Dr. Dave Haskell
@davehaskell.bsky.social
I teach Am History 1 to gifted 8th graders in an urban school district. Archaeologist/ethnohistorian (mainly of Mexico) in a former life. The past was just as messy as the present (if not messier).
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Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The stench of Soviet-style censorship is overwhelming in this piece about the administration’s efforts to control the “tone” with which US history is presented in Smithsonian museums. Gift article.
White House Chides Smithsonian for Delayed Turnover of Records on Programming
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The stench of Soviet-style censorship is overwhelming in this piece about the administration’s efforts to control the “tone” with which US history is presented in Smithsonian museums. Gift article.
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here’s an Elon Musk Christmas Tale. Merry Xmas everyone ❤️
December 24, 2024 at 1:02 PM
here’s an Elon Musk Christmas Tale. Merry Xmas everyone ❤️
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If history is any guide, authoritarianism is doomed to fail. It always has. And the fate of authoritarian leaders is not something to be envied.
The only question is how long it takes to die, and how much misery we have to endure while it lasts.
The only question is how long it takes to die, and how much misery we have to endure while it lasts.
November 28, 2024 at 7:45 AM
If history is any guide, authoritarianism is doomed to fail. It always has. And the fate of authoritarian leaders is not something to be envied.
The only question is how long it takes to die, and how much misery we have to endure while it lasts.
The only question is how long it takes to die, and how much misery we have to endure while it lasts.
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Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be
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Andrew Tate getting his face mashed by someone who isn't even a proper boxer is the Sunday morning story you need.
December 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Andrew Tate getting his face mashed by someone who isn't even a proper boxer is the Sunday morning story you need.
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To those who already dominate the literature, rightly or wrongly, more articles shall be given; marginal scholars will be ever more marginalised as the machine won’t consider it statistically likely that they’ll be worth fake-citing. 3/3
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
To those who already dominate the literature, rightly or wrongly, more articles shall be given; marginal scholars will be ever more marginalised as the machine won’t consider it statistically likely that they’ll be worth fake-citing. 3/3
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A passing thought in relation to the latest discussion of fake citations: this is going to accentuate pre-existing issues with citation practices. Not just the fact that some people, astonishingly, cite things they haven’t actually read, but biases in who gets cited. 1/3
December 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A passing thought in relation to the latest discussion of fake citations: this is going to accentuate pre-existing issues with citation practices. Not just the fact that some people, astonishingly, cite things they haven’t actually read, but biases in who gets cited. 1/3
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This is a stunning piece of work by Global Witness laying out how Musk's chatbot software actively helps spread climate denial and disinformation.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
AI chatbots share climate disinformation to susceptible users
AI chatbots' personalised answers risk inflaming conspiracy and misinformation, as investigation shows climate disinformation shared to sceptic user personas
globalwitness.org
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is a stunning piece of work by Global Witness laying out how Musk's chatbot software actively helps spread climate denial and disinformation.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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Bannon began his relationship with Epstein when Trump had exiled him, and he was kinda cooperating with Mueller. It all seems like a way to threaten Trump implicitly?
Steve Bannon Was Much Closer to Epstein Than We Realized jacobin.com/2025/12/epst...
Steve Bannon Was Much Closer to Epstein Than You Realize
Steve Bannon’s whole pitch is that he’s leading a movement against a decadent, borderless elite. Except according to newly released messages and emails, that movement has been heavily reliant on the m...
jacobin.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Bannon began his relationship with Epstein when Trump had exiled him, and he was kinda cooperating with Mueller. It all seems like a way to threaten Trump implicitly?
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I've been wondering whether this is an instance where the facial recognition tool they're using is overriding paper records for some reason.
This is a terrible, shocking story... they won't believe her but certificate or hospital records evidencing she was born in the US -
ICE Says U.S. Citizen’s Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
ICE Says U.S. Citizen’s Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I've been wondering whether this is an instance where the facial recognition tool they're using is overriding paper records for some reason.
