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John Craig Hammond
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Associate Professor of History, Penn State
Enslavement, Emancipation, and Empire in North America, 1750 - 1820 https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828429/the-centrality-of-slavery/
https://sites.psu.edu/jch24/
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Minutemen, "Untitled Song for Latin America""

They are children playing with guns
They are children playing with countries

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Untitled Song for Latin America
YouTube video by Minutemen - Topic
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January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Are you finalizing a syllabus and looking for short, accessible articles to assign on some aspect of American history before 1900? Did you know that Commonplace has a subject tags page that allows you to easily browse our 25 year back catalog? Check it out here: 🗃️

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January 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Little man with a gun in his hand?

The highest love, a woman's touch
a strong mind
a strong body
all the things he could have had
all the things he shoul dhave been ...
Little man with a gun in his hand X 5
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MINUTEMEN - "ballot result" [full]
YouTube video by Fabricio Capiroto 2
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December 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Bill Kristol, going hard
Todd Blanche’s appearance on Meet the Press was disgraceful but clarifying. The “Department of Justice” is Donald Trump’s defense team. There can be no presumption they’re acting in good faith. One has to approach them as one approached a Soviet “Department of Justice”—as propaganda, not justice.
December 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Politics have not changed much in a decade.
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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After months of waging war on "DEI," the Trump regime releases an Epstein file that is disproportionately Black
December 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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I think President Crazy Eddie is doing a great job with this speech. Very presidential. youtu.be/aTIfUnfZSrM?...
Crazy Eddie 'Insane!' Commercial (NY, 1978)
YouTube video by Bionic Disco
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December 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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There is no room for bigotry on our turf.
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.

I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Highest love, a woman's touch
A strong mind, a strong body
All the things he couldn't have
All the things he should have been
Little man with a gun in his hand

"Little Man with a Gun in his Hand" - The Minutemen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=20-w...
Minutemen - Little Man With A Gun In His Hand
YouTube video by ohmydarlin4
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December 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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i made a photo zine of people standing in front of glenn danzig’s house that has outsold this book
American Canto sold 1165 physical copies in its first week, per bookscan.
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Hello Bluesky! Starting on December 6, we'll share the daily entry from the line-a-day diary kept by John Quincy Adams 200 years ago.

You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
John Quincy Adams Digital Diary
www.primarysourcecoop.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"The Centrality of Slavery" arrived today.
www.pennpress.org/978151282842...
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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I'm someone who has had a very stormy/complicated (and mostly bad) relationship with Catholicism in my life, but I dunno, reading this just reminding me of its good parts, and also shamed me into signing up for a shift driving for the local food bank. May it also shame you, person reading this lol
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is some damn good reporting
Back for Day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial. In government opening statement: “This case is about the fact that you can’t go around throwing stuff at people when you’re mad.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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remodeling my bathroom like a king
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Versailles-ification of the United States
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains. (They all suck, anyway)
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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We will never stop speaking out. Transphobia is white supremacist brain rot and the sooner we can shame these people out of polite society the better.
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
There is some masterful writing in this complaint.
October 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM