Crystal Kile
@crystalkile.bsky.social
Founder & Librarian | College of the Alien Information Theory Book Club | Greater Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States of America
See also @alieninformationtheorybookclub Instagram & Substack
See also @alieninformationtheorybookclub Instagram & Substack
America at 250: The Battle for Chattanooga at 162
Final skirmishes and mopping-up operations around Chattanooga and Cleveland, TN occurred during the first modern American Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a Civil War Holiday.
From 2016 in The Chattanoogan
www.chattanoogan.com/2016/11/22/3...
Final skirmishes and mopping-up operations around Chattanooga and Cleveland, TN occurred during the first modern American Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a Civil War Holiday.
From 2016 in The Chattanoogan
www.chattanoogan.com/2016/11/22/3...
First Thanksgiving in Chattanooga (Civil War)
www.chattanoogan.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
America at 250: The Battle for Chattanooga at 162
Final skirmishes and mopping-up operations around Chattanooga and Cleveland, TN occurred during the first modern American Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a Civil War Holiday.
From 2016 in The Chattanoogan
www.chattanoogan.com/2016/11/22/3...
Final skirmishes and mopping-up operations around Chattanooga and Cleveland, TN occurred during the first modern American Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a Civil War Holiday.
From 2016 in The Chattanoogan
www.chattanoogan.com/2016/11/22/3...
I topped the hill down into Frog Level last Saturday morning early and encountered what had to have been at least 25 wild turkeys hanging out on the road before me. I scattered them gently with the nose of my vehicle, and by gobbling at them. I then proceeded to Food City without incident.
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I topped the hill down into Frog Level last Saturday morning early and encountered what had to have been at least 25 wild turkeys hanging out on the road before me. I scattered them gently with the nose of my vehicle, and by gobbling at them. I then proceeded to Food City without incident.
Thanksgiving Parade 2025
Theme and title float
Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down
Boynton, Sandra. (1986). Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down. Rev. ed. of: The Compleat Turkey, c 1980. New York: Workman Publishing Company.
See also “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum,” cornbread dressing
Theme and title float
Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down
Boynton, Sandra. (1986). Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down. Rev. ed. of: The Compleat Turkey, c 1980. New York: Workman Publishing Company.
See also “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum,” cornbread dressing
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanksgiving Parade 2025
Theme and title float
Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down
Boynton, Sandra. (1986). Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down. Rev. ed. of: The Compleat Turkey, c 1980. New York: Workman Publishing Company.
See also “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum,” cornbread dressing
Theme and title float
Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down
Boynton, Sandra. (1986). Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down. Rev. ed. of: The Compleat Turkey, c 1980. New York: Workman Publishing Company.
See also “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum,” cornbread dressing
America at 250: The Battle for Chattanooga at 162
While field tripping at Bragg Reservation (Chickamauga-Chattanooga NPS), Joint Study Group America at 250 re-enacts the Union infantry rout of Confederate HQ, an event of the afternoon of 25 November 1863.
While field tripping at Bragg Reservation (Chickamauga-Chattanooga NPS), Joint Study Group America at 250 re-enacts the Union infantry rout of Confederate HQ, an event of the afternoon of 25 November 1863.
![Text of the
97th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
monument at Bragg Reservation (NPS)
“The regiment of Wagner’s Brigade, Wood’s Division, was the first infantry rgmt. [regiment] to cross the Tennessee River and occupy Chattanooga Sept. 9th, 1863. Nov. 25th, 1863 in Sheridan’s Div. [Division] charged Missionary Ridge, gaining the crest as shown by the bronze tablet north end of viaduct, and pursuing the enemy to Chickamauga Creek. Loss 149 killed and wounded out of 434.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2hucrmquicd4556btxbjykto/bafkreia7iurblrknqjhwfot4suclqeal6s5nuvyruhrmdyu7zihqcmz7b4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
America at 250: The Battle for Chattanooga at 162
While field tripping at Bragg Reservation (Chickamauga-Chattanooga NPS), Joint Study Group America at 250 re-enacts the Union infantry rout of Confederate HQ, an event of the afternoon of 25 November 1863.
