Taulby Edmondson
@taulby.bsky.social
US South & Appalachia. Research: historical & cultural memory; race & white nationalism. Most recently writing on Gone with the Wind, plantation tourism, and campus racism. Horror enthusiast. Sports watcher. Dad.
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Taulby Edmondson
@taulby.bsky.social
· May 16
It's worth noting that a lot of the "historic homes" you see in southern locales are not antebellum at all. Many were built around the turn of the century in neoclassical antebellum style to demarcate wealthy white neighborhoods from segregated Black communities. I wrote about it here:
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AIPAC went big in the New Jersey’s 11th congressional district to replace Mikie Sherill and lost big. While the winner isn't clear yet, at this point progressive Analilia Mejia is ahead. In any case, the AIPAC-backed candidates were decimated.
newrepublic.com/post/206238/...
newrepublic.com/post/206238/...
AIPAC Money Flooded This Democratic Primary—and It’s About to Backfire
A progressive Democrat is this close to winning a House seat in New Jersey.
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
AIPAC went big in the New Jersey’s 11th congressional district to replace Mikie Sherill and lost big. While the winner isn't clear yet, at this point progressive Analilia Mejia is ahead. In any case, the AIPAC-backed candidates were decimated.
newrepublic.com/post/206238/...
newrepublic.com/post/206238/...
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There’s a great Nova episode on the International Space Station. In it, they talk about how something as small as a grain of sand can cause massive damage to the station. And all the billionaires are putting massive amounts of crap in the sky. We need to send them all one-way to Mars.
Elon Musk et al are totally fucking up the night sky ALREADY and they plan to make it worse 🔭
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/satelli...
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/satelli...
Are we destroying our window to the cosmos? Satellite trails could make space science nearly impossible, say astronomers | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Projected 560,000 satellites could overwhelm future observatories. Astronomers worry satellite trails will mar every view of the Universe.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
There’s a great Nova episode on the International Space Station. In it, they talk about how something as small as a grain of sand can cause massive damage to the station. And all the billionaires are putting massive amounts of crap in the sky. We need to send them all one-way to Mars.
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So incredibly racist.
Would be a huge scandal for any president where everyone in the world didn’t already know he was a horrible human being with no moral compass.
Would be a huge scandal for any president where everyone in the world didn’t already know he was a horrible human being with no moral compass.
February 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
So incredibly racist.
Would be a huge scandal for any president where everyone in the world didn’t already know he was a horrible human being with no moral compass.
Would be a huge scandal for any president where everyone in the world didn’t already know he was a horrible human being with no moral compass.
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if the whole genocide thing wasn't enough for you, another good reason to get AIPAC money out of democratic politics is that the organization now exists to move republican donor money into democratic races to sow chaos and get the most republican-friendly democrat elected
Punchbowl has AOC quoted saying the same thing that I've been saying for the past few weeks re: AIPAC spending against pro-Israel Tom Malinowski.
“It’s quite shocking how moderate of a stance that they are mobilizing against. We’re not even talking about them targeting the left,” Ocasio-Cortez said
“It’s quite shocking how moderate of a stance that they are mobilizing against. We’re not even talking about them targeting the left,” Ocasio-Cortez said
AIPAC’s first 2026 test
A Thursday special primary election will reveal whether Malinowski can survive a spending onslaught in a new era of anti-AIPAC sentiment among Dems.
punchbowl.news
February 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
if the whole genocide thing wasn't enough for you, another good reason to get AIPAC money out of democratic politics is that the organization now exists to move republican donor money into democratic races to sow chaos and get the most republican-friendly democrat elected
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Due to a trump executive order the national parks service has removed signage at the little bighorn battlefield that amplified the broken treaties and the assimilationist american policy of "kill the Indian save the man" that led to the reeducation 1/2
NPS removes Native American signage at Little Bighorn National Monument
NPS recently removed signage at Little Bighorn National Monument under Trump's "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" executive order.
www.militarytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Due to a trump executive order the national parks service has removed signage at the little bighorn battlefield that amplified the broken treaties and the assimilationist american policy of "kill the Indian save the man" that led to the reeducation 1/2
Yes! Gerrymander me Virginia Democrats.
Voila - the new Virginia U.S. House map bluevirginia.us/2026/02/repo... h/t @jahd.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Yes! Gerrymander me Virginia Democrats.
They want us to be as cynical and demoralized as possible.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 AM
They want us to be as cynical and demoralized as possible.
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BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
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I think this is the first time I've seen an elected official acknowledge poverty among Shoah survivors.
It was an honor to meet with Olga Spiegel last week on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Holocaust survivors are not solely historical figures - they are incredible artists like Olga, tenants who worry about rent hikes, senior citizens who need help affording groceries and a dignified life.
February 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I think this is the first time I've seen an elected official acknowledge poverty among Shoah survivors.
Now we're talking.
🚨BREAKING: Virginia Democrats just dropped a new congressional map — and it could flip FOUR more House seats blue in 2026.
If courts greenlight it, Virginia voters will decide whether the new map takes effect.
