Andy Hall
@maritimetexas.bsky.social
Maritime, naval, and military history guy, occasional author. Texas Marine Archaeological Steward. Iconoclastic tendencies. Opinions mine, not my employer's.
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Andy Hall
@maritimetexas.bsky.social
· Feb 27
“America is great because it is good. If America ceases to be good, it will also cease to be great.”
— de Tocqueville
— de Tocqueville
Watching the Bad Bunny Pearl-clutching, I’m reminded again of the fragility to a lot of what passes for patriotism in this country, that requires constant affirmation and reinforcement and cannot brook any word or image that suggests otherwise.
Such people are neither strong nor actually patriotic.
Such people are neither strong nor actually patriotic.
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Watching the Bad Bunny Pearl-clutching, I’m reminded again of the fragility to a lot of what passes for patriotism in this country, that requires constant affirmation and reinforcement and cannot brook any word or image that suggests otherwise.
Such people are neither strong nor actually patriotic.
Such people are neither strong nor actually patriotic.
Reposted by Andy Hall
Turning Point USA Halftime Show Opens With Snake-Handling Preacher
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Turning Point USA Halftime Show Opens With Snake-Handling Preacher
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Truly the best part about the sport is that when the opposing team looks like four high school teachers who are a month away from retirement, you know for certain you're about to get fucking annihilated.
i don't like how athletic-looking the curlers are these days tbh.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Truly the best part about the sport is that when the opposing team looks like four high school teachers who are a month away from retirement, you know for certain you're about to get fucking annihilated.
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It's obvious but still striking to consider that we have a United States government driven solely by one man's emotional dysregulation and dysfunction.
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It's obvious but still striking to consider that we have a United States government driven solely by one man's emotional dysregulation and dysfunction.
Overheard:
“I grew up Catholic in New Orleans. Having to eat fish on Friday wasn’t a sacrifice.”
“I grew up Catholic in New Orleans. Having to eat fish on Friday wasn’t a sacrifice.”
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Overheard:
“I grew up Catholic in New Orleans. Having to eat fish on Friday wasn’t a sacrifice.”
“I grew up Catholic in New Orleans. Having to eat fish on Friday wasn’t a sacrifice.”
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I believe a group of academics is known as a 'quarrel'
There's gotta be a name for this many academics outside in the pouring rain during a fire alarm at the BL.
February 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I believe a group of academics is known as a 'quarrel'
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Point out.
When you're so coked up and stupid you put the scope on backwards:
February 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Point out.
“The battle-scarred ghost of Ezra Mulligan (Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion) pays a visit to his great-great-great-great-granddaughter's D. A. R. meeting.”
By the great Bill Mauldin
By the great Bill Mauldin
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 AM
“The battle-scarred ghost of Ezra Mulligan (Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion) pays a visit to his great-great-great-great-granddaughter's D. A. R. meeting.”
By the great Bill Mauldin
By the great Bill Mauldin
郵便で新しい商品が届きました！
グレゴリー・M・スミスさん、ブレット・グリモンドさん、そしてコンパスゲームズさん、ありがとうございます！
グレゴリー・M・スミスさん、ブレット・グリモンドさん、そしてコンパスゲームズさん、ありがとうございます！
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM
郵便で新しい商品が届きました！
グレゴリー・M・スミスさん、ブレット・グリモンドさん、そしてコンパスゲームズさん、ありがとうございます！
グレゴリー・M・スミスさん、ブレット・グリモンドさん、そしてコンパスゲームズさん、ありがとうございます！
郵便で新しい商品が届きました！
グレゴリー・M・スミスさん、ブレット・グリモンドさん、そしてコンパスゲームズさん、ありがとうございます！
グレゴリー・M・スミスさん、ブレット・グリモンドさん、そしてコンパスゲームズさん、ありがとうございます！
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 PM
郵便で新しい商品が届きました！
グレゴリー・M・スミスさん、ブレット・グリモンドさん、そしてコンパスゲームズさん、ありがとうございます！
グレゴリー・M・スミスさん、ブレット・グリモンドさん、そしてコンパスゲームズさん、ありがとうございます！
The ENTIRE pitch and appeal of cryptocurrency was that it allowed users to send and receive money without a record that the government could trace. Did they only assume it would be used for simple tax evasion?