While field tripping at Bragg Reservation (Chickamauga-Chattanooga NPS), Joint Study Group America at 250 re-enacts the Union infantry rout of Confederate HQ, an event of the afternoon of 25 November 1863.
America at 250: News of The Terminal Cancer Diagnosis of Tatiana Schlossberg Moran upon the 62nd anniversary of the assassination of her grandfather, JFK, 35th POTUS, as her cousin RFK Jr runs roughshod over American medicine & research as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
America at 250: News of The Terminal Cancer Diagnosis of Tatiana Schlossberg Moran upon the 62nd anniversary of the assassination of her grandfather, JFK, 35th POTUS, as her cousin RFK Jr runs roughshod over American medicine & research as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
America at 250: Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
11/23/2025- This is Me www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/no...
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
America at 250: Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
America at 250: #Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1863
22-25 November 2025 is the 162nd anniversary of The Battle for Chattanooga
“The Battle for Chattanooga in 4 Minutes”
via The American Battlefield Trust YouTube channel
youtu.be/YpeqJictmNQ
22-25 November 2025 is the 162nd anniversary of The Battle for Chattanooga
“The Battle for Chattanooga in 4 Minutes”
via The American Battlefield Trust YouTube channel
youtu.be/YpeqJictmNQ
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
America at 250: #Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1863
22-25 November 2025 is the 162nd anniversary of The Battle for Chattanooga
“The Battle for Chattanooga in 4 Minutes”
via The American Battlefield Trust YouTube channel
youtu.be/YpeqJictmNQ
22-25 November 2025 is the 162nd anniversary of The Battle for Chattanooga
“The Battle for Chattanooga in 4 Minutes”
via The American Battlefield Trust YouTube channel
youtu.be/YpeqJictmNQ
America at 250
Succession (Season VI)
Succession (Season VI)
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
America at 250
Succession (Season VI)
Succession (Season VI)
America at 250
America Held Hostage Day 306
I just walked back in from resupplying the bird feeder to Heather Cox Richardson briefing us on why invoking the 25th Amendment is not the way now because stacked cabinet.
Pro-democracy action item: Pressure Congress.
From 11/20
youtu.be/Y-zshC7jkA0
America Held Hostage Day 306
I just walked back in from resupplying the bird feeder to Heather Cox Richardson briefing us on why invoking the 25th Amendment is not the way now because stacked cabinet.
Pro-democracy action item: Pressure Congress.
From 11/20
youtu.be/Y-zshC7jkA0
This Week in Politics | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
America at 250
America Held Hostage Day 306
I just walked back in from resupplying the bird feeder to Heather Cox Richardson briefing us on why invoking the 25th Amendment is not the way now because stacked cabinet.
Pro-democracy action item: Pressure Congress.
From 11/20
youtu.be/Y-zshC7jkA0
America Held Hostage Day 306
I just walked back in from resupplying the bird feeder to Heather Cox Richardson briefing us on why invoking the 25th Amendment is not the way now because stacked cabinet.
Pro-democracy action item: Pressure Congress.
From 11/20
youtu.be/Y-zshC7jkA0
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
Succession (Season VI)
See also “Boar on the Floor”
Succession (Season VI)
See also “Boar on the Floor”
Chabria: 'Quiet, piggy' wasn't a joke. It's a dangerous invitation to violence https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chabria-quiet-piggy-wasnt-joke-110000913.html
Chabria: 'Quiet, piggy' wasn't a joke. It's a dangerous invitation to violence
'Hostile sexism' has long been linked to political violence, and no president has been more willing to publicly wield it than Donald Trump.
www.yahoo.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
Succession (Season VI)
See also “Boar on the Floor”
Succession (Season VI)
See also “Boar on the Floor”
America at 250: A History
Class 19: Money, Power, and Progressivism
Beverly Gage is John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, Yale University
youtu.be/aPo25QyOhMI
Class 19: Money, Power, and Progressivism
Beverly Gage is John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, Yale University
youtu.be/aPo25QyOhMI
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
America at 250: A History
Class 19: Money, Power, and Progressivism
Beverly Gage is John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, Yale University
youtu.be/aPo25QyOhMI
Class 19: Money, Power, and Progressivism
Beverly Gage is John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, Yale University
youtu.be/aPo25QyOhMI
America at 250: A History
Accelerating through the 20th Century
The modern immigrant memoir is a great American genre
Accelerating through the 20th Century
The modern immigrant memoir is a great American genre
Here on Yung's birthday, I wanted to share perhaps my favorite story from his amazing life, as he depicts it in his autobiography My Life in China & America (1909):
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5...
www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5...
