Larry Cebula
@larrycebula.bsky.social
"The Lightning Rod of Weirdness." Public historian, bicyclist, noted bon vivant. Taking a break from politics so if I unfollow you that's why.
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From 1875 to 1975, 6000 ships were lost on the Great Lakes.
Since November 10, 1975, zero ships have been lost.
Much of this is owed to technological advances, not just in shipbuilding and navigation, but also, crucially, in weather forecasting.
Since November 10, 1975, zero ships have been lost.
Much of this is owed to technological advances, not just in shipbuilding and navigation, but also, crucially, in weather forecasting.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
From 1875 to 1975, 6000 ships were lost on the Great Lakes.
Since November 10, 1975, zero ships have been lost.
Much of this is owed to technological advances, not just in shipbuilding and navigation, but also, crucially, in weather forecasting.
Since November 10, 1975, zero ships have been lost.
Much of this is owed to technological advances, not just in shipbuilding and navigation, but also, crucially, in weather forecasting.
I fucking love teaching.
That is all.
That is all.
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I fucking love teaching.
That is all.
That is all.
Fuck ball bearings. Amirite?
We all know that one guy who, whenever people are arguing about humanity’s greatest technological advances, has to jump in about fucking ball bearings, an absolute simp for ball bearings, can’t WAIT to get into his little spiel.
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Fuck ball bearings. Amirite?
A bunch of my colleagues have their email autoreplies turned on, like absolute sociopaths. #AcademicSky
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A bunch of my colleagues have their email autoreplies turned on, like absolute sociopaths. #AcademicSky
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The only real analog I can think of to Elise Stefanik's decision to run for governor of New York in 2026 is Thích Quảng Đức, the buddhist monk who lit himself on fire at an intersection Saigon in 1963.
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The only real analog I can think of to Elise Stefanik's decision to run for governor of New York in 2026 is Thích Quảng Đức, the buddhist monk who lit himself on fire at an intersection Saigon in 1963.
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Zohran Mamdani: We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani: We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.
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Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
FLOWER MOUND, TX—Condemning the “woke left” for what he called the “modern evisceration of masculinity,” local conservative man Hank Daniels confirmed Monday that he was never going to stop being prou...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
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The dust on a spectacular night for Democrats in general, and the left in particular, is going to settle for many hours and days.
But we're starting to fill in our big board: make sure to jump in and explore! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
But we're starting to fill in our big board: make sure to jump in and explore! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The dust on a spectacular night for Democrats in general, and the left in particular, is going to settle for many hours and days.
But we're starting to fill in our big board: make sure to jump in and explore! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
But we're starting to fill in our big board: make sure to jump in and explore! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
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They're multiplying and embiggening!
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
They're multiplying and embiggening!
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Sunset from the mountain
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Sunset from the mountain
This resonates. I've ended a couple of decades-old friendships with people who pretended to believe things that I know they could not actually believe.
“Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote that bad faith is not ignorance but refusal, the conscious act of pretending not to know what one knows, a form of spiritual cowardice disguised as moral surety. The absurdity is the point, it liberates him from the burden of coherence…”
open.substack.com/pub/theratio...
open.substack.com/pub/theratio...
The Vacancy of the MAGA Mind
The quiet relief of no longer having to think.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This resonates. I've ended a couple of decades-old friendships with people who pretended to believe things that I know they could not actually believe.
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All the royals worldwide are inbred idiots with subpar morals. I cannot stand that the British royalty are now celebrities in America. We used to ignore those degenerate royal chuckleheads. They do not matter.
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
All the royals worldwide are inbred idiots with subpar morals. I cannot stand that the British royalty are now celebrities in America. We used to ignore those degenerate royal chuckleheads. They do not matter.
Me: "Everyone grieves in their own individual way, and none of us have a right to-- HOLY HELL WHAT IS SHE DOING IN TIGHT LEATHER PANTS WITH HER FINGERS IN HIS HAIR LIKE THAT??!!"
November 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Me: "Everyone grieves in their own individual way, and none of us have a right to-- HOLY HELL WHAT IS SHE DOING IN TIGHT LEATHER PANTS WITH HER FINGERS IN HIS HAIR LIKE THAT??!!"
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Scicomms program I normally like: “Throughout history technological progress has been linear.”
Me a historian of technology: *livid screaming*
Me a historian of technology: *livid screaming*
November 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Scicomms program I normally like: “Throughout history technological progress has been linear.”
Me a historian of technology: *livid screaming*
Me a historian of technology: *livid screaming*
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I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
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So so many folks is academia are absolute shitbirds.
Anyway I hated Jill Lepore from when I first knew her in the late 1990s Cambridge playground days and I was an adjunct at Trinity and she referred to her tenure track position at BU as a “starter job.”
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
So so many folks is academia are absolute shitbirds.
This is your occasional reminder that every time an American pays any attention to the British royal family, George Washington rolls over in his grave.
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 AM
This is your occasional reminder that every time an American pays any attention to the British royal family, George Washington rolls over in his grave.
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images from a folder labeled "comics" gathered 1999-2025
(80/≆800)
(80/≆800)
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
images from a folder labeled "comics" gathered 1999-2025
(80/≆800)
(80/≆800)
"Workers Hurt by Wage Hike." When I travel I always buy a local newspapers at the little towns that still have a newspaper at all, and they always feature an editorial from one of those business-funded policy institutes that make work for mediocre white men. (Whitman County Gazette, 10/23/25, p. 4)
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Workers Hurt by Wage Hike." When I travel I always buy a local newspapers at the little towns that still have a newspaper at all, and they always feature an editorial from one of those business-funded policy institutes that make work for mediocre white men. (Whitman County Gazette, 10/23/25, p. 4)
#3goodthings
Classroom observations of 2 amazing dual enrollment HS teachers.
An admin relented on an annoying decision that had negative impacts on my employees.
Sweeping views of the Palouse region on my way home from the high school visits.
Classroom observations of 2 amazing dual enrollment HS teachers.
An admin relented on an annoying decision that had negative impacts on my employees.
Sweeping views of the Palouse region on my way home from the high school visits.
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
#3goodthings
Classroom observations of 2 amazing dual enrollment HS teachers.
An admin relented on an annoying decision that had negative impacts on my employees.
Sweeping views of the Palouse region on my way home from the high school visits.
Classroom observations of 2 amazing dual enrollment HS teachers.
An admin relented on an annoying decision that had negative impacts on my employees.
Sweeping views of the Palouse region on my way home from the high school visits.
This looks wonderfully stupid. It's someone who sat through the what was it like 70 seasons of Dowton Abbey I am the target audience.
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This looks wonderfully stupid. It's someone who sat through the what was it like 70 seasons of Dowton Abbey I am the target audience.
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Autumn in New York 🎶 #NewYorkCity #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Autumn in New York 🎶 #NewYorkCity #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