Dr. M.A. Davis
@mikedavis.bsky.social
Historian in WNC
working on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
author of the first chapter of https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/wars-we-never-fought-9798765121535/
teaching part-time at Lees-McRae College
opinions my own
listen to me at https://tinyurl.com/meonnprwow
working on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
author of the first chapter of https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/wars-we-never-fought-9798765121535/
teaching part-time at Lees-McRae College
opinions my own
listen to me at https://tinyurl.com/meonnprwow
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Dr. M.A. Davis
@mikedavis.bsky.social
· Jun 6
I do not think what that man says is true
I inherited a house in the semi-rural South from my parents and I am as liberal I ever was. (of course, so were they.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I inherited a house in the semi-rural South from my parents and I am as liberal I ever was. (of course, so were they.)
perhaps the most famous person to share my birthday (November 10) was Winston Churchill. "But wait," I see you saying, "wasn't he born November 30?"
GUESS AGAIN.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston...
GUESS AGAIN.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston...
Winston Churchill (novelist) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
perhaps the most famous person to share my birthday (November 10) was Winston Churchill. "But wait," I see you saying, "wasn't he born November 30?"
GUESS AGAIN.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston...
GUESS AGAIN.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston...
so anyway, tomorrow's my birthday! there will be cake, and breakfast in bed, and new books. big fun!
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
so anyway, tomorrow's my birthday! there will be cake, and breakfast in bed, and new books. big fun!
made curry pork fried rice; wound up with what was essentially curry carnitas in rice and cauliflower, would make again.
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
made curry pork fried rice; wound up with what was essentially curry carnitas in rice and cauliflower, would make again.
an elderly lady working at the Tractor Supply Company in exurban North Carolina blamed the shutdown on Trump.
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
an elderly lady working at the Tractor Supply Company in exurban North Carolina blamed the shutdown on Trump.
I don't know about that and neither do you.
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I don't know about that and neither do you.
enjoyed the way everyone looked up when I started my talk. some people read from papers, some people invite you to the exciting and only somewhat more radioactive world of 1960, where the giant craters in Russia's cities have been plowed over and turned into gardens, everything's fine.
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
enjoyed the way everyone looked up when I started my talk. some people read from papers, some people invite you to the exciting and only somewhat more radioactive world of 1960, where the giant craters in Russia's cities have been plowed over and turned into gardens, everything's fine.
Pete Buttigieg is still, by far, the most successful Presidential candidate of 2020 who did not become POTUS or VPOTUS. (no your favorite Senator becoming a chair of something is not the same.)
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Pete Buttigieg is still, by far, the most successful Presidential candidate of 2020 who did not become POTUS or VPOTUS. (no your favorite Senator becoming a chair of something is not the same.)
This got an audible “oh my God” at the conference, which delighted me to no end
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This got an audible “oh my God” at the conference, which delighted me to no end
www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/... while it's now out of date (and has some inaccuracies) this is an incredibly valuable resource for historians of Presidential politics.
AllPolitics - 1996 GOP NRC - All The Votes...Really
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/... while it's now out of date (and has some inaccuracies) this is an incredibly valuable resource for historians of Presidential politics.
romegeorgia.org/attraction/a... this was fun. he has a little fleet of aircraft carrier benches!
Admiral Towers Plaza - Rome, Ga. - Georgia's Rome Office of Tourism
Admiral Towers Memorial Plaza is dedicated to the memory of Admiral John Henry Towers, native Roman and “the Father of Naval Aviation.”
romegeorgia.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
romegeorgia.org/attraction/a... this was fun. he has a little fleet of aircraft carrier benches!
liked seeing a big Hate Has No Home Here shopfront here in Rome. one of those areas where you have a liberal arts college town and then a very deep red county around it.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
liked seeing a big Hate Has No Home Here shopfront here in Rome. one of those areas where you have a liberal arts college town and then a very deep red county around it.
lots of fun at the Peace History Conference, everyone loves "people get mad when you say nuclear war is winnable, circa 1951", and I had a fine old time taking pictures of the (much smaller than I expected) Rome, GA Capitoline Wolf.