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
America at 250: A History
Accelerating through the 20th Century
The modern immigrant memoir is a great American genre
Accelerating through the 20th Century
The modern immigrant memoir is a great American genre
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
V is for “vulnerability”
V is for “vulnerability”
A TED talk about vulnerabilities to being sexually exploited.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HA3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HA3...
What is your Currency? | Juanita Headley | TEDxNorthumbriaUniversity
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
V is for “vulnerability”
V is for “vulnerability”
America at 250: Women’s Studies
The Cowgirl
The Cowgirl
First, let's back up.
Noem has starred in a sprawling ad campaign she’s said is a crucial tool to stem illegal immigration—so crucial that DHS bypassed the normal competitive bidding process, designed to prevent waste & corruption in federal contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Noem has starred in a sprawling ad campaign she’s said is a crucial tool to stem illegal immigration—so crucial that DHS bypassed the normal competitive bidding process, designed to prevent waste & corruption in federal contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
America at 250: Women’s Studies
The Cowgirl
The Cowgirl
America at 250
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
GA-14
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
GA-14
Seriously, it must be nice to have someone you care for stick up for you when you stand up to Trump
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
America at 250
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
GA-14
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
GA-14
Cinémathèque
14-21 November 2025
“Nobody’s Girl”
This program is rated R for sex, sexuality, and gender studies appropriate for mature adolescents
14-21 November 2025
“Nobody’s Girl”
This program is rated R for sex, sexuality, and gender studies appropriate for mature adolescents
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Cinémathèque
14-21 November 2025
“Nobody’s Girl”
This program is rated R for sex, sexuality, and gender studies appropriate for mature adolescents
14-21 November 2025
“Nobody’s Girl”
This program is rated R for sex, sexuality, and gender studies appropriate for mature adolescents
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
Succession (Season VI)
Succession (Season VI)
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
Succession (Season VI)
Succession (Season VI)
America at 250: A History
Professor Beverly Gage has the stick.
She opened with a Schoolhouse Rock riff
youtu.be/IQ28jC6zG9k
Professor Beverly Gage has the stick.
She opened with a Schoolhouse Rock riff
youtu.be/IQ28jC6zG9k
Schoolhouse Rock - The Great American Melting Pot
YouTube video by AreaEightyNine
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
America at 250: A History
Professor Beverly Gage has the stick.
She opened with a Schoolhouse Rock riff
youtu.be/IQ28jC6zG9k
Professor Beverly Gage has the stick.
She opened with a Schoolhouse Rock riff
youtu.be/IQ28jC6zG9k
Katrina Warriors Reunion
How it’s going in Jamaica
How it’s going in Jamaica
"We are sleeping in fear."
Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa wrecked western Jamaica, officials are grappling with the challenge of trying to find housing for thousands of families.
Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa wrecked western Jamaica, officials are grappling with the challenge of trying to find housing for thousands of families.
