Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS
@waitmanwbeorn.com
Holocaust & Genocide Studies/ History prof/ veteran/single dad/ former goalkeeper/ current fiddler/ Grad West Point and UNC/ he/him
Host of The Holocaust History Podcast
TV/Film Rep: Past Preservers
Psalm 109: 7-18
Host of The Holocaust History Podcast
TV/Film Rep: Past Preservers
Psalm 109: 7-18
Reposted by Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS
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.”
I have very bad news about what "following someone on social media" means.
I follow lots of people on BlueSky and I've been pretty vocal about what I think about Hakeem Jeffries.
But, bless your heart or whatever.
I follow lots of people on BlueSky and I've been pretty vocal about what I think about Hakeem Jeffries.
But, bless your heart or whatever.
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I have very bad news about what "following someone on social media" means.
I follow lots of people on BlueSky and I've been pretty vocal about what I think about Hakeem Jeffries.
But, bless your heart or whatever.
I follow lots of people on BlueSky and I've been pretty vocal about what I think about Hakeem Jeffries.
But, bless your heart or whatever.
A niche example is the absolute fetishization of this quote about Army football that Marshall never said.
He wasn’t even a West Point grad.
But this mythic quote is used as justification for the often substandard cadets recruited based on some stupid idea that good football leads to winning wars.
He wasn’t even a West Point grad.
But this mythic quote is used as justification for the often substandard cadets recruited based on some stupid idea that good football leads to winning wars.
December 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A niche example is the absolute fetishization of this quote about Army football that Marshall never said.
He wasn’t even a West Point grad.
But this mythic quote is used as justification for the often substandard cadets recruited based on some stupid idea that good football leads to winning wars.
He wasn’t even a West Point grad.
But this mythic quote is used as justification for the often substandard cadets recruited based on some stupid idea that good football leads to winning wars.
There’s cynical , super cynical, and weapons-grade stupid cynicism which is what this is.
nobody loves trump more than democrat politicians, he's doing all the things they benefit from personally but aren't supposed to admit they support (starting world war 3)
December 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There’s cynical , super cynical, and weapons-grade stupid cynicism which is what this is.
If you need to fly a flag to show you’re patriotic, you probably aren’t.
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you need to fly a flag to show you’re patriotic, you probably aren’t.
Gandalf just running down ONE LAST THING from the archives...
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Gandalf just running down ONE LAST THING from the archives...
Temu Dr.Mengele stuff...
December 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Temu Dr.Mengele stuff...
At this house, we have biscuits and gravy on Christmas morning.
December 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
At this house, we have biscuits and gravy on Christmas morning.
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
In this house, we build gingerbread keeps.
December 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In this house, we build gingerbread keeps.
This is called “paying taxes,” especially when you make an unconscionable amount of money for doing stupid shit.
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is called “paying taxes,” especially when you make an unconscionable amount of money for doing stupid shit.
The student: "I view all of my opinions in the world through the Bible."
<slaps her on the head>
Well, see, THERE'S your problem.
<slaps her on the head>
Well, see, THERE'S your problem.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The student: "I view all of my opinions in the world through the Bible."
<slaps her on the head>
Well, see, THERE'S your problem.
<slaps her on the head>
Well, see, THERE'S your problem.
Because if I've learned anything about AI, it's that we should DEFINITELY trust it to control 40,000 tons of military weaponry.
"I have just launched missiles at Polandistan, a country I made up that is roughly located in Zimbabwe. We are lethal and efficient, Mr. SecRTYERA of WOR."
"I have just launched missiles at Polandistan, a country I made up that is roughly located in Zimbabwe. We are lethal and efficient, Mr. SecRTYERA of WOR."
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Because if I've learned anything about AI, it's that we should DEFINITELY trust it to control 40,000 tons of military weaponry.
"I have just launched missiles at Polandistan, a country I made up that is roughly located in Zimbabwe. We are lethal and efficient, Mr. SecRTYERA of WOR."
"I have just launched missiles at Polandistan, a country I made up that is roughly located in Zimbabwe. We are lethal and efficient, Mr. SecRTYERA of WOR."
There's taking care of soldiers and then there's...whatever this nonsense is.
Call all your soldiers...every day...while they're on leave?
The entire civilian chain of command was promoted beyond their capabilities.
Call all your soldiers...every day...while they're on leave?
