Patrick Gilner, Ph.D.
@patrickgilner.bsky.social
I am a historian specializing in 20th century Germany, academic coach, recovering academic, disability activist, narrator, and chihuahua-dad.
I also like sci-fi/fantasy, ice hockey, and gaming (both board and video).
I also like sci-fi/fantasy, ice hockey, and gaming (both board and video).
Given the United States' intervention into Venezuela and its intention to prosecute Venezuela's head of state, now is as good a time as any to mention that I wrote a 500+ page dissertation on the first attempt to prosecute a foreign head of state under modern international criminal law.
![Letterhead in German Fraktur from the "Bund deutscher Männer und Frauen zum Schutze der persönlichen Freiheit und des lebens Wilhelms II" [League of German men and women for the protection of the personal freedom and life of Wilhelm II]. Based in Breslau, the letterhead depicts a sympathetic and stoic depiction of the former German Kaiser, Wilhelm II. Circa early 1920s.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rsu55zlnz6vrufxfqmjcdws6/bafkreib7eg32swioyswku25qfqextdlxl7y5fbkwmxasuq5tkn2tgwltba@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Given the United States' intervention into Venezuela and its intention to prosecute Venezuela's head of state, now is as good a time as any to mention that I wrote a 500+ page dissertation on the first attempt to prosecute a foreign head of state under modern international criminal law.
And...comatose.
February 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
And...comatose.
Pup cup aftermath:
February 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Pup cup aftermath:
Taking my dog for a date. He doesn't know he's about to get a pup cup.
February 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Taking my dog for a date. He doesn't know he's about to get a pup cup.
Best pizza I've had in a loooong time.
February 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Best pizza I've had in a loooong time.
Well, if that doesn't sum up US #healthcare.
The two people getting discharged at the same time as me didn't have insurance and had a very different experience from mine.
The two people getting discharged at the same time as me didn't have insurance and had a very different experience from mine.
February 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Well, if that doesn't sum up US #healthcare.
The two people getting discharged at the same time as me didn't have insurance and had a very different experience from mine.
The two people getting discharged at the same time as me didn't have insurance and had a very different experience from mine.
Alternatively:
February 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Alternatively:
Apologies to anyone who followed me and didn't realize you'd be getting analysis of German History from 1848-1945 and play by play of Colorado Avalanche games.
February 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Apologies to anyone who followed me and didn't realize you'd be getting analysis of German History from 1848-1945 and play by play of Colorado Avalanche games.
Want to make Blue Sky better for everyone, but especially those navigating #Disability ?!?!
All I'm asking is for is 3 clicks, and 2 swipes!
1. Click the three lines on the top left of your main screen!
2. Click Settings!
3. Click Accessibility!
4. Tap or slide the two sliders! (see picture)
All I'm asking is for is 3 clicks, and 2 swipes!
1. Click the three lines on the top left of your main screen!
2. Click Settings!
3. Click Accessibility!
4. Tap or slide the two sliders! (see picture)
January 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Want to make Blue Sky better for everyone, but especially those navigating #Disability ?!?!
All I'm asking is for is 3 clicks, and 2 swipes!
1. Click the three lines on the top left of your main screen!
2. Click Settings!
3. Click Accessibility!
4. Tap or slide the two sliders! (see picture)
All I'm asking is for is 3 clicks, and 2 swipes!
1. Click the three lines on the top left of your main screen!
2. Click Settings!
3. Click Accessibility!
4. Tap or slide the two sliders! (see picture)
Myself and a whole lot of other #coloradoavalanche fans in the 48 hours since the #mikkorantanen trade Friday night.
January 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Myself and a whole lot of other #coloradoavalanche fans in the 48 hours since the #mikkorantanen trade Friday night.
Nuremberg National Socialist Party Rally Grounds, 1945.
January 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Nuremberg National Socialist Party Rally Grounds, 1945.
Guess which dumbass just opened the moonroof of his new car the day after a winter storm?
I'm gonna need to find a really big bag of rice to park in.
I'm gonna need to find a really big bag of rice to park in.
January 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Guess which dumbass just opened the moonroof of his new car the day after a winter storm?
I'm gonna need to find a really big bag of rice to park in.
I'm gonna need to find a really big bag of rice to park in.
Can't wait for the next time I get to squish this face!
January 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Can't wait for the next time I get to squish this face!
I love this face!
January 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I love this face!