Sam Klug
@samklug.bsky.social
Historian and teacher. Author of THE INTERNAL COLONY: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo238821158.html
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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here we are indeed.
(additional context for fans of other sports: Arsenal is currently at the top of the Premier League)
(additional context for fans of other sports: Arsenal is currently at the top of the Premier League)
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
here we are indeed.
(additional context for fans of other sports: Arsenal is currently at the top of the Premier League)
(additional context for fans of other sports: Arsenal is currently at the top of the Premier League)
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I feel like people on Bluesky who have convinced themselves that the institutional Left in the United States is pro Trump and falling over backwards to credit Trump should have to reckon with the fact that the only Palestinian in Congress, and a DSA member, says (rightly) that the ceasefire is fake.
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I feel like people on Bluesky who have convinced themselves that the institutional Left in the United States is pro Trump and falling over backwards to credit Trump should have to reckon with the fact that the only Palestinian in Congress, and a DSA member, says (rightly) that the ceasefire is fake.
Abigail Tucker’s influence on the Douthat project remains very underappreciated
THIS IS WHY WE ALL HATE EVOPSYCH. Can we please fucking discredit this pseudo-naturalist bullshit at last?
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Abigail Tucker’s influence on the Douthat project remains very underappreciated
Wonderful essay
I wrote about the irony of the AI bubble, a phenomenon driven by storytelling and imagination in an industry that has contempt for both
The AI Bubble Is Not a Question. What Happens If It Bursts Is.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wonderful essay
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If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
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Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
October 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design
Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme
When I was a sophomore sitting in Mahmood Mamdani's class, Zohran was applying to college (something everyone was *super normal* about during this campaign) and practicing his flow. Now he's mayor of NY and I'm just some guy. Humbling really
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
When I was a sophomore sitting in Mahmood Mamdani's class, Zohran was applying to college (something everyone was *super normal* about during this campaign) and practicing his flow. Now he's mayor of NY and I'm just some guy. Humbling really
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It’s important not to generalize from a single election.
For example, just because Mamdani won doesn’t mean every man can pull off wearing multiple rings.
For example, just because Mamdani won doesn’t mean every man can pull off wearing multiple rings.
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It’s important not to generalize from a single election.
For example, just because Mamdani won doesn’t mean every man can pull off wearing multiple rings.
For example, just because Mamdani won doesn’t mean every man can pull off wearing multiple rings.
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It's both true that he and his people have unleashed something real and that's it's neither immutable nor invincible
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It's both true that he and his people have unleashed something real and that's it's neither immutable nor invincible
Election nights are great tv/online nights because you learn shit like "J.D. Vance's half-brother ran for mayor of Cincinnati and got absolutely annihilated"
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Election nights are great tv/online nights because you learn shit like "J.D. Vance's half-brother ran for mayor of Cincinnati and got absolutely annihilated"
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I have to say, in the long history of “Marx failed to consider” takes by internet reply-guys, “Marx failed to consider the use-value of warm coats” should win its own category of award
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I have to say, in the long history of “Marx failed to consider” takes by internet reply-guys, “Marx failed to consider the use-value of warm coats” should win its own category of award
My actually unpopular opinion is that the current system of daylight savings works fine, and it would be far worse to have it be pitch black at 7:30-8am for many months.
The real solution is to put New England north of Connecticut (otherwise known as New England) in the Atlantic Time Zone.
The real solution is to put New England north of Connecticut (otherwise known as New England) in the Atlantic Time Zone.
November 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My actually unpopular opinion is that the current system of daylight savings works fine, and it would be far worse to have it be pitch black at 7:30-8am for many months.
The real solution is to put New England north of Connecticut (otherwise known as New England) in the Atlantic Time Zone.
The real solution is to put New England north of Connecticut (otherwise known as New England) in the Atlantic Time Zone.
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My 8yo told me she had a dream that she went "taco treating," which is where you go door to door and people give you tacos
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
My 8yo told me she had a dream that she went "taco treating," which is where you go door to door and people give you tacos
2025 me: the starting pitcher in the world series tonight also played yesterday
2007 me: that’s crazy, last night must’ve gone deep into extras
2025: yeah man, 18 innings
2007: damn did he just get one out or pitch a whole inning?
