Dr CC Flinn
@bostonoxford.bsky.social
Historian mostly, bunch of degrees; sporty, ex-elite athlete; MTBer; geocacher. Not much of a follow-backer. My book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/rebuilding-britains-blitzed-cities-9781350168800/
p.s. bizarrely the New York Public Library has Dickens' writing desk (or at least one) plus the original Pooh and friends. I feel that's all a bit much - it should all be in the UK!
December 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
p.s. bizarrely the New York Public Library has Dickens' writing desk (or at least one) plus the original Pooh and friends. I feel that's all a bit much - it should all be in the UK!
I confess to disliking Dickens entirely! (I make one exception > A Christmas Carol.) I prefer Trollope BY FAR!
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I confess to disliking Dickens entirely! (I make one exception > A Christmas Carol.) I prefer Trollope BY FAR!
I had to look up some stories, which are skewed at times to make it all mesh together, but it seems very creative. Only thing I don't like is how totally evil the evil people are (giving me the creeps big time!). Especially Great Expectations' Compeyson and Bleak House's Miss ("Frances") Barbary.
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I had to look up some stories, which are skewed at times to make it all mesh together, but it seems very creative. Only thing I don't like is how totally evil the evil people are (giving me the creeps big time!). Especially Great Expectations' Compeyson and Bleak House's Miss ("Frances") Barbary.
Oddly this was missing when I just looked at your page - oh well! See DMs :-) And Happy Holidays! 🎄
December 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oddly this was missing when I just looked at your page - oh well! See DMs :-) And Happy Holidays! 🎄
Where I grew up they flowered mostly from November?
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Where I grew up they flowered mostly from November?
What I cannot understand is why. WHY would someone educated like that actually turn around and destroy it all? Mental illness, or...??? Surely the profits are not better doing this than the real/good stuff? I cannot figure out the motive. But it must be there somewhere.
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
What I cannot understand is why. WHY would someone educated like that actually turn around and destroy it all? Mental illness, or...??? Surely the profits are not better doing this than the real/good stuff? I cannot figure out the motive. But it must be there somewhere.
Shouldn't it say "MASA" as in Make America Sick Again ?!?!
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Shouldn't it say "MASA" as in Make America Sick Again ?!?!
Had not seen any of these - thanks!
December 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Had not seen any of these - thanks!
The gun thing apparently will never go away. (I had hopes after several, espec Sandy Hook, but if that didn't do it nothing will. And the disgusting behaviour that came out of it made it all more obvious - a sick, sick society here.)
December 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The gun thing apparently will never go away. (I had hopes after several, espec Sandy Hook, but if that didn't do it nothing will. And the disgusting behaviour that came out of it made it all more obvious - a sick, sick society here.)
He really is evil personified. (And probably would like that description, scarier still!)
December 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
He really is evil personified. (And probably would like that description, scarier still!)
Rachel guested on a podcast & talked about some of this, but I really enjoyed this story (link starts in the right spot)... youtu.be/KP8BpMYCtng?...
(FWIW I think the video title is misleading, there is a TON more about Japanese incarceration & I have seen nothing yet about the headline stupidity!)
(FWIW I think the video title is misleading, there is a TON more about Japanese incarceration & I have seen nothing yet about the headline stupidity!)
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Rachel guested on a podcast & talked about some of this, but I really enjoyed this story (link starts in the right spot)... youtu.be/KP8BpMYCtng?...
(FWIW I think the video title is misleading, there is a TON more about Japanese incarceration & I have seen nothing yet about the headline stupidity!)
(FWIW I think the video title is misleading, there is a TON more about Japanese incarceration & I have seen nothing yet about the headline stupidity!)
😳 oh my.
BTW re-watching Dickensian and wonder if you watched and what you thought of the whole mash-up thing...
BTW re-watching Dickensian and wonder if you watched and what you thought of the whole mash-up thing...
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
😳 oh my.
BTW re-watching Dickensian and wonder if you watched and what you thought of the whole mash-up thing...
BTW re-watching Dickensian and wonder if you watched and what you thought of the whole mash-up thing...
Heavy sigh. I miss teaching but not all the b.s. there and here. FYI see DMs. :-)
December 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Heavy sigh. I miss teaching but not all the b.s. there and here. FYI see DMs. :-)
This has been sitting open awaiting my reply. But the best thing is the reddit historians' answers about it! I can send a link 😍
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This has been sitting open awaiting my reply. But the best thing is the reddit historians' answers about it! I can send a link 😍
He was never funny. And hooooo boy the stories that people who have encountered him can tell. UGH. Creepy a**hole.
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
He was never funny. And hooooo boy the stories that people who have encountered him can tell. UGH. Creepy a**hole.
Those are WOW! Just... WOW.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Those are WOW! Just... WOW.
AI has given me two very wrong answers in the last little while, so I still don't trust it at all!
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
AI has given me two very wrong answers in the last little while, so I still don't trust it at all!
I'm so tempted to be the apostrophe police... 😎
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I'm so tempted to be the apostrophe police... 😎
Missing Sherrod Brown.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Missing Sherrod Brown.
Agree about Schumer for sure.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Agree about Schumer for sure.
Sigh, true the rest. Per the Guardian: "None of the Democratic senators who voted yes on Sunday’s procedural motion are up for re-election in 2026. Two of them... [Durbin & Shaheen] are retiring next year, while the earliest that any of the others would face a challenge would be in 2028."
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Sigh, true the rest. Per the Guardian: "None of the Democratic senators who voted yes on Sunday’s procedural motion are up for re-election in 2026. Two of them... [Durbin & Shaheen] are retiring next year, while the earliest that any of the others would face a challenge would be in 2028."
If that was true then Durbin would have voted for it. I doubt both NH senators are retiring for one!
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If that was true then Durbin would have voted for it. I doubt both NH senators are retiring for one!
Reposted by Dr CC Flinn
