Steve McCluskey
@stevemccluskey.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇮🇪🇪🇺Chicago born Irish-American. History of Science / Cultural Astronomy: Medieval and Native American. USNavy 1961-7. Husband, father, grandfather. Catholic, Democrat, West Virginian.
I can’t speak about Ancient Rome but medieval calendars began with March and ended with the 11th & 12th months of January and February.
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I can’t speak about Ancient Rome but medieval calendars began with March and ended with the 11th & 12th months of January and February.
I remember avoiding swimming pools to avoid polio and contributing ten cents to the March of Dimes against polio.
September 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I remember avoiding swimming pools to avoid polio and contributing ten cents to the March of Dimes against polio.
A letter from General Grant to General Buckner:
August 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A letter from General Grant to General Buckner:
The Vietnam War comparison really brings this home.
July 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Vietnam War comparison really brings this home.
I found this abbreviation XLa in my old Cappelli (1967).
July 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I found this abbreviation XLa in my old Cappelli (1967).
Here’s some historical context:
June 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here’s some historical context:
I can think of two flags that have special meanings during this time:
June 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I can think of two flags that have special meanings during this time:
Per Google Translate:
May 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Per Google Translate:
May 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Interesting that besides the instruments, he included tables of conjunctions and oppositions of the Sun and Moon and circumstances of solar & lunar eclipses. The kind of things we find in later printed almanacs.
April 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Interesting that besides the instruments, he included tables of conjunctions and oppositions of the Sun and Moon and circumstances of solar & lunar eclipses. The kind of things we find in later printed almanacs.
Also, look at the stable US dollar.
April 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also, look at the stable US dollar.
In the Pew survey’s breakdown of Christians by denomination, only 23% of the US population are Evangelical Protestants. Perhaps that’s what he counts as Christian.
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In the Pew survey’s breakdown of Christians by denomination, only 23% of the US population are Evangelical Protestants. Perhaps that’s what he counts as Christian.
Of my 18 inches of Le Guin, my original copy of The Dispossessed is the most tattered — next to a newer signed copy.
March 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Of my 18 inches of Le Guin, my original copy of The Dispossessed is the most tattered — next to a newer signed copy.
The closest analog I can think of is Meigs Field (CGX) on the Chicago lakefront. It only had limited passenger service and was closed in 2002.
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January 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The closest analog I can think of is Meigs Field (CGX) on the Chicago lakefront. It only had limited passenger service and was closed in 2002.
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Interesting slip where Giuliani speaks going from NY to DC “on the way home from Florida.” I thought he’d been asserting his home was in Florida.
January 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Interesting slip where Giuliani speaks going from NY to DC “on the way home from Florida.” I thought he’d been asserting his home was in Florida.
Typical that Trump’s Thanksgiving tweet doesn’t express his gratitude for anything — not even for his election victory. But thankfulness requires a degree of humility.
November 28, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Typical that Trump’s Thanksgiving tweet doesn’t express his gratitude for anything — not even for his election victory. But thankfulness requires a degree of humility.