Come on. COME ON.
Come on. COME ON.
"We've basically funded an elite global pedophile ring since 2015. I feel sick."
Crypto Bros Nauseated After Realizing Bitcoin Itself Was Funded by Jeffrey Epstein
The crypto community is reeling from the discovery that Epstein was a huge backer of early Bitcoin efforts.
trib.al
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The ENTIRE pitch and appeal of cryptocurrency was that it allowed users to send and receive money without a record that the government could trace. Did they only assume it would be used for simple tax evasion?
Come on. COME ON.
Come on. COME ON.
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Delighted that I, some goofball lawyer, could walk into Meta and have way higher "performance" metrics than most of their software engineers, because I'm just going to brainlessly keep feeding stuff into the coding AI until some other AI says it works, without ever understanding what I'm doing.
Meta now forcing all employees to use AI tools and tying it to employee performance, according to @theinformation.com.
HR said "this is not an activity tracker—it’s an impact-evidence starter"
That's a fun way to rebrand workplace surveillance.
HR said "this is not an activity tracker—it’s an impact-evidence starter"
That's a fun way to rebrand workplace surveillance.
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Delighted that I, some goofball lawyer, could walk into Meta and have way higher "performance" metrics than most of their software engineers, because I'm just going to brainlessly keep feeding stuff into the coding AI until some other AI says it works, without ever understanding what I'm doing.
February 4, 2026 at 3:39 AM
“The statutory design is straightforward: TPS exists because threats to life exist; when the threat persists, so should TPS protection, unless the Secretary articulates a well-reasoned and well-supported national interest to the contrary,” she wrote.
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/dist...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/dist...
District Judge blocks order ending TPS status granted to Haitians - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The forthcoming ethnic cleansing of Springfield, OH has been put on hold, with a forceful (and unanswerable) opinion: A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary P...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 AM
“The statutory design is straightforward: TPS exists because threats to life exist; when the threat persists, so should TPS protection, unless the Secretary articulates a well-reasoned and well-supported national interest to the contrary,” she wrote.
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/dist...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/dist...
Tonight's historic Galveston image is a U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from August 21, 1944, titled "First Negro Nurses Land in England." Fifth from left in the second row is Second Lieutenant Catherine Randle of Galveston, Texas.
Full text and names in ALT.
Full text and names in ALT.
February 4, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Tonight's historic Galveston image is a U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from August 21, 1944, titled "First Negro Nurses Land in England." Fifth from left in the second row is Second Lieutenant Catherine Randle of Galveston, Texas.
Full text and names in ALT.
Full text and names in ALT.
Was it white wine, red wine, or rosé?
Whatever the hell happened to journalism in this country?
Whatever the hell happened to journalism in this country?
February 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Was it white wine, red wine, or rosé?
Whatever the hell happened to journalism in this country?
Whatever the hell happened to journalism in this country?
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
February 2, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
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Nearly 90% of the longbows found on the Mary Rose have these markings just above where the bow was held.
They have been interpreted in several ways: their similarity to markings on the chests they were found in may mean they are bowyers’ makers marks.
maryrose.org/discover/col...
They have been interpreted in several ways: their similarity to markings on the chests they were found in may mean they are bowyers’ makers marks.
maryrose.org/discover/col...
February 2, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Nearly 90% of the longbows found on the Mary Rose have these markings just above where the bow was held.
They have been interpreted in several ways: their similarity to markings on the chests they were found in may mean they are bowyers’ makers marks.
maryrose.org/discover/col...
