Grimly Optimistic Historian
@clioden.bsky.social
Ph.D. in history. Lefthanded leftist. Black-belt in karate. Tax the rich. Universal healthcare. BLM. LGBTQIA+ ally. Care for people, and fix the climate.
Is this the Reichstag moment they’ve been waiting for?
September 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Is this the Reichstag moment they’ve been waiting for?
As if 2025 didn't have enough weird stuff already.
A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of bubonic plague, local health officials say.
Arizona patient dies in emergency room from plague
The patient was recently treated at an emergency department in Flagstaff and died the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare said.
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July 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
As if 2025 didn't have enough weird stuff already.
Trump called bankers Shylocks, today. The antisemitism doesn't surprise me at all, coming from him. The Shakespeare reference though? Didn't see that coming.
July 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Trump called bankers Shylocks, today. The antisemitism doesn't surprise me at all, coming from him. The Shakespeare reference though? Didn't see that coming.
The Big Beautiful Bill passed, so I think I'll go down to my local, rural hospital, and raise a glass. I'm going to miss it. Especially when I have a heart attack.
July 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Big Beautiful Bill passed, so I think I'll go down to my local, rural hospital, and raise a glass. I'm going to miss it. Especially when I have a heart attack.
I'm beginning to think the Democratic leadership is trying to be the Washington Generals to the Republican Harlem Globetrotters . . . wait a minute. They're ALL the Washington Generals.
June 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm beginning to think the Democratic leadership is trying to be the Washington Generals to the Republican Harlem Globetrotters . . . wait a minute. They're ALL the Washington Generals.
Today I learned that robots can get aggressive prostate cancer after leaving office.
June 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Today I learned that robots can get aggressive prostate cancer after leaving office.
I am definitely NOT saying Trump was replaced by a Russian robot in 2016. . . . but damn, think about that.
June 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am definitely NOT saying Trump was replaced by a Russian robot in 2016. . . . but damn, think about that.
It might be amusing to get a negative answer to the rhetorical question, "Is the Pope Catholic?" Looking at you, Lindsey Graham.
April 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It might be amusing to get a negative answer to the rhetorical question, "Is the Pope Catholic?" Looking at you, Lindsey Graham.
I guess I wasn't prepared for the anti-Christ to be such a delusional idiot.
April 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I guess I wasn't prepared for the anti-Christ to be such a delusional idiot.
Hey, I posted another blog on Clio's Nightmare about the pre-conditions for a revolution. Check it out! Please subscribe and share if you like it. It's free. paulschue.substack.com/publish/post...
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February 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hey, I posted another blog on Clio's Nightmare about the pre-conditions for a revolution. Check it out! Please subscribe and share if you like it. It's free. paulschue.substack.com/publish/post...
If you heard of a cologne called "Evil Musk," what do you imagine it would smell like? No particular reason. Just wondering.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you heard of a cologne called "Evil Musk," what do you imagine it would smell like? No particular reason. Just wondering.
Hey, I wrote a new history blog post. Are we heading for a revolution? A historical take, part I. Check it out. Subscribe and share if you like it! It's free!
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Is a Revolution on the Horizon? Part I.
A historical take on the preconditions for revolutions.
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January 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hey, I wrote a new history blog post. Are we heading for a revolution? A historical take, part I. Check it out. Subscribe and share if you like it! It's free!
open.substack.com/pub/paulschu...
open.substack.com/pub/paulschu...
Hey, I wrote a historian's perspective on how Trump might try to turn himself into a dictator. Check it out, and share it if you like it. paulschue.substack.com/publish/post...
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January 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hey, I wrote a historian's perspective on how Trump might try to turn himself into a dictator. Check it out, and share it if you like it. paulschue.substack.com/publish/post...
I wrote another thing for my history blog on substack. Check it out!
paulschue.substack.com/publish/post...
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January 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I wrote another thing for my history blog on substack. Check it out!
paulschue.substack.com/publish/post...
paulschue.substack.com/publish/post...
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Putting together a Starter Pack for #Resisters under 10k.
We are stronger together!
UNDER 10K FOLLOWERS? LET'S FIX THAT!
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#NoDemUnder10k #DemsConnect #BlueCrew #FBR LFG!!!
