Jonathan Dresner
@jondresner.bsky.social
Japan/World/Food/Migration historian. Nerd, geek, comics. Blogger. Rootless Cosmopolitan. Still masking. Views expressed are mine alone (RTs are someone else's). Cis he/him/his.
Same handle on Spore.Social.
There are no good-faith anti-trans arguments.
Same handle on Spore.Social.
There are no good-faith anti-trans arguments.
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Jonathan Dresner
@jondresner.bsky.social
· Jul 24
Our intolerance for disorder, diversity, and difference will kill us all. But we will kill the diverse, different, and creative ones first.
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The flu is deadly. It is NOT a joke.
“this is not just the flu” is incorrect, this is what the flu has always been and it is why i am annoying about getting the flu shot. get your kids the flu shot. anyone able to get the flu shot! this is devastating!
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The flu is deadly. It is NOT a joke.
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No. No. No.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
January 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
No. No. No.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
Immigration Historian Says: Same as it ever was.
[Also, xenophobia, same as it ever was; see Erika Lee, America for Americans]
[Also, xenophobia, same as it ever was; see Erika Lee, America for Americans]
TLDR: Immigration is keeping America healthy. 🤷🏿♀️
More immigrants =>
better health for Americans.
More deportations => worse health.
better health for Americans.
More deportations => worse health.
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Immigration Historian Says: Same as it ever was.
[Also, xenophobia, same as it ever was; see Erika Lee, America for Americans]
[Also, xenophobia, same as it ever was; see Erika Lee, America for Americans]
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Even if something is automated, a human is involved in the process somehow, whether that is setting it up or pressing go.
what's the thing in your subdiscipline that loads of people constantly mess up even though by your lights they really ought to know better? (for me it's clearly distinguishing contents and vehicles)
January 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Even if something is automated, a human is involved in the process somehow, whether that is setting it up or pressing go.
This is why I assigned, as much as possible, monographs instead of textbooks, whole primary sources instead of excerpts. I wanted students to see how historians found questions, handled archives, engaged discourses, managed a whole project, and also how messy and complicated historical documents are
The Curriculum Discourse™️ has me returning to a question I often ask myself & PSTs—what might happen if we START the curriculum design process by asking “how can students join meaningful conversations within the literary humanities?” instead of “what skills/standards should I cover in this unit?”
January 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
This is why I assigned, as much as possible, monographs instead of textbooks, whole primary sources instead of excerpts. I wanted students to see how historians found questions, handled archives, engaged discourses, managed a whole project, and also how messy and complicated historical documents are
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Since it’s is in the news, or at any rate on social media, at the moment…
Recent reflections on what, if anything, the Melian Dialogue can tell us about the workings of international politics - which may be primarily about the discourse rather than the reality: thesphinxblog.com/2023/10/22/w...
Recent reflections on what, if anything, the Melian Dialogue can tell us about the workings of international politics - which may be primarily about the discourse rather than the reality: thesphinxblog.com/2023/10/22/w...
Weak
Justice is possible only when power is in balance. Otherwise the strong exact what they want and the weak simply suffer.
thesphinxblog.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since it’s is in the news, or at any rate on social media, at the moment…
Recent reflections on what, if anything, the Melian Dialogue can tell us about the workings of international politics - which may be primarily about the discourse rather than the reality: thesphinxblog.com/2023/10/22/w...
Recent reflections on what, if anything, the Melian Dialogue can tell us about the workings of international politics - which may be primarily about the discourse rather than the reality: thesphinxblog.com/2023/10/22/w...
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This is a great quote, and I agree we've been backsliding, which I think is Thunberg's point.
But on the other hand, it's not like the world had a great sense of humanity for a couple thousand years and just recently it all fell apart.
I just want us to gear up for a long fight is what I'm saying.
But on the other hand, it's not like the world had a great sense of humanity for a couple thousand years and just recently it all fell apart.
I just want us to gear up for a long fight is what I'm saying.
"I'm not scared of Israel. I'm scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity. Greta thunberg
January 4, 2026 at 10:19 AM
This is a great quote, and I agree we've been backsliding, which I think is Thunberg's point.
But on the other hand, it's not like the world had a great sense of humanity for a couple thousand years and just recently it all fell apart.
I just want us to gear up for a long fight is what I'm saying.
But on the other hand, it's not like the world had a great sense of humanity for a couple thousand years and just recently it all fell apart.
I just want us to gear up for a long fight is what I'm saying.
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It would be wrong to consider
an enlisted person more culpable for actions they take when following orders than their superiors or political leaders, but people want to absolve them of ALL responsibility and that can't be right.
We're all responsible for choices we make and things we do, surely.
an enlisted person more culpable for actions they take when following orders than their superiors or political leaders, but people want to absolve them of ALL responsibility and that can't be right.
We're all responsible for choices we make and things we do, surely.
January 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
It would be wrong to consider
an enlisted person more culpable for actions they take when following orders than their superiors or political leaders, but people want to absolve them of ALL responsibility and that can't be right.
We're all responsible for choices we make and things we do, surely.
an enlisted person more culpable for actions they take when following orders than their superiors or political leaders, but people want to absolve them of ALL responsibility and that can't be right.
