David M. Perry
@lollardfish.bsky.social
Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Preorder: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar. Subscribe to the Modern Medieval Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/ModernMedieval
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It's the story of three brothers who go to war over the imperial throne. It's a story of an empire built on lies. It's now out in paperback. From me and @profgabriele.com.
Buy one for your friends. Two for your enemies. Gift-giving/revenge solved!
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Buy one for your friends. Two for your enemies. Gift-giving/revenge solved!
www.harpercollins.com/products/oat...
Interceptions that take no skill for the defender also do not merit group endzone celebrations have some dignity. Also beat the packers.
December 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Interceptions that take no skill for the defender also do not merit group endzone celebrations have some dignity. Also beat the packers.
Hey Charlie, I almost went crazy
After Mario got busted
I went back to Omaha
To live with my folks
But everyone I used to know
Was either dead or in prison
So I came back to Minneapolis
This time I think I'm gonna stay
After Mario got busted
I went back to Omaha
To live with my folks
But everyone I used to know
Was either dead or in prison
So I came back to Minneapolis
This time I think I'm gonna stay
December 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Hey Charlie, I almost went crazy
After Mario got busted
I went back to Omaha
To live with my folks
But everyone I used to know
Was either dead or in prison
So I came back to Minneapolis
This time I think I'm gonna stay
After Mario got busted
I went back to Omaha
To live with my folks
But everyone I used to know
Was either dead or in prison
So I came back to Minneapolis
This time I think I'm gonna stay
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Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Heading into 2026, I'm still looking for fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
It’s funny how all these noname no-pic accounts are popping up to repeat unsubstantiated claims for partisan gain.
This is the fourth today. But unlike them, I’m actually concerned about both recipients of services and small honest providers, now caught in this situation.
This is the fourth today. But unlike them, I’m actually concerned about both recipients of services and small honest providers, now caught in this situation.
13% of the MN budget was lost to fraud...that money and getting it back should be the top priority. Screw the federal government...dems will take it back over the next few years anyways.
December 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It’s funny how all these noname no-pic accounts are popping up to repeat unsubstantiated claims for partisan gain.
This is the fourth today. But unlike them, I’m actually concerned about both recipients of services and small honest providers, now caught in this situation.
This is the fourth today. But unlike them, I’m actually concerned about both recipients of services and small honest providers, now caught in this situation.
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Link with no paywall in the replies.
Not just "Navy-trained." Brynn Tannehill is a Naval Academy grad, in computer science, with an MS in Operations Research from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
And they could have shown her face.
Not just "Navy-trained." Brynn Tannehill is a Naval Academy grad, in computer science, with an MS in Operations Research from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
And they could have shown her face.
December 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Link with no paywall in the replies.
Not just "Navy-trained." Brynn Tannehill is a Naval Academy grad, in computer science, with an MS in Operations Research from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
And they could have shown her face.
Not just "Navy-trained." Brynn Tannehill is a Naval Academy grad, in computer science, with an MS in Operations Research from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
And they could have shown her face.
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David got his hands on my diary again.
My universal theory of social media is delete your posts.
December 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
David got his hands on my diary again.
The sad TE face on the chargers bench is making me sad too
December 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The sad TE face on the chargers bench is making me sad too
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History, as they say, might not repeat exactly, but it certainly does rhyme
On this day in 1837, Congress renewed and expanded a rule that prohibited any discussion about the abolition of slavery. The rule remained in effect for seven years.
Dec. 21, 1837 | Congress Expands Rule Prohibiting Discussion of the Abolition of Slavery
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
History, as they say, might not repeat exactly, but it certainly does rhyme
A short text explaining what is going on with ICE as a resource for kids (like … teens?) to read or for parents to read and had to talk to kids.
Hi Doug, Thanks for the feedback. Here a revised version:
theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/under...
theimmigrationlab.org/blog/f/under...
Understanding Deportation for Children
By Ernesto Castañeda, PhD
theimmigrationlab.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A short text explaining what is going on with ICE as a resource for kids (like … teens?) to read or for parents to read and had to talk to kids.
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Not necessarily but I could create it. What would be the best format? Blog, short video?
December 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Not necessarily but I could create it. What would be the best format? Blog, short video?
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Does anyone have any good resources for talking to kids about ICE? My 10yo is panicking about our friends and neighbors, and I feel maybe 75% equipped for honest but age-appropriate conversations and 25% way over my head.
(I don't want vague platitudes/reassurances or doomerism, pls and thanks)
(I don't want vague platitudes/reassurances or doomerism, pls and thanks)
December 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Does anyone have any good resources for talking to kids about ICE? My 10yo is panicking about our friends and neighbors, and I feel maybe 75% equipped for honest but age-appropriate conversations and 25% way over my head.
