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Alex Nelz
@alexemperex.bsky.social
History MA candidate, salesperson, walking disaster
Excited to dig into this on an impulse buy from a local bookstore. This is very intertwined with my area of study so excited to see what Hochschild makes of it.
November 24, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Just saw Conclave.

I genuinely have no idea how to feel.
November 13, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Re-upping intro post because there’s 700-plus people now thanks to the starter pack I’m in. Incredibly company for sure and very excited to join with all of you.
Hello new followers, whether through my mass-following war bores or social justice/mutual aid resources. My name is Alex and I am an MA candidate in history focusing on Mexican-Americanos and involvement in WW1, with a focus on the changing identity of ‘veteran.’ Welcome!
November 12, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Hello new followers, whether through my mass-following war bores or social justice/mutual aid resources. My name is Alex and I am an MA candidate in history focusing on Mexican-Americanos and involvement in WW1, with a focus on the changing identity of ‘veteran.’ Welcome!
November 10, 2024 at 8:36 AM
If I wanted to hear from a blowhard heir who was radicalized into the worst parts of his culture, I’d watch Tucker Carlson
November 17, 2023 at 1:54 AM
We’re in!

“Warmaking on the State Level in the Great War” with @akimlinger.bsky.social, Annette Amerman, Richard Wasserman and myself is a GO at SMH 2024!
November 13, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Would it be weird to message someone on Ancestry.com to see if their great-grandfather was even discussed or if there’s anything left from him? Because this guy was FASCINATING but left little behind.
November 10, 2023 at 5:12 AM
A great time at Great War Group’s conference in Brighton so far and it’s only halfway through the day!
October 21, 2023 at 11:50 AM
Felt more than a little overwhelmed with *motions hands at everything* so went to a local church green in Brighton for a midday service and prayer. Absolutely lovely.
October 20, 2023 at 11:22 AM
British reliance on instant coffee is why we left.
October 19, 2023 at 11:41 AM
It is a primordial truth known to anyone who has even glanced at fundamentalist groups that they are, at their core…catty, pissy bitches who hate each other over dumb shit.

So saying Hamas = ISIS is really funny because those particular catty bitches ABSOLUTELY hate each other
October 17, 2023 at 7:02 AM
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October 8, 2023 at 2:05 AM
I’m a historian of the 19th and early 20th centuries, banging a spoon against a pot yelling “INVASION AND PARASITE AND PEST LANGUAGE WHEN TALKING ABOUT FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS MEANS WE’RE ALREADY THERE.” 🗃️
October 5, 2023 at 9:24 PM
Trying to get through a law history article is like… two sentences, then the rest of the page is inscrutable footnotes.
October 3, 2023 at 4:25 AM
Watching “ordinary men” and the fact that Benjamin Ferencz doesn’t have a national holiday in his honor is INSANITY 🗃️
October 2, 2023 at 4:47 AM
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Has Bluesky gotten the Always Reblog Tom Holland's Umbrella process underway yet?
Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland
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September 28, 2023 at 1:30 PM
Having a mind-blown moment that is like. Something that should have made sense but is still wild to think about….

Like how the Flying Artillery of the MexAm war is the grandpappy of WW1’s Rolling Barrage! 🗃️
October 1, 2023 at 5:13 AM
I’m balancing a lot which I was doing pretty okay with… until one of those things started having regular four hour meetings.
September 29, 2023 at 6:12 PM
Trying out a travel agent side hustle with a personal aim toward historically-centered trips. If any #skyhistorians want to chat about their tours/work in public history, I’m all ears 🗃️
September 26, 2023 at 8:40 PM
When you go diving on JSTOR and find an article that is exactly what you were looking for down to the footnotes 🗃️
September 21, 2023 at 6:59 AM
Turned on my computer and INSTANTLY had a headache.

Is that what remote work has been all this time?
September 20, 2023 at 4:19 PM
Okay Spotify. You nailed that one. That is absolutely what my afternoon is going to be.
September 19, 2023 at 7:32 PM
All I want is San Diego as a rail hub, with lines feeding up to LA, South to TJ and down Baja, then East to Phoenix and Vegas.
September 18, 2023 at 10:41 PM
I bring you a chicken leg in this trying time.

Sunny likes tucking his back foot around his sofa bed and it’s so funny every time.
September 18, 2023 at 8:36 PM