Adam Pratt
@ajpratt.bsky.social
Historian
Dad
Husband
Gardener
Old House Enthusiast
📍Scranton, PA
Dad
Husband
Gardener
Old House Enthusiast
📍Scranton, PA
If only we had an entire political movement dedicated to one constitutional amendment whose entire reason for existing is to prevent government agents from occupying American cities.
August 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If only we had an entire political movement dedicated to one constitutional amendment whose entire reason for existing is to prevent government agents from occupying American cities.
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Democrats should be leveraging the 250th, especially next year's Independence Day anniversary, for the midterm elections. The language of resistance, rights, and freedom is tailor-made for the present moment. Embrace it!
April 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Democrats should be leveraging the 250th, especially next year's Independence Day anniversary, for the midterm elections. The language of resistance, rights, and freedom is tailor-made for the present moment. Embrace it!
Goldberg is running circles around the liars in this administration. It’d be like me playing dodgeball against a couple of 2nd graders.
March 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Goldberg is running circles around the liars in this administration. It’d be like me playing dodgeball against a couple of 2nd graders.
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The “Civil War was caused by Yankee tariffs” crowd has been pretty quiet lately…
February 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The “Civil War was caused by Yankee tariffs” crowd has been pretty quiet lately…
Won’t tariffs on Mexico tank that nation’s agricultural sector, thereby increasing poverty and unemployment there? Won’t that result in increased migration to the US?
February 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Won’t tariffs on Mexico tank that nation’s agricultural sector, thereby increasing poverty and unemployment there? Won’t that result in increased migration to the US?
These alphas are so alpha. Matching embroidered jackets with their names monogrammed? Not even my kid's daycare requires that.
January 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
These alphas are so alpha. Matching embroidered jackets with their names monogrammed? Not even my kid's daycare requires that.
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31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
Boxing Day hike with oldest kiddo.
December 26, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Boxing Day hike with oldest kiddo.
When the kids find the Christmas toy hiding spot….
December 20, 2024 at 12:06 AM
When the kids find the Christmas toy hiding spot….
Huge win for kids in the Scranton school district. Bringing back pre-k! www.wvia.org/news/local/2...
Preschool to return to Scranton School District in January
Scranton eliminated its preschool program in 2020. The program will relaunch with one classroom and a community partnership. The district hopes to add five more classrooms in fall 2025.
www.wvia.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Huge win for kids in the Scranton school district. Bringing back pre-k! www.wvia.org/news/local/2...
Hell of a game. I still think Kirby needs to ditch the visor and get some pants that fit.
November 30, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Hell of a game. I still think Kirby needs to ditch the visor and get some pants that fit.
Everyone on planet earth knew that Gaetz would withdraw. This was an ill conceived plan to get him out of the House to prevent the release of the ethics report. I thought they were playing 4d chess?
November 21, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Everyone on planet earth knew that Gaetz would withdraw. This was an ill conceived plan to get him out of the House to prevent the release of the ethics report. I thought they were playing 4d chess?
I'm not sure which is more exhausting: being a department chair or parenting two children under the age of 6.
November 18, 2024 at 6:50 PM
I'm not sure which is more exhausting: being a department chair or parenting two children under the age of 6.
Ain’t that the truth.
Potty training is great because it's like "you know how you're barely pretending to hold it together? what if things got way harder and worse for an undetermined period of time?"
November 18, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Ain’t that the truth.
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Just a recitation.
John Brown’s Last Speech Performed by David Strathairn
YouTube video by ZinnEdProject
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Just a recitation.
Sturgill brought it last night in Philly. 3 hours of nonstop playing. What a show.
November 14, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Sturgill brought it last night in Philly. 3 hours of nonstop playing. What a show.
Amazing breakdown of two of my favorite things: primary sources and men’s outerwear.
In 1942, at the height of the Second World War, Alfred Eisenstaedt photographed sweethearts bidding each other farewell before the men depart for war, not knowing if they'd ever return. These candid shots give us a glimpse of what average Americans wore.
Let's look at the details. 🧵
Let's look at the details. 🧵
November 11, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Amazing breakdown of two of my favorite things: primary sources and men’s outerwear.
I finished reading Claire Keegan’s “Foster” and good lord. What a punch in the gut.
November 10, 2024 at 1:48 PM
I finished reading Claire Keegan’s “Foster” and good lord. What a punch in the gut.