We're all responsible for choices we make and things we do, surely.
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my new post is about a McElroy podcast and a poem, with a featherweight touch on today's news on social media.
come join us. fat politics is all politics, and i only charge $1/month for all content (i don't use tiers). 💛
come join us. fat politics is all politics, and i only charge $1/month for all content (i don't use tiers). 💛
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January 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM
my new post is about a McElroy podcast and a poem, with a featherweight touch on today's news on social media.
come join us. fat politics is all politics, and i only charge $1/month for all content (i don't use tiers). 💛
come join us. fat politics is all politics, and i only charge $1/month for all content (i don't use tiers). 💛
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Also
It seems it is once again time for everyone to familiarize themselves with this anti-imperialist classic.
January 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Also
We are the rogue nation.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
We are the rogue nation.
There's no future for humanity if we don't have rules, prinicples, and consequences
it seems pretty obvious that there's no future for the left where we don't have a clear and central position that international law should be extremely real as far as the united states is concerned
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
There's no future for humanity if we don't have rules, prinicples, and consequences
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Are you attending #AHA26? Do you have plans for the AHA Business Meeting yet? Want a buddy to come with? Write me and we'll head there together! Sat Jan 10 5:15pm.
H4P and HPAD calling for AHA members to challenge recent antidemocratic moves by the outgoing Council. See y'all there!
H4P and HPAD calling for AHA members to challenge recent antidemocratic moves by the outgoing Council. See y'all there!
January 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Are you attending #AHA26? Do you have plans for the AHA Business Meeting yet? Want a buddy to come with? Write me and we'll head there together! Sat Jan 10 5:15pm.
H4P and HPAD calling for AHA members to challenge recent antidemocratic moves by the outgoing Council. See y'all there!
H4P and HPAD calling for AHA members to challenge recent antidemocratic moves by the outgoing Council. See y'all there!
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Might get a tshirt with "Gah, historians, such buzzkills"
Gah, historians, such buzzkills.
It'll Be Different This Time!™️
It'll Be Different This Time!™️
January 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Might get a tshirt with "Gah, historians, such buzzkills"
Tradition!
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January 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Tradition!
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for the new year we should just impeach everyone
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
for the new year we should just impeach everyone
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Two tech issues this current spasm of imperialism highlights:
1. "Is is AI" must be the 1st Q we ask about images emerging as crises unfold
2. Green energy is a world peace issue. Oil/natural gas is behind most military conflicts since at least 1990. Renewable energy is a sine qua non for peace.
1. "Is is AI" must be the 1st Q we ask about images emerging as crises unfold
2. Green energy is a world peace issue. Oil/natural gas is behind most military conflicts since at least 1990. Renewable energy is a sine qua non for peace.
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Two tech issues this current spasm of imperialism highlights:
1. "Is is AI" must be the 1st Q we ask about images emerging as crises unfold
2. Green energy is a world peace issue. Oil/natural gas is behind most military conflicts since at least 1990. Renewable energy is a sine qua non for peace.
1. "Is is AI" must be the 1st Q we ask about images emerging as crises unfold
2. Green energy is a world peace issue. Oil/natural gas is behind most military conflicts since at least 1990. Renewable energy is a sine qua non for peace.
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Residents of Baltimore & local organizers gather in front of City Hall to protest the Trump regime's lawless military invasion of Venezuela & kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro & his wife Cilia Flores this morning. I'm on the ground for @therealnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Residents of Baltimore & local organizers gather in front of City Hall to protest the Trump regime's lawless military invasion of Venezuela & kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro & his wife Cilia Flores this morning. I'm on the ground for @therealnews.com
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"What if, instead of focusing on ‘pioneers’ and activists and breakthroughs towards a more perfect union, we focused on conservative and subversive forces and how each crisis revealed deep-rooted problems and how we failed to solve them most of the time?"
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Role Reversal « World History
dresnerworld.edublogs.org
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
"What if, instead of focusing on ‘pioneers’ and activists and breakthroughs towards a more perfect union, we focused on conservative and subversive forces and how each crisis revealed deep-rooted problems and how we failed to solve them most of the time?"
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I'm pretty sure I have a spare "Impeach Trump" sticker around here...
i think there are still cars in new mexico with extremely faded "no war for oil" bumper stickers
January 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I'm pretty sure I have a spare "Impeach Trump" sticker around here...
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we need to ask for guillotines and put up this as the compromise
Anyway. Repeal the Hague Invasion Act, sign the Rome Statute, refer the entire administration to the ICC.
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
we need to ask for guillotines and put up this as the compromise
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While I’m yelling into the void: fuck polymarket and every single fucking ghoul who uses it
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
While I’m yelling into the void: fuck polymarket and every single fucking ghoul who uses it
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Cannot stand imagining how much worse DHS is going to terrorize Venezuelans in the US now. It was already unconscionable. Hell, all of this is unconscionable.
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Cannot stand imagining how much worse DHS is going to terrorize Venezuelans in the US now. It was already unconscionable. Hell, all of this is unconscionable.