Lydia Sigismondi, Ph.D.
@sigismonday.bsky.social
Historian of the 18th Century Atlantic World. PhD from USC. Angelino by way of Baltimore. TCM nerd. Mother of cats. C-PTSD. Eternal Orioles optimist & pragmatic progressive.
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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These guys love to talk about "mind viruses." The most pernicious one I know is contrarianism. Try having some innate beliefs or values or politics rather than just saying the opposite of whatever the people you decided you don't like are saying!
December 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
These guys love to talk about "mind viruses." The most pernicious one I know is contrarianism. Try having some innate beliefs or values or politics rather than just saying the opposite of whatever the people you decided you don't like are saying!
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I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism
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A significant portion of content these like-minded billionaires pump into the ether is about how George Soros, college professors, public school teachers, and journalists are supposedly colluding to brainwash you.
The 6 richest men in the world are all Trump allies.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
They control your algorithms and data on X, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and YouTube.
Just in case you’re wondering why more isn’t done to stop right-wing bots and misinformation on social media.
December 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A significant portion of content these like-minded billionaires pump into the ether is about how George Soros, college professors, public school teachers, and journalists are supposedly colluding to brainwash you.
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This is horrendous, gratuitous cruelty. They're doing it to drive Trans teenagers to suicide. That's the only possible reason. All the deaths from measles and what have you weren't enough. They want Trans people dead.
Because, again, the federal fucking government is trying to stop companies from selling binders. Not because of any concerns about safety or possible harm, but specifically because trans men use them to mitigate dysphoria.
They're saying this openly, explicitly.
They're saying this openly, explicitly.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is horrendous, gratuitous cruelty. They're doing it to drive Trans teenagers to suicide. That's the only possible reason. All the deaths from measles and what have you weren't enough. They want Trans people dead.
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“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
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These guys have never faced a Black authority figure in their entire lives.
i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
These guys have never faced a Black authority figure in their entire lives.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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These are all authentic campaign t-shirts, lovingly quilted together just for you! Click:
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people.com/rob-reiner-c... keep it up people magazine!! Help folks break through the cognitive dissonance!!
Rob Reiner’s Response to Charlie Kirk’s Murder Provides Stark Contrast After Trump Mocked Director’s Death
Rob Reiner’s comments on the murder of Charlie Kirk have resurfaced following President Donald Trump's recent controversial remarks on the Hollywood director’s death.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
people.com/rob-reiner-c... keep it up people magazine!! Help folks break through the cognitive dissonance!!
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The reason this shift will probably never happen is above in the thread: it would require a silent admission by many tenured professors that they were not the best; merely the lucky.
They suspect, deep down, they couldn't have made it in adjunct land.
Too painful. Easier to hire Harvard again.
They suspect, deep down, they couldn't have made it in adjunct land.
Too painful. Easier to hire Harvard again.
December 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The reason this shift will probably never happen is above in the thread: it would require a silent admission by many tenured professors that they were not the best; merely the lucky.
They suspect, deep down, they couldn't have made it in adjunct land.
Too painful. Easier to hire Harvard again.
They suspect, deep down, they couldn't have made it in adjunct land.
Too painful. Easier to hire Harvard again.
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The problem! Is that! There are no jobs! For anybody!!!! So then the jobs that do exist hire people who can teach things they *don’t already have someone to teach* which often means things like race, which have been long-term blind spots in these departments! Use your brain!
This is 100% incorrect as the explanation for why someone obsessed with Roman *military* history is not being hired.
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The problem! Is that! There are no jobs! For anybody!!!! So then the jobs that do exist hire people who can teach things they *don’t already have someone to teach* which often means things like race, which have been long-term blind spots in these departments! Use your brain!
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The job market is vanishingly small, and programs keep cranking out PhDs to apply to jobs that they simply cannot get- and they often spend years warning them that the jobs will not exist! And then the jobless blame race and gender, when the issue is really that they imagined they’d be an exception!
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The job market is vanishingly small, and programs keep cranking out PhDs to apply to jobs that they simply cannot get- and they often spend years warning them that the jobs will not exist! And then the jobless blame race and gender, when the issue is really that they imagined they’d be an exception!
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All the centrists who rushed to fondly eulogize Charlie Kirk should have to read Trump's Reiner post every morning before they get out of bed.
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
All the centrists who rushed to fondly eulogize Charlie Kirk should have to read Trump's Reiner post every morning before they get out of bed.
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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This is written with a child’s (lack of) understanding of workers rights, at-will employment, and human dignity. As someone who has argued forever against at-will employment and for workers’ right to dignity, it is dismaying but not surprising to see the worst version of an important argument here
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is written with a child’s (lack of) understanding of workers rights, at-will employment, and human dignity. As someone who has argued forever against at-will employment and for workers’ right to dignity, it is dismaying but not surprising to see the worst version of an important argument here
I admire the hell out of LBJ—not that he wasn’t an absolute POS in his personal life—but for his political instincts and his genuine commitment to the poor (because he was a poor kid too)
It’s 2025 and children of color are still having the same experience. Even worse, they have to fear being picked up and separated from their parents.
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I admire the hell out of LBJ—not that he wasn’t an absolute POS in his personal life—but for his political instincts and his genuine commitment to the poor (because he was a poor kid too)
These children will never be the same. I hate these disgusting people.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
These children will never be the same. I hate these disgusting people.
it’s prob obvious but the genius simplicity of Gandhi’s “be the change you want to see in the world,” has been totally illustrated to me by the trump era. You must positively advocate for the things that matter to you—otherwise the people who believe in everything you don’t face no opposition
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
it’s prob obvious but the genius simplicity of Gandhi’s “be the change you want to see in the world,” has been totally illustrated to me by the trump era. You must positively advocate for the things that matter to you—otherwise the people who believe in everything you don’t face no opposition
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New from 404 Media: the creator of ICEBlock just sued the U.S. government over it pressuring Apple to remove the app earlier this year. Says it violated his First Amendment rights. www.404media.co/iceblock-cre...
ICEBlock Creator Sues U.S. Government Over App’s Removal
The Department of Justice demanded Apple remove ICEBlock, which reports sightings of ICE officials, from its App Store. Now the creator is suing, saying the demand violated his First Amendment rights.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New from 404 Media: the creator of ICEBlock just sued the U.S. government over it pressuring Apple to remove the app earlier this year. Says it violated his First Amendment rights. www.404media.co/iceblock-cre...
I howled 🤣
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I howled 🤣
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
youtube.com/watch?v=ibdy... Her hyper fixation on the word access here says everything
WATCH: White House says Trump calling a reporter 'piggy' shows he's 'frank and open'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=ibdy... Her hyper fixation on the word access here says everything
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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hey Baltimore your fav local seed steward collective is gathering for seed cleaning and packing this Saturday 10-12 in the basement of St Lukes in Hampden come hang and help me with my many piles of seedheads friends xoxo
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
hey Baltimore your fav local seed steward collective is gathering for seed cleaning and packing this Saturday 10-12 in the basement of St Lukes in Hampden come hang and help me with my many piles of seedheads friends xoxo