Brewminate (Matthew A. McIntosh)
@brewminate.bsky.social
📖 Public Historian / Adjunct History Professor
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ Proud
💙 "Woke" and Proud
🚫 Blocking MAGA and Hate
See https://www.brewminate.com (Brewminate)
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ Proud
💙 "Woke" and Proud
🚫 Blocking MAGA and Hate
See https://www.brewminate.com (Brewminate)
Instant reactions feel natural, but they rarely lead to accuracy. 🧠💬
A pause can change everything.
#Mindfulness #Communication #Brewminate
A pause can change everything.
#Mindfulness #Communication #Brewminate
Stop and Think for Better Judgment
Acting without reflection leads to mistakes and misunderstanding. This essay explores why slowing down and thinking first improves clarity, decisions, and dialogue.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Instant reactions feel natural, but they rarely lead to accuracy. 🧠💬
A pause can change everything.
#Mindfulness #Communication #Brewminate
A pause can change everything.
#Mindfulness #Communication #Brewminate
Neuroscientists are turning to ancient meditation to decode attention, emotion, and awareness.
Old practice, new science. 🧠✨
#Mindfulness #Science #Brewminate
Old practice, new science. 🧠✨
#Mindfulness #Science #Brewminate
Buddha and Mind in Modern Neuroscience
Neuroscientists are exploring Buddhist meditation to understand attention, emotion, and consciousness, revealing how ancient practices shape modern brain research.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Neuroscientists are turning to ancient meditation to decode attention, emotion, and awareness.
Old practice, new science. 🧠✨
#Mindfulness #Science #Brewminate
Old practice, new science. 🧠✨
#Mindfulness #Science #Brewminate
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 15, 1777 – The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation
Born from fear, built too weak to stand.
But its failure pushed America toward a stronger union.
#History #TodayInHistory #Brewminate
Born from fear, built too weak to stand.
But its failure pushed America toward a stronger union.
#History #TodayInHistory #Brewminate
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 15, 1777 – The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation
Born from fear, built too weak to stand.
But its failure pushed America toward a stronger union.
#History #TodayInHistory #Brewminate
Born from fear, built too weak to stand.
But its failure pushed America toward a stronger union.
#History #TodayInHistory #Brewminate
The Gilded Age looked golden — but the real story is power, exploitation, and the rise of ruthless industrial giants. ⚙️💰
#GildedAge #HistoryMatters #Brewminate
#GildedAge #HistoryMatters #Brewminate
The Second Industrial Revolution and Robber Barons
A look at the Second Industrial Revolution and the rise of Gilded Age robber barons who reshaped industry, labor, and American power.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The Gilded Age looked golden — but the real story is power, exploitation, and the rise of ruthless industrial giants. ⚙️💰
#GildedAge #HistoryMatters #Brewminate
#GildedAge #HistoryMatters #Brewminate
Pirate ships ran on strict roles and shared power — way more democracy than the empires hunting them. ⚓️🏴☠️
#PirateHistory #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
#PirateHistory #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
Who Was Who in a Pirate Crew?
Explore the ranks and roles that shaped life aboard a pirate ship and defined every raid, decision, and mutiny at sea.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Pirate ships ran on strict roles and shared power — way more democracy than the empires hunting them. ⚓️🏴☠️
#PirateHistory #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
#PirateHistory #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
Frances Willard made women’s rights and temperance the same fight for power and protection. ✊🔥
#WomensHistory #SocialReform #Brewminate
#WomensHistory #SocialReform #Brewminate
Frances Willard and the Link Between Feminism and Temperance
Frances Willard united feminism and the temperance movement, reshaping 19th-century activism through social reform, women’s rights, and political strategy.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Frances Willard made women’s rights and temperance the same fight for power and protection. ✊🔥
#WomensHistory #SocialReform #Brewminate
#WomensHistory #SocialReform #Brewminate
Wine’s origins run deeper than vineyards — into ancient caves and old monastic cellars where the real evolution happened. 🍷
#AncientHistory #CulturalHistory #Brewminate
#AncientHistory #CulturalHistory #Brewminate
Wine’s Startling Ancient History in Caves and Monasteries
Archaeology reveals how ancient caves and monasteries shaped wine production, preservation, and culture in ways that still influence the modern world.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Wine’s origins run deeper than vineyards — into ancient caves and old monastic cellars where the real evolution happened. 🍷
#AncientHistory #CulturalHistory #Brewminate
#AncientHistory #CulturalHistory #Brewminate
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 14, 1851 – Moby-Dick was First Published in the United States
Moby-Dick’s world ran on hemp — ropes, sails, rigging, all of it.
