Dean Grodzins
@grodzins.bsky.social
Historian of American religion and democracy; husband and dad; believer in the brotherhood of man and the neighborhood of Boston; quondam cartoonist
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You’re right. I meant UC Berkeley. The UC police are the ones who, I believe, never send anyone to Santa Rita. Sorry to be unclear.
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
You’re right. I meant UC Berkeley. The UC police are the ones who, I believe, never send anyone to Santa Rita. Sorry to be unclear.
I hear the arrested protesters were treated badly overnight, which is not surprising, but still appalling.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I hear the arrested protesters were treated badly overnight, which is not surprising, but still appalling.
My understanding is that they were arrested by Berkeley police, but sent to the Santa Rita jail. This never happens, so they were hard to find. Between that and the high bail, the goal seems to me to have been to put them away for days at least. They got out this evening though.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My understanding is that they were arrested by Berkeley police, but sent to the Santa Rita jail. This never happens, so they were hard to find. Between that and the high bail, the goal seems to me to have been to put them away for days at least. They got out this evening though.
The Salient has been around for decades, and it was always bad. Now it’s apparently so bad that even its own alumni want to shut it down.
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Salient has been around for decades, and it was always bad. Now it’s apparently so bad that even its own alumni want to shut it down.
Sure. Eloise, Louisa, and Mila identify as Chinese-American; Eloise speaks Chinese; “Racist, Sexist Boy” was about anti-Chinese bigotry. But they’re also “Asian-American” and so group themselves with artists of Japanese and Korean background. (Eloise’s dad’s “Giant Robot” was about “Asian” pop art.)
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Sure. Eloise, Louisa, and Mila identify as Chinese-American; Eloise speaks Chinese; “Racist, Sexist Boy” was about anti-Chinese bigotry. But they’re also “Asian-American” and so group themselves with artists of Japanese and Korean background. (Eloise’s dad’s “Giant Robot” was about “Asian” pop art.)
They say their name was inspired by both the movie and song, and both references work. They’re an Asian/Hispanic schoolgirl punk band. “Linda Linda” is the most famous Asian punk song and “Linda Linda Linda” is about an Asian schoolgirl band. Also, “linda linda” means “very pretty” in Spanish.
September 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
They say their name was inspired by both the movie and song, and both references work. They’re an Asian/Hispanic schoolgirl punk band. “Linda Linda” is the most famous Asian punk song and “Linda Linda Linda” is about an Asian schoolgirl band. Also, “linda linda” means “very pretty” in Spanish.
FYI, this picture is reportedly digitally altered. www.reuters.com/article/fact...
Fact Check: Altered image of Jeffrey Epstein with Elon Musk, Ashton Kutcher and Spike Lee
The face of late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was digitally added to a photograph of billionaire Elon Musk, actor Ashton Kutcher and filmmaker Spike Lee, who are in the original image and pictured with talent manager, Guy Oseary.
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July 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
FYI, this picture is reportedly digitally altered. www.reuters.com/article/fact...
I once took a medieval history class, and there was a lecture, “The Black Death: The Worker’s Friend”?
June 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I once took a medieval history class, and there was a lecture, “The Black Death: The Worker’s Friend”?
A propaganda poster about Germany that quotes Mirabeau and features a cephalopod!
June 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A propaganda poster about Germany that quotes Mirabeau and features a cephalopod!
And this, of all movies, happened to be the one interrupted on TV (it was getting its network debut debut on ABC), with a special news report from Selma showing footage of the brutal assault on civil rights marchers at the Pettus Bridge.
May 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
And this, of all movies, happened to be the one interrupted on TV (it was getting its network debut debut on ABC), with a special news report from Selma showing footage of the brutal assault on civil rights marchers at the Pettus Bridge.
If it can’t be moved, just imagine the Air B&B possibilities.
May 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If it can’t be moved, just imagine the Air B&B possibilities.
Thank you for putting in the work on this enlightening thread.
If I ever start posting history threads, they would look this. You post the way I talk!
If I ever start posting history threads, they would look this. You post the way I talk!
May 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Thank you for putting in the work on this enlightening thread.
If I ever start posting history threads, they would look this. You post the way I talk!
If I ever start posting history threads, they would look this. You post the way I talk!
She was one of four authors—not even the principal one. The editorial is still online. Everyone should read it.
Her Congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley, gave a moving account of their recent meeting in the Basile, Louisiana, ICE detention center:
www.facebook.com/reel/1368484...
Her Congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley, gave a moving account of their recent meeting in the Basile, Louisiana, ICE detention center:
www.facebook.com/reel/1368484...
9.5K views · 2.9K reactions | Our meeting with Rümeysa Öztürk was a true testament to her character.
She remains kind-hearted and courageous, despite the cruelty she is enduring at the facility.
I a...
Our meeting with Rümeysa Öztürk was a true testament to her character.
She remains kind-hearted and courageous, despite the cruelty she is enduring at the facility.
I asked her pointedly if she had....
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April 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
She was one of four authors—not even the principal one. The editorial is still online. Everyone should read it.
Her Congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley, gave a moving account of their recent meeting in the Basile, Louisiana, ICE detention center:
www.facebook.com/reel/1368484...
Her Congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley, gave a moving account of their recent meeting in the Basile, Louisiana, ICE detention center:
www.facebook.com/reel/1368484...
I can’t think of one book. There’s Akhil Amar’s (to me, persuasive) reading of the Bill of Rights in its original context. I liked Michael Curtis’s book on free speech, and found very interesting Philip Hamburger’s book on separation of church and state.
April 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I can’t think of one book. There’s Akhil Amar’s (to me, persuasive) reading of the Bill of Rights in its original context. I liked Michael Curtis’s book on free speech, and found very interesting Philip Hamburger’s book on separation of church and state.
Although when Nixon became President, Block thought a President should not be shown with a five o’clock shadow, so he drew a cartoon in which Nixon got a shave. So here, he’s clean shaven, but still shady.
April 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Although when Nixon became President, Block thought a President should not be shown with a five o’clock shadow, so he drew a cartoon in which Nixon got a shave. So here, he’s clean shaven, but still shady.
Sadly apt cartoon, but not from the _New Yorker_. It’s by the great political cartoonist Herb Block, who worked for the _Washington Post_. He showed Nixon’s shadiness by giving him a perpetual five o‘clock shadow. This caricature was so effective, Nixon tried to counter it by shaving twice a day.
April 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Sadly apt cartoon, but not from the _New Yorker_. It’s by the great political cartoonist Herb Block, who worked for the _Washington Post_. He showed Nixon’s shadiness by giving him a perpetual five o‘clock shadow. This caricature was so effective, Nixon tried to counter it by shaving twice a day.
I don’t know why Black Lives Matter is included in this. As scholarship has shown, the driving force of our political violence is from the right. It’s mostly the product of organized, connected groups with long histories that can be traced: militias, churches, publishers, even think tanks.
April 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I don’t know why Black Lives Matter is included in this. As scholarship has shown, the driving force of our political violence is from the right. It’s mostly the product of organized, connected groups with long histories that can be traced: militias, churches, publishers, even think tanks.
Yep. I grew up nearby. Went to reenactments and everything. Patriots Day is like a mini Fourth of July. For giggles, you might also want to look up Evacuation Day.
April 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Yep. I grew up nearby. Went to reenactments and everything. Patriots Day is like a mini Fourth of July. For giggles, you might also want to look up Evacuation Day.
Who makes the call to do this?
April 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Who makes the call to do this?
Note the date of publication.
April 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Note the date of publication.
I don’t think this one was trying hard. I believe an ostrich can outrun all but the fastest cyclists.
March 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I don’t think this one was trying hard. I believe an ostrich can outrun all but the fastest cyclists.
Which movies are you giffing from?
March 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Which movies are you giffing from?
Sounds like a very interesting book! Many more people have heard of the East India Company than the Hudson Bay Company. Then there’s the Massachusetts Bay Company, which simply quit pretending to be a corporation and turned itself openly into an independent government.
March 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sounds like a very interesting book! Many more people have heard of the East India Company than the Hudson Bay Company. Then there’s the Massachusetts Bay Company, which simply quit pretending to be a corporation and turned itself openly into an independent government.
Although even back then, lots of folks saw von Braun as “sus”. See, for instance, what the great Tom Lehrer had to say: youtu.be/QEJ9HrZq7Ro?...
Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun
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March 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Although even back then, lots of folks saw von Braun as “sus”. See, for instance, what the great Tom Lehrer had to say: youtu.be/QEJ9HrZq7Ro?...