(I don't want vague platitudes/reassurances or doomerism, pls and thanks)
(I don't want vague platitudes/reassurances or doomerism, pls and thanks)
Cleaning up. Got a gig tonight and want fewer annoying replies :) don’t worry I’ll be back on my bullshit later
December 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Cleaning up. Got a gig tonight and want fewer annoying replies :) don’t worry I’ll be back on my bullshit later
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Local, vetted fund for helping families in SE Minneapolis who’ve lost income because of 🧊 activity
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
Rent Relief for South Minneapolis Families Impacted by Federal Immigration Operations
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
givebutter.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Local, vetted fund for helping families in SE Minneapolis who’ve lost income because of 🧊 activity
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
givebutter.com/H6lQkA
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So glad to see this written about. It takes 4 - 6 (or more!) human labor hours of editing, mixing and mastering to make a 90 minute conversation flow nicely and artfully. Video-forward shows tend to excise this process entirely and the resultant conversations flow and sound like shit as a result.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So glad to see this written about. It takes 4 - 6 (or more!) human labor hours of editing, mixing and mastering to make a 90 minute conversation flow nicely and artfully. Video-forward shows tend to excise this process entirely and the resultant conversations flow and sound like shit as a result.
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Hello, if you would like a lesbian winter sport sexy romance to read now that you've (re-)watched and/or (re-)read Heated Rivalry, might I suggest Rachel Spangler's Edge of Glory? www.amazon.com/Edge-Glory-R...
Edge of Glory
Amazon.com: Edge of Glory: 9781612941097: Spangler, Rachel: Books
www.amazon.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hello, if you would like a lesbian winter sport sexy romance to read now that you've (re-)watched and/or (re-)read Heated Rivalry, might I suggest Rachel Spangler's Edge of Glory? www.amazon.com/Edge-Glory-R...
huh this chargers game is a bit out of hand immediately.
December 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
huh this chargers game is a bit out of hand immediately.
i really do want dragons in my western
Genre rules are only guidelines anyway!
Want some Dragons in your Western? A locked boat murder mystery in your sci-fantasy? GBBO in outer space? A Necromantic bildungsroman? Searing examinations of war with bonus military Pteranodons? A literal plot device?
We've got all that and more!
1/3
Want some Dragons in your Western? A locked boat murder mystery in your sci-fantasy? GBBO in outer space? A Necromantic bildungsroman? Searing examinations of war with bonus military Pteranodons? A literal plot device?
We've got all that and more!
1/3
December 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
i really do want dragons in my western
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“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
lol. Hadn’t seen this before.
DEVIL: You shall stay forever young, but this picture of you will bear the marks of your sin!
DORIAN: Can I hide it?
DEVIL: Well, yes, but—
DORIAN: And there are no other consequences?
DEVIL: This… This picture will become so foul!
DORIAN: Again, probably I’ll hide the picture.
DORIAN: Can I hide it?
DEVIL: Well, yes, but—
DORIAN: And there are no other consequences?
DEVIL: This… This picture will become so foul!
DORIAN: Again, probably I’ll hide the picture.
December 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
lol. Hadn’t seen this before.
if you're a parent of a certain age, it's possible that your first encounter with him was on Jack's Big Music Show as Dr. Stringz. And I can't see him as anything else.
Just a shout-out to Andrew Bird for being a writer of striking, heartfelt music and superb violinist and whistler. @lollardfish.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
if you're a parent of a certain age, it's possible that your first encounter with him was on Jack's Big Music Show as Dr. Stringz. And I can't see him as anything else.
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Josh Ritter also did one of my favorite country songs in recent years.
Josh Ritter - Getting Ready to Get Down [Official Lyric Video]
YouTube video by Josh Ritter
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Josh Ritter also did one of my favorite country songs in recent years.
ok that was fun. Deleted that prompt. :) Too much discourse.
December 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
ok that was fun. Deleted that prompt. :) Too much discourse.
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Hey Snoop, if you are interested in acquiring the naming rights to other random events, I'd be happy to teach "Snoop Dogg Criminal Law presented by Drop It Like It's Hot" next semester. The cost is substantially lower than the Arizona Bowl.
Wait, "Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin and Juice" is a real game? I can't tell what's real and fake anymore.
December 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hey Snoop, if you are interested in acquiring the naming rights to other random events, I'd be happy to teach "Snoop Dogg Criminal Law presented by Drop It Like It's Hot" next semester. The cost is substantially lower than the Arizona Bowl.
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If someone says to you, "what are you doing about students' use of AI?" ask them, "do you think that this should be my problem? How good do you think my response can be? Should it not be up to legislators & administrators to defend against a commercial industry's attack on your child's education?"
December 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If someone says to you, "what are you doing about students' use of AI?" ask them, "do you think that this should be my problem? How good do you think my response can be? Should it not be up to legislators & administrators to defend against a commercial industry's attack on your child's education?"