Michael E. Carter
@deckofcarterhist.bsky.social
Americanist Military Historian & Genocide Scholar.
Kean University History Adjunct.
Expat Twitterstorian. Skystorian.
Cancer Survivor. He/Him.
https://linktr.ee/deckofcarterhistory
Kean University History Adjunct.
Expat Twitterstorian. Skystorian.
Cancer Survivor. He/Him.
https://linktr.ee/deckofcarterhistory
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Art history books IN Russian and Polish and Bulgarian. If you have an institution or library or university that wants that, that's AMAZING, would love to talk, but that's the big hurdle from here in northeast Missouri.
My sister and I have been tasked to go through all of my dad's books and there are so many incredible Russian and Polish and Bulgarian art history books that will just... disappear? Because we can't read then and don't have space? And I hate it so much.
These bookshelves are big memories.
These bookshelves are big memories.
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Art history books IN Russian and Polish and Bulgarian. If you have an institution or library or university that wants that, that's AMAZING, would love to talk, but that's the big hurdle from here in northeast Missouri.
Good.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Good.
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Plato was a novelist.
December 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Plato was a novelist.
Keep recording them.
Justice Department says filming immigration raids is 'domestic terrorism'
A leaked Justice Department memo directs federal prosecutors to press “domestic terrorism” charges against individuals who record immigration operations.
reason.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Keep recording them.
So...Christmas research was kind of the definition of a rabbithole.
Oh, Ben Franklin's grandfather was up to some interesting things.
To...
She did what during the Salem Witch Trials?
I accidentally celebrated X-Mas by reading about Puritans.
Take that idolatry, Cotton, ya bastard.
Oh, Ben Franklin's grandfather was up to some interesting things.
To...
She did what during the Salem Witch Trials?
I accidentally celebrated X-Mas by reading about Puritans.
Take that idolatry, Cotton, ya bastard.
December 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
So...Christmas research was kind of the definition of a rabbithole.
Oh, Ben Franklin's grandfather was up to some interesting things.
To...
She did what during the Salem Witch Trials?
I accidentally celebrated X-Mas by reading about Puritans.
Take that idolatry, Cotton, ya bastard.
Oh, Ben Franklin's grandfather was up to some interesting things.
To...
She did what during the Salem Witch Trials?
I accidentally celebrated X-Mas by reading about Puritans.
Take that idolatry, Cotton, ya bastard.
When Google's AI Overview, which I did not utilize and had no desire to use, actually located something I needed:
a woman is smiling and saying `` no hard feelings , but i hate you '' .
ALT: a woman is smiling and saying `` no hard feelings , but i hate you '' .
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
When Google's AI Overview, which I did not utilize and had no desire to use, actually located something I needed:
This is awesome.
One of the earliest-ever modern portrayals of Santa Claus features him gifting Union soldiers with a jumping-jack doll of Jefferson Davis dangling from a noose - as drawn by political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
![HARPERS WEEKLY.
JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION
Vor. VII.-No. 314.]
NEW
YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY
1863.
GELCOM
SANTA CLAUS
SANTA CLAUS IN CAMP.-[SEE PAGE 6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qiknc4t5rq7yngvz7g4aezq7/bafkreiez4d5lsrpbn3mrwkwrnbrhb3ra7dmvagbxjaz7hg5be7njnsbary@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is awesome.
Found it. Damn you early 20th century publishers for not labeling shit correctly! Damn you!
December 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Found it. Damn you early 20th century publishers for not labeling shit correctly! Damn you!
Christmas research is going well...
December 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Christmas research is going well...
The only savior this country has was born on January 17, 1706.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The only savior this country has was born on January 17, 1706.
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Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🌟
We all love a good reindeer at Christmas! These ones were painted in Font-de-Gaume cave in France 18,000 years ago!
Rudolph the Red-backed Cave deer? 🎶🦌
#RockArtThursday #archaeology 🏺
We all love a good reindeer at Christmas! These ones were painted in Font-de-Gaume cave in France 18,000 years ago!
Rudolph the Red-backed Cave deer? 🎶🦌
#RockArtThursday #archaeology 🏺
December 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🌟
We all love a good reindeer at Christmas! These ones were painted in Font-de-Gaume cave in France 18,000 years ago!
Rudolph the Red-backed Cave deer? 🎶🦌
#RockArtThursday #archaeology 🏺
We all love a good reindeer at Christmas! These ones were painted in Font-de-Gaume cave in France 18,000 years ago!
Rudolph the Red-backed Cave deer? 🎶🦌
#RockArtThursday #archaeology 🏺
I love my family, I do. But...
A few years ago I was informed that they rather not just buy books for me so I spent the last few years filling my list with random things that I liked.
Now its "Your list is so weird". Yes! Yes it is! You did this!
I love them so much.
A few years ago I was informed that they rather not just buy books for me so I spent the last few years filling my list with random things that I liked.
Now its "Your list is so weird". Yes! Yes it is! You did this!
I love them so much.
a merry christmas card with a christmas tree in the snow
ALT: a merry christmas card with a christmas tree in the snow
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I love my family, I do. But...
A few years ago I was informed that they rather not just buy books for me so I spent the last few years filling my list with random things that I liked.
Now its "Your list is so weird". Yes! Yes it is! You did this!
I love them so much.
A few years ago I was informed that they rather not just buy books for me so I spent the last few years filling my list with random things that I liked.
Now its "Your list is so weird". Yes! Yes it is! You did this!
