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Reddit asks: “What’s the girl equivalent of getting distracted by a woman’s boobs?” The answer is simple: Getting distracted by a woman’s boobs.
September 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Reddit asks: “What’s the girl equivalent of getting distracted by a woman’s boobs?” The answer is simple: Getting distracted by a woman’s boobs.
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Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
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The Lamentation, Anonymous (Georgian), 1470, 📸 by Alex Kim
August 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Lamentation, Anonymous (Georgian), 1470, 📸 by Alex Kim
Militarized masculinity or the masculinized military?
NOW we can talk about gender and the U.S. Border Patrol
But as a former U.S. Army officer (combat arms branch), I have some thoughts
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August 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Militarized masculinity or the masculinized military?
DC resident here. Is there going to be a federal takeover of yard waste collection in DC as well? This was supposed to be picked up July 22. Can we send in the National Guard before my Home Depot bags get all soggy?
August 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
DC resident here. Is there going to be a federal takeover of yard waste collection in DC as well? This was supposed to be picked up July 22. Can we send in the National Guard before my Home Depot bags get all soggy?
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Everyone talking about getting back at the crypto-bros who are throwing dildos at WNBA players mid-game: love the energy, but as someone raised inside Manland, I can tell you throwing dildos at THEM won’t shame or anger them.
TAMPONS. Dudes like this can’t handle tampons. That’s the shame ticket.
TAMPONS. Dudes like this can’t handle tampons. That’s the shame ticket.
August 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Everyone talking about getting back at the crypto-bros who are throwing dildos at WNBA players mid-game: love the energy, but as someone raised inside Manland, I can tell you throwing dildos at THEM won’t shame or anger them.
TAMPONS. Dudes like this can’t handle tampons. That’s the shame ticket.
TAMPONS. Dudes like this can’t handle tampons. That’s the shame ticket.
This week I learned about a disturbing incident I'd never heard of: the lynching of 11 Sicilians in New Orleans in 1891.
Henry Cabot Lodge, the Republican Restrictionists, and the Immigration Act of 1924
This guy was a piece of work.
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July 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This week I learned about a disturbing incident I'd never heard of: the lynching of 11 Sicilians in New Orleans in 1891.
Getting into the history of the Boston Irish this week.
The Massachusetts Yankees and the myth of Anglo-Saxon racial supremacy
It's all about the Irish (yay, I get to obsess over "Sinners" again!)
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July 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Getting into the history of the Boston Irish this week.
Still plowing my way through the 1920s. You know who really knows this era of history well? Ryan Coogler. #Sinners
The Democrats, Prohibition, and the Immigration Act of 1924
Or, why Ryan Coogler is a genius (the guy sure knows his history!)
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July 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Still plowing my way through the 1920s. You know who really knows this era of history well? Ryan Coogler. #Sinners
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I love these maniacs
July 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I love these maniacs
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In the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, according to Kyleanne Hunter, CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
#OnYourSide
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#OnYourSide
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Hundreds of veterans volunteer to attend asylum hearings with Afghans
The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
In the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, according to Kyleanne Hunter, CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
#OnYourSide
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
#OnYourSide
www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
You think the Democratic Party is in rough shape today? Doesn't know what it stands for today?
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The Democratic Party's circular firing squad...of 1924
Because I'm definitely not doing a current events blog
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July 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
You think the Democratic Party is in rough shape today? Doesn't know what it stands for today?
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This week I have a story about a career diplomat. I worked with career diplomats for about 18 years. This one was from Japan. No one in the Japanese Foreign Ministry (Gaimusho) knew the Americans better than him.
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The Internationalists and the Immigration Act of 1924
Ambassador Hanihara Masanao and Secretary Charles Evans Hughes
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June 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This week I have a story about a career diplomat. I worked with career diplomats for about 18 years. This one was from Japan. No one in the Japanese Foreign Ministry (Gaimusho) knew the Americans better than him.
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Decided to focus my research this week on California's history of influencing immigration policy.
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California and the Immigration Act of 1924
If you think I've forgotten the Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920, wait till the end
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June 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Decided to focus my research this week on California's history of influencing immigration policy.
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This is Whiskey. She knows people pay good money for mud baths. Found this one for free! 13/10 very resourceful my friend (TT: ivycaponi)
June 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is Whiskey. She knows people pay good money for mud baths. Found this one for free! 13/10 very resourceful my friend (TT: ivycaponi)
You want to learn a bit about immigration law and who that airport's named after?
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Fiorello La Guardia, or how you get an airport named after you
He had some thoughts on the Immigration Act of 1924
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June 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
You want to learn a bit about immigration law and who that airport's named after?
laraballard.substack.com/p/fiorello-l...
laraballard.substack.com/p/fiorello-l...
This week I'm getting smart on the Filipino sakadas, and you should too!
You have to watch these Youtube videos about Filipino sakadas
That's your homework assignment for this week
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June 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This week I'm getting smart on the Filipino sakadas, and you should too!
For those still following, here's how I'm *starting* to tie the Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 to the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 Part 3: The Aftermath
As I mentioned two weeks ago before taking a slight detour to talk about Afrikaners:
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May 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
For those still following, here's how I'm *starting* to tie the Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 to the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Afrikaners popped into my head this week for no apparent reason. Click if you want to hear Charlize Theron speaking Afrikaans, plus some Monty Python stuff.
The Afrikaners' contribution to military intelligence
A random side note that is in no way a commentary on current events because I'm not doing a current events blog
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May 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Afrikaners popped into my head this week for no apparent reason. Click if you want to hear Charlize Theron speaking Afrikaans, plus some Monty Python stuff.
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Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
The latest installment in the ongoing drama of the Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920. This is the episode where they blow a guy's house up.
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The Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 Part 2
Here's where we go full-on Japanese-Jimmy-Hoffa
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May 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The latest installment in the ongoing drama of the Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920. This is the episode where they blow a guy's house up.
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