Tara
@needlesandbits.bsky.social
Reader. Stitcher (Needlepoint & Cross Stitch). Tatting. Equestrian. Adopter of Cats & Dogs. Curious about Everything. Always Learning. (she/her)
Movie night! Join Historians at the Movies, starting at 8 pm est to watch and chat about ONLY THE BRAVE
#HATM
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And welcome back to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we'll be talking about wildland firefighting with ONLY THE BRAVE at 8pm eastern, available on Netflix. #HATM 1/1
This week Historians At The Movies talks about the Yarnell Hill Fire of 2013. Join us on Netflix this Sunday January 4 at 8pm eastern for ONLY THE BRAVE.
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Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
January 5, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Movie night! Join Historians at the Movies, starting at 8 pm est to watch and chat about ONLY THE BRAVE
#HATM
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Pour one out for the Latin American historians. May the gods of patience be with you as you do your public-facing work right now.
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Pour one out for the Latin American historians. May the gods of patience be with you as you do your public-facing work right now.
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it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM
it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'
2026 started off horrendously. I found out that a dear college friend of mine passed away just after midnight. My prayers go out to his wife, family, and friends.
Play with your cats tonight. Sandy would approve.
Play with your cats tonight. Sandy would approve.
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 AM
2026 started off horrendously. I found out that a dear college friend of mine passed away just after midnight. My prayers go out to his wife, family, and friends.
Play with your cats tonight. Sandy would approve.
Play with your cats tonight. Sandy would approve.
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This week Historians At The Movies talks about the Yarnell Hill Fire of 2013. Join us on Netflix this Sunday January 4 at 8pm eastern for ONLY THE BRAVE.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
January 1, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This week Historians At The Movies talks about the Yarnell Hill Fire of 2013. Join us on Netflix this Sunday January 4 at 8pm eastern for ONLY THE BRAVE.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Movie night! Movie night!
Join Historians at the Movies #HATM as we watch Deep Cover starting at 8 PM.
Click through Jason's post for more info:
Join Historians at the Movies #HATM as we watch Deep Cover starting at 8 PM.
Click through Jason's post for more info:
And welcome to the final Historians At The Movies of 2025. Tonight we are watching one of the best films you’ve never seen. Join us for DEEP COVER on Prime Video at 8pm eastern. #HATM 1/
Historians At The Movies has something special for the final film of the year. This week we are talking about drugs, policing, Los Angeles, and one of the great film noirs ever made. Join us on Prime Video this Sunday, December 28 at 8pm eastern for DEEP COVER. #HATM
December 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Movie night! Movie night!
Join Historians at the Movies #HATM as we watch Deep Cover starting at 8 PM.
Click through Jason's post for more info:
Join Historians at the Movies #HATM as we watch Deep Cover starting at 8 PM.
Click through Jason's post for more info:
The Fart doth protest too much, methinks.
Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
December 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The Fart doth protest too much, methinks.
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A million pages is conservatively 400 bankers boxes.
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A million pages is conservatively 400 bankers boxes.
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I’ve made a copy of the 60 Minutes INSIDE CECOT segment. If Substack takes it down, I’ll put it up on my website. I know there are cleaner copies out there, but I kinda like the punk rock bootlegged version. The link is in my pinned post if you haven’t seen it yet.
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I’ve made a copy of the 60 Minutes INSIDE CECOT segment. If Substack takes it down, I’ll put it up on my website. I know there are cleaner copies out there, but I kinda like the punk rock bootlegged version. The link is in my pinned post if you haven’t seen it yet.
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Trump ousts more Biden-era ambassadors
Trump ousts more Biden-era ambassadors
The envoys are career Foreign Service officers, making the decision to remove them unusual.
dlvr.it
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Trump ousts more Biden-era ambassadors
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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More than 200 Black boys were lost to history after dying in state custody. Now, Georgetown’s Forgotten Children Initiative is working to restore their names, stories, and dignity. We must confront this painful truth and honor every child the system failed.
Georgetown University joins efforts to honor lives of 200+ Black boys found in abandoned Maryland graveyard
Georgetown University’s “Forgotten Children Initiative” commits to investigating the lost burial grounds of 230 Black children in Maryland.
thegrio.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
More than 200 Black boys were lost to history after dying in state custody. Now, Georgetown’s Forgotten Children Initiative is working to restore their names, stories, and dignity. We must confront this painful truth and honor every child the system failed.
It's the equivalent of the little room people go into on a reality TV show and trash talk everyone.
It's all scripted and everybody knows what is said.
It's all scripted and everybody knows what is said.
People are treating Chris Whipple's Susie Wiles articles in Vanity Fair today as big news - the NYT even recapped them. But Wiles is no dummy; she knows how to work the press. These articles read like a Trump press release, excuse after excuse with no pushback. It's the anti-Chotiner interview. 1/
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
It's the equivalent of the little room people go into on a reality TV show and trash talk everyone.
It's all scripted and everybody knows what is said.
It's all scripted and everybody knows what is said.
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We have only done a few movies twice on Historians At The Movies, but I think Rob Reiner’s work should be on that list. Join us on Disney+ this Sunday, December 21 at 8pm eastern for THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We have only done a few movies twice on Historians At The Movies, but I think Rob Reiner’s work should be on that list. Join us on Disney+ this Sunday, December 21 at 8pm eastern for THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
It's another Sunday night and you're welcome to join Historians at the Movies #HATM as we watch LION starting at 8 PM EST.
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And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we are watching LION on Netflix at 8pm eastern. #HATM 1/
Tomorrow night Historians At The Movies visits Australia and India to talk about the real life story of Saroo Bierley and the power of family. Join us on Netflix this Sunday December 14 at 8pm eastern for LION.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
youtu.be/-RNI9o06vqo?...
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
youtu.be/-RNI9o06vqo?...
December 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It's another Sunday night and you're welcome to join Historians at the Movies #HATM as we watch LION starting at 8 PM EST.
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Guess who turns 95 years old today?
Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King Jr's lawyer. The lawyer for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The lawyer for the victims of the Tuskegee Experiment.
The great Fred D. Gray. Who still practices law to this day.
Happy birthday good sir 🫡
Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King Jr's lawyer. The lawyer for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The lawyer for the victims of the Tuskegee Experiment.
The great Fred D. Gray. Who still practices law to this day.
Happy birthday good sir 🫡
December 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Guess who turns 95 years old today?
Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King Jr's lawyer. The lawyer for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The lawyer for the victims of the Tuskegee Experiment.
The great Fred D. Gray. Who still practices law to this day.
Happy birthday good sir 🫡
Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King Jr's lawyer. The lawyer for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The lawyer for the victims of the Tuskegee Experiment.
The great Fred D. Gray. Who still practices law to this day.
Happy birthday good sir 🫡
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Gleaned this from the Historians at the Movies Insta account -
This Sunday, Dec 14th at 8pm EST.
Not seen this yet, but it looks like a a great choice.
Adventure, hope, family. Join in! #hatm
This Sunday, Dec 14th at 8pm EST.
Not seen this yet, but it looks like a a great choice.
Adventure, hope, family. Join in! #hatm
December 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Gleaned this from the Historians at the Movies Insta account -
This Sunday, Dec 14th at 8pm EST.
Not seen this yet, but it looks like a a great choice.
Adventure, hope, family. Join in! #hatm
This Sunday, Dec 14th at 8pm EST.
Not seen this yet, but it looks like a a great choice.
Adventure, hope, family. Join in! #hatm
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
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I’ll never forget hearing Donald Trump’s racist “shithole countries” comment in a 2018 Oval Office meeting about immigration.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
December 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’ll never forget hearing Donald Trump’s racist “shithole countries” comment in a 2018 Oval Office meeting about immigration.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
Tom Cotton and David Perdue claimed Trump didn’t say it and accused me of lying.
The truth comes out.
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Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
Tonight, join Historians at the Movies #HATM as we watch Clear and Present Danger together starting at 8 PM!
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And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we are absolutely not speaking to current events whatsoever with CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER on Netflix at 8pm eastern. #HATM 1/
Narco terrorism? Covert ops? Shady government officials? A confused President? TOTAL FICTION.
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Tonight, join Historians at the Movies #HATM as we watch Clear and Present Danger together starting at 8 PM!
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It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
The 2025 Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction (TFR Awards)
Thirteen early contenders for the best transfeminine novel of 2025. Voting is open until December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...