Matthew Lasar
@matthewlasar.bsky.social
San Francisco flâneur, video historian, public domain image enthusiast, mystic, rationalist. https://www.youtube.com/@history-nine
Cheer up NYC, here in San Francisco we just picked someone who has never held political office before + whose career consisted of rich folks "jobs" (fundraising, "deputy" director, "senior" adviser, etc). I mean, you could still elect the nursing home/sexual harassment scandal guy but I wouldn't.
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cheer up NYC, here in San Francisco we just picked someone who has never held political office before + whose career consisted of rich folks "jobs" (fundraising, "deputy" director, "senior" adviser, etc). I mean, you could still elect the nursing home/sexual harassment scandal guy but I wouldn't.
All three parts of my series "The Constitution's Invisible Word" are now available in this YouTube video. youtu.be/5QfWOMjrT-M?...
#constitution #history
#constitution #history
The Constitution's Invisible Word: all three episodes
YouTube video by history nine
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November 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
All three parts of my series "The Constitution's Invisible Word" are now available in this YouTube video. youtu.be/5QfWOMjrT-M?...
#constitution #history
#constitution #history
Part two of my series on the Constitution's invisible word: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKz...
#constitution #invisibleword #usahistory
#constitution #invisibleword #usahistory
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Part two of my series on the Constitution's invisible word: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKz...
#constitution #invisibleword #usahistory
#constitution #invisibleword #usahistory
There's an invisible word in the Constitution of 1787. Can you guess what it is? www.youtube.com/watch?v=H289...
#constitution #USAhistory #unitedstates
#constitution #USAhistory #unitedstates
The Constitution's Invisible Word, Part One
YouTube video by history nine
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October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There's an invisible word in the Constitution of 1787. Can you guess what it is? www.youtube.com/watch?v=H289...
#constitution #USAhistory #unitedstates
#constitution #USAhistory #unitedstates
The eternal struggle . . . 18th and Mission Street, San Francisco, California #selfvsself #innerconflict
October 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The eternal struggle . . . 18th and Mission Street, San Francisco, California #selfvsself #innerconflict
If I put one foot in a bucket of hot coals and the other in a bucket of dry ice, on average I'm a journalist looking for page views. #singularity
Humanity May Achieve the Singularity Within the Next 3 Months, Scientists Suggest
Some experts predict the singularity will occur by 2026. But how close are we really to artificial general intelligence?
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October 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If I put one foot in a bucket of hot coals and the other in a bucket of dry ice, on average I'm a journalist looking for page views. #singularity
I finally finished my YouTube series titled "Why Third Parties Always Fail." Seven episodes (!). Like some of you, I'm starting to wonder if we'll even have a second party soon. Anyway, I'm done. Here ya go. #thirdparty www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Why third parties always fail. - YouTube
Since the founding of the USA, no independent political party has turned the country from a two party to a stable three party political system. Why?
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September 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I finally finished my YouTube series titled "Why Third Parties Always Fail." Seven episodes (!). Like some of you, I'm starting to wonder if we'll even have a second party soon. Anyway, I'm done. Here ya go. #thirdparty www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Was the Republican Party ever a third party? In this video I scratch at that itchy question. youtu.be/Kg0VEWZ6ai0?...
#republican #gop #lincoln #history
#republican #gop #lincoln #history
Postscript: Was the Republican Party ever a third party?
YouTube video by history nine
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September 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Was the Republican Party ever a third party? In this video I scratch at that itchy question. youtu.be/Kg0VEWZ6ai0?...
#republican #gop #lincoln #history
#republican #gop #lincoln #history
September 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Doctor: I live in a country where third parties always fail. What should I do? youtu.be/ID0aVGqEC-s?...
#thirdparty #thirdparties #socialism #politics
#thirdparty #thirdparties #socialism #politics
5. What should you do in a country where third parties always fail?
YouTube video by history nine
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September 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Doctor: I live in a country where third parties always fail. What should I do? youtu.be/ID0aVGqEC-s?...
#thirdparty #thirdparties #socialism #politics
#thirdparty #thirdparties #socialism #politics
Sorry Walmart shoppers: no radioactive shrimp for you this Labor Day. #laborday #shrimp #walmart #radioactive
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Walmart recalls frozen shrimp over potential radioactive contamination
The risk from the recalled shrimp is "quite low," said Donald Schaffner, a food safety expert at Rutgers University. Cesium-137 is a byproduct of nuclear reactions.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sorry Walmart shoppers: no radioactive shrimp for you this Labor Day. #laborday #shrimp #walmart #radioactive
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You may mistake this for a gimmick photo from the 1880s. But I read it as a composite of the House minority leader, the Senate minority leader, and the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
August 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You may mistake this for a gimmick photo from the 1880s. But I read it as a composite of the House minority leader, the Senate minority leader, and the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
The story of two nineteenth-century USA third-parties: one made a difference for the better, the other for the worse. youtu.be/zW3nbVvnIY4?...
#populism #thirdparty
#populism #thirdparty
4. A tale of two third parties. Why third parties in the USA always fail, part four.
YouTube video by lasar's histories of everything
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August 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The story of two nineteenth-century USA third-parties: one made a difference for the better, the other for the worse. youtu.be/zW3nbVvnIY4?...
#populism #thirdparty
#populism #thirdparty
As I've said before, any conference on Ukraine that takes place without Ukraine isn't a peace conference, it's a pieces conference: who gets which pieces of Ukraine. That isn't peace, it's a reward for aggression. #standwithukraine
August 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
As I've said before, any conference on Ukraine that takes place without Ukraine isn't a peace conference, it's a pieces conference: who gets which pieces of Ukraine. That isn't peace, it's a reward for aggression. #standwithukraine
Andrew Johnson. Every time I see this pic, I think of one word: fiber. #history #reconstruction #fiber
August 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Andrew Johnson. Every time I see this pic, I think of one word: fiber. #history #reconstruction #fiber
Why third parties always fail. Three episodes out and I'm working on number four . . . www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Why third parties always fail. - YouTube
Since the founding of the USA, no independent political party has turned the country from a two party to a stable three party political system. Why?
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Why third parties always fail. Three episodes out and I'm working on number four . . . www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
How the federalists rigged the US electoral system to doom third parties. youtu.be/4IY73t5xqTc?...
#federalists #thirdparties #hamilton #madison
#federalists #thirdparties #hamilton #madison
Why third parties always fail. Part three: how the Federalists rigged the system.
YouTube video by lasar's histories of everything
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August 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How the federalists rigged the US electoral system to doom third parties. youtu.be/4IY73t5xqTc?...
#federalists #thirdparties #hamilton #madison
#federalists #thirdparties #hamilton #madison
I've realized that my ability to say things that nobody pays attention to is my secret super power.
August 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I've realized that my ability to say things that nobody pays attention to is my secret super power.
August 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
