguin. I’m super proud of it and super grateful to all the scholars whose work informs it. I hope you’ll take a peek and spread the word!
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The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
The American Revolution and the Fate of the World [Bell, Richard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
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November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Friends, I could not be more excited to let you know that my book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, is out today from Penguin. I’m super proud of it and super grateful to all the scholars whose work informs it. I hope you’ll take a peek and spread the word!
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amzn.to/4nHkziG
Is this the George Washington movie we deserve?
#hatm #YoungWashington
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#hatm #YoungWashington
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Episode 160: A new George Washington Movie is coming your way with Dr. Craig Bruce Smith
Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · 11/02/2025 · 38m
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November 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Is this the George Washington movie we deserve?
#hatm #YoungWashington
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#hatm #YoungWashington
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Naturally, @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social and I took the bait. You know what this means: EMERGENCY PODCAST. Links below.
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Episode 160: A new George Washington Movie is coming your way with Dr. Craig Bruce Smith
Podcast Episode · Reckoning with Jason Herbert · 11/02/2025 · 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Naturally, @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social and I took the bait. You know what this means: EMERGENCY PODCAST. Links below.
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Has anyone really seen @herberthistory.bsky.social and his arms in the same room?
My internet died during a podcast taping with @craigbrucesmith.bsky.social Friday morning. Craig showed no mercy.
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Has anyone really seen @herberthistory.bsky.social and his arms in the same room?
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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#TIL one of the last Lafayettes was killed as a cavalry platoon leader in 1945.
#WW2
Here is Marie Xavier Jean Bureaux de Pusy Dumottier de Lafayette, holding the sword of his ancestor, the Marquis de Lafayette. When he died near Saint-Nazaire he was serving as a lieutenant in the 8ème Cuirassiers.
#WW2
Here is Marie Xavier Jean Bureaux de Pusy Dumottier de Lafayette, holding the sword of his ancestor, the Marquis de Lafayette. When he died near Saint-Nazaire he was serving as a lieutenant in the 8ème Cuirassiers.
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Will George Washington finally get his supernatural monster fighting moment in this in development "mystery-adventure film"?
George Washington: Beast Hunter?
#hatm
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George Washington: Beast Hunter?
#hatm
www.imdb.com/title/tt3159...
October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Will George Washington finally get his supernatural monster fighting moment in this in development "mystery-adventure film"?
George Washington: Beast Hunter?
#hatm
www.imdb.com/title/tt3159...
George Washington: Beast Hunter?
#hatm
www.imdb.com/title/tt3159...
“Why would they?”
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Why would they?”
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Nothing says you earned a two-cent and half-cent rebate at a Nevada brothel like George Washington's face.
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Nothing says you earned a two-cent and half-cent rebate at a Nevada brothel like George Washington's face.
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Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly
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Editor of William and Mary Quarterly
Job Requisition: JR100984 Editor of William and Mary Quarterly (Open) Job Posting Title: Editor of William and Mary Quarterly Department: CC00007 WM001 | PRES | OIEAHC - Omohundro Institute Job Family...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly
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"The History department will be admitting five students each year for the next two years, down from 13 admitted students last year, according to two professors in the department."
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"The History department will be admitting five students each year for the next two years, down from 13 admitted students last year, according to two professors in the department."
Before Clausewitz, there was Washington…
(From David Humphreys’ Life of General Washington, c. 1788)
(From David Humphreys’ Life of General Washington, c. 1788)
October 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Before Clausewitz, there was Washington…
(From David Humphreys’ Life of General Washington, c. 1788)
(From David Humphreys’ Life of General Washington, c. 1788)
My daughter 5 minutes ago:
“Dad it’s 7:11”
Wife: Like the store?
….
“No, that’s George Washington’s code number”
“Dad it’s 7:11”
Wife: Like the store?
….
“No, that’s George Washington’s code number”
a painting of george washington is displayed on a dark background
ALT: a painting of george washington is displayed on a dark background
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October 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My daughter 5 minutes ago:
“Dad it’s 7:11”
Wife: Like the store?
….
“No, that’s George Washington’s code number”
“Dad it’s 7:11”
Wife: Like the store?
….
“No, that’s George Washington’s code number”
Picture day at 7 year old daughter’s school.
2nd grade girl: “Your dress is ugly”
Daughter: “Well, you just don’t know fashion”
End scene.
2nd grade girl: “Your dress is ugly”
Daughter: “Well, you just don’t know fashion”
End scene.
a woman wearing glasses and a necklace is sitting in front of a computer and says that 's all .
ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a necklace is sitting in front of a computer and says that 's all .
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October 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Picture day at 7 year old daughter’s school.
2nd grade girl: “Your dress is ugly”
Daughter: “Well, you just don’t know fashion”
End scene.
2nd grade girl: “Your dress is ugly”
Daughter: “Well, you just don’t know fashion”
End scene.
There are plans for a 650 foot #GeorgeWashington statue!?! That's crazy....why not add the extra 350 feet and make it life-sized?
October 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There are plans for a 650 foot #GeorgeWashington statue!?! That's crazy....why not add the extra 350 feet and make it life-sized?
Rarer than the True Cross. A miraculous George Washington face on a 2x3 board!
Still, my offer is nothing!
Still, my offer is nothing!
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Rarer than the True Cross. A miraculous George Washington face on a 2x3 board!
Still, my offer is nothing!
Still, my offer is nothing!
Perhaps understanding Commando helps us to understand the nature of war and peace...
Peace: "This was the last time."
War: "Until the next time"
#HATM @schwarzenegger.bsky.social
Peace: "This was the last time."
War: "Until the next time"
#HATM @schwarzenegger.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Perhaps understanding Commando helps us to understand the nature of war and peace...
Peace: "This was the last time."
War: "Until the next time"
#HATM @schwarzenegger.bsky.social
Peace: "This was the last time."
War: "Until the next time"
#HATM @schwarzenegger.bsky.social
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In 1776, a Scottish housepainter called James Aitken set out on a secret mission to destroy the British navy and win the War of Independence for the United States. His story is the core of my book, EMPIRE ABLAZE: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class, out next summer with Verso!
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In 1776, a Scottish housepainter called James Aitken set out on a secret mission to destroy the British navy and win the War of Independence for the United States. His story is the core of my book, EMPIRE ABLAZE: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class, out next summer with Verso!
Happy Columbo Day
October 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Happy Columbo Day