Nick Popper
@nickpopper.bsky.social
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Nick Popper
@nickpopper.bsky.social
· Dec 3
The Specter of the Archive
An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics and society. We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a time when more informat...
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Delighted to report that my book, The Specter of the Archive, was awarded the Bainton Prize in History from
@16csociety.bsky.social. It's about an early modern media revolution but speaks directly and pointedly to the one we're living through today.
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@16csociety.bsky.social. It's about an early modern media revolution but speaks directly and pointedly to the one we're living through today.
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An ambitious swing seat Repub rep could likely find the 8 repub votes for a motion to vacate the speaker, make a deal with dems re: tariffs, be speaker of the house in three days, and take up the senate’s tariff bill. This seems such an obvious winner for someone who will otherwise lose in 26.
April 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
An ambitious swing seat Repub rep could likely find the 8 repub votes for a motion to vacate the speaker, make a deal with dems re: tariffs, be speaker of the house in three days, and take up the senate’s tariff bill. This seems such an obvious winner for someone who will otherwise lose in 26.
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trump take job
* U.S. ANNOUNCED JOB CUTS TOTAL 275,240 IN MARCH, RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH: CHALLENGER
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April 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
trump take job
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Trump, a father, has 34 felony convictions
JD Vance claims the Maryland father the Trump administration mistakenly deported to a slave prison in El Salvador wasn't "father of the year" bc he had "traffic violations," and says "we do not ask permission from far left Democrats before we deport illegal immigrants."
(He's talking about judges)
(He's talking about judges)
April 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Trump, a father, has 34 felony convictions
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It's a great job, you're in charge of a beloved national institution and get to work with and on behalf of a lot of talented journalists. The downside is that sometimes you will have to go to Washington D.C. and try to calm down an extremely flustered cartoon pig.
oh my god -- Comer thinks "editorial standards" literally refers to standards for editorials and is corrected by the NPR head
March 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's a great job, you're in charge of a beloved national institution and get to work with and on behalf of a lot of talented journalists. The downside is that sometimes you will have to go to Washington D.C. and try to calm down an extremely flustered cartoon pig.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info:
March 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info:
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Just accidentally texted Steve Harvey the plans for my invasion of France. I'd appreciate privacy during this difficult time and whatnot.
March 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Just accidentally texted Steve Harvey the plans for my invasion of France. I'd appreciate privacy during this difficult time and whatnot.
Everyone on the chat saw that Goldberg removed himself A WEEK AGO and they evidently… just did nothing. Find dumber people anywhere, I challenge you.
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Everyone on the chat saw that Goldberg removed himself A WEEK AGO and they evidently… just did nothing. Find dumber people anywhere, I challenge you.
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my takeaway from reading this is that i have to assume that every half-competent intelligence agency in the world has an almost real-time glimpse into what the white house and the pentagon are doing
March 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
my takeaway from reading this is that i have to assume that every half-competent intelligence agency in the world has an almost real-time glimpse into what the white house and the pentagon are doing
Someday it will seem insane that there was a period when people thought the couch story was untrue just because the outlets like the Times, doing everything in their power to normalize his campaign, said it wasn't. Who cares if someone admitted to making it up, why would that matter.
JD Vance, "Denmark is not being a good ally"
"If we need to take Greenland that is what President Trump will do because he doesn't care about what Europeans scream at us"
"If we need to take Greenland that is what President Trump will do because he doesn't care about what Europeans scream at us"
March 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Someday it will seem insane that there was a period when people thought the couch story was untrue just because the outlets like the Times, doing everything in their power to normalize his campaign, said it wasn't. Who cares if someone admitted to making it up, why would that matter.
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Glenn Youngkin has left the Patrick Henry reenactment and receives a chorus of boos as he makes his way to his car.
March 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Glenn Youngkin has left the Patrick Henry reenactment and receives a chorus of boos as he makes his way to his car.
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Any pub or show not running or reporting on this comment right here is absolutely caping for this administration.