The silent machinery behind America’s maritime muscle. 🌿⚓
#HistoryMatters #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
Moby-Dick’s world ran on hemp — ropes, sails, rigging, all of it.
The silent machinery behind America’s maritime muscle. 🌿⚓
#HistoryMatters #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 14, 1851 – Moby-Dick was First Published in the United States
Moby-Dick’s world ran on hemp — ropes, sails, rigging, all of it.
The silent machinery behind America’s maritime muscle. 🌿⚓
#HistoryMatters #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
Moby-Dick’s world ran on hemp — ropes, sails, rigging, all of it.
The silent machinery behind America’s maritime muscle. 🌿⚓
#HistoryMatters #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
Long before modern debates, hemp was powering ships, economies, and whole empires. 🌿⚓
Its fibers held ancient worlds together.
#AncientHistory #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
Its fibers held ancient worlds together.
#AncientHistory #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
The Global History of Ancient Hemp
Explore how hemp shaped ancient technologies, economies, and cultures from China to Europe and the Americas through verifiable archaeological and textual evidence.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Long before modern debates, hemp was powering ships, economies, and whole empires. 🌿⚓
Its fibers held ancient worlds together.
#AncientHistory #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
Its fibers held ancient worlds together.
#AncientHistory #MaritimeHistory #Brewminate
A hidden hemp ban just got pushed through — and it’s going to wreck an entire industry.
Farmers, small shops, whole supply chains. All for lobbyists. 🌿💀
#HempIndustry #PoliticsToday #Brewminate
Farmers, small shops, whole supply chains. All for lobbyists. 🌿💀
#HempIndustry #PoliticsToday #Brewminate
Hidden Hemp Ban in Funding Bill
A hidden clause in the funding bill bans most hemp-derived THC products, hitting farmers hard and boosting big alcohol’s influence over federal policy.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A hidden hemp ban just got pushed through — and it’s going to wreck an entire industry.
Farmers, small shops, whole supply chains. All for lobbyists. 🌿💀
#HempIndustry #PoliticsToday #Brewminate
Farmers, small shops, whole supply chains. All for lobbyists. 🌿💀
#HempIndustry #PoliticsToday #Brewminate
Hemp wasn’t a side crop in early America — it was a backbone.
From shipyards to textile mills, it shaped labor and national identity. 🌿⚓
#HistoryMatters #EarlyAmerica #Brewminate
From shipyards to textile mills, it shaped labor and national identity. 🌿⚓
#HistoryMatters #EarlyAmerica #Brewminate
Hemp in Early American History
Explore how hemp shaped early American life through textiles, maritime industries, frontier travel, and national development using real archival sources.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hemp wasn’t a side crop in early America — it was a backbone.
From shipyards to textile mills, it shaped labor and national identity. 🌿⚓
#HistoryMatters #EarlyAmerica #Brewminate
From shipyards to textile mills, it shaped labor and national identity. 🌿⚓
#HistoryMatters #EarlyAmerica #Brewminate
We’re watching the same failed drug-war script play out again — louder, harsher, and just as doomed.
History already told us how this ends. ✊🔥
#DrugPolicy #HistoryRepeats #Brewminate
History already told us how this ends. ✊🔥
#DrugPolicy #HistoryRepeats #Brewminate
Trump’s New Drug War Escalation
Trump’s expanded military campaign against cartels echoes decades of failed drug war tactics and raises legal, strategic, and diplomatic risks.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We’re watching the same failed drug-war script play out again — louder, harsher, and just as doomed.
History already told us how this ends. ✊🔥
#DrugPolicy #HistoryRepeats #Brewminate
History already told us how this ends. ✊🔥
#DrugPolicy #HistoryRepeats #Brewminate
Quoting History
“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” — Tacitus
When corruption spreads, power hides behind paper. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #History #Tacitus
“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” — Tacitus
When corruption spreads, power hides behind paper. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #History #Tacitus
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Quoting History
“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” — Tacitus
When corruption spreads, power hides behind paper. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #History #Tacitus
“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” — Tacitus
When corruption spreads, power hides behind paper. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #History #Tacitus
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 13, 1974 – Karen Silkwood Dies En Route to Expose Misconduct
Silkwood tried to expose plutonium dangers and falsified reports.
