dallas
@liketexas.bsky.social
historian (holocaust/axis war crimes/modern romania), author, auburn and central michigan alumnus, cat dad, weather weenie, birder, mediocre golfer. a doctor, but not the useful kind.
"like playing golf with an encyclopedia"
"like playing golf with an encyclopedia"
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dallas
@liketexas.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Yo shoutout to everybody who followed me from AskHistorians. I'm Dallas and I'm a historian who works on the Holocaust and Axis war crimes. My main area of geographic specialization is modern Romania but I work on Germany quite a bit as well. I'm currently writing a book on the mistreatment of...
My only contribution to the Thanksgiving mac and cheese discourse is: why would you turn down an opportunity to eat mac and cheese?
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My only contribution to the Thanksgiving mac and cheese discourse is: why would you turn down an opportunity to eat mac and cheese?
I don’t remember who it was, but someone over at the Bad Place once described Ben Shapiro as “a stupid person’s idea of a smart person” and that really stuck with me.
Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I don’t remember who it was, but someone over at the Bad Place once described Ben Shapiro as “a stupid person’s idea of a smart person” and that really stuck with me.
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The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
21-33 from the line in a game we're losing by 3, very cool
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
21-33 from the line in a game we're losing by 3, very cool
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
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🏈 TB 32 - 44 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🏈 TB 32 - 44 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
Tfw u figured out where the red dot comes from because ur smart boys
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Tfw u figured out where the red dot comes from because ur smart boys
lol get Steele catted human
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
lol get Steele catted human
New blog! And probably the last one of the season thanks to the aforementioned book!
auburnanalysis.com/2025/11/13/d...
auburnanalysis.com/2025/11/13/d...
Derrick Nix’s Offensive Quick Fix
Say that five times fast. Glory hallelujah! The moment this blog has been waiting for for three long years has finally come. Hugh Freeze is gone and Auburn can move on from his shambolic tenure. An…
auburnanalysis.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New blog! And probably the last one of the season thanks to the aforementioned book!
auburnanalysis.com/2025/11/13/d...
auburnanalysis.com/2025/11/13/d...
Chapter one first draft complete! 69 pages, which is about a third of the length of my entire first book…
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Chapter one first draft complete! 69 pages, which is about a third of the length of my entire first book…
Human I’m ✨fabulous✨
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Human I’m ✨fabulous✨
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Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
Bröther you are filthy, let me help you
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Bröther you are filthy, let me help you
Tfw human was being way too productive
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tfw human was being way too productive
I never played football so admittedly I can't speak to the psychology of it but you'd think at some point you'd realize that punching a guy who's wearing a helmet makes no sense
Daron Payne punched Amon-Ra St. Brown
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I never played football so admittedly I can't speak to the psychology of it but you'd think at some point you'd realize that punching a guy who's wearing a helmet makes no sense
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🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
decided to do the math and it turns out I've got 491 pages of notes for the first three chapters of my book (typed, mostly single-spaced)...
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
decided to do the math and it turns out I've got 491 pages of notes for the first three chapters of my book (typed, mostly single-spaced)...
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The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.