Paul Andrew Otto
@paulotto.bsky.social
Historian and role-immersion pedagogue with avocational interests in fly fishing, camping, board games, and science fiction.
www.paulandrewotto.com
www.paulandrewotto.com
One doesn't have to deny Charlie Kirk's Christianity to also point out his objectional opinions, but one might ask the value of Christianity that apparently holds with those same positions.
September 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
One doesn't have to deny Charlie Kirk's Christianity to also point out his objectional opinions, but one might ask the value of Christianity that apparently holds with those same positions.
I was recently interviewed by an Australian radio show . . .
Was Manhattan Island really sold to the Dutch for 24 dollars? - ABC listen
The 1626 'sale' meant different things to the parties involved: the Native Americans involved had no sense of permanently ceding the lands on which they lived
www.abc.net.au
May 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I was recently interviewed by an Australian radio show . . .
In honor of the Concord and Lexington 250th anniversary, I've written a little something.
#concordandlexington #paulrevere #americanrevolution #republic
#concordandlexington #paulrevere #americanrevolution #republic
Concord and Lexington: How Far We’ve Drifted - Paul Andrew Otto
Two hundred and fifty years ago today, the “shot heard [...]
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April 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In honor of the Concord and Lexington 250th anniversary, I've written a little something.
#concordandlexington #paulrevere #americanrevolution #republic
#concordandlexington #paulrevere #americanrevolution #republic
A historical perspective on the Gilded Era and its applicability, or not, to today.
Trump has touted Gilded Age tariffs, an era which saw industrial growth together with poverty
The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th president, William McKinley, a Republican who was in office from 1897 until ...
www.pbs.org
March 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A historical perspective on the Gilded Era and its applicability, or not, to today.
Reposted by Paul Andrew Otto
The man without a suit has all my respect and support. The suit without a man can suck his own golf club.
March 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The man without a suit has all my respect and support. The suit without a man can suck his own golf club.
Good stuff from my friend @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social
Some thoughts on Trump, his birthright citizenship executive order, and Indigenous nations. He is wrong, and always will be wrong.
michaelleroyoberg.com/current-even...
michaelleroyoberg.com/current-even...
The Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: The Trump Administration, the 14th Amendment, and Indigenous Nations
Two courts have slapped down Donald Trump’s executive orders against “birthright citizenship,” guaranteed in the first section of the 14th Amendment. This is a good thing. Like a lot of you, …
michaelleroyoberg.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Good stuff from my friend @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social
Trump announces the GMC Denali shall henceforth be known as the GMC McKinley.
January 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump announces the GMC Denali shall henceforth be known as the GMC McKinley.
The First-Lady-for-a-second-time is wearing black for the inauguration. Is she in mourning?
January 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The First-Lady-for-a-second-time is wearing black for the inauguration. Is she in mourning?
A page a day is a book a year!
January 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A page a day is a book a year!
"institutions should engage in active and meaningful relationships with the Native nations that are now or were on the lands those institutions occupy"
Opinion | Enough With the Land Acknowledgments
Instead of proclaiming performative acknowledgments of Native peoples, institutions should establish strong relationships with Native nations.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"institutions should engage in active and meaningful relationships with the Native nations that are now or were on the lands those institutions occupy"
AG: “it is never acceptable for a member of the public to strike, push, or otherwise make unwanted physical contact with a police officer.”
Fifth Amendment: ditto for police wrt citizens. Unless a police officer's life is literally endangered, they need to keep their hands off private citizens.
Fifth Amendment: ditto for police wrt citizens. Unless a police officer's life is literally endangered, they need to keep their hands off private citizens.
Assault Charge Against Oklahoma Police Officer Is Dismissed
Oklahoma’s attorney general dismissed the charge against an Oklahoma City police sergeant who was seen in body camera footage throwing a 71-year-old man to the pavement during an argument over a ticke...
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:31 PM
AG: “it is never acceptable for a member of the public to strike, push, or otherwise make unwanted physical contact with a police officer.”
Fifth Amendment: ditto for police wrt citizens. Unless a police officer's life is literally endangered, they need to keep their hands off private citizens.
Fifth Amendment: ditto for police wrt citizens. Unless a police officer's life is literally endangered, they need to keep their hands off private citizens.
@gamingthepast Can you add me to your starter pack?
December 8, 2024 at 10:25 AM
@gamingthepast Can you add me to your starter pack?
Reposted by Paul Andrew Otto
As I and others predicted
(see below), Trump has taken credit for Mexican and US immigration policies imposed over the last 18 months that curbed the flow to/over the US border.
No, the Mexican president did not make new concessions bc of his tariff threat.
www.usnews.com/news/u-s-new...