Everyone knows education is the most kitchen table ass talking point ever and specifically saying disabled kids shouldn't have access to it affects so many families
Everyone knows education is the most kitchen table ass talking point ever and specifically saying disabled kids shouldn't have access to it affects so many families
Jessica: When I hear Republicans out there talking about their plan for education in America, I don't hear them talking about making sure disabled kids have access to a public education.
Greg: Because we're against it.
Greg: Because we're against it.
March 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Any pub or show not running or reporting on this comment right here is absolutely caping for this administration.
Everyone knows education is the most kitchen table ass talking point ever and specifically saying disabled kids shouldn't have access to it affects so many families
Everyone knows education is the most kitchen table ass talking point ever and specifically saying disabled kids shouldn't have access to it affects so many families
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We need to start calling things what they are.
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March 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
We need to start calling things what they are.
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"The Democrats had refused to abolish the filibuster when Schumer was the majority leader, on the grounds that someday they might be the ones who needed it. Now the House and the public were begging Schumer to use it. And he refused."
Chuck Schumer Is Responsible | Defector
Chuck Schumer was always going to come out of the budget showdown a loser. The only question was which of the two available forms of losing he would end up with: an organized legislative surrender to…
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March 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"The Democrats had refused to abolish the filibuster when Schumer was the majority leader, on the grounds that someday they might be the ones who needed it. Now the House and the public were begging Schumer to use it. And he refused."
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mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said.
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March 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
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March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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BREAKING: @indivisible.org calls on Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader after voting in favor of GOP funding bill.
“Our democracy is in danger. The path ahead will be hard. Indivisibles are ready to do the work - it’s time for a Senate Democratic Leader who is too.”
Full statement:
“Our democracy is in danger. The path ahead will be hard. Indivisibles are ready to do the work - it’s time for a Senate Democratic Leader who is too.”
Full statement:
Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
BREAKING: @indivisible.org calls on Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader after voting in favor of GOP funding bill.
“Our democracy is in danger. The path ahead will be hard. Indivisibles are ready to do the work - it’s time for a Senate Democratic Leader who is too.”
Full statement:
“Our democracy is in danger. The path ahead will be hard. Indivisibles are ready to do the work - it’s time for a Senate Democratic Leader who is too.”
Full statement:
Some of the most non political and moderate people I know are keying cars with Trump stickers, meanwhile Dem leadership is “ruefully” huffing Trump’s farts. When was the last time their judgment didn’t prove to be absolute dogshit? Primary these abject losers.
“You are the representational equivalent of being put on hold by customer service. All you do is let me down. It’s like being a Browns fan if every time the Browns lost, a Tesla ran over my dog. You guys make voting feel pointless.”
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Hey Democrats, wake the f—k up
The Democrats have neither the ability nor the will to fight back against President Donald Trump, SFGATE columnist Drew Magary writes.
www.sfgate.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Some of the most non political and moderate people I know are keying cars with Trump stickers, meanwhile Dem leadership is “ruefully” huffing Trump’s farts. When was the last time their judgment didn’t prove to be absolute dogshit? Primary these abject losers.
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The federal workers unions have asked for the shutdown over the CR.
March 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The federal workers unions have asked for the shutdown over the CR.
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Seems like only the most MAGA faithful would blame Dems, suggests that politically this should be a no-brainer for them.
New Quinniac poll:
If there's a shutdown...
32% blame Dems
31% blame Republicans
22% blame Trump
That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.
If there's a shutdown...
32% blame Dems
31% blame Republicans
22% blame Trump
That's a majority blaming Trump and/or the GOP. Hang tough, Dems.
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Seems like only the most MAGA faithful would blame Dems, suggests that politically this should be a no-brainer for them.
Absolutely the dumbest people. Completely leaves out that if she had won CANADA WOULD ALREADY BE THE 51st STATE and it would be called AMERICA GULF.
Sen. Bernie Moreno: "We have to remember that if Kamala Harris had won on November 5, the stock market would be down 50 percent ... this country would be on a path to ruin. What President Trump inherited is a disaster from Biden."
March 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Absolutely the dumbest people. Completely leaves out that if she had won CANADA WOULD ALREADY BE THE 51st STATE and it would be called AMERICA GULF.