I love them so much.
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The genocide will continue until morale improves.
"We’re monitoring what you do online. Disseminating, writing, or publishing inciting content online is considered a terrorist crime in every sense and may lead to arrest or imprisonment. We have warned you."
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The genocide will continue until morale improves.
Ushering in Christmas Day with some research and a cocktail that is 1/3 vodka.
December 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Ushering in Christmas Day with some research and a cocktail that is 1/3 vodka.
Christmas Eve 2025 is not exactly my favorite as we near midnight.
a close up of a man 's face with the words bah humbug below him
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words bah humbug below him
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December 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Christmas Eve 2025 is not exactly my favorite as we near midnight.
Spending a bit of this Eve post-dinner reading a history of the pre-18th century fur trade.
The book is from 1959 which is a simple enough read and informative, even though I will be triple checking if it holds up, but comes with this mini-game called "Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope."
Merry Christmas!
The book is from 1959 which is a simple enough read and informative, even though I will be triple checking if it holds up, but comes with this mini-game called "Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope."
Merry Christmas!
a group of people are sitting at a table drinking hot chocolate from cups that say heart & home on them
ALT: a group of people are sitting at a table drinking hot chocolate from cups that say heart & home on them
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Spending a bit of this Eve post-dinner reading a history of the pre-18th century fur trade.
The book is from 1959 which is a simple enough read and informative, even though I will be triple checking if it holds up, but comes with this mini-game called "Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope."
Merry Christmas!
The book is from 1959 which is a simple enough read and informative, even though I will be triple checking if it holds up, but comes with this mini-game called "Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope."
Merry Christmas!
This is how he acts on camera.
"Don't worry, kid. If we thought Santa was bad, we'd blow him to Hell and grilled venison shall rain down upon your house. Like the book! Reindeer paws! The best!"
"Don't worry, kid. If we thought Santa was bad, we'd blow him to Hell and grilled venison shall rain down upon your house. Like the book! Reindeer paws! The best!"
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is how he acts on camera.
"Don't worry, kid. If we thought Santa was bad, we'd blow him to Hell and grilled venison shall rain down upon your house. Like the book! Reindeer paws! The best!"
"Don't worry, kid. If we thought Santa was bad, we'd blow him to Hell and grilled venison shall rain down upon your house. Like the book! Reindeer paws! The best!"
Oh! In January, while packing for a conference in Chicago, I made a mistake in packing and ended having to wear the same distinctive black sweater for two days as part of the same exact outfit. There were no other options.
Paper went well though. I think.
Paper went well though. I think.
I don’t give a shit about your accomplishments this year. What’s the dumbest shit you did the past 12 months? The truly stupidest decision you made in 2025?
December 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Oh! In January, while packing for a conference in Chicago, I made a mistake in packing and ended having to wear the same distinctive black sweater for two days as part of the same exact outfit. There were no other options.
Paper went well though. I think.
Paper went well though. I think.
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If you study one genre of history and ignore every other one, willfully, you aren't studying, you're a hobbyist, and that's nice, and Barnes & Noble has a stack for you, where the authors are more clever than you are and engaged in more fields of history to write the book you think doesn't.
December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you study one genre of history and ignore every other one, willfully, you aren't studying, you're a hobbyist, and that's nice, and Barnes & Noble has a stack for you, where the authors are more clever than you are and engaged in more fields of history to write the book you think doesn't.
I am sure this was a touchy subject for Katie over the past holidays with the in-laws.
December 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I am sure this was a touchy subject for Katie over the past holidays with the in-laws.
I slipped into being a military historian because:
1. I was told genocide studies could be within its purview (Thanks @drrobthompson.com).
2. If I want to write about Indigenous genocide in 18th Century North America, between King William's War & Tecumseh's War, there is no other box to be in.
1. I was told genocide studies could be within its purview (Thanks @drrobthompson.com).
2. If I want to write about Indigenous genocide in 18th Century North America, between King William's War & Tecumseh's War, there is no other box to be in.
90% of military history is about where the latrines are dug. You cannot make war if you have dysentery.
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I slipped into being a military historian because:
1. I was told genocide studies could be within its purview (Thanks @drrobthompson.com).
2. If I want to write about Indigenous genocide in 18th Century North America, between King William's War & Tecumseh's War, there is no other box to be in.
1. I was told genocide studies could be within its purview (Thanks @drrobthompson.com).
2. If I want to write about Indigenous genocide in 18th Century North America, between King William's War & Tecumseh's War, there is no other box to be in.
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I remember students complaining about hand cramps when I was proctoring finals as a TA thirty years ago.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I remember students complaining about hand cramps when I was proctoring finals as a TA thirty years ago.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
I am happy that his dealer is going to be able to send their kids to college.
December 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I am happy that his dealer is going to be able to send their kids to college.
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Just a reminder that Trump has, on camera, bragged about walking in on Miss Teen USA contestants changing and explained his 17-year-old daughter asked him not to “date” girls younger than her.
I’m not sure what’s true in the Epstein Files, but when you recall those facts it all seems plausible
I’m not sure what’s true in the Epstein Files, but when you recall those facts it all seems plausible
December 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Just a reminder that Trump has, on camera, bragged about walking in on Miss Teen USA contestants changing and explained his 17-year-old daughter asked him not to “date” girls younger than her.
I’m not sure what’s true in the Epstein Files, but when you recall those facts it all seems plausible
I’m not sure what’s true in the Epstein Files, but when you recall those facts it all seems plausible