David Justice
@davidjustice.bsky.social
Historian & educator of US pop culture and diplomacy. First-gen. Husband & dog dad. Music & film aficionado. Not the baseball player.
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David Justice
@davidjustice.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
I’m a modern US diplomatic and cultural historian, and currently writing a book on emo bands and fans protesting the Iraq War. Prepare to see photos of my dogs and cross-stitch projects.
I’m a modern US diplomatic and cultural historian, and currently writing a book on emo bands and fans protesting the Iraq War. Prepare to see photos of my dogs and cross-stitch projects.
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I want to remind everyone on the 50th anniversary that Francisco Franco is still dead.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I want to remind everyone on the 50th anniversary that Francisco Franco is still dead.
I want to remind everyone on the 50th anniversary that Francisco Franco is still dead.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I want to remind everyone on the 50th anniversary that Francisco Franco is still dead.
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Look, I don’t know who Olivia Nuzzi is and I would like to keep it that way.
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Look, I don’t know who Olivia Nuzzi is and I would like to keep it that way.
Two anecdotes from today. For context, I taught the Hip-Hop South in my 2000s class.
1. A surprising number of students knew what ghost riding the whip was.
2. Asked students if they knew who Mike Jones was, and one student unknowingly gave the correct response of “Who?”
1. A surprising number of students knew what ghost riding the whip was.
2. Asked students if they knew who Mike Jones was, and one student unknowingly gave the correct response of “Who?”
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Two anecdotes from today. For context, I taught the Hip-Hop South in my 2000s class.
1. A surprising number of students knew what ghost riding the whip was.
2. Asked students if they knew who Mike Jones was, and one student unknowingly gave the correct response of “Who?”
1. A surprising number of students knew what ghost riding the whip was.
2. Asked students if they knew who Mike Jones was, and one student unknowingly gave the correct response of “Who?”
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There are lots of reasons why people, especially historians, hate Ken Burns. He’s a great storyteller but he doesn’t let accurate history get in the way of telling a good story. It’s why his Civl War series leans so hard into the Lost Cause.
There’s some good stuff, but it’s sandwiched b/t bunk
There’s some good stuff, but it’s sandwiched b/t bunk
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There are lots of reasons why people, especially historians, hate Ken Burns. He’s a great storyteller but he doesn’t let accurate history get in the way of telling a good story. It’s why his Civl War series leans so hard into the Lost Cause.
There’s some good stuff, but it’s sandwiched b/t bunk
There’s some good stuff, but it’s sandwiched b/t bunk
What?! Fantastic choice!
Paramount Skydance is working on a new Star Trek movie
Paramount Skydance is working on a new Star Trek movie
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have been tapped to write and direct the feature.
www.theverge.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
What?! Fantastic choice!
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My own personal Jesus?
Someone to hear my prayers?
Someone who cares?
Someone to hear my prayers?
Someone who cares?
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My own personal Jesus?
Someone to hear my prayers?
Someone who cares?
Someone to hear my prayers?
Someone who cares?
Well I am going to be La La La-ing all weekend.
The Gilmore Girls Soundtrack Is Streaming for the First Time Ever
Or, for real Stars Hollow citizens, preorder the 25th anniversary vinyl.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Well I am going to be La La La-ing all weekend.
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Funny, I always imagined the lords of humanity sending emails that were properly capitalized and punctuated.
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Funny, I always imagined the lords of humanity sending emails that were properly capitalized and punctuated.
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I've been in class all day - where can I find a full text dump or detailed coverage of these emails?
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I've been in class all day - where can I find a full text dump or detailed coverage of these emails?
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This is a textbook example of how infrastructure built to monitor exceptional circumstances (football games with 100,000 attendees) can easily be co-opted into becoming a tool of political surveillance.
Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.
DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games
Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is a textbook example of how infrastructure built to monitor exceptional circumstances (football games with 100,000 attendees) can easily be co-opted into becoming a tool of political surveillance.
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As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.
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After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Dudes will clone their dogs instead of going to therapy
Ex-NFL star QB Brady claims his dog is a clone
Tom Brady says his dog is a clone of his family's previous dog that died in 2023.
www.espn.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Dudes will clone their dogs instead of going to therapy
KeKe Palmer "I don't know this man"
YouTube video by Best Moments TvShows
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November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
So Auburn is now paying 2 coaches to not coach for them anymore.
Sources: Auburn fires Freeze after 6-16 SEC mark
Football coach Hugh Freeze, who had a 15-19 record and a 6-16 mark in SEC games in his two-plus seasons at Auburn, has been fired, sources told ESPN.
www.espn.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So Auburn is now paying 2 coaches to not coach for them anymore.
One of my favorite things about baseball (a sport that I love dearly) is that each year someone invents a new stat and people treat it as if it’s the most important thing ever.
Three of the 12 most pivotal plays in baseball history by cWPA occurred last night
November 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
One of my favorite things about baseball (a sport that I love dearly) is that each year someone invents a new stat and people treat it as if it’s the most important thing ever.
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Dodgers have entered the Dracula Zone. It does not matter how bad they are playing, how slumpy their hitters are, how many of them are injured. You have to drive a stake through their hearts and watch them turn to dust, or else they will rise up and kill you. Last true Dracula team was '96-01 Yanks.
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Dodgers have entered the Dracula Zone. It does not matter how bad they are playing, how slumpy their hitters are, how many of them are injured. You have to drive a stake through their hearts and watch them turn to dust, or else they will rise up and kill you. Last true Dracula team was '96-01 Yanks.
I hope all the Halloween & pumpkin spice freaks had a good season, but it’s time to go back into hibernation. The peppermint mocha freaks now have supremacy!
a woman is drinking a cup of tea from a white cup .
ALT: a woman is drinking a cup of tea from a white cup .
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I hope all the Halloween & pumpkin spice freaks had a good season, but it’s time to go back into hibernation. The peppermint mocha freaks now have supremacy!
Honestly, I don’t want to hear another Harvard professor complain that their life got more difficult because their students did the readings and actually gave a damn.
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Honestly, I don’t want to hear another Harvard professor complain that their life got more difficult because their students did the readings and actually gave a damn.
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Happy Halloween from Star Trek and the haunted horny candle that makes you have sex with the ghost who had sex with your grandmother
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Happy Halloween from Star Trek and the haunted horny candle that makes you have sex with the ghost who had sex with your grandmother
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This idea that it is somehow perfectly normal to refuse to live next door to people you don’t have enough in common with is bizarre to me. If you want a relationship with your neighbors, GO BE NICE TO THEM. If you don’t, you are totally free to keep to yourself. This is adulthood.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This idea that it is somehow perfectly normal to refuse to live next door to people you don’t have enough in common with is bizarre to me. If you want a relationship with your neighbors, GO BE NICE TO THEM. If you don’t, you are totally free to keep to yourself. This is adulthood.