Christopher Cashell
@cashell.bsky.social
Eccentric, eclectic, autodidactic, opinionated, misanthropic jack-of-all-trades IT geek. I read, write, learn, cook, build, BBQ, code, tweak, work out, philosophize (Stoicism), and try cromulent new hobbies as they catch my interest, all mostly barefoot.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
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manufactured outrage is the top US export these days
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
manufactured outrage is the top US export these days
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@zeteo.com Compare and contrast Donald Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder with Biden and Harris's responses to Charlie Kirk's murder.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
@zeteo.com Compare and contrast Donald Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder with Biden and Harris's responses to Charlie Kirk's murder.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.
This is rather slick!
Got to say, the @stechlab-labels.bsky.social tagger adds some useful context when browsing the replies.
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This is rather slick!
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
I don't play a lot of video games these days (lack of time), but I couldn't help but chip in on this @kickstarter.com campaign. #DangerMouse was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid (and the @netflix.com hosted update from a few years ago was good, too!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...
Danger Mouse: The Official Console Game
Celebrate the 45th Birthday of Danger Mouse! 15 side scrolling, arcade battle action, super danger filled levels for PC and consoles!
www.kickstarter.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I don't play a lot of video games these days (lack of time), but I couldn't help but chip in on this @kickstarter.com campaign. #DangerMouse was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid (and the @netflix.com hosted update from a few years ago was good, too!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...
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The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
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We can end gerrymandering once and for all by shifting the U.S. House to #ProportionalRepresentation w/ multi-member districts.
Learn how proportional representation would give every voter more choices in elections and a real voice in Congress 👇
fairvote.org/improving-re...
Learn how proportional representation would give every voter more choices in elections and a real voice in Congress 👇
fairvote.org/improving-re...
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We can end gerrymandering once and for all by shifting the U.S. House to #ProportionalRepresentation w/ multi-member districts.
Learn how proportional representation would give every voter more choices in elections and a real voice in Congress 👇
fairvote.org/improving-re...
Learn how proportional representation would give every voter more choices in elections and a real voice in Congress 👇
fairvote.org/improving-re...
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Changes to Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.
➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm
➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Changes to Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.
➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm
➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm
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NYT reporting on this story has been exceptional, but it’s worth considering how the framing might differ if a foreign nation or group was blowing up American boats with Americans a few miles off the Florida shore.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
NYT reporting on this story has been exceptional, but it’s worth considering how the framing might differ if a foreign nation or group was blowing up American boats with Americans a few miles off the Florida shore.
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I am begging people to have at least the basic moral judgment of The Joker when it comes to Nazism
October 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I am begging people to have at least the basic moral judgment of The Joker when it comes to Nazism
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Neanderthal GenX male here, and in private with my gaming friends, at my mostly blue collar white high school, we never, ever used the n-word in our trash talk.
The evolution of InfantryDork continues to play out in the most predictable of ways… @mikeblack114.bsky.social @sharonk.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Neanderthal GenX male here, and in private with my gaming friends, at my mostly blue collar white high school, we never, ever used the n-word in our trash talk.
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Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.
I'm trying to figure out how to best describe @politico.com's article headline and lede here...
Egregious incompetence?
Journalistic negligence?
Complicit shittery?
Seriously, #Politico: Put on your big-boy/big-girl pants, grow a backbone, find your conscience, and DO BETTER. Be real #journalists.
Egregious incompetence?
Journalistic negligence?
Complicit shittery?
Seriously, #Politico: Put on your big-boy/big-girl pants, grow a backbone, find your conscience, and DO BETTER. Be real #journalists.
Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.
Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I'm trying to figure out how to best describe @politico.com's article headline and lede here...
Egregious incompetence?
Journalistic negligence?
Complicit shittery?
Seriously, #Politico: Put on your big-boy/big-girl pants, grow a backbone, find your conscience, and DO BETTER. Be real #journalists.
Egregious incompetence?
Journalistic negligence?
Complicit shittery?
Seriously, #Politico: Put on your big-boy/big-girl pants, grow a backbone, find your conscience, and DO BETTER. Be real #journalists.
The level of maliciousness and incompetence in Trump and his administration is mind boggling. Instead of making America better in any way, his only goals are:
1. To enrich himself in every way possible
2. To attack and make things worse for anyone who doesn't worship at his feet
1. To enrich himself in every way possible
2. To attack and make things worse for anyone who doesn't worship at his feet
Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The level of maliciousness and incompetence in Trump and his administration is mind boggling. Instead of making America better in any way, his only goals are:
1. To enrich himself in every way possible
2. To attack and make things worse for anyone who doesn't worship at his feet
1. To enrich himself in every way possible
2. To attack and make things worse for anyone who doesn't worship at his feet
In the very near future, political science students will be writing case studies on Brendan Carr and the egregious abuses resulting from regulatory capture corruption. #fcc #corruption #RegulatoryCapture
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all
ISPs complained about Biden-era rule, said listing every fee was too hard.
arstechnica.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
In the very near future, political science students will be writing case studies on Brendan Carr and the egregious abuses resulting from regulatory capture corruption. #fcc #corruption #RegulatoryCapture
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Well done, @theonion.com!
Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.
The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein
YouTube video by The Onion
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Well done, @theonion.com!
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
October 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
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As with Charlie Kirk, Republicans are fiercely loyal to the general idea of Donald Trump but will furiously refuse to grapple with anything specific that he actually says or does.
I didn't see the tweet. I didn't hear the comment. I didn't watch the speech.
Republicans have been feigning ignorance about their mad king for eight years now.
Republicans have been feigning ignorance about their mad king for eight years now.
October 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
As with Charlie Kirk, Republicans are fiercely loyal to the general idea of Donald Trump but will furiously refuse to grapple with anything specific that he actually says or does.
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The word that keeps running through my head about this administration (among others) is "adolescent." These are people with a little boy's idea of what sounds manly.
Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"
October 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The word that keeps running through my head about this administration (among others) is "adolescent." These are people with a little boy's idea of what sounds manly.
That is easily the most impressive scarf I've seen since Doctor Who. 🧣
Winter is approaching and I'm considering purchasing a Lenny Kravitz scarf. The Chicago winter has broken the spirits of many. I want to lug around a big ol blanket and call it clothes. I am prioritizing comfort this year and that means wearing a comforter to work.
October 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
That is easily the most impressive scarf I've seen since Doctor Who. 🧣