Tom (Anne) Brinton
@tombrinton.bsky.social
Transmasc writer, historian, educator. Civil War nerd. Tenured. Work in progress.
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
MMA gym owner: You've really been getting after it lately.
Me: Fighting middle age, brother.
MMA gym owner: Do not even speak to me about that right now.
Me: Fighting middle age, brother.
MMA gym owner: Do not even speak to me about that right now.
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
MMA gym owner: You've really been getting after it lately.
Me: Fighting middle age, brother.
MMA gym owner: Do not even speak to me about that right now.
Me: Fighting middle age, brother.
MMA gym owner: Do not even speak to me about that right now.
Really trying to remind myself that "then let them" is a viable approach to tricky social encounters. I can't control what they do, and what they do isn't my fault.
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Really trying to remind myself that "then let them" is a viable approach to tricky social encounters. I can't control what they do, and what they do isn't my fault.
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Slice of life from the covid era. I hope this couple is still going strong and this young woman knows how purely and enthusiastically her husband desires her.
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Slice of life from the covid era. I hope this couple is still going strong and this young woman knows how purely and enthusiastically her husband desires her.
Hiking through Belgium on a cold, wet day 7 years ago.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hiking through Belgium on a cold, wet day 7 years ago.
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Wife has gone out to a 'tofu cookery masterclass'. Hoping she's really having an affair.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Wife has gone out to a 'tofu cookery masterclass'. Hoping she's really having an affair.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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When folks write things designed to make you panic, you should take a breath and ask - is this designed to make me engage? Or is it actually trying to inform?
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When folks write things designed to make you panic, you should take a breath and ask - is this designed to make me engage? Or is it actually trying to inform?
I'm so glad I'm not 23 anymore.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I'm so glad I'm not 23 anymore.
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Aries: Is this the best you can do? Seriously?
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Aries: Is this the best you can do? Seriously?
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1
Reread my diary from the Covid spring and summer and have big feelings about it.
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Reread my diary from the Covid spring and summer and have big feelings about it.
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🙊
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
🙊
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Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
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“You’re going to be disappointing other people or you’re going to be disappointing yourself. You have to choose.” — my partner to me today. Thought I’d mess yall up too. Thanks!
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“You’re going to be disappointing other people or you’re going to be disappointing yourself. You have to choose.” — my partner to me today. Thought I’d mess yall up too. Thanks!
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
Another successful story-telling party. I do them 3-4 times a year. Pick a theme and tell your friends to bring a dish and a story to share.
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Another successful story-telling party. I do them 3-4 times a year. Pick a theme and tell your friends to bring a dish and a story to share.
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My past self exists in the past with me as a dream within her. My current self exists in the present, with her as a memory within me.
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My past self exists in the past with me as a dream within her. My current self exists in the present, with her as a memory within me.
Stuck forever.
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Stuck forever.
In which Buffy, Willow, and Cordelia approach the motherlode.
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
In which Buffy, Willow, and Cordelia approach the motherlode.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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