Denis Diderot
@denisdiderot.bsky.social
Semi-retired attorney & law professor, mostly doing pro bono work now; grateful to live in a blue state; hate Strumpf & MAGA with all my being. 🏳️🌈 husband, dog-dad, avid foodie & reader of history & Literature. Learning German to torture myself. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Eminent German Historian, Volker Ullrich, has a new book, Fateful Hours, about the fall of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. I just started the book, and it does not disappoint.
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Eminent German Historian, Volker Ullrich, has a new book, Fateful Hours, about the fall of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. I just started the book, and it does not disappoint.
I've decided, maybe as a kind of therapy for our (my) troubled times, to post moments of real life happiness. So here is my first attempt at Transylvania Goulash in my favorite Jacques Pepin bowl.
September 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I've decided, maybe as a kind of therapy for our (my) troubled times, to post moments of real life happiness. So here is my first attempt at Transylvania Goulash in my favorite Jacques Pepin bowl.
My sweet 11 year-old dog is named Dashiell too.
May 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My sweet 11 year-old dog is named Dashiell too.
On a visit to the military history museum yesterday in Dresden, and reminded yet again how Trump history is rhyming with German history.
April 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On a visit to the military history museum yesterday in Dresden, and reminded yet again how Trump history is rhyming with German history.