Rumpole of the Bayou
@rumpolebayou.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in US History • Writing on C19 Newspapers • Appellate Lawyer
There should be an MLB prize in literature
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There should be an MLB prize in literature
How long until economists create the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of FIFA?
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
How long until economists create the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of FIFA?
You finish that video showing how to make Norwegian grilled cheese?
Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You finish that video showing how to make Norwegian grilled cheese?
Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked
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"It’s a testament to how egregiously indefensible Hegseth’s actions are that we now find common cause with George Will. (A cautionary note to readers: this only gets worse in the article, where we are forced to nod along with John Yoo.)" — @snipy.bsky.social
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"It’s a testament to how egregiously indefensible Hegseth’s actions are that we now find common cause with George Will. (A cautionary note to readers: this only gets worse in the article, where we are forced to nod along with John Yoo.)" — @snipy.bsky.social
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History suggests that things don't go well when white nationalists are warning against "civilizational erasure" in Europe
The new US National Security Strategy makes for scary reading. I wrote about how the US wants to support forces in Europe to tear itself apart back in November 2024, and last May. This NSS confirms that's exactly the US objective for Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
History suggests that things don't go well when white nationalists are warning against "civilizational erasure" in Europe
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I’m sorry the boat had capsized?
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I’m sorry the boat had capsized?
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Brown University accepted nearly equal numbers of male and female students, but got almost twice as many female applicants. That math meant it was easier for men to get in.
Trump's DEI ban may end gender balancing efforts that often benefit men.
Trump's DEI ban may end gender balancing efforts that often benefit men.
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Brown University accepted nearly equal numbers of male and female students, but got almost twice as many female applicants. That math meant it was easier for men to get in.
Trump's DEI ban may end gender balancing efforts that often benefit men.
Trump's DEI ban may end gender balancing efforts that often benefit men.
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Oooh, a quest. Like a hero’s journey?
Shake up, like a losing team firing the coach because clearly something isn’t working?
And RKF Jr. is being methodical about it?
How exciting!
Shake up, like a losing team firing the coach because clearly something isn’t working?
And RKF Jr. is being methodical about it?
How exciting!
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Oooh, a quest. Like a hero’s journey?
Shake up, like a losing team firing the coach because clearly something isn’t working?
And RKF Jr. is being methodical about it?
How exciting!
Shake up, like a losing team firing the coach because clearly something isn’t working?
And RKF Jr. is being methodical about it?
How exciting!
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Ride on, little woodblock printed postal messenger being used on all title pages of every new issue of a certain #earlymodern German newspaper. Ride on. Enjoy yourself.
September 19, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Ride on, little woodblock printed postal messenger being used on all title pages of every new issue of a certain #earlymodern German newspaper. Ride on. Enjoy yourself.
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And people lost there jobs over Charlie Kirk? This is insane and pathetic, performative pick me psycho.
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
And people lost there jobs over Charlie Kirk? This is insane and pathetic, performative pick me psycho.
Count of Monte Cristo is the best novel/sandwich combo
The Count of Monte Cristo has been satisfying my #1 requirement for novels, which is that things happen.
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Count of Monte Cristo is the best novel/sandwich combo
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Kiss of death
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Kiss of death
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can you die of twee affectation
My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
can you die of twee affectation
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Critics call it extortion (bad), while others identify it as extortion (good).
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Critics call it extortion (bad), while others identify it as extortion (good).
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Cool cool cool
The US is deregulating banks. Will the rest of the world follow?
New rules will boost lending and profits and entrench American dominance. But critics say they could lead to another crash
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Cool cool cool
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‘When offered a poem, and time, and attention, and good faith, my students offered their own arguments back as if they had been waiting their whole lives for the chance; they reciprocated my trust many times over.’
By @johannawinant.bsky.social
By @johannawinant.bsky.social
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
‘When offered a poem, and time, and attention, and good faith, my students offered their own arguments back as if they had been waiting their whole lives for the chance; they reciprocated my trust many times over.’
By @johannawinant.bsky.social
By @johannawinant.bsky.social
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My PhD thesis is under contract with Routledge. My external examiner is also my editor. And the big change they wanted was a final chapter on the immediate legacy of Isaac Watts. I’ve been researching it today, and I’ve found so much material. It’s been wonderful
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My PhD thesis is under contract with Routledge. My external examiner is also my editor. And the big change they wanted was a final chapter on the immediate legacy of Isaac Watts. I’ve been researching it today, and I’ve found so much material. It’s been wonderful
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When they said the Kennedys were the aristocrats of America I didn’t know they meant “The Aristocrats”
can't believe rfk jr wants to stop me from eating red M&Ms but he'll eat *** out of an ****
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
When they said the Kennedys were the aristocrats of America I didn’t know they meant “The Aristocrats”
I’m intrigued;
LBJ is one of the top 5 most fascinating Americans ever
LBJ is one of the top 5 most fascinating Americans ever
By the way, Ken Burns’ next documentary series is apparently in the can — LBJ & The Great Society
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
kenburns.com/films/lbj-th...
LBJ & the Great Society - Ken Burns
This three-part, six-hour series will chronicle the life and times of Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the most capable, colorful, and controversial men ever to occupy the White House. A figure of extraordin...
kenburns.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I’m intrigued;
LBJ is one of the top 5 most fascinating Americans ever
LBJ is one of the top 5 most fascinating Americans ever
My phone corrected “mootness” to “moonless”
In what world are people saying moonless a bunch?
In what world are people saying moonless a bunch?
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My phone corrected “mootness” to “moonless”
In what world are people saying moonless a bunch?
In what world are people saying moonless a bunch?
Move over Bede, a new Venerable just dropped
it is not customary for such venerable leviathans to be at all social
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Move over Bede, a new Venerable just dropped
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A Texas A&M University appeals panel has unanimously ruled that the school was “not justified” when it fired a lecturer who had been accused of teaching a course that recognized more than two genders.
Texas A&M Wrong to Fire Professor Melissa McCoul Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules
The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom. A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A Texas A&M University appeals panel has unanimously ruled that the school was “not justified” when it fired a lecturer who had been accused of teaching a course that recognized more than two genders.
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Thinking about Andrew Cuomo’s big gambit that only he could stand up to Trump, fuckin LOL that he wound up getting Trump’s endorsement (aka the Kiss of Death) and then Mamdani kinda dogwalked the President yesterday, way to go centrist libs!
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thinking about Andrew Cuomo’s big gambit that only he could stand up to Trump, fuckin LOL that he wound up getting Trump’s endorsement (aka the Kiss of Death) and then Mamdani kinda dogwalked the President yesterday, way to go centrist libs!