Eric of Colorado
@ericofcolorado.bsky.social
SOCO resident with small town Illinois roots. Historian Writer. Movie theater guy. Loudmouth.
Viewing the past with a Historic Side Eye. Wise fictional 19th century bartender coined my life motto: “Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Viewing the past with a Historic Side Eye. Wise fictional 19th century bartender coined my life motto: “Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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I mine the past with Historic Side Eye and connect the dots to the present. Longer form essays on Facebook. Movie gourmand with passion for small films and saving small town theaters. Roots in rural Illinois, heart is there and Colorado. Future digital vagabond reinventing nearer grave than cradle.
Just a normal Pride Month in America:
—Confederate generals restored
—Gay civil rights heroes erased
But don’t worry, it’s all about “warrior culture.”
Video rant attached. I didn’t whisper
—Confederate generals restored
—Gay civil rights heroes erased
But don’t worry, it’s all about “warrior culture.”
Video rant attached. I didn’t whisper
June 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just a normal Pride Month in America:
—Confederate generals restored
—Gay civil rights heroes erased
But don’t worry, it’s all about “warrior culture.”
Video rant attached. I didn’t whisper
—Confederate generals restored
—Gay civil rights heroes erased
But don’t worry, it’s all about “warrior culture.”
Video rant attached. I didn’t whisper
Fascism isn’t jackboots. The Confederacy wasn’t just whips.
They were systems of order, nostalgia, grievance.
Trumpism revives both:
Confederacy as myth, fascism as method.
We keep calling them ghosts.
But what if we’re the ones behind the bars
They were systems of order, nostalgia, grievance.
Trumpism revives both:
Confederacy as myth, fascism as method.
We keep calling them ghosts.
But what if we’re the ones behind the bars
May 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Fascism isn’t jackboots. The Confederacy wasn’t just whips.
They were systems of order, nostalgia, grievance.
Trumpism revives both:
Confederacy as myth, fascism as method.
We keep calling them ghosts.
But what if we’re the ones behind the bars
They were systems of order, nostalgia, grievance.
Trumpism revives both:
Confederacy as myth, fascism as method.
We keep calling them ghosts.
But what if we’re the ones behind the bars
They melted down over seashells. I responded with tubas.
Paranoia thrives on fear. Satire answers with formation and brass.
This isn’t samizdat—it’s spectacle. But it grows from the same soil.
Paranoia thrives on fear. Satire answers with formation and brass.
This isn’t samizdat—it’s spectacle. But it grows from the same soil.
May 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
They melted down over seashells. I responded with tubas.
Paranoia thrives on fear. Satire answers with formation and brass.
This isn’t samizdat—it’s spectacle. But it grows from the same soil.
Paranoia thrives on fear. Satire answers with formation and brass.
This isn’t samizdat—it’s spectacle. But it grows from the same soil.
Comey posts “86 47” in seashells. MAGA world melts down, calls it a threat. Jack Posobiec demands his arrest—after tweeting “86 46” himself.
Hypocrisy, sure.
But it’s also a warning: fear can chill speech.
Meanwhile, our kids’ movie post blew up with joy. Sharing can still be free.
Hypocrisy, sure.
But it’s also a warning: fear can chill speech.
Meanwhile, our kids’ movie post blew up with joy. Sharing can still be free.
May 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Comey posts “86 47” in seashells. MAGA world melts down, calls it a threat. Jack Posobiec demands his arrest—after tweeting “86 46” himself.
Hypocrisy, sure.
But it’s also a warning: fear can chill speech.
Meanwhile, our kids’ movie post blew up with joy. Sharing can still be free.
Hypocrisy, sure.
But it’s also a warning: fear can chill speech.
Meanwhile, our kids’ movie post blew up with joy. Sharing can still be free.
Our Streator theater just filed for Chapter 11—not in defeat, but as a reset.
Nationwide, theaters are 23% below pre-pandemic. Ours are up 5%.
That’s not a business model. That’s community.
This isn’t an ending. It’s a rewrite.
Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose.
Nationwide, theaters are 23% below pre-pandemic. Ours are up 5%.
That’s not a business model. That’s community.
This isn’t an ending. It’s a rewrite.
Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose.
May 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Our Streator theater just filed for Chapter 11—not in defeat, but as a reset.
Nationwide, theaters are 23% below pre-pandemic. Ours are up 5%.
That’s not a business model. That’s community.
This isn’t an ending. It’s a rewrite.
Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose.
Nationwide, theaters are 23% below pre-pandemic. Ours are up 5%.
That’s not a business model. That’s community.
This isn’t an ending. It’s a rewrite.
Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose.
MLB just reinstated Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Also: Pete Rose is still dead.
Baseball keeps weird score. Some sins it forgets, some it canonizes.
Apparently, being alive when you’re forgiven isn’t one of the criteria.
Also: Pete Rose is still dead.
Baseball keeps weird score. Some sins it forgets, some it canonizes.
Apparently, being alive when you’re forgiven isn’t one of the criteria.
May 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
MLB just reinstated Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Also: Pete Rose is still dead.
Baseball keeps weird score. Some sins it forgets, some it canonizes.
Apparently, being alive when you’re forgiven isn’t one of the criteria.
Also: Pete Rose is still dead.
Baseball keeps weird score. Some sins it forgets, some it canonizes.
Apparently, being alive when you’re forgiven isn’t one of the criteria.
May 11. Not a holiday, but maybe it should be.
1894: The Pullman Strike halts the rails.
1960: Israel nabs Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
1997: Deep Blue beats Kasparov at chess.
Labor, justice, AI.
Three pivots.
One message:
The old order flinched.
Call it Transformation Day.
1894: The Pullman Strike halts the rails.
1960: Israel nabs Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
1997: Deep Blue beats Kasparov at chess.
Labor, justice, AI.
Three pivots.
One message:
The old order flinched.
Call it Transformation Day.
May 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
May 11. Not a holiday, but maybe it should be.
1894: The Pullman Strike halts the rails.
1960: Israel nabs Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
1997: Deep Blue beats Kasparov at chess.
Labor, justice, AI.
Three pivots.
One message:
The old order flinched.
Call it Transformation Day.
1894: The Pullman Strike halts the rails.
1960: Israel nabs Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
1997: Deep Blue beats Kasparov at chess.
Labor, justice, AI.
Three pivots.
One message:
The old order flinched.
Call it Transformation Day.
Once meh on horror, I’m now intrigued. Final Destination: Bloodlines is a prequel where Death doesn’t like being cheated. Not into gore, but the tension and fatalism? Surprisingly thoughtful. Horror’s not just back—it’s holding the line for moviegoing.
May 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Once meh on horror, I’m now intrigued. Final Destination: Bloodlines is a prequel where Death doesn’t like being cheated. Not into gore, but the tension and fatalism? Surprisingly thoughtful. Horror’s not just back—it’s holding the line for moviegoing.
Americans don’t lack empathy—they’ve been taught to audit it. Help comes with strings: a form, a sermon, a judgment. We flinch not from indifference, but conditioning. Until we untangle compassion from control, even the best politics won’t bridge the moral gap we keep stepping around.
May 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Americans don’t lack empathy—they’ve been taught to audit it. Help comes with strings: a form, a sermon, a judgment. We flinch not from indifference, but conditioning. Until we untangle compassion from control, even the best politics won’t bridge the moral gap we keep stepping around.
A reader DM’d me: her fellow election judges slammed welfare.
One lives on disability. Two get farm subsidies.
Not a dunk. A homily.
We still sort the “deserving” from the “undeserving”—
even while cashing the same check.
One lives on disability. Two get farm subsidies.
Not a dunk. A homily.
We still sort the “deserving” from the “undeserving”—
even while cashing the same check.
May 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A reader DM’d me: her fellow election judges slammed welfare.
One lives on disability. Two get farm subsidies.
Not a dunk. A homily.
We still sort the “deserving” from the “undeserving”—
even while cashing the same check.
One lives on disability. Two get farm subsidies.
Not a dunk. A homily.
We still sort the “deserving” from the “undeserving”—
even while cashing the same check.
“It doesn’t repeat. It retweets.”
McCarthy had Cohn. Trump had Cohn. Now Trump has Musk.
Same chaos, new avatar.
McCarthy had Cohn. Trump had Cohn. Now Trump has Musk.
Same chaos, new avatar.
May 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“It doesn’t repeat. It retweets.”
McCarthy had Cohn. Trump had Cohn. Now Trump has Musk.
Same chaos, new avatar.
McCarthy had Cohn. Trump had Cohn. Now Trump has Musk.
Same chaos, new avatar.
Saw a roadside LED sign: “HONK FOR AMERICA.”
I thought about it longer than I should’ve.
Some people honk with pride.
Some honk to drown you out.
I honked like Samuel Morse would.
Because love doesn’t always sound like a love song.
Sometimes it’s a damn distress call.
I thought about it longer than I should’ve.
Some people honk with pride.
Some honk to drown you out.
I honked like Samuel Morse would.
Because love doesn’t always sound like a love song.
Sometimes it’s a damn distress call.
May 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Saw a roadside LED sign: “HONK FOR AMERICA.”
I thought about it longer than I should’ve.
Some people honk with pride.
Some honk to drown you out.
I honked like Samuel Morse would.
Because love doesn’t always sound like a love song.
Sometimes it’s a damn distress call.
I thought about it longer than I should’ve.
Some people honk with pride.
Some honk to drown you out.
I honked like Samuel Morse would.
Because love doesn’t always sound like a love song.
Sometimes it’s a damn distress call.
This image is an inkblot.
Do you see waste, corruption, a drain on America?
Or a hungry child, holding onto hope?
For decades, America led with influence, not just power. We built, we taught, we inspired. do we stop playing long game so others can step in?
Superpowers don’t shrink. They lead.
Do you see waste, corruption, a drain on America?
Or a hungry child, holding onto hope?
For decades, America led with influence, not just power. We built, we taught, we inspired. do we stop playing long game so others can step in?
Superpowers don’t shrink. They lead.
March 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This image is an inkblot.
Do you see waste, corruption, a drain on America?
Or a hungry child, holding onto hope?
For decades, America led with influence, not just power. We built, we taught, we inspired. do we stop playing long game so others can step in?
Superpowers don’t shrink. They lead.
Do you see waste, corruption, a drain on America?
Or a hungry child, holding onto hope?
For decades, America led with influence, not just power. We built, we taught, we inspired. do we stop playing long game so others can step in?
Superpowers don’t shrink. They lead.
What the H is going on?
MAGA isn’t a monolith. It’s a fragile coalition.
The H Block explains why it holds together—and where the cracks are forming.
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#Democracy #MAGA #Politics #HBLOCK
MAGA isn’t a monolith. It’s a fragile coalition.
The H Block explains why it holds together—and where the cracks are forming.
🔗 www.facebook.com/share/p/1GKm...
#Democracy #MAGA #Politics #HBLOCK
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February 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What the H is going on?
MAGA isn’t a monolith. It’s a fragile coalition.
The H Block explains why it holds together—and where the cracks are forming.
🔗 www.facebook.com/share/p/1GKm...
#Democracy #MAGA #Politics #HBLOCK
MAGA isn’t a monolith. It’s a fragile coalition.
The H Block explains why it holds together—and where the cracks are forming.
🔗 www.facebook.com/share/p/1GKm...
#Democracy #MAGA #Politics #HBLOCK
I llive in Pueblo, Colorado, where I have taken the #NobleChairmanChallenge. Think you can do better? Prove it.
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#NobleChairmanChallenge #Shakespeare #KennedyCenter #PoliticalSatire #ActingChallenge
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#NobleChairmanChallenge #Shakespeare #KennedyCenter #PoliticalSatire #ActingChallenge
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February 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I llive in Pueblo, Colorado, where I have taken the #NobleChairmanChallenge. Think you can do better? Prove it.
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#NobleChairmanChallenge #Shakespeare #KennedyCenter #PoliticalSatire #ActingChallenge
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#NobleChairmanChallenge #Shakespeare #KennedyCenter #PoliticalSatire #ActingChallenge
If you loved “Violent Night,” “Love Hurts” might be for you. Ke Huy Quan stars in this R-rated action-comedy, packed with stylized violence and dark humor. Critics were lukewarm, but audiences are enjoying it. Love Hurts” opened this weekend—check it out and tell me what you think! #MovieGourmand
February 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
If you loved “Violent Night,” “Love Hurts” might be for you. Ke Huy Quan stars in this R-rated action-comedy, packed with stylized violence and dark humor. Critics were lukewarm, but audiences are enjoying it. Love Hurts” opened this weekend—check it out and tell me what you think! #MovieGourmand
History isn’t a straight march toward justice—it’s a pendulum. The 11th Amendment (ratified today in 1795) was the first rollback, but far from the last. When rights expand, states’ rights push back.
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February 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
History isn’t a straight march toward justice—it’s a pendulum. The 11th Amendment (ratified today in 1795) was the first rollback, but far from the last. When rights expand, states’ rights push back.
Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1A9e...
#HistoricSideEye
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#HistoricSideEye
I mine the past with Historic Side Eye and connect the dots to the present. Longer form essays on Facebook. Movie gourmand with passion for small films and saving small town theaters. Roots in rural Illinois, heart is there and Colorado. Future digital vagabond reinventing nearer grave than cradle.
February 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I mine the past with Historic Side Eye and connect the dots to the present. Longer form essays on Facebook. Movie gourmand with passion for small films and saving small town theaters. Roots in rural Illinois, heart is there and Colorado. Future digital vagabond reinventing nearer grave than cradle.
Old Dog, New Tricks, Same Game
I used to write a newspaper column—750 words, Now? The game changes. It’s about reach, not just readers. The core remains: ideas, rigor, facts.
Here, we build a space for sharp thinking, real conversations, and curiosity over outrage. Resonates? Stick around.
I used to write a newspaper column—750 words, Now? The game changes. It’s about reach, not just readers. The core remains: ideas, rigor, facts.
Here, we build a space for sharp thinking, real conversations, and curiosity over outrage. Resonates? Stick around.
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Old Dog, New Tricks, Same Game
I used to write a newspaper column—750 words, Now? The game changes. It’s about reach, not just readers. The core remains: ideas, rigor, facts.
Here, we build a space for sharp thinking, real conversations, and curiosity over outrage. Resonates? Stick around.
I used to write a newspaper column—750 words, Now? The game changes. It’s about reach, not just readers. The core remains: ideas, rigor, facts.
Here, we build a space for sharp thinking, real conversations, and curiosity over outrage. Resonates? Stick around.
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Let’s talk about speaking truth to power. It’s not easy, and it’s never comfortable. But it’s always necessary.
Let’s talk about speaking truth to power. It’s not easy, and it’s never comfortable. But it’s always necessary.
January 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Let’s talk about speaking truth to power. It’s not easy, and it’s never comfortable. But it’s always necessary.
Let’s talk about speaking truth to power. It’s not easy, and it’s never comfortable. But it’s always necessary.
There once was a Gaetz with a show,
Where the fringe of the fringe loved to go.
With Boebert in tow,
Their antics did grow—
A spectacle batty as woe.
Where the fringe of the fringe loved to go.
With Boebert in tow,
Their antics did grow—
A spectacle batty as woe.
January 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
There once was a Gaetz with a show,
Where the fringe of the fringe loved to go.
With Boebert in tow,
Their antics did grow—
A spectacle batty as woe.
Where the fringe of the fringe loved to go.
With Boebert in tow,
Their antics did grow—
A spectacle batty as woe.
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Trump is a more selfish and less honest Robert Baratheon. Musk is Ramsey Bolton.
December 21, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Trump is a more selfish and less honest Robert Baratheon. Musk is Ramsey Bolton.
I’m not going to express empathy and understanding for the pardon of Hunter Biden on one day and then express sympathy or support for the murder of an insurance CEO the next.
December 7, 2024 at 12:08 AM
I’m not going to express empathy and understanding for the pardon of Hunter Biden on one day and then express sympathy or support for the murder of an insurance CEO the next.
Lauren Boebert said to eye AG post as a Gaetz-lite selection. Promises to give a hand to Trump Administration.
November 21, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Lauren Boebert said to eye AG post as a Gaetz-lite selection. Promises to give a hand to Trump Administration.
Somewhere there is a trailer hitch stripped of chrome.
November 19, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Somewhere there is a trailer hitch stripped of chrome.