She never made it.
Her documents disappeared. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #History #KarenSilkwood
Silkwood tried to expose plutonium dangers and falsified reports.
She never made it.
Her documents disappeared. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #History #KarenSilkwood
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 13, 1974 – Karen Silkwood Dies En Route to Expose Misconduct
Silkwood tried to expose plutonium dangers and falsified reports.
She never made it.
Her documents disappeared. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #History #KarenSilkwood
Silkwood tried to expose plutonium dangers and falsified reports.
She never made it.
Her documents disappeared. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #History #KarenSilkwood
Locusta wasn’t just a poisoner.
She was Rome’s deadliest political tool. ⚔️🩸
#Brewminate #History #AncientRome
She was Rome’s deadliest political tool. ⚔️🩸
#Brewminate #History #AncientRome
Locusta and the Architecture of Poison in Ancient Rome
How Locusta became a royal poisoner and imperial asset in the Julio Claudian dynasty, shaping succession, fear, and political violence in ancient Rome.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Locusta wasn’t just a poisoner.
She was Rome’s deadliest political tool. ⚔️🩸
#Brewminate #History #AncientRome
She was Rome’s deadliest political tool. ⚔️🩸
#Brewminate #History #AncientRome
Trump’s base is attracting violent offenders and predators — and he calls them “heroes.” 👀🔥
This isn’t a movement. It’s a haven.
#Brewminate #MAGA #Politics
This isn’t a movement. It’s a haven.
#Brewminate #MAGA #Politics
Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardon Recipients and New Serious Crimes
At least ten rioters pardoned by Trump later faced charges for murder plots, child exploitation, fatal crashes, and major theft.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Trump’s base is attracting violent offenders and predators — and he calls them “heroes.” 👀🔥
This isn’t a movement. It’s a haven.
#Brewminate #MAGA #Politics
This isn’t a movement. It’s a haven.
#Brewminate #MAGA #Politics
Grover Cleveland’s 1884 race wasn’t “clean” at all — it came with a hidden child and a full-blown scandal. 👀🔥
Some things in American politics never change.
#Brewminate #History #Politics
Some things in American politics never change.
#Brewminate #History #Politics
Cleveland’s 1884 Scandal and the Problem Child Affair
Grover Cleveland’s 1884 campaign faced a scandal involving an alleged child and accusations of philandering that reshaped public debate and political strategy.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Grover Cleveland’s 1884 race wasn’t “clean” at all — it came with a hidden child and a full-blown scandal. 👀🔥
Some things in American politics never change.
#Brewminate #History #Politics
Some things in American politics never change.
#Brewminate #History #Politics
New Epstein emails just dropped — and even Trump’s supporters are rattled.
Accountability isn’t “political.” It’s overdue. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #Epstein #Politics
Accountability isn’t “political.” It’s overdue. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #Epstein #Politics
Epstein Emails Renew Trump Scandal and GOP Fracture
New House Oversight documents expose fresh Epstein emails linking Trump to the disgraced financier, sparking outrage and unrest within his base.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New Epstein emails just dropped — and even Trump’s supporters are rattled.
Accountability isn’t “political.” It’s overdue. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #Epstein #Politics
Accountability isn’t “political.” It’s overdue. 👀🔥
#Brewminate #Epstein #Politics
Authoritarianism doesn’t rise on speeches — it rises on money. 💸🔥
If we ignore Wall Street’s role, we’ll never stop the threat.
#Democracy #Economy #Authoritarianism #Brewminate
If we ignore Wall Street’s role, we’ll never stop the threat.
#Democracy #Economy #Authoritarianism #Brewminate
We Can't Stop Authoritarianism Without Taking on Wall Street Greed Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas
Read about We Can't Stop Authoritarianism Without Taking on Wall Street Greed at Brewminate. Explore insight, analysis, and history through original, engaging
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November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Authoritarianism doesn’t rise on speeches — it rises on money. 💸🔥
If we ignore Wall Street’s role, we’ll never stop the threat.
#Democracy #Economy #Authoritarianism #Brewminate
If we ignore Wall Street’s role, we’ll never stop the threat.