We are stronger together!
UNDER 10K FOLLOWERS? LET'S FIX THAT!
👉Comment with a 💙 and REPOST so others can get onboard.
Make sure you follow me
After vetting, I'll pick 150 at random
#NoDemUnder10k #DemsConnect #BlueCrew #FBR LFG!!!
December 24, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Putting together a Starter Pack for #Resisters under 10k.
We are stronger together!
UNDER 10K FOLLOWERS? LET'S FIX THAT!
👉Comment with a 💙 and REPOST so others can get onboard.
Make sure you follow me
After vetting, I'll pick 150 at random
#NoDemUnder10k #DemsConnect #BlueCrew #FBR LFG!!!
We are stronger together!
UNDER 10K FOLLOWERS? LET'S FIX THAT!
👉Comment with a 💙 and REPOST so others can get onboard.
Make sure you follow me
After vetting, I'll pick 150 at random
#NoDemUnder10k #DemsConnect #BlueCrew #FBR LFG!!!
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229,766 voters in just 3 states actually decided the 2024 election.
The other 155,200,000 of us did not actually count.
Time to END the Electoral College.
The other 155,200,000 of us did not actually count.
Time to END the Electoral College.
December 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
229,766 voters in just 3 states actually decided the 2024 election.
The other 155,200,000 of us did not actually count.
Time to END the Electoral College.
The other 155,200,000 of us did not actually count.
Time to END the Electoral College.
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Hey @aoc.bsky.social- we love you. You are remarkable and braver and tougher than all of us put together. The shit you deal with from the right AND the left would cause all of us to quit. But we know you won’t because you’re built different.
Keep fighting. You’re the future of this party.
Keep fighting. You’re the future of this party.
December 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Hey @aoc.bsky.social- we love you. You are remarkable and braver and tougher than all of us put together. The shit you deal with from the right AND the left would cause all of us to quit. But we know you won’t because you’re built different.
Keep fighting. You’re the future of this party.
Keep fighting. You’re the future of this party.
Remember, it's only champagne terrorism if you kill a CEO from the Champagne region of France. Killing CEOs from anywhere else is just sparkling terrorism.
December 18, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Remember, it's only champagne terrorism if you kill a CEO from the Champagne region of France. Killing CEOs from anywhere else is just sparkling terrorism.
Human beings are relatively weak and defenseless compared to other large mammals. We have only survived through cooperation, coordination, and community. If we forget how to help each other and work together, we will not survive as a species.
December 16, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Human beings are relatively weak and defenseless compared to other large mammals. We have only survived through cooperation, coordination, and community. If we forget how to help each other and work together, we will not survive as a species.
Breaking: Mike Johnson proposes replacing Obamacare with GoFundMe as America’s official healthcare plan.
December 7, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Breaking: Mike Johnson proposes replacing Obamacare with GoFundMe as America’s official healthcare plan.
Reading the news and trying to decide whether I should be more afraid of global warming of nuclear winter.
December 6, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Reading the news and trying to decide whether I should be more afraid of global warming of nuclear winter.
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I’m still amazed people think Project 2025 isn’t going to happen. Nobody writes a 920 page manifesto and then at the very end says, “just kidding!”
November 24, 2024 at 12:02 AM
I’m still amazed people think Project 2025 isn’t going to happen. Nobody writes a 920 page manifesto and then at the very end says, “just kidding!”
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I feel for all of us who didn’t FA but will still FO.
FAFO
FAFO
a woman says i did n't sign up for this in a netflix ad
ALT: a woman says i did n't sign up for this in a netflix ad
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November 23, 2024 at 12:50 AM
I feel for all of us who didn’t FA but will still FO.
FAFO
FAFO
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The corruption is marbled throughout what remains if the Republican/MAGA party. There is no way to remove it, the entire organism needs to be eliminated.
Meiselas: Those Republicans were sure ready to cover up child sex trafficking. They were rushing to cover it up. They were blaming the media for it. And one of the things Trump did during this awful transition was basically expose the entire Republican Party as being a pro-sex trafficking party.
November 25, 2024 at 2:30 PM
The corruption is marbled throughout what remains if the Republican/MAGA party. There is no way to remove it, the entire organism needs to be eliminated.