Phil Feller
@philfeller.bsky.social
IT professional and scholar of 19th century American political culture. Currently working on a microhistory of the 1855 Know Nothing triumph, part of a project exploring the continuation of antebellum republican thought into the Progressive Era.
I’ve been analyzing 1850s Connecticut elections, trying to make sense of the party realignments during the period. AI has been fantastic at helping me refine an ecological inference model, but I wouldn’t trust it to make sense of why voters changed party allegiance.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’ve been analyzing 1850s Connecticut elections, trying to make sense of the party realignments during the period. AI has been fantastic at helping me refine an ecological inference model, but I wouldn’t trust it to make sense of why voters changed party allegiance.
That’s a deep dish.
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
That’s a deep dish.
You’re getting rather crusty.
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
You’re getting rather crusty.
Tudor England? “She kept her head but lost her heart.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tudor England? “She kept her head but lost her heart.”
Falling in love with an RPI-graduate engineer is every woman’s dream.
By the way, Emily appears as a character in season two of The Gilded Age,
By the way, Emily appears as a character in season two of The Gilded Age,
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Falling in love with an RPI-graduate engineer is every woman’s dream.
By the way, Emily appears as a character in season two of The Gilded Age,
By the way, Emily appears as a character in season two of The Gilded Age,
Fowl play is suspected.
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Fowl play is suspected.
Where is it in Center City?
I still have fond memories of the Christkindlmarkt in Vienna’s Rathausplatz.
I still have fond memories of the Christkindlmarkt in Vienna’s Rathausplatz.
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Where is it in Center City?
I still have fond memories of the Christkindlmarkt in Vienna’s Rathausplatz.
I still have fond memories of the Christkindlmarkt in Vienna’s Rathausplatz.
Aesthetically, it reminds me of Biedermeier painting, which celebrated the return to traditional rural society following the disruptions of the Napoleonic Wars.
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Aesthetically, it reminds me of Biedermeier painting, which celebrated the return to traditional rural society following the disruptions of the Napoleonic Wars.
He also had as one of his staff officers Louis-Alexandre Berthier, the future chief of staff for Napoleon.
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
He also had as one of his staff officers Louis-Alexandre Berthier, the future chief of staff for Napoleon.
I’ve now gotten in the habit of using a Docker container with Stirling PDF, which provides a lot of editing functions, as well as a reader.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I’ve now gotten in the habit of using a Docker container with Stirling PDF, which provides a lot of editing functions, as well as a reader.
www.stirling.com
www.stirling.com
He’s also rumored to have plans to declare No Kings rallies to be illegal.
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
He’s also rumored to have plans to declare No Kings rallies to be illegal.
My Chapel Hill Catholic parish announced that (unspecified) unforeseen events caused them to cancel the post-Mass tamales y gorditas food sale.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My Chapel Hill Catholic parish announced that (unspecified) unforeseen events caused them to cancel the post-Mass tamales y gorditas food sale.
Well, it’s grain that’s been separated from chaff, touched by fire, baptized in water, and transformed into something spiritual.
I also noticed that it’s from Burning Bush Brewery.
I also noticed that it’s from Burning Bush Brewery.
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Well, it’s grain that’s been separated from chaff, touched by fire, baptized in water, and transformed into something spiritual.
I also noticed that it’s from Burning Bush Brewery.
I also noticed that it’s from Burning Bush Brewery.
I need to do more than just glance at Lennox’s book (and get distracted by the fact that the chapter titles are all band names).
One reason why I ask is because I really liked the way that the podcast handled it.
One reason why I ask is because I really liked the way that the podcast handled it.
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I need to do more than just glance at Lennox’s book (and get distracted by the fact that the chapter titles are all band names).
One reason why I ask is because I really liked the way that the podcast handled it.
One reason why I ask is because I really liked the way that the podcast handled it.
What did you think of how Burns addressed the Quebec Act? I wondered whether the map that showed the new boundaries of Quebec just beyond the Proclamation Line formed a more lasting impression than the mention of how Protestants thought about Catholic political views.
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What did you think of how Burns addressed the Quebec Act? I wondered whether the map that showed the new boundaries of Quebec just beyond the Proclamation Line formed a more lasting impression than the mention of how Protestants thought about Catholic political views.
No one makes a mug of AC-12!
I’m looking forward to more meme-worthy quotes from Superintendent Hastings.
I’m looking forward to more meme-worthy quotes from Superintendent Hastings.
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
No one makes a mug of AC-12!
I’m looking forward to more meme-worthy quotes from Superintendent Hastings.
I’m looking forward to more meme-worthy quotes from Superintendent Hastings.
A chicken in every pot, or one that comes home to roost?
November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A chicken in every pot, or one that comes home to roost?
I noticed the same thing. It was common for a painter’s workshop to paint much of a canvas, with the master completing the parts that required the most technical skill, and I’d guess that that’s what’s happening here.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I noticed the same thing. It was common for a painter’s workshop to paint much of a canvas, with the master completing the parts that required the most technical skill, and I’d guess that that’s what’s happening here.
The great medievalist Caroline Walker Bynum wrote a book, Jesus as Mother, with an essay that explored the ways in which maternal images of Jesus were incorporated into late medieval spirituality.
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The great medievalist Caroline Walker Bynum wrote a book, Jesus as Mother, with an essay that explored the ways in which maternal images of Jesus were incorporated into late medieval spirituality.
It wasn’t too edgy?
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It wasn’t too edgy?
Quite a cutting remark
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Quite a cutting remark
FYI, there’s a typo with Cecily Zander’s name.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
FYI, there’s a typo with Cecily Zander’s name.
It’s not something new; I frequently saw that when I lived in the Twin Cities. I second the commenters who write that they might be New Flyer deliveries.
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It’s not something new; I frequently saw that when I lived in the Twin Cities. I second the commenters who write that they might be New Flyer deliveries.