#Democracy #Economy #Authoritarianism #Brewminate
When the landless and the enslaved rose up together, the colony trembled.
Bacon’s Rebellion wasn’t a footnote — it was a spark meant to be remembered. 🔥📜
#History #Rebellion #ColonialAmerica #Brewminate
Bacon’s Rebellion wasn’t a footnote — it was a spark meant to be remembered. 🔥📜
#History #Rebellion #ColonialAmerica #Brewminate
Bacon's Rebellion: Landless Servants and Slaves Rise Up
The rebellion was later characterized as a precursor to the American War of Independence (1775-1783 CE).
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November 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
When the landless and the enslaved rose up together, the colony trembled.
Bacon’s Rebellion wasn’t a footnote — it was a spark meant to be remembered. 🔥📜
#History #Rebellion #ColonialAmerica #Brewminate
Bacon’s Rebellion wasn’t a footnote — it was a spark meant to be remembered. 🔥📜
#History #Rebellion #ColonialAmerica #Brewminate
🎩 The rich stopped wearing top hats — now they wear credentials.
Same power, new disguise. 💼
#History #Politics #Brewminate
Same power, new disguise. 💼
#History #Politics #Brewminate
The Changing American Elite: From Fat Cats to Egg Heads
America’s elite has evolved from industrial tycoons to intellectual power brokers — different faces, same dominance, new disguises of privilege.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🎩 The rich stopped wearing top hats — now they wear credentials.
Same power, new disguise. 💼
#History #Politics #Brewminate
Same power, new disguise. 💼
#History #Politics #Brewminate
🏛️ From Athens to Wall Street, the rich still rule.
Oligarchy never died — it just changed its clothes. 💸
#History #Politics #Brewminate
Oligarchy never died — it just changed its clothes. 💸
#History #Politics #Brewminate
Oligarchy and Plutocracy: From Greece to Modern Power
From Athenian oligarchs to global billionaires, this history traces how wealth and power have ruled beneath the guise of democracy.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🏛️ From Athens to Wall Street, the rich still rule.
Oligarchy never died — it just changed its clothes. 💸
#History #Politics #Brewminate
Oligarchy never died — it just changed its clothes. 💸
#History #Politics #Brewminate
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 12, 1999 — Glass-Steagall Repealed
Clinton’s “modernization” bill opened the floodgates for megabanks — merging risk and power under one roof. 💸
#History #Finance #Brewminate
Clinton’s “modernization” bill opened the floodgates for megabanks — merging risk and power under one roof. 💸
#History #Finance #Brewminate
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 12, 1999 — Glass-Steagall Repealed
Clinton’s “modernization” bill opened the floodgates for megabanks — merging risk and power under one roof. 💸
#History #Finance #Brewminate
Clinton’s “modernization” bill opened the floodgates for megabanks — merging risk and power under one roof. 💸
#History #Finance #Brewminate
🏛️ Solon fought for fairness in Athens — and still lost to wealth.
Elitist advantage is eternal. ⚖️
#History #Politics #Greece #Brewminate
Elitist advantage is eternal. ⚖️
#History #Politics #Greece #Brewminate
Solon’s Debt Reform and the Birth of Insider Advantage
How Solon’s Athenian debt reforms exposed the world’s first insider scandal—and why exploitation still shadows every act of reform today.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🏛️ Solon fought for fairness in Athens — and still lost to wealth.
Elitist advantage is eternal. ⚖️
#History #Politics #Greece #Brewminate
Elitist advantage is eternal. ⚖️
#History #Politics #Greece #Brewminate
💸 A $2,000 “tariff rebate”? Pure theater.
We’re paying the bill for Trump’s illusion of free money. 🎭
#Politics #Economy #Brewminate
We’re paying the bill for Trump’s illusion of free money. 🎭
#Politics #Economy #Brewminate
Trump’s $2,000 Tariff Rebate Plan Falls Apart
Trump’s $2,000 tariff “dividend” promise is political showmanship, not economics—Americans pay the tariffs, and the math doesn’t add up.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
💸 A $2,000 “tariff rebate”? Pure theater.
We’re paying the bill for Trump’s illusion of free money. 🎭
#Politics #Economy #Brewminate
We’re paying the bill for Trump’s illusion of free money. 🎭
#Politics #Economy #Brewminate