(see below), Trump has taken credit for Mexican and US immigration policies imposed over the last 18 months that curbed the flow to/over the US border.
No, the Mexican president did not make new concessions bc of his tariff threat.
www.usnews.com/news/u-s-new...
www.usnews.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:10 PM
As I and others predicted
(see below), Trump has taken credit for Mexican and US immigration policies imposed over the last 18 months that curbed the flow to/over the US border.
No, the Mexican president did not make new concessions bc of his tariff threat.
www.usnews.com/news/u-s-new...
(see below), Trump has taken credit for Mexican and US immigration policies imposed over the last 18 months that curbed the flow to/over the US border.
No, the Mexican president did not make new concessions bc of his tariff threat.
www.usnews.com/news/u-s-new...
Was back at the library yesterday -- first time in awhile. Back on the wampum trail!
November 26, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Was back at the library yesterday -- first time in awhile. Back on the wampum trail!
Reposted by Paul Andrew Otto
Personal automobiles are a 100-year-old mass social experiment that have claimed the lives of hundreds of millions of people, harmed just about every living person and animal on the planet, and destroyed our communities and torn at our social fabric.
November 26, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Personal automobiles are a 100-year-old mass social experiment that have claimed the lives of hundreds of millions of people, harmed just about every living person and animal on the planet, and destroyed our communities and torn at our social fabric.
Well, here's some good news at least. Altho who knows who gets picked to replace him?
JUST IN: Allegations of sex trafficking and drug use threatened to derail Matt Gaetz's nomination as attorney general.
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdraws as attorney general nominee
Allegations of sex trafficking and drug use threatened to derail Matt Gaetz's nomination as attorney general.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Well, here's some good news at least. Altho who knows who gets picked to replace him?
They tell me on the news that BlueSky is billionaire proof. Does that mean as a BlueSky user I now have no hope of becoming a billionaire? Or, if I become a billionaire, I know longer can use BlueSky?
November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
They tell me on the news that BlueSky is billionaire proof. Does that mean as a BlueSky user I now have no hope of becoming a billionaire? Or, if I become a billionaire, I know longer can use BlueSky?
Let's hope Trump takes a break from cabinet appointments this weekend. Perhaps a few rounds of gold with cronies? I know I need a break . . .
November 16, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Let's hope Trump takes a break from cabinet appointments this weekend. Perhaps a few rounds of gold with cronies? I know I need a break . . .
I left Twitter and came to @bluesky as soon as he-who-shall-not-be-named took it over. What took the rest of you so long?
November 16, 2024 at 2:59 PM
I left Twitter and came to @bluesky as soon as he-who-shall-not-be-named took it over. What took the rest of you so long?
It's World Kindness Day.
May we all be filled with loving kindness.
May we all be healthy in body and mind.
May we all be safe and be free.
May we all be at peace and at ease.
May we all be filled with loving kindness.
May we all be healthy in body and mind.
May we all be safe and be free.
May we all be at peace and at ease.
November 13, 2024 at 6:24 PM
It's World Kindness Day.
May we all be filled with loving kindness.
May we all be healthy in body and mind.
May we all be safe and be free.
May we all be at peace and at ease.
May we all be filled with loving kindness.
May we all be healthy in body and mind.
May we all be safe and be free.
May we all be at peace and at ease.
I'm very excited about our second game con in Newberg! Very satisfying to see an idea come to fruition and to benefit so many people!
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Newberg Game Con Returns for Second Year - Newsberg
Newberg Game Con is back September 28-19 where games convene to learn new games or share their favorites with the gaming community.
newsberg.org
September 24, 2024 at 4:46 PM
I'm very excited about our second game con in Newberg! Very satisfying to see an idea come to fruition and to benefit so many people!
newsberg.org/2024/09/24/n...
newsberg.org/2024/09/24/n...
NYT: "Will Chamberlain, a . . . former Ron DeSantis staffer . . . [asserts] that 'Kamala Harris shouldn’t be President' [because she has] 'no children.'"
Guess what, Mr Chamberlain? By you standards, neither did George Washington (and he's not the only one).
#Kamala2024 #georgewashington
Guess what, Mr Chamberlain? By you standards, neither did George Washington (and he's not the only one).
#Kamala2024 #georgewashington
July 26, 2024 at 5:36 AM
NYT: "Will Chamberlain, a . . . former Ron DeSantis staffer . . . [asserts] that 'Kamala Harris shouldn’t be President' [because she has] 'no children.'"
Guess what, Mr Chamberlain? By you standards, neither did George Washington (and he's not the only one).
#Kamala2024 #georgewashington
Guess what, Mr Chamberlain? By you standards, neither did George Washington (and he's not the only one).
#Kamala2024 #georgewashington