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Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?
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Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
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the customer service person i spoke to on the phone today thanked me for not yelling at her; she said most people are understandably upset when they call. be kind to customer service people- they probably didn’t cause your problem, but they’re most likely the the person who’s going to fix it.
December 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
the customer service person i spoke to on the phone today thanked me for not yelling at her; she said most people are understandably upset when they call. be kind to customer service people- they probably didn’t cause your problem, but they’re most likely the the person who’s going to fix it.
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I just don’t think this is going away
people are going to play amateur sleuth with the redactions, people are going to invent brand new conspiracy theories, people are going to rightfully complain that they aren’t releasing everything
there’s no out here
people are going to play amateur sleuth with the redactions, people are going to invent brand new conspiracy theories, people are going to rightfully complain that they aren’t releasing everything
there’s no out here
Garcia: In our initial estimation—It could be that we're only getting about 10% of what the DOJ has. And of that 10%, 5% of that has already been released. And the other 5% is highly redacted. So we're getting very little so far
December 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I just don’t think this is going away
people are going to play amateur sleuth with the redactions, people are going to invent brand new conspiracy theories, people are going to rightfully complain that they aren’t releasing everything
there’s no out here
people are going to play amateur sleuth with the redactions, people are going to invent brand new conspiracy theories, people are going to rightfully complain that they aren’t releasing everything
there’s no out here
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From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
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I'm calling my reps and telling them I have to assume they're pedophiles or accomplices of pedophiles until they call for immediate impeachment. You can find your own reps here: reps.fyi
December 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I'm calling my reps and telling them I have to assume they're pedophiles or accomplices of pedophiles until they call for immediate impeachment. You can find your own reps here: reps.fyi
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In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
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This is getting out of hand.
AI making up papers which then get innocently listed with authors' other publications online which then get cited, puzzling authors who never wrote such things …
AI making up papers which then get innocently listed with authors' other publications online which then get cited, puzzling authors who never wrote such things …
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is getting out of hand.
AI making up papers which then get innocently listed with authors' other publications online which then get cited, puzzling authors who never wrote such things …
AI making up papers which then get innocently listed with authors' other publications online which then get cited, puzzling authors who never wrote such things …
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Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
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So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
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The academic job crisis is terrible. But I also find it a little bit liberating.
I'm never going to have a career, and that's a shame, but that also means that the pressure's off. I can read/write about whatever I like without worrying about applying for jobs or fitting a profile.
I'm never going to have a career, and that's a shame, but that also means that the pressure's off. I can read/write about whatever I like without worrying about applying for jobs or fitting a profile.
December 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The academic job crisis is terrible. But I also find it a little bit liberating.
I'm never going to have a career, and that's a shame, but that also means that the pressure's off. I can read/write about whatever I like without worrying about applying for jobs or fitting a profile.
I'm never going to have a career, and that's a shame, but that also means that the pressure's off. I can read/write about whatever I like without worrying about applying for jobs or fitting a profile.
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“The testimonials presented in this report represent only a subset of the likely hundreds of American citizens who have been unlawfully detained under the Trump admin,” the Congressional investigation said👇🏽
A Senate investigation documents “brazen lawlessness” by ICE and CBP, including rejecting proof of U.S. citizenship, using excessive force, and fabricating charges.
As @tusk81.bsky.social writes, "This harassment campaign has been unsparing, even snatching up American children."
As @tusk81.bsky.social writes, "This harassment campaign has been unsparing, even snatching up American children."
‘Unchecked Authority’: Senate Report Details ICE and CBP’s Brazen and Unlawful Abuses Against Americans
“Kavanaugh stops” in action: Among U.S. citizens harassed or detained by mass deportation agents include a six-year-old girl despicably used as human bait in order to lure her father.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“The testimonials presented in this report represent only a subset of the likely hundreds of American citizens who have been unlawfully detained under the Trump admin,” the Congressional investigation said👇🏽