If courts greenlight it, Virginia voters will decide whether the new map takes effect.
Virginia Democrats release proposed map aimed at picking up 4 congressional seats
Virginia’s congressional delegation could look a lot more blue.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Now we're talking.
That is a good statement.
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 6, 2026 at 1:40 AM
That is a good statement.
Unionize
Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.
www.chronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Unionize
They like it. And the couple that don't are abject cowards.
Not a single Republican member showed up to Renee Good’s brothers testimony. Not one. Vile cowards.
This week, Renee Good's brothers came to testify before Congress. Here, Brent shares part of Renee's eulogy expressing who she was as a person. We are going to make sure that those responsible for her murder are brought to justice.
February 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
They like it. And the couple that don't are abject cowards.
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“The interview also becomes an exercise in intellectual peacocking as they invoke Socrates, Isaac Newton and quantum physics but pay little attention to Epstein’s crimes. Epstein reveals himself to be a living museum of racial prejudice.”
‘Do you think you’re the devil himself?’: highlights from the bizarre, newly released Bannon-Epstein interview
The interview, revealed in the latest tranche of Epstein files, was reportedly intended for a sympathetic documentary
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
“The interview also becomes an exercise in intellectual peacocking as they invoke Socrates, Isaac Newton and quantum physics but pay little attention to Epstein’s crimes. Epstein reveals himself to be a living museum of racial prejudice.”
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That mask is also popular with neo-Nazi accelerationist groups, which I think is really important to mention. Just like it's important to mention that ICE agents in Denver have been dropping Ace of Spades cards where they've kidnapped people. The white nationalist culture at work is clear.
In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
That mask is also popular with neo-Nazi accelerationist groups, which I think is really important to mention. Just like it's important to mention that ICE agents in Denver have been dropping Ace of Spades cards where they've kidnapped people. The white nationalist culture at work is clear.
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In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
February 4, 2026 at 2:08 AM
In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
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We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers
The New Mexico Legislature approved the Immigration Safety Act. House bill 9 bars the state from allowing ICE detention centers.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Laura Ingraham really meant that Hitler salute she threw at the Republican National Convention however long ago.
Laura Ingraham described anti-ICE protesters as radical socialists who are hellbent on overthrowing the U.S. government. There is no viable communist party in the U.S. and the protesters aren't an armed militia but that won't stop Ingraham from promoting the new red scare.
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Laura Ingraham really meant that Hitler salute she threw at the Republican National Convention however long ago.
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Whatever this is, it’s Not Good. This is a drastic step and obviously not meant to alert CIA Director Ratcliffe, rather to alert us. Given Wyden’s interest in privacy and surveillance and what’s going on around the country, I’d wager a bit of money that the CIA has been doing domestic things.
February 4, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Whatever this is, it’s Not Good. This is a drastic step and obviously not meant to alert CIA Director Ratcliffe, rather to alert us. Given Wyden’s interest in privacy and surveillance and what’s going on around the country, I’d wager a bit of money that the CIA has been doing domestic things.
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As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
This is it.
And the founders also never really envisioned a system like industrial and post-industrial capitalism that would be *fundamentally at odds* with their vision of a democratic republic.
Which is why capitalism must be dismantled.
And the founders also never really envisioned a system like industrial and post-industrial capitalism that would be *fundamentally at odds* with their vision of a democratic republic.
Which is why capitalism must be dismantled.
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
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Elections have consequences: Virginia's new Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger, put an end to the state’s partnerships with this ICE program on Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise to roll back collaboration.
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
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Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Elections have consequences: Virginia's new Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger, put an end to the state’s partnerships with this ICE program on Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise to roll back collaboration.
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
No doubt in my mind that Bezos wanted Wapo to succeed financially but there is no denying the ideological decisions he made for the benefit of himself and his class. We are too far into an elite power grab to give him any benefit of the doubt.
February 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
No doubt in my mind that Bezos wanted Wapo to succeed financially but there is no denying the ideological decisions he made for the benefit of himself and his class. We are too far into an elite power grab to give him any benefit of the doubt.
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can’t not hear and see:
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
can’t not hear and see:
Just two guys ruminating about all of the raping and pillaging they're dreaming about.
Elon Musk would 100% force girls into camps, just so horrible men can continue their bloodline by removing women’s bodily autonomy.
February 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Just two guys ruminating about all of the raping and pillaging they're dreaming about.
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Read this thread. It’s honestly devastating that someone who has written important works on antisemitism—numerous of which are cited in my own work—has descended into vile Islamophobia.
Fear and nationalism and an inability to consider how one might become a perpetrator.
Fear and nationalism and an inability to consider how one might become a perpetrator.
It should inspire serious reflection among liberals and institutionally liberal institutions in the US that this woman was (is still?) considered a standard-bearer on the issue of what constitutes bigotry.
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Read this thread. It’s honestly devastating that someone who has written important works on antisemitism—numerous of which are cited in my own work—has descended into vile Islamophobia.
Fear and nationalism and an inability to consider how one might become a perpetrator.
Fear and nationalism and an inability to consider how one might become a perpetrator.