They have been interpreted in several ways: their similarity to markings on the chests they were found in may mean they are bowyers’ makers marks.
maryrose.org/discover/col...
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🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨 For decades, Erwin Rommel has stood as the “good German” — a noble warrior who fought cleanly and even defied Hitler. But how much of that is true? 🤔
Peter Caddick-Adams unpacks Rommel’s real story: from propaganda hero to post-war myth.
#WWII #MilitaryHistory #HistoryPodcast
Peter Caddick-Adams unpacks Rommel’s real story: from propaganda hero to post-war myth.
#WWII #MilitaryHistory #HistoryPodcast
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🚨 COMING TOMORROW🚨 For decades, Erwin Rommel has stood as the “good German” — a noble warrior who fought cleanly and even defied Hitler. But how much of that is true? 🤔
Peter Caddick-Adams unpacks Rommel’s real story: from propaganda hero to post-war myth.
#WWII #MilitaryHistory #HistoryPodcast
Peter Caddick-Adams unpacks Rommel’s real story: from propaganda hero to post-war myth.
#WWII #MilitaryHistory #HistoryPodcast
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Last rant (for the day) about the "Reclaiming Science" MAHA event.
Deputy Director Memoli (who was described as running NIH inside whereas Director Bhattacharya handles external issues [Narrator: Normally, the NIH Director does not delegate NIH management] participated in a panel discussion.
1/16
Deputy Director Memoli (who was described as running NIH inside whereas Director Bhattacharya handles external issues [Narrator: Normally, the NIH Director does not delegate NIH management] participated in a panel discussion.
1/16
Lewis Black Unaccompanied Minors GIF
ALT: Lewis Black Unaccompanied Minors GIF
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Last rant (for the day) about the "Reclaiming Science" MAHA event.
Deputy Director Memoli (who was described as running NIH inside whereas Director Bhattacharya handles external issues [Narrator: Normally, the NIH Director does not delegate NIH management] participated in a panel discussion.
1/16
Deputy Director Memoli (who was described as running NIH inside whereas Director Bhattacharya handles external issues [Narrator: Normally, the NIH Director does not delegate NIH management] participated in a panel discussion.
1/16
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🧵#HistNursing Through my analysis of death certs of WW1 Nurses I’ve found some startling facts - to be shared in due course- 1 was high TB rates, TB was treated in a sanatorium on their return. A sanatorium was built in Christchurch in the hills www.heritage.org.nz/list-details...
February 1, 2026 at 1:45 AM
🧵#HistNursing Through my analysis of death certs of WW1 Nurses I’ve found some startling facts - to be shared in due course- 1 was high TB rates, TB was treated in a sanatorium on their return. A sanatorium was built in Christchurch in the hills www.heritage.org.nz/list-details...
Not entirely sure this is the best promotional image for a funeral home, but it probably seemed appropriate since they say in the accompanying text they've been up doing prep since 2 a.m.
(Yes, this is a real post on another social media platform.)
(Yes, this is a real post on another social media platform.)
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Not entirely sure this is the best promotional image for a funeral home, but it probably seemed appropriate since they say in the accompanying text they've been up doing prep since 2 a.m.
(Yes, this is a real post on another social media platform.)
(Yes, this is a real post on another social media platform.)
And EXPLICITLY recruiting on the basis of political ideology.
January 31, 2026 at 5:41 PM
And EXPLICITLY recruiting on the basis of political ideology.
The other day some celebrity gossip site published a photo of Shatner eating cereal in his car while stopped at a traffic light. (Scandalous, I know.)
In classic Shatner form, he’s running with it.
In classic Shatner form, he’s running with it.
January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The other day some celebrity gossip site published a photo of Shatner eating cereal in his car while stopped at a traffic light. (Scandalous, I know.)
In classic Shatner form, he’s running with it.
In classic Shatner form, he’s running with it.