Unlucky Century
@unluckycentury.bsky.social
He/him. Husband, father of two. History professor. Xennial. Progressive and pragmatic. Sociable but private. Not a real pirate.
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I keep telling myself, imagine you're an abolitionist in 1840, or a women's suffragist in 1890, or even just remember being a supporter of same-sex marriage in 2004. It's hard to be optimistic right now, but I'll be damned if I'm going to stop fighting.
What are the chances Trump has a heart attack and President Vance releases the Epstein files hoping to discredit him and win over MAGA, only to be reminded that he has the charisma of soggy bread and they will just never love him that way?
July 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
What are the chances Trump has a heart attack and President Vance releases the Epstein files hoping to discredit him and win over MAGA, only to be reminded that he has the charisma of soggy bread and they will just never love him that way?
I disappear into an archive reading 200-year-old pamphlets for 4 hours and come out to find that Elon and Donald are finally having the catfight I've been praying for. I think I just found religion again.
June 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I disappear into an archive reading 200-year-old pamphlets for 4 hours and come out to find that Elon and Donald are finally having the catfight I've been praying for. I think I just found religion again.
These idiots somehow think the 21st-century economy ought to look like a weird mash-up of 1890 and 1950.
Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas."
April 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
These idiots somehow think the 21st-century economy ought to look like a weird mash-up of 1890 and 1950.
This guy described his poster to me as "multilingual."
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This guy described his poster to me as "multilingual."
Saw this one in Chicago yesterday
April 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Saw this one in Chicago yesterday
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It doesn’t surprise me that this Signal thing is the scandal that broke through more than deporting people who were here legally or tormenting various minority groups, if there’s one thing both the American media and citizens agree on it’s that when we bomb the shit out of people we do it with class
March 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It doesn’t surprise me that this Signal thing is the scandal that broke through more than deporting people who were here legally or tormenting various minority groups, if there’s one thing both the American media and citizens agree on it’s that when we bomb the shit out of people we do it with class
I assume the investigations involve checking how brown a person's skin looks.
REPORTER: How do you determine whether somebody is a gang member? What criteria do you use?
HOMAN: Through various investigations
HOMAN: Through various investigations
March 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I assume the investigations involve checking how brown a person's skin looks.
He's being so patient waiting for some of that yummy foamy coffee creamer Mom & Dad make on the weekends.
March 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
He's being so patient waiting for some of that yummy foamy coffee creamer Mom & Dad make on the weekends.
The thing with Trump being 45 and 47 is that he gets to be the worst and the second-worst president in history, nonconsecutively.
March 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The thing with Trump being 45 and 47 is that he gets to be the worst and the second-worst president in history, nonconsecutively.
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New rule - all billionaires must give me 5 bullet points on how they contributed to society last week or we seize their assets.
February 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New rule - all billionaires must give me 5 bullet points on how they contributed to society last week or we seize their assets.
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Our latest: The Resistance is alive and well and angry.
Please consider reading and sharing. No paywall.
Please consider reading and sharing. No paywall.
The Resistance is alive and well and angry
Reports of our demise might have been premature
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February 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Our latest: The Resistance is alive and well and angry.
Please consider reading and sharing. No paywall.
Please consider reading and sharing. No paywall.
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Every single wave election I've ever seen in my career has started with massive blowback from voters at town halls like this.
It happened to Obama in 2010.
It's happening again to Trump in 2026.
They've badly misplayed their hand since day one.
It happened to Obama in 2010.
It's happening again to Trump in 2026.
They've badly misplayed their hand since day one.
February 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Every single wave election I've ever seen in my career has started with massive blowback from voters at town halls like this.
It happened to Obama in 2010.
It's happening again to Trump in 2026.
They've badly misplayed their hand since day one.
It happened to Obama in 2010.
It's happening again to Trump in 2026.
They've badly misplayed their hand since day one.
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Repeating myself, but the idea of Trump & Musk as "masculine" remains bizarre. They're just the toxic and immature parts with none of the traditional "masculine" virtues. They're whiny, entitled, unreliable, dishonest, self-absorbed, never take responsibility, never put duty over self-interest, etc.
I mean, Jesus Christ, can you people even *hear* yourself?
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
February 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Repeating myself, but the idea of Trump & Musk as "masculine" remains bizarre. They're just the toxic and immature parts with none of the traditional "masculine" virtues. They're whiny, entitled, unreliable, dishonest, self-absorbed, never take responsibility, never put duty over self-interest, etc.
I am saving this screenshot to use in future lectures and watch as students laugh at this generation's "freedom fries" moment.
February 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I am saving this screenshot to use in future lectures and watch as students laugh at this generation's "freedom fries" moment.
Kendrick kicked ass at that halftime.
February 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kendrick kicked ass at that halftime.
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they are fucking babies who cannot take a rhetorical punch. keep punching.
February 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
they are fucking babies who cannot take a rhetorical punch. keep punching.
Here's an idea: If you think everyone hates you because they think you're an asshole, have you tried being less of an asshole?
February 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Here's an idea: If you think everyone hates you because they think you're an asshole, have you tried being less of an asshole?
It's a reminder that these so-called pro-Palestinian protestors knew perfectly well all along that Harris and Biden were willing to listen. If they really believed Trump was persuadable, they would have shown up at his rallies.
And all the Gaza protesters at Democrat rallies before the election. Did any protest a Trump venue?
February 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It's a reminder that these so-called pro-Palestinian protestors knew perfectly well all along that Harris and Biden were willing to listen. If they really believed Trump was persuadable, they would have shown up at his rallies.
Alarming, but am I alone in thinking this is a dumbass way for #PresidentMusk to do a power grab? To destroy things and broadcast that you're destroying them in a way that's guaranteed to piss off as many people as possible?
Musk's new department, which just seized control over payments as broad as USAID, defense, and social security, is presently livetweeting screenshots as they gleefully stop payments related to DEI, accessibility, and immigration. The account claims $1B in payments have already been cut off.
February 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alarming, but am I alone in thinking this is a dumbass way for #PresidentMusk to do a power grab? To destroy things and broadcast that you're destroying them in a way that's guaranteed to piss off as many people as possible?
Behold the president we almost had.
January 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Behold the president we almost had.
So basically, Trump: The crash happened because Black and brown people.
January 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
So basically, Trump: The crash happened because Black and brown people.
(In the voice of Inigo Montoya) You keep saying "sovereign." I don't think it means what you think it means.
January 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
(In the voice of Inigo Montoya) You keep saying "sovereign." I don't think it means what you think it means.
Someday he will figure out how to get through the window and get that squirrel.
January 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Someday he will figure out how to get through the window and get that squirrel.
I agree with this except for one thing. DO laugh at him. He's dangerous, but the paradox is that his power is rooted mainly in people thinking he's dangerous. We need to break the aura around him.
January 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I agree with this except for one thing. DO laugh at him. He's dangerous, but the paradox is that his power is rooted mainly in people thinking he's dangerous. We need to break the aura around him.