@proffrisch.bsky.social
Asst. Teaching Prof of History, Penn State University, Scranton. Late Medieval England and theatre enthusiast. I attempt to study treason and its evolution.
JMU scored 34 and 509 yards on Oregon at Oregon. But sure lets keep talking about how they shouldn't have been in the playoffs.
January 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
JMU scored 34 and 509 yards on Oregon at Oregon. But sure lets keep talking about how they shouldn't have been in the playoffs.
Are you trying to lose this game Oregon?
January 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Are you trying to lose this game Oregon?
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In my experience, even if we weren't talking about fucking Hitler, modern historians generally don't care about "genius" as a label because it assumes Great Man Theory, where someone changes the world alone rather than because of their contemporaries/context.
TL;DR: Genius isn't a historical Thing.
TL;DR: Genius isn't a historical Thing.
January 1, 2026 at 6:41 PM
In my experience, even if we weren't talking about fucking Hitler, modern historians generally don't care about "genius" as a label because it assumes Great Man Theory, where someone changes the world alone rather than because of their contemporaries/context.
TL;DR: Genius isn't a historical Thing.
TL;DR: Genius isn't a historical Thing.
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This is the correct takeaway from that reporting, yes.
January 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
This is the correct takeaway from that reporting, yes.
In case you didn't know, many people eat pork today because pigs are the only animal that we eat regularly that do not scratch backwards, hence the idea that you are looking forward and not backward.
Also, pork is delicious, but that is a given.
Also, pork is delicious, but that is a given.
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In case you didn't know, many people eat pork today because pigs are the only animal that we eat regularly that do not scratch backwards, hence the idea that you are looking forward and not backward.
Also, pork is delicious, but that is a given.
Also, pork is delicious, but that is a given.
Watching sad OSU fans is the best thing I could see at the end of this horrendous year.
January 1, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Watching sad OSU fans is the best thing I could see at the end of this horrendous year.
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If you start Godzilla vs Megaguirus at 10:37:41 PM tonight, Megaguirus will drop the “ball” and it will collide with Godzillas face at exactly midnight
December 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If you start Godzilla vs Megaguirus at 10:37:41 PM tonight, Megaguirus will drop the “ball” and it will collide with Godzillas face at exactly midnight
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you are not prepared for this, i promise
December 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
you are not prepared for this, i promise
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Penn State gets the 22-10 win against Clemson in the Pinstripe Bowl. PSU ends the year with four straight wins to finish 7-6.
Thoughts on the win and Penn State heading into 2026
Thoughts on the win and Penn State heading into 2026
Penn State beats Clemson in Pinstripe Bowl
And that's how this season ends
insidethelions.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Penn State gets the 22-10 win against Clemson in the Pinstripe Bowl. PSU ends the year with four straight wins to finish 7-6.
Thoughts on the win and Penn State heading into 2026
Thoughts on the win and Penn State heading into 2026
We getting GRUNKY in Yankee stadium today.
I am here for it.
I am here for it.
December 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We getting GRUNKY in Yankee stadium today.
I am here for it.
I am here for it.
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
Just finished the first half of the last seasons of STANGER THINGS, and I am SO mad I have to wait to finish it. It is so damn good.
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Just finished the first half of the last seasons of STANGER THINGS, and I am SO mad I have to wait to finish it. It is so damn good.
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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From 2022: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
From 2022: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump's in the Epstein files over 600 times.
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump's in the Epstein files over 600 times.
Just watched SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, and it is good, if you liked those over the top 80s action films, this is a modern version of that. Just as good as the original.
Good fun.
Good fun.
December 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just watched SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, and it is good, if you liked those over the top 80s action films, this is a modern version of that. Just as good as the original.
Good fun.
Good fun.
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A constant in this world, is when it is cold outside my pupniece Waffles, knows how to stay warm.
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A constant in this world, is when it is cold outside my pupniece Waffles, knows how to stay warm.
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These are the people the mainstream media is constantly telling us to understand and sympathize with.
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
These are the people the mainstream media is constantly telling us to understand and sympathize with.
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More like the mild west, am I right?
December 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
More like the mild west, am I right?
A stupid hill i will, not necessarily die on but will atleast get bloodied on, is that the correct phrase is "an" historian not "a" historian.
Deal with it.
Deal with it.
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A stupid hill i will, not necessarily die on but will atleast get bloodied on, is that the correct phrase is "an" historian not "a" historian.
Deal with it.
Deal with it.
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.
Exclusive: President Trump received and discussed a draft copy of a book by lawyer Alan Dershowitz that studies whether Trump could constitutionally serve a third term as commander in chief.
Exclusive | Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear
Trump’s former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question.
on.wsj.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.