(it's about as big as an actual wolf with actual babies)
(it's about as big as an actual wolf with actual babies)
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
lots of fun at the Peace History Conference, everyone loves "people get mad when you say nuclear war is winnable, circa 1951", and I had a fine old time taking pictures of the (much smaller than I expected) Rome, GA Capitoline Wolf.
(it's about as big as an actual wolf with actual babies)
(it's about as big as an actual wolf with actual babies)
this looks great and I want more biopics of First and Second Great Awakening figures.
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
this looks great and I want more biopics of First and Second Great Awakening figures.
I don't really care for those jokes about Nancy Reagan. You know the ones.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I don't really care for those jokes about Nancy Reagan. You know the ones.
a guilty pleasure - the radio adaptation of I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
a guilty pleasure - the radio adaptation of I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI.
here's a fun scenario a late friend of mine came up with:
1978 - A youthful George W. Bush wins election to the US House of Representatives, defeating Democrat Kent Hance. He is re-elected in 1980 (when his father is elected VP) and again in 1982 from the Lubbock-centric district. /1
1978 - A youthful George W. Bush wins election to the US House of Representatives, defeating Democrat Kent Hance. He is re-elected in 1980 (when his father is elected VP) and again in 1982 from the Lubbock-centric district. /1
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
here's a fun scenario a late friend of mine came up with:
1978 - A youthful George W. Bush wins election to the US House of Representatives, defeating Democrat Kent Hance. He is re-elected in 1980 (when his father is elected VP) and again in 1982 from the Lubbock-centric district. /1
1978 - A youthful George W. Bush wins election to the US House of Representatives, defeating Democrat Kent Hance. He is re-elected in 1980 (when his father is elected VP) and again in 1982 from the Lubbock-centric district. /1
Stay winning, me!
whatever it is that happens proves whatever it is that I believe to be true
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Stay winning, me!
"finally, New York may catch up."
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"finally, New York may catch up."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_... a belated thought that they should have cast his great-grandson to play him instead of Kevin O'Rourke in BOARDWALK EMPIRE.
Edward L. Bader - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_... a belated thought that they should have cast his great-grandson to play him instead of Kevin O'Rourke in BOARDWALK EMPIRE.
I love it. "How much did I support the war effort? THIS MUCH!"
Virginia Little (1945)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Little, of Wayzata, models a hat that will be awarded to the volunteer worker with the highest percentage of War Chest pledges.
Source: Hennepin County Library
Little, of Wayzata, models a hat that will be awarded to the volunteer worker with the highest percentage of War Chest pledges.
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I love it. "How much did I support the war effort? THIS MUCH!"
I say we need new, misleading stereotypes:
Yes, Donald Trump is bad and threatens to take the US down a dark road, but American democracy is still healthier than the authoritarian strongmen states of Europe.
Yes, Donald Trump is bad and threatens to take the US down a dark road, but American democracy is still healthier than the authoritarian strongmen states of Europe.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I say we need new, misleading stereotypes:
Yes, Donald Trump is bad and threatens to take the US down a dark road, but American democracy is still healthier than the authoritarian strongmen states of Europe.
Yes, Donald Trump is bad and threatens to take the US down a dark road, but American democracy is still healthier than the authoritarian strongmen states of Europe.
"oh great, not even the bottom reaches of Hell!"
"sorry Dick, we thought for sure you'd get it but then, Vance-"
"yeah yeah, thanks Spiro. wait is there pineapple in this coleslaw?"
"sorry Dick, we thought for sure you'd get it but then, Vance-"
"yeah yeah, thanks Spiro. wait is there pineapple in this coleslaw?"
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"oh great, not even the bottom reaches of Hell!"
"sorry Dick, we thought for sure you'd get it but then, Vance-"
"yeah yeah, thanks Spiro. wait is there pineapple in this coleslaw?"
"sorry Dick, we thought for sure you'd get it but then, Vance-"
"yeah yeah, thanks Spiro. wait is there pineapple in this coleslaw?"
I hope to see a few #skystorians at the Peace History Conference later this week in Rome, GA, where I will be accepting a grant and discussing how everyone thinks WWIII would be awful but Cornelius Ryan's theory presupposes - maybe it won't?
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I hope to see a few #skystorians at the Peace History Conference later this week in Rome, GA, where I will be accepting a grant and discussing how everyone thinks WWIII would be awful but Cornelius Ryan's theory presupposes - maybe it won't?