Hurricane Melissa Leaves Behind a Staggering Homelessness Toll in Jamaica
Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa wrecked western Jamaica, officials are beginning to grapple with the challenge of trying to find housing for thousands of families.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Katrina Warriors Reunion
How it’s going in Jamaica
How it’s going in Jamaica
America at 250: A History
Professor David Blight hands it off to Professor Beverly Gage
Class 17: “A Violent Reunion: The Lost Cause, New South and the Origins of Jim Crow”
youtu.be/-gZNn4qesIU
Lagniappe
Neil Diamond (1980), “America” [official music video]
youtu.be/hc-v8CFJzu4
Professor David Blight hands it off to Professor Beverly Gage
Class 17: “A Violent Reunion: The Lost Cause, New South and the Origins of Jim Crow”
youtu.be/-gZNn4qesIU
Lagniappe
Neil Diamond (1980), “America” [official music video]
youtu.be/hc-v8CFJzu4
The DeVane Lectures, America at 250: A History. Class 17 “A Violent Reunion”
YouTube video by YaleCourses
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
America at 250: A History
Professor David Blight hands it off to Professor Beverly Gage
Class 17: “A Violent Reunion: The Lost Cause, New South and the Origins of Jim Crow”
youtu.be/-gZNn4qesIU
Lagniappe
Neil Diamond (1980), “America” [official music video]
youtu.be/hc-v8CFJzu4
Professor David Blight hands it off to Professor Beverly Gage
Class 17: “A Violent Reunion: The Lost Cause, New South and the Origins of Jim Crow”
youtu.be/-gZNn4qesIU
Lagniappe
Neil Diamond (1980), “America” [official music video]
youtu.be/hc-v8CFJzu4
Women’s Studies
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
Succession (Season VI)
and
Scandal (Season XIV)
Very special crossover episodes
America at 250: The Ghosts of Jeffrey Epstein
“Justice for Jennas”
“Last exit, Miss Maxwell”
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
Succession (Season VI)
and
Scandal (Season XIV)
Very special crossover episodes
America at 250: The Ghosts of Jeffrey Epstein
“Justice for Jennas”
“Last exit, Miss Maxwell”
Is this bad? I mean, offhand, I'd say it kind of seems bad.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Women’s Studies
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
Succession (Season VI)
and
Scandal (Season XIV)
Very special crossover episodes
America at 250: The Ghosts of Jeffrey Epstein
“Justice for Jennas”
“Last exit, Miss Maxwell”
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Studies
Succession (Season VI)
and
Scandal (Season XIV)
Very special crossover episodes
America at 250: The Ghosts of Jeffrey Epstein
“Justice for Jennas”
“Last exit, Miss Maxwell”
Chapel
Veterans Day 2025
College of the Alien Information Theory Book Club
Veterans Day 2025
College of the Alien Information Theory Book Club
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Chapel
Veterans Day 2025
College of the Alien Information Theory Book Club
Veterans Day 2025
College of the Alien Information Theory Book Club
Sex, Sexuality, and The Gender Troubles Studies
Let us gather around this week’s episode of Informed Dissent
for
“Descent Into Denial”
via Substack
open.substack.com/pub/informed...
via YouTube
youtu.be/J4lakD1N15M
Let us gather around this week’s episode of Informed Dissent
for
“Descent Into Denial”
via Substack
open.substack.com/pub/informed...
via YouTube
youtu.be/J4lakD1N15M
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sex, Sexuality, and The Gender Troubles Studies
Let us gather around this week’s episode of Informed Dissent
for
“Descent Into Denial”
via Substack
open.substack.com/pub/informed...
via YouTube
youtu.be/J4lakD1N15M
Let us gather around this week’s episode of Informed Dissent
for
“Descent Into Denial”
via Substack
open.substack.com/pub/informed...
via YouTube
youtu.be/J4lakD1N15M
America At 250: A History
Reconstruction
Is it over?
with Professor David Blight, Sterling Professor of American History, Yale University
Class 14
youtu.be/k3ejQ28hGFI
Catch up to Class 16
Art: “Reunite America” by Michael Braley, Braley Design, c 2024-25
www.commarts.com/project/3813...
Reconstruction
Is it over?
with Professor David Blight, Sterling Professor of American History, Yale University
Class 14
youtu.be/k3ejQ28hGFI
Catch up to Class 16
Art: “Reunite America” by Michael Braley, Braley Design, c 2024-25
www.commarts.com/project/3813...
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
America At 250: A History
Reconstruction
Is it over?
with Professor David Blight, Sterling Professor of American History, Yale University
Class 14
youtu.be/k3ejQ28hGFI
Catch up to Class 16
Art: “Reunite America” by Michael Braley, Braley Design, c 2024-25
www.commarts.com/project/3813...
Reconstruction
Is it over?
with Professor David Blight, Sterling Professor of American History, Yale University
Class 14
youtu.be/k3ejQ28hGFI
Catch up to Class 16
Art: “Reunite America” by Michael Braley, Braley Design, c 2024-25
www.commarts.com/project/3813...