Jim Leeke
@jimleeke.bsky.social
Writer, researcher, SABR member — sports, aviation, and military history. Current book: Battlefields: The Chicago White Sox and the Great War (Bloomsbury Academic). Previously: Big Loosh (University of Nebraska Press).
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Jim Leeke
@jimleeke.bsky.social
· Dec 28
New book coming in February from Bloomsbury Academic! Use one of your holiday gifts card to preorder today.
Magnificent. Bravo.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Magnificent. Bravo.
Decommissioned FWD fire truck, outside BBQ restaurant on Hwy US 1 south of St. Augustine FL, 2025. Wish I had room for one in my garage!
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Decommissioned FWD fire truck, outside BBQ restaurant on Hwy US 1 south of St. Augustine FL, 2025. Wish I had room for one in my garage!
Published OTD two years ago — time passes quickly! My latest WW1 baseball book comes out later this month. Looking forward to sharing it.
February 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Published OTD two years ago — time passes quickly! My latest WW1 baseball book comes out later this month. Looking forward to sharing it.
Found this fine vintage logo while researching the life of 1930s speed flier Frank Hawks. Wichita was home to Beechcraft, Stearman, Cessna and Swallow. (Wichita Eagle, 25 November 1937) — #avgeeks
January 31, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Found this fine vintage logo while researching the life of 1930s speed flier Frank Hawks. Wichita was home to Beechcraft, Stearman, Cessna and Swallow. (Wichita Eagle, 25 November 1937) — #avgeeks
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Danish veterans stage protest outside US Embassy
Danish veterans stage protest outside US Embassy
Danish veterans stage protest outside US Embassy
www.independent.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Danish veterans stage protest outside US Embassy
Wonderful vintage pix and posters from Pan Am — #avgeeks
Come fly with me: the glorious heyday of Pan Am – in pictures
Pan American’s flights across the Pacific and the Atlantic brought air travel to ordinary people – with great visual flair
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Wonderful vintage pix and posters from Pan Am — #avgeeks
Rogers Hornsby: “People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” — cartoon by "Bugs” Baer (Washington Times, March 3, 1914, via The Library of Congress)
January 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Rogers Hornsby: “People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” — cartoon by "Bugs” Baer (Washington Times, March 3, 1914, via The Library of Congress)
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“Danes responded by placing hundreds more flags in front of the American Embassy, according to video shared by TV2.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/e...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/e...
US Embassy in Copenhagen removes flags honoring fallen Danish soldiers, angering veterans | CNN
The US Embassy in Copenhagen has angered Danish veterans by removing flags honoring soldiers killed in Afghanistan from an area outside the building.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 PM
“Danes responded by placing hundreds more flags in front of the American Embassy, according to video shared by TV2.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/e...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/e...
Shameful. Harmful. Utterly stupid.
The U.S. Embassy in Denmark removed 44 Danish flags honoring Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan outside the building, drawing outrage from the country’s veterans amid heightened tensions between Copenhagen and Washington.
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash
There was no malicious intent in removing the flags, said a State Department spokesperson, who added that the flags had been replaced.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Shameful. Harmful. Utterly stupid.
Exactly. 👇
I have begun to think that Minnesota pushback to ICE was unique and a model because it gave people something to do. It wasn’t about just going out in streets for rallying purposes. People had a mission: videos, whistles, information and communication flow to communities. They had something to do.
January 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Exactly. 👇
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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The senseless murder of Alex Pretti is finally showing everyday folks that the Trump regime is beyond any redemption. And in an anti-religious age, it's sparked a quest for a new American morality
It's beyond politics now. This is about good vs. evil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...
It's beyond politics now. This is about good vs. evil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...
Alex Pretti’s ICE murder is beyond politics. This is about good vs. evil | Will Bunch
Trump's inhumane immigration raids and two ICE murders has triggered an American yearning for a return to morality.
www.inquirer.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The senseless murder of Alex Pretti is finally showing everyday folks that the Trump regime is beyond any redemption. And in an anti-religious age, it's sparked a quest for a new American morality
It's beyond politics now. This is about good vs. evil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...
It's beyond politics now. This is about good vs. evil
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/minn...
Fascism. Period.
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
January 25, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Fascism. Period.
What experts in WW2 thought air transport planes would look like in the future. I want to fly on this bad boy … the same as last year, when I first shared it. (Ad for Wright Aircraft Engines, Western Flying magazine, July 1942.) — #avgeeks
January 25, 2026 at 2:14 PM
What experts in WW2 thought air transport planes would look like in the future. I want to fly on this bad boy … the same as last year, when I first shared it. (Ad for Wright Aircraft Engines, Western Flying magazine, July 1942.) — #avgeeks
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
Anti-ICE protest today at the Bridge of Lions, St. Augustine, FL. I got in the face of a teen waving a Trump flag. “Do you know who my father is?” No, but I know *what* he is.
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Anti-ICE protest today at the Bridge of Lions, St. Augustine, FL. I got in the face of a teen waving a Trump flag. “Do you know who my father is?” No, but I know *what* he is.
A cocky little #football player (QB?) on this playoff weekend. From my project a few years ago to capture brilliant details from larger #sports #cartoons. (Santa Fe New Mexican, 14 October 1913. Artist unknown.) — #illustration
January 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM
A cocky little #football player (QB?) on this playoff weekend. From my project a few years ago to capture brilliant details from larger #sports #cartoons. (Santa Fe New Mexican, 14 October 1913. Artist unknown.) — #illustration
An old school newspaper actually doing its job in 2026. Bravo.
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 1:43 AM
An old school newspaper actually doing its job in 2026. Bravo.
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They didn't wreck this many cars in the Blues Brothers movie
NOW: At 32nd and 15th in South Minneapolis. federal agents smash up their car, leaving the car there while hopping in another vehicle, per bystanders. Reports of a person taken as well.
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:05 PM
They didn't wreck this many cars in the Blues Brothers movie
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From a friend in Minneapolis, just now:
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
From a friend in Minneapolis, just now:
USCG MH-65 helicopter this afternoon, Butler Beach FL — “avgeeks
January 22, 2026 at 7:34 PM
USCG MH-65 helicopter this afternoon, Butler Beach FL — “avgeeks
“Martha Candler, granddaughter of Asa Candler, [Coca-Cola] millionaire, isn't worrying about how to keep busy since graduating from Ward-Belmont College of Nashville. For she received not only a diploma but a cabin monoplane from her grandfather as a graduating present.” (NEA, July 1930) — #avgeeks
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
“Martha Candler, granddaughter of Asa Candler, [Coca-Cola] millionaire, isn't worrying about how to keep busy since graduating from Ward-Belmont College of Nashville. For she received not only a diploma but a cabin monoplane from her grandfather as a graduating present.” (NEA, July 1930) — #avgeeks
Artist: Jane R. Willson, San Francisco, 2014.
January 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Artist: Jane R. Willson, San Francisco, 2014.