The entire civilian chain of command was promoted beyond their capabilities.
December 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
There's taking care of soldiers and then there's...whatever this nonsense is.
Call all your soldiers...every day...while they're on leave?
The entire civilian chain of command was promoted beyond their capabilities.
Call all your soldiers...every day...while they're on leave?
The entire civilian chain of command was promoted beyond their capabilities.
Looks like the Dildo of Consequences is lining up on President Anger Yam...
Trump traveled on Epstein's jet multiple times, including with underage girls.
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Looks like the Dildo of Consequences is lining up on President Anger Yam...
Just unreal stuff.
We used to be professionals.
We used to be professionals.
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Just unreal stuff.
We used to be professionals.
We used to be professionals.
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Then there was the time I was in the German Military Archive in Freiburg and some people sititng behind me requested the same very specific file I was looking at regarding a Wehrmacht killing of Jews.
Turns out they were the family of one of those soldiers.
And they had pictures.
Turns out they were the family of one of those soldiers.
And they had pictures.
December 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Then there was the time I was in the German Military Archive in Freiburg and some people sititng behind me requested the same very specific file I was looking at regarding a Wehrmacht killing of Jews.
Turns out they were the family of one of those soldiers.
And they had pictures.
Turns out they were the family of one of those soldiers.
And they had pictures.
Reposted by Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS
So, there I was in the Belarusian National Archive in Minsk.
The finding aids were shitty so I ordered a folder of "German Documents, 1941-1944."
Friends, it was literally stuff taken off the bodies of dead soldiers (library cards, driver's licenses, etc)
Some of them were literally bloodstained.
The finding aids were shitty so I ordered a folder of "German Documents, 1941-1944."
Friends, it was literally stuff taken off the bodies of dead soldiers (library cards, driver's licenses, etc)
Some of them were literally bloodstained.
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So, there I was in the Belarusian National Archive in Minsk.
The finding aids were shitty so I ordered a folder of "German Documents, 1941-1944."
Friends, it was literally stuff taken off the bodies of dead soldiers (library cards, driver's licenses, etc)
Some of them were literally bloodstained.
The finding aids were shitty so I ordered a folder of "German Documents, 1941-1944."
Friends, it was literally stuff taken off the bodies of dead soldiers (library cards, driver's licenses, etc)
Some of them were literally bloodstained.
This is an excellent meme.
Something tells us that we're going to be correcting a lot of people today...
maryrose.org/discover/his...
maryrose.org/discover/his...
December 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is an excellent meme.
Thoughts and prayers for the girl driving the kiddie train around the mall. She looks positively suicidal.
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Thoughts and prayers for the girl driving the kiddie train around the mall. She looks positively suicidal.
There is a lady pushing a shopping cart…around the mall and, ma’am, where did you even get that?
Did you bring it from home?
Did you bring it from home?
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
There is a lady pushing a shopping cart…around the mall and, ma’am, where did you even get that?
Did you bring it from home?
Did you bring it from home?
Just add it to the Undo List for when we no longer have Anger Yam.
December 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Just add it to the Undo List for when we no longer have Anger Yam.
This is some truly unhinged shit.
The Bruges Group have decided to go into children's literature and it's like they threw ideas into ChatGPT and got this.
So many questions.
First: Why is AI David Tennant on the jacket? 1/3
So many questions.
First: Why is AI David Tennant on the jacket? 1/3
December 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is some truly unhinged shit.
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Elderly Jews Were Among the Most Likely to Die in the Holocaust. Why Has History Forgotten About the Genocide’s Oldest Victims?
Our latest groundbreaking @hgrporg.bsky.social exhibition is featured in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social 🔗
Our latest groundbreaking @hgrporg.bsky.social exhibition is featured in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social 🔗
Elderly Jews Were Among the Most Likely to Die in the Holocaust. Why Has History Forgotten About the Genocide's Oldest Victims?
A new exhibition at London's Wiener Holocaust Library spotlights the unique challenges faced by European Jews who were over the age of 55 during World War II
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December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Elderly Jews Were Among the Most Likely to Die in the Holocaust. Why Has History Forgotten About the Genocide’s Oldest Victims?
Our latest groundbreaking @hgrporg.bsky.social exhibition is featured in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social 🔗
Our latest groundbreaking @hgrporg.bsky.social exhibition is featured in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social 🔗