Jeremy Salkeld
@enclavedmicrostate.bsky.social
🇭🇰🇬🇧 Historian, wargamer, nerd. PhD student at GWU studying the afterlife of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
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good reminder in case anyone forgot what kind of group phase connect are (racists and grifters)
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
good reminder in case anyone forgot what kind of group phase connect are (racists and grifters)
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The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
TIL (unsurprisingly) that the Chinese term for colonisation (殖民) borrows from Japanese, but also (more surprisingly) that one of the main theorists of Japanese colonialism, Nitobe Inazō, was genuinely thinking about colonial agriculture when he advocated writing 'shokumin' as 植民 over 殖民 in Japanese.
![Two phonetically identical variants of 'colony' (shokumin) existed-'to plant people’ (植民) and 'to increase people' (殖民) and, as its chief policy promoter, Nitobe encouraged his government to select 'planting people' as the standardized term:
Regardless of its general use, however, the characters shokumin (植民) are used in the vernacular but not yet officially ... [Whenever] names of places like Korea, Taiwan or Karafuto are mentioned ... they are referred to as ‘new additions to the empire'. Does it suffice to name these newly occupied territories with old expressions? Wouldn't it be better to use the new term—shokuminchi (植民地)?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wfugvqkcdak52le7rkshtigm/bafkreib2cnk66rfalae2or3rknhwzzlla4rurjpvtibkhmshprnped2ory@jpeg)
February 2, 2026 at 2:15 AM
TIL (unsurprisingly) that the Chinese term for colonisation (殖民) borrows from Japanese, but also (more surprisingly) that one of the main theorists of Japanese colonialism, Nitobe Inazō, was genuinely thinking about colonial agriculture when he advocated writing 'shokumin' as 植民 over 殖民 in Japanese.
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Apologies, previous skeet should read "more visitors in a week than the Smithsonian Museum of American History *does in a year*". This fact also blows our minds, apparently.
February 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Apologies, previous skeet should read "more visitors in a week than the Smithsonian Museum of American History *does in a year*". This fact also blows our minds, apparently.
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Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
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NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
January 31, 2026 at 2:02 PM
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
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All. Of. This.
February 1, 2026 at 12:38 PM
All. Of. This.
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The British government and press earnestly believe that refugees and trans people are going to destroy us all while semi retired men from the home counties are going full Unabomber because they were asked to pay a higher congestion charge
January 31, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The British government and press earnestly believe that refugees and trans people are going to destroy us all while semi retired men from the home counties are going full Unabomber because they were asked to pay a higher congestion charge
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One of the things I agree with Orwell/Wodehouse on is that the British character in all it's variations is deeply suspicious and desirory of people who dress up to look powerful
January 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM
One of the things I agree with Orwell/Wodehouse on is that the British character in all it's variations is deeply suspicious and desirory of people who dress up to look powerful
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Friday #AMA time! Dr. Foster Chamberlin, author of "Uncivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War", is here to answer any & all questions #Skystorians have about political violence, policing or military culture in Spain and more!
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Dr. Foster Chamberlin on Political Violence and Second Republic Spain- Ask Me Anything!
Hello, my name is Foster Chamberlin, and I’m an assistant teaching professor of modern European history at Northern Arizona University. My book...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Friday #AMA time! Dr. Foster Chamberlin, author of "Uncivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War", is here to answer any & all questions #Skystorians have about political violence, policing or military culture in Spain and more!
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In my endless quest to work out just *why* everyone is so angry about The Burn in Discovery S3, I think I'm coming to the realisation that there's a large number of very vocal Trek fans who think that the Federation is the protagonist of Star Trek.
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 PM
In my endless quest to work out just *why* everyone is so angry about The Burn in Discovery S3, I think I'm coming to the realisation that there's a large number of very vocal Trek fans who think that the Federation is the protagonist of Star Trek.
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The Dice Tower's silence on Sam Healy's fascist apologia is bad — hot take, I know — but it's also in line with this hobby's paradoxical insistence that games are simultaneously art and apolitical.
January 29, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The Dice Tower's silence on Sam Healy's fascist apologia is bad — hot take, I know — but it's also in line with this hobby's paradoxical insistence that games are simultaneously art and apolitical.
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So back in June Alex Padilla was tackled and detained by ICE for trying to ask a question at a press conference. The story from the administration was he attacked her.
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
January 29, 2026 at 5:18 PM
So back in June Alex Padilla was tackled and detained by ICE for trying to ask a question at a press conference. The story from the administration was he attacked her.
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
Fast forward 7 months, Maxwell Frost attacked, Ilhan Omar attacked. Not a peep from the media about "turning down the rhetoric". 🙄
Having recently discovered mapster.teuteuf.fr I can only feel grievously insulted at the disparity in scores between myself and @fraserraeburn.bsky.social today:
January 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Having recently discovered mapster.teuteuf.fr I can only feel grievously insulted at the disparity in scores between myself and @fraserraeburn.bsky.social today:
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If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
I've been revisiting a fascinating (and very long) book from 1866, and it's interesting how its author seems to be unable to decide quite how Britain was terrible. Was it an indiscriminate meddler in others' affairs, or a calculated hypocrite that only went after unfortunate 'natives'?
January 21, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I've been revisiting a fascinating (and very long) book from 1866, and it's interesting how its author seems to be unable to decide quite how Britain was terrible. Was it an indiscriminate meddler in others' affairs, or a calculated hypocrite that only went after unfortunate 'natives'?
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The AskHistorians Best of 2025 Awards have been announced!
Whether it's the Beast's books, Bond's booze or Blackfoot butts, come celebrate and enjoy some outstanding public history work!
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Whether it's the Beast's books, Bond's booze or Blackfoot butts, come celebrate and enjoy some outstanding public history work!
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January 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The AskHistorians Best of 2025 Awards have been announced!
Whether it's the Beast's books, Bond's booze or Blackfoot butts, come celebrate and enjoy some outstanding public history work!
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Whether it's the Beast's books, Bond's booze or Blackfoot butts, come celebrate and enjoy some outstanding public history work!
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A bit of an idle musing, but it struck me recently that basically all of the notable films about British involvement in the Pacific War involve prisoners (Empire of the Sun, River Kwai, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence), whereas a whopping two films exist about the Burma campaign.
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A bit of an idle musing, but it struck me recently that basically all of the notable films about British involvement in the Pacific War involve prisoners (Empire of the Sun, River Kwai, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence), whereas a whopping two films exist about the Burma campaign.
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depressing but this increasingly just the lesson for every single servant and every aspect of american life
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
depressing but this increasingly just the lesson for every single servant and every aspect of american life
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This is also why I find it so maddening when reactionary centrists spend their time debating what trans people "did" to draw the ire of the right. It's completely backwards from reality. The right latched onto the issue because it's a gateway drug to every other form of bigotry!
Graham Linehan made a willing place in his heart for evil, and once you open that door wide all the horrors come in.
January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
This is also why I find it so maddening when reactionary centrists spend their time debating what trans people "did" to draw the ire of the right. It's completely backwards from reality. The right latched onto the issue because it's a gateway drug to every other form of bigotry!
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Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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Summation of my thoughts on the current discourse in wargaming
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Summation of my thoughts on the current discourse in wargaming
This is somewhat tangential to the sexism discussion, but I remember being floored when, in a now-privated Q&A some eight months ago, Alessio Cavatore confirmed that Rhodesia would be part of Armies of the Commonwealth, while China continues to be absent from even the Minor Nations.
January 9, 2026 at 7:19 AM
This is somewhat tangential to the sexism discussion, but I remember being floored when, in a now-privated Q&A some eight months ago, Alessio Cavatore confirmed that Rhodesia would be part of Armies of the Commonwealth, while China continues to be absent from even the Minor Nations.
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Listen I'm not sure anyone has ever described wargaming as a "woke" hobby ever but Stallard is just talking out of his arse here
January 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Listen I'm not sure anyone has ever described wargaming as a "woke" hobby ever but Stallard is just talking out of his arse here