Kate Sampsell
@ksampsell.bsky.social
Historian, professor, editor, artist, outdoorswoman, Mainer, ex-PNW. Race is culture confused with biology and given a sign. #Skystorian
September 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
#Kismet is working overtime with the angel of #irony this month. #BrettJames, Writer of #JesusTakeTheWheel, Dies in Plane Crash in North Carolina www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
Brett James, Writer of Country Hits, Dies in Plane Crash in North Carolina
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#Kismet is working overtime with the angel of #irony this month. #BrettJames, Writer of #JesusTakeTheWheel, Dies in Plane Crash in North Carolina www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...
The guy who publicly announced that dying from American gun violence is a fair trade for the sacrament of gun ownership died by American gun violence. This is too much irony not to be kismet. #CharlieKirk died because his organization isn’t “pro-white” enough. They’re eating each other. Let them.
September 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The guy who publicly announced that dying from American gun violence is a fair trade for the sacrament of gun ownership died by American gun violence. This is too much irony not to be kismet. #CharlieKirk died because his organization isn’t “pro-white” enough. They’re eating each other. Let them.
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Right wingers are really not prepared for an era where their own normalization of gun culture and gun violence might be used against them and not just the people they hate
September 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Right wingers are really not prepared for an era where their own normalization of gun culture and gun violence might be used against them and not just the people they hate
I repurposed my painting from January 2021 as a poster for the rights of America’s immigrants and dissenters. Unless you are Indigenous, you come from immigrants. Feel free to use it.
#Immigration #PoliticalPrisoners #Protest #ProtestSigns #art #rendition
#Immigration #PoliticalPrisoners #Protest #ProtestSigns #art #rendition
September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I repurposed my painting from January 2021 as a poster for the rights of America’s immigrants and dissenters. Unless you are Indigenous, you come from immigrants. Feel free to use it.
#Immigration #PoliticalPrisoners #Protest #ProtestSigns #art #rendition
#Immigration #PoliticalPrisoners #Protest #ProtestSigns #art #rendition
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
Posted on FB. #penalservitude #vagrancy #unhoused #AmericanHistory #FailureToDoRight #WarrantlessArrest #ProbableCause
July 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hands’ Off protest in Augusta, ME today. 15% of the population of Augusta showed up. Great energy. #handsoff #AugustaME #HandsOffAugustaME
April 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hands’ Off protest in Augusta, ME today. 15% of the population of Augusta showed up. Great energy. #handsoff #AugustaME #HandsOffAugustaME
Not all world leaders wear suits, especially when their countries are at war. 1941, before Pearl Harbor, when America was still a world leader, not the lickspittle of a dictator. #Churchill #FDR #AtlanticCharter
March 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Not all world leaders wear suits, especially when their countries are at war. 1941, before Pearl Harbor, when America was still a world leader, not the lickspittle of a dictator. #Churchill #FDR #AtlanticCharter
March 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I’m #new to Bluesky. I left #Twitter #X when he bought it. I need somewhere besides #Facebook. I’m a #leftist #Democrat who needs #friends and #allies. I’m a #historian and #artist in #Maine. Here’s a #photo of a new lamb. Will #follow back. #Resist, #disobey, get #angry, #DefendDemocracy
February 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Today is the feast of St Brigid. According to legend, Brigid met a nun in 7th century Ireland who had broken her vow of chastity and become pregnant. St Brigid performed a miracle when she laid hands on the woman, prayed, and induced an abortion.
February 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today is the feast of St Brigid. According to legend, Brigid met a nun in 7th century Ireland who had broken her vow of chastity and become pregnant. St Brigid performed a miracle when she laid hands on the woman, prayed, and induced an abortion.
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Needless to say, this article is just the tip of the iceberg for an incredible story.
"The 370th is one of few African-American regiments that served in combat in World War I and notably was the only regiment commanded entirely by black officers."
"The 370th is one of few African-American regiments that served in combat in World War I and notably was the only regiment commanded entirely by black officers."
www.army.mil
February 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Needless to say, this article is just the tip of the iceberg for an incredible story.
"The 370th is one of few African-American regiments that served in combat in World War I and notably was the only regiment commanded entirely by black officers."
"The 370th is one of few African-American regiments that served in combat in World War I and notably was the only regiment commanded entirely by black officers."
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5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)
1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card
1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card
February 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)
1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card
1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card
Bee-ing a historian helped today. #nytsb #SpellingBee
January 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bee-ing a historian helped today. #nytsb #SpellingBee
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Hey, at least they’re giving the land a vote in their maps—finally, representation for dirt and trees!
December 15, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Hey, at least they’re giving the land a vote in their maps—finally, representation for dirt and trees!
The robber barons wanted the Wild West. I think they have it. #unitedhealthcare #assassination #delay_deny #no_regulation
December 5, 2024 at 10:04 PM
The robber barons wanted the Wild West. I think they have it. #unitedhealthcare #assassination #delay_deny #no_regulation
Is anyone still claiming the two parties are the same? #ProudDemocrat #Democrat
November 26, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Is anyone still claiming the two parties are the same? #ProudDemocrat #Democrat