Cindy Thames
@miss-grimke.bsky.social
History nerd, currently dwelling in 18th century South Carolina, author of The Radical Printer (https://radicalprinter.substack.com/p/the-radical-printer), aspiring bluegrass mandolin player and many other things.
250 years ago: some awkward spycraft open.substack.com/pub/radicalp...
We will be distressed
In the shadow of the King's flotilla
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
250 years ago: some awkward spycraft open.substack.com/pub/radicalp...
12 Nov 1775 the people of Charleston watched their new navy in action, under fire from British warships. "amidst this imminent Danger, the Officers and Men on board displayed the greatest Chearfulness, Tranquility and Coolness" @revwar250.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
12 Nov 1775 the people of Charleston watched their new navy in action, under fire from British warships. "amidst this imminent Danger, the Officers and Men on board displayed the greatest Chearfulness, Tranquility and Coolness" @revwar250.bsky.social
<---since 1976
<—Proud ruiner of workplaces since 1987.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
<---since 1976
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Too many Americans either didn’t care or didn’t believe. Hopefully they do now.👇
October 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Too many Americans either didn’t care or didn’t believe. Hopefully they do now.👇
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A thing about the east coast is that even the women are gonna hand you your ass on a platter. The blow up costumes are nice but we do it different over here.
Polka dot is just out there tussling with ICE on her lunch break.
Polka dot is just out there tussling with ICE on her lunch break.
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A thing about the east coast is that even the women are gonna hand you your ass on a platter. The blow up costumes are nice but we do it different over here.
Polka dot is just out there tussling with ICE on her lunch break.
Polka dot is just out there tussling with ICE on her lunch break.
He's not wrong
brb, calling Regent's Park to let them know that Roddy Ho's vehicle has been located
guys. GUYS.
October 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
He's not wrong
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This is more or less what the American Revolution was about
"I'll just go use official force to coercively raise my own revenue (a/k/a taxes!) and then spend it on whatever government stuff I decide I want to do" is complete and total executive tyranny, Congress reduced to nothing but a powerless sham legislature, a head of state with absolute power.
October 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is more or less what the American Revolution was about
Always good reading, this week especially celebrating Bruce Springsteen
Here it is, my 243rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 243 (9/28/25) - Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 243rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! Fi...
blackwhiteandread.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Always good reading, this week especially celebrating Bruce Springsteen
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"[A]nd sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty."
--George Washington, Farewell Address
--George Washington, Farewell Address
September 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"[A]nd sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty."
--George Washington, Farewell Address
--George Washington, Farewell Address
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Keep talking about Epstein!
September 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Keep talking about Epstein!
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Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
September 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
No elected official Democratic party will be as cruel about Kirk's death as Mike Lee was about the death of Melissa Hortman.
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/17/s...
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Charlie Kirk was a private citizen
Melissa Hortman was a seated lawmaker in MN
No Flags were flown half staff at the WH for her death by gun violence
Melissa Hortman was a seated lawmaker in MN
No Flags were flown half staff at the WH for her death by gun violence
September 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Charlie Kirk was a private citizen
Melissa Hortman was a seated lawmaker in MN
No Flags were flown half staff at the WH for her death by gun violence
Melissa Hortman was a seated lawmaker in MN
No Flags were flown half staff at the WH for her death by gun violence
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This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'
Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
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Melissa Hortman was accused of being a racist by white men.
September 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Melissa Hortman was accused of being a racist by white men.
It does make me wonder is poor Charlie just another attempt to change the narrative 🙄
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It does make me wonder is poor Charlie just another attempt to change the narrative 🙄
Some people don't like talking about kidnapped Africans, the forced immigrants and their descendents who built our country. One of the milder ways to punish a runaway
August 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Some people don't like talking about kidnapped Africans, the forced immigrants and their descendents who built our country. One of the milder ways to punish a runaway
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Listening to this interview of this whistleblower and it’s about as clearcut as you can ask for. Trump officials wanted him to lie to judges, claiming an immigrant was a gang member. He refused to. Then he was fired. This is why civil service protections, now being ignored, matter.
"A canary in the coal mine of the rule of law." This is an immensely important story about the DOJ being turned into an institution that is breaking the law at the behest of the President...the kind of story that would have tanked previous administrations. [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/p...
A D.O.J. Whistleblower Speaks Out
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Listening to this interview of this whistleblower and it’s about as clearcut as you can ask for. Trump officials wanted him to lie to judges, claiming an immigrant was a gang member. He refused to. Then he was fired. This is why civil service protections, now being ignored, matter.
Ditto
Bilston enamel patch box from 1790. The motto reads "May America be/ For ever kept free."
Good luck with that, guys!
Good luck with that, guys!
July 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ditto
Savages ought to blush
Two hundred years ago was the hot summer of '75. The Council of Safety ordered the 3rd SC rangers to liberate British powder and armaments from Fort Charlotte. The mission was successful--until it wasn't. July 12, 1775🗃️
open.substack.com/pub/radicalp...
Two hundred years ago was the hot summer of '75. The Council of Safety ordered the 3rd SC rangers to liberate British powder and armaments from Fort Charlotte. The mission was successful--until it wasn't. July 12, 1775🗃️
open.substack.com/pub/radicalp...
Savages ought to blush
The first civil war
open.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Savages ought to blush
Two hundred years ago was the hot summer of '75. The Council of Safety ordered the 3rd SC rangers to liberate British powder and armaments from Fort Charlotte. The mission was successful--until it wasn't. July 12, 1775🗃️
open.substack.com/pub/radicalp...
Two hundred years ago was the hot summer of '75. The Council of Safety ordered the 3rd SC rangers to liberate British powder and armaments from Fort Charlotte. The mission was successful--until it wasn't. July 12, 1775🗃️
open.substack.com/pub/radicalp...
Paperless office (what the wind did)
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Paperless office (what the wind did)