2025: oh no he’s also the dh, he went 4-4 w/ 5 bb and 2 hr
2007: wut
2007 me: that’s crazy, last night must’ve gone deep into extras
2025: yeah man, 18 innings
2007: damn did he just get one out or pitch a whole inning?
2025: oh no he’s also the dh, he went 4-4 w/ 5 bb and 2 hr
2007: wut
October 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
2025 me: the starting pitcher in the world series tonight also played yesterday
2007 me: that’s crazy, last night must’ve gone deep into extras
2025: yeah man, 18 innings
2007: damn did he just get one out or pitch a whole inning?
2025: oh no he’s also the dh, he went 4-4 w/ 5 bb and 2 hr
2007: wut
2007 me: that’s crazy, last night must’ve gone deep into extras
2025: yeah man, 18 innings
2007: damn did he just get one out or pitch a whole inning?
2025: oh no he’s also the dh, he went 4-4 w/ 5 bb and 2 hr
2007: wut
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Two weeks ago Andrew Marantz accompanied me to the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social rally in Wash Heights. He wrote a piece about @thedigradio.bsky.social and about how I see this huge opening for the left, need for coalition w libs, and the urgency of getting serious about building/wielding power. Link👇
October 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Two weeks ago Andrew Marantz accompanied me to the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social rally in Wash Heights. He wrote a piece about @thedigradio.bsky.social and about how I see this huge opening for the left, need for coalition w libs, and the urgency of getting serious about building/wielding power. Link👇
Absolutely amazing that the first big initiative being justified by the "abundance agenda" is Trump's vanity ballroom. That's some eighteenth brumaire shit right there
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Absolutely amazing that the first big initiative being justified by the "abundance agenda" is Trump's vanity ballroom. That's some eighteenth brumaire shit right there
"The new winners will be those who write in ways that Grok interprets as engaging"
October 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"The new winners will be those who write in ways that Grok interprets as engaging"
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You know there is time to get someone without a Nazi tattoo and who isn’t 77. The sad part is the amount of political capital defending him instead of finding another alternative.
Maine - Democratic Senate Polling (Informed About Platner's Tattoo):
🔵 Mills: 59%
🟢 Platner: 29%
🟡 Wood: 3%
🟣 Costello: 2%
SoCal / Oct 25, 2025
(Wording below)
🔵 Mills: 59%
🟢 Platner: 29%
🟡 Wood: 3%
🟣 Costello: 2%
SoCal / Oct 25, 2025
(Wording below)
October 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
You know there is time to get someone without a Nazi tattoo and who isn’t 77. The sad part is the amount of political capital defending him instead of finding another alternative.
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left wing intellectuals on having kids: wow look at all these little joys, i am gonna make a special scrap book of why the family matters...omg is this conservativism?
right wing intellectuals on having kids: look we have to start getting teens pregnant if we're gonna outbreed all the undesireables
right wing intellectuals on having kids: look we have to start getting teens pregnant if we're gonna outbreed all the undesireables
October 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
left wing intellectuals on having kids: wow look at all these little joys, i am gonna make a special scrap book of why the family matters...omg is this conservativism?
right wing intellectuals on having kids: look we have to start getting teens pregnant if we're gonna outbreed all the undesireables
right wing intellectuals on having kids: look we have to start getting teens pregnant if we're gonna outbreed all the undesireables
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The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
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. @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I put CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY together to help connect what undergrads do in assignments with what we do as scholars
then we found ourselves talking to a lot of high school teachers
slate.com/life/2025/10...
then we found ourselves talking to a lot of high school teachers
slate.com/life/2025/10...
There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.
You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.
slate.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
. @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I put CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY together to help connect what undergrads do in assignments with what we do as scholars
then we found ourselves talking to a lot of high school teachers
slate.com/life/2025/10...
then we found ourselves talking to a lot of high school teachers
slate.com/life/2025/10...
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