honor sachs
@drhonor.bsky.social
Historian, professor, tired.
Who would have thought we’d start World War III because our president failed the marshmallow test?
January 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Who would have thought we’d start World War III because our president failed the marshmallow test?
Here comes my daily Trump Panic Attack. You know how he loves shit named after him.
January 19, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Here comes my daily Trump Panic Attack. You know how he loves shit named after him.
“why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it's only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago…”
Uh, who’s gonna tell him?
Uh, who’s gonna tell him?
January 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
“why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it's only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago…”
Uh, who’s gonna tell him?
Uh, who’s gonna tell him?
I don’t think “enshittification” is a strong enough word to describe where we are anymore.
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I don’t think “enshittification” is a strong enough word to describe where we are anymore.
Yes, we are very here for your advice.
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Yes, we are very here for your advice.
<wakes up, reads news>
Me: Fuck. Now I’m going to have to watch Heated Rivalry for a third time.
Me: Fuck. Now I’m going to have to watch Heated Rivalry for a third time.
January 19, 2026 at 5:12 PM
<wakes up, reads news>
Me: Fuck. Now I’m going to have to watch Heated Rivalry for a third time.
Me: Fuck. Now I’m going to have to watch Heated Rivalry for a third time.
Climbs on roof, clears throat, deep inhale, screams: THE 25TH AMENDMENT
January 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Climbs on roof, clears throat, deep inhale, screams: THE 25TH AMENDMENT
Come to think of it, Norway didn’t give me the Peace Prize either, so I guess I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace, so will now just think about what is good and proper for me.
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Come to think of it, Norway didn’t give me the Peace Prize either, so I guess I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace, so will now just think about what is good and proper for me.
I seriously worry that if we keep acting like global assholes and alienate the sane world with our unhinged bellicosity that Canada might refuse to give us Season 2 of Heated Rivalry.
January 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I seriously worry that if we keep acting like global assholes and alienate the sane world with our unhinged bellicosity that Canada might refuse to give us Season 2 of Heated Rivalry.
Is this entire administration hitting perimenopause?
I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein”
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Is this entire administration hitting perimenopause?
Kinda starting to think k should propose a class on Heated Rivalry next semester, or something 🏒
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Kinda starting to think k should propose a class on Heated Rivalry next semester, or something 🏒
When we said this was the plan, they said we were being hysterical. But this is where we are headed and going to war against blue states is how they’re going to get there.
January 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
When we said this was the plan, they said we were being hysterical. But this is where we are headed and going to war against blue states is how they’re going to get there.
How do I get a job as one of those spa monkeys that sit around in hot springs looking disappointed?
January 15, 2026 at 4:17 AM
How do I get a job as one of those spa monkeys that sit around in hot springs looking disappointed?
Putting this on my syllabus as my AI policy. www.reddit.com/r/popculture...
From the popculturechat community on Reddit: Hudson Williams shares his thoughts about AI at the Golden Globes: “Fuck AI”
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January 14, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Putting this on my syllabus as my AI policy. www.reddit.com/r/popculture...
I don't give lectures, I create 75-minute TikToks.
January 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I don't give lectures, I create 75-minute TikToks.
I’m talking about the bicentennial, memory, and historiography to start off my American Revolution class tomorrow, so I asked my mom if she had any pics of me from July 4,1976. Did not disappoint.
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I’m talking about the bicentennial, memory, and historiography to start off my American Revolution class tomorrow, so I asked my mom if she had any pics of me from July 4,1976. Did not disappoint.
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
I showed this to my partner, who immediately identified with the squirrel who just keeps running through it all. I’m totally the squirrel who can’t get its shit together. Every good relationship needs the yin and the yang. www.tiktok.com/t/ZThYvv9Ao/
Here is the slow motion so many people have been asking for, and I will be posting more. No captions or backstory here, just grace in motion. Enjoy! I am a multi species NYS DEC licensed wildlife reha...
TikTok video by KL the Wildlife Rehabilitator
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January 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I showed this to my partner, who immediately identified with the squirrel who just keeps running through it all. I’m totally the squirrel who can’t get its shit together. Every good relationship needs the yin and the yang. www.tiktok.com/t/ZThYvv9Ao/
The form here is TRAGIC. Not a single swing done right.
Hegseth had cameras recording him working out with recruits today at UCLA
January 10, 2026 at 7:36 AM
The form here is TRAGIC. Not a single swing done right.
I love when the NYTimes tries to make poverty rations look cool. Next up: sheet pan shoe leather.
January 9, 2026 at 6:56 AM
I love when the NYTimes tries to make poverty rations look cool. Next up: sheet pan shoe leather.
You guys you guys you guys. Crowds of protesters unhappy with the occupation of their city throw snowballs at the King’s troops!
It certainly does rhyme…
www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/u...
It certainly does rhyme…
www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/u...
Protesters pelt police with snowballs at Minnesota shooting scene | CNN
Angry protesters threw snowballs at law enforcement in the wake of ICE’s fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman. CNN’s Whitney Wild was on the scene.
www.cnn.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:27 AM
You guys you guys you guys. Crowds of protesters unhappy with the occupation of their city throw snowballs at the King’s troops!
It certainly does rhyme…
www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/u...
It certainly does rhyme…
www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/u...
If you guys don’t hear from me for a while, it’s probably because I’ve decided to become a monk and am off walking with that peace dog 🐕
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
If you guys don’t hear from me for a while, it’s probably because I’ve decided to become a monk and am off walking with that peace dog 🐕
Did you guys know that Hamilton is cool again? Like, it was cool for a couple of years, then it stopped being cool. But now it’s been ten years and the kids are into it again. Who knew?
January 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Did you guys know that Hamilton is cool again? Like, it was cool for a couple of years, then it stopped being cool. But now it’s been ten years and the kids are into it again. Who knew?
First day of classes today and I have big nerves.
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
First day of classes today and I have big nerves.
The implication here is that lesbian poets deserve to die?
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The implication here is that lesbian poets deserve to die?