History Impossible
@historyimpossible.bsky.social
Historian in training. Host and creator of History Impossible. Written for Quillette, Queer Majority, Merion West, and Areo Magazine. Wants things explained to him like he’s five and will talk to you like you’re an infant.
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Oh, and I made my very first substack post. @historyimpossible.bsky.social would be proud. It's a bit of geopolitical speculation which is a bit too offtopic to go on the show. Fully written on my phone no less, due to PC issues.
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Geopolitical speculation
Here's some political philosophy for You.
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June 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Oh, and I made my very first substack post. @historyimpossible.bsky.social would be proud. It's a bit of geopolitical speculation which is a bit too offtopic to go on the show. Fully written on my phone no less, due to PC issues.
substack.com/@theeasternb...
substack.com/@theeasternb...
Rest in peace to one of the last true pure artists in Hollywood. David Lynch was a pure legend; the living definition of one.
youtu.be/MCx-BahDSGg
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Lucky clip - Gone
YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
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January 17, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Rest in peace to one of the last true pure artists in Hollywood. David Lynch was a pure legend; the living definition of one.
youtu.be/MCx-BahDSGg
youtu.be/MCx-BahDSGg
My newest essay for History Impossible, in which I try my damnedest to elaborate on the imperialist nature of Islamism in the most counter-intuitive way. open.substack.com/pub/historyi...
A Velvet Jihad
The subtle (and universal) art of subversion
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January 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
My newest essay for History Impossible, in which I try my damnedest to elaborate on the imperialist nature of Islamism in the most counter-intuitive way. open.substack.com/pub/historyi...
This isn’t a completely psychotic position to take. Not in the slightest.
As a cis person I’ve avoided having trans people tell me to eat shit and die by just not being transphobic- recommend it
December 24, 2024 at 5:23 AM
This isn’t a completely psychotic position to take. Not in the slightest.
You people are insane. Joker: Folie à Deux is easily the best film I’ve seen so far this year.
December 21, 2024 at 7:42 AM
You people are insane. Joker: Folie à Deux is easily the best film I’ve seen so far this year.
I’m slowly becoming less of a fraud in the realm of WWII history by finally making my way through Band of Brothers.
December 20, 2024 at 7:42 AM
I’m slowly becoming less of a fraud in the realm of WWII history by finally making my way through Band of Brothers.
This is hilarious. Maybe one day more people will accept that all publications that use motivated reasoning, regardless of their political loyalty, are garbage. I guess not this day.
Who hasn't bowed to the Felon
publications:
Pro Publica
Rolling Stone
PBS
Vanity Fair
(I’m not sure, but maybe The New Yorker?)
Mother Jones Deadline Whitehouse with Nicole Wallace, The Rachel Maddow Show, The ReidOut with Joy Reid, The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, All In with Chris Hayes.
publications:
Pro Publica
Rolling Stone
PBS
Vanity Fair
(I’m not sure, but maybe The New Yorker?)
Mother Jones Deadline Whitehouse with Nicole Wallace, The Rachel Maddow Show, The ReidOut with Joy Reid, The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, All In with Chris Hayes.
December 15, 2024 at 6:08 PM
This is hilarious. Maybe one day more people will accept that all publications that use motivated reasoning, regardless of their political loyalty, are garbage. I guess not this day.
In case anyone missed my long form critique of the controversial interview Tucker Carlson gave with Darryl Cooper, aka MartyrMade, here you go.
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Revisionism and Misplaced Empathy: The Darryl Cooper - Tucker Carlson Situation
Podcast Episode · History Impossible · 10/02/2024 · 1h 25m
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December 12, 2024 at 1:47 AM
In case anyone missed my long form critique of the controversial interview Tucker Carlson gave with Darryl Cooper, aka MartyrMade, here you go.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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Least shocking development ever. But what we learned today is that this Poppy idiot would apparently give Ted Bundy a rimjob while he was violating corpses.
December 10, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Least shocking development ever. But what we learned today is that this Poppy idiot would apparently give Ted Bundy a rimjob while he was violating corpses.
Oh yes, worth mentioning as a test: Jesse Singal is a better journalist than any of the hacks who preemptively fled to this site.
December 7, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Oh yes, worth mentioning as a test: Jesse Singal is a better journalist than any of the hacks who preemptively fled to this site.
The newest episode of History Impossible is live for everyone. It’s also probably a tough listen for most, both because of the content and because a lot of people seem shallowly wedded to the word genocide especially when discussing Israel or Gaza.
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The Question of Genocide
Podcast Episode · History Impossible · 12/06/2024 · Bonus · 1h 5m
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December 7, 2024 at 6:11 PM
The newest episode of History Impossible is live for everyone. It’s also probably a tough listen for most, both because of the content and because a lot of people seem shallowly wedded to the word genocide especially when discussing Israel or Gaza.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
New episode is up for paid subscribers and supporters over on Patreon. In this, we look at the genocide accusations leveled at Israel. They don’t wash. It doesn’t make everything less heart wrenching. Consider becoming a paid supporter to hear this today.
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The Question of Genocide (Audio Adaptation)
This episode of History Impossible is an adaptation of the historical polemic I wrote on the one-year anniversary of October 7th, 2023, examining the interpretation of genocide, as applied to the curr...
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December 5, 2024 at 4:47 AM
New episode is up for paid subscribers and supporters over on Patreon. In this, we look at the genocide accusations leveled at Israel. They don’t wash. It doesn’t make everything less heart wrenching. Consider becoming a paid supporter to hear this today.
open.substack.com/pub/historyi...
open.substack.com/pub/historyi...
I just realized that the next episode of History Impossible is liable to piss folks off both here AND on X, since it’s become clear that there are plenty of people on both platforms who don’t seem to have a wealth of tolerance for Israel or Jews 😬
December 1, 2024 at 6:30 AM
I just realized that the next episode of History Impossible is liable to piss folks off both here AND on X, since it’s become clear that there are plenty of people on both platforms who don’t seem to have a wealth of tolerance for Israel or Jews 😬
No one should feel obligated to spend time with their family on Thanksgiving if they don’t want to, but at the same time, there’s something particularly obnoxious and narcissistic and really cowardly about not doing it over politics, especially when one is openly proud of it.
November 28, 2024 at 4:14 AM
No one should feel obligated to spend time with their family on Thanksgiving if they don’t want to, but at the same time, there’s something particularly obnoxious and narcissistic and really cowardly about not doing it over politics, especially when one is openly proud of it.
More people need to realize the double-barreled truth about free speech: that both psychology and history support the maximalist approach.
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The Vital Truth About Rhetoric and Violence
There is no clear link, and even if there is, it doesn't matter
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November 27, 2024 at 6:34 AM
More people need to realize the double-barreled truth about free speech: that both psychology and history support the maximalist approach.
open.substack.com/pub/historyi...
open.substack.com/pub/historyi...
Despite what many might have you believe, communism wasn’t great for LGBTQ folks. It was (and is) actually kind of a nightmare. Self-expression and freedom have no room in utopia.
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The Long, Whitewashed History of Communist Homophobia — Queer Majority
Many activists insist that LGBT rights are an extension of communist ideology, but history says otherwise.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Despite what many might have you believe, communism wasn’t great for LGBTQ folks. It was (and is) actually kind of a nightmare. Self-expression and freedom have no room in utopia.
www.queermajority.com/essays-all/t...
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Hello there I guess.
November 22, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Hello there I guess.
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Editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth’s departure from ‘Scientific American’ last week is an object lesson in the dangers of mixing facts and ideology, writes @michaelshermer.bsky.social.
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An Unscientific American
Editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth’s departure from ‘Scientific American’ last week is an object lesson in the dangers of mixing facts and ideology.
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November 21, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth’s departure from ‘Scientific American’ last week is an object lesson in the dangers of mixing facts and ideology, writes @michaelshermer.bsky.social.
quillette.com/2024/11/21/a...
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