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Joe Clark
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Associate Professor of History at University of Kentucky. Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic world, 16th-17th C. Also here to follow climate, safe streets, YIMBY/urbanist, and baseball stuff.

My book: https://go.shr.lc/3AKP9Fw
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The conductor of UK's first marching band, Herman Trost (far left), was a German 48er and the band leader in Sherman's army during the March to the Sea.
Black and white group portrait of a marching band with instruments, late 19th century. A bass drum reads "Lexington State College Band, KY."
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Pretty much everyone in the current administration.
a middle aged man in a brown vest and white shirt sitting on the ground looks off in disgust. subtitle says "If it weren't for his privilege, he'd be swallowed whole by this world." a middle aged man in brown vest and white shirt sitting on the ground leans over to pat his son (who is out of frame) on the shoulder. he sucks his teeth and says "instead, it's all of us who must shoulder his inadequacy" a middle aged man in brown vest and white shirt sitting on the ground leans over to pat his son (who is out of frame) on the shoulder. he sucks his teeth and says "instead, it's all of us who must shoulder his inadequacy"
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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F. Murray Abraham as an inquisitor in the movie In the Name of the Rose
July 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Lexington, KY
Crowd outside Lexington courthouse during Hands Off protest
April 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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We used to have proper dictators who weren’t afraid of a dip in the river.
January 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM