D.L. Riggs
@storyboat.bsky.social
History Instructor at a MN community college. Interests vary widely. Incredibly lucky to teach history to diverse students. Grad school at CU-Boulder so of course my research interests focused on maritime history. Love to learn, laugh, travel.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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Brian Klaas on fine form: "You only live around 30,000 days; today is one of them, and the world is far too fascinating a place to waste any more of them on something so destructively boring." And yes, I see the irony.
Is social media just...boring now?
Social media is destroying democracy and accelerating idiocracy. But it's also just...really, really boring.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Brian Klaas on fine form: "You only live around 30,000 days; today is one of them, and the world is far too fascinating a place to waste any more of them on something so destructively boring." And yes, I see the irony.
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This is so good.
Historians are often tempted to tell you something is "worth about X in today's dollars." Here's why I think you should not do that, and what I think you should do instead
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Please Stop Putting Very Old Things in "Today's Dollars"
Instead, do this
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August 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is so good.
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I'm not feeling particularly patriotic this 4th of July for obvious reasons, but I wrote about the complexities of American culture, what truly makes America great, while wearing my cultural anthropologist hat to observe the US after 14 years of living in the UK.
One Day in Kentucky and What Actually Makes America Great
Reflections on American identity after visiting a gun range and a hipster speakeasy in deep Trump territory — and a cultural guide to the United States, a maddening, dysfunctional, wonderful place.
www.forkingpaths.co
July 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I'm not feeling particularly patriotic this 4th of July for obvious reasons, but I wrote about the complexities of American culture, what truly makes America great, while wearing my cultural anthropologist hat to observe the US after 14 years of living in the UK.
@lollardfish.bsky.social @profgabriele.com Tremendously great read. Accessible to general public and a few laugh out loud moments that I don’t usually expect from a book on the Franks
July 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@lollardfish.bsky.social @profgabriele.com Tremendously great read. Accessible to general public and a few laugh out loud moments that I don’t usually expect from a book on the Franks
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"Learn to code" was always bad advice, unless you actually like to code. College students have the best chance of professional success if they major in topics that interest them. Today in @startribune.com. Please tell high school students and parents.
www.startribune.com/what-should-...
www.startribune.com/what-should-...
Opinion: College students, go ahead and major in what you love
"The lesson here is simple: Major in what you love, not what you think will get you a job," David M. Perry writes.
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June 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Learn to code" was always bad advice, unless you actually like to code. College students have the best chance of professional success if they major in topics that interest them. Today in @startribune.com. Please tell high school students and parents.
www.startribune.com/what-should-...
www.startribune.com/what-should-...
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“Being nice isn’t the same thing as being kind. It’s far more passive than that. Nice is about placating and soothing someone else, so they think well of you. Being kind, however, is an assertive and often radical act.” inews.co.uk/opinion/nice...
I used to be a 'nice' girl – but it left me depressed and burnt out
Nice is such a limiting character trait, not to mention a very basic one
inews.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“Being nice isn’t the same thing as being kind. It’s far more passive than that. Nice is about placating and soothing someone else, so they think well of you. Being kind, however, is an assertive and often radical act.” inews.co.uk/opinion/nice...
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Beautiful day in Wiltshire.
June 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Beautiful day in Wiltshire.
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This is a very good post and I'm comfortable saying that because Matt wrote most of it. His work on nostalgia is so fucking sharp. I'm a big fan. Someday I'm gonna work up the courage to tell him. Not today though.
NEW PIECE by me & @lollardfish.bsky.social on our (always free!) newsletter. We talk about the recent "we're living in a new dark ages/ feudalism" discourse.
"Svetlana Boym warned that “unreflective nostalgia can breed monsters.” And Medieval 2025 is beginning to breed some monsters..."
"Svetlana Boym warned that “unreflective nostalgia can breed monsters.” And Medieval 2025 is beginning to breed some monsters..."
"Medieval" as a Moral Argument
Some thoughts on recent comparisons of 2025 to the "Dark Ages" and a New "Feudalism"
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June 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is a very good post and I'm comfortable saying that because Matt wrote most of it. His work on nostalgia is so fucking sharp. I'm a big fan. Someday I'm gonna work up the courage to tell him. Not today though.
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It’s not *technically* out until Thursday.
But I’m smiling.
But I’m smiling.
May 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It’s not *technically* out until Thursday.
But I’m smiling.
But I’m smiling.
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Delighted to get my hands on a copy of this global account the outbreak of the FWW (even the angels are reading it… )
Thank you @alexchurchill.bsky.social
Thank you @alexchurchill.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Delighted to get my hands on a copy of this global account the outbreak of the FWW (even the angels are reading it… )
Thank you @alexchurchill.bsky.social
Thank you @alexchurchill.bsky.social
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Such a great surprise in the post today! Fantastic study by @jakedyble.bsky.social. Digs really deep into early modern Italian archives and comes out full of original ideas. It won the British Commission for Maritime History Prize, too! Open Access: openaccess.boydellandbrewercms.com/publications...
April 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Such a great surprise in the post today! Fantastic study by @jakedyble.bsky.social. Digs really deep into early modern Italian archives and comes out full of original ideas. It won the British Commission for Maritime History Prize, too! Open Access: openaccess.boydellandbrewercms.com/publications...
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VE Day 2025: Tower of London poppies to return to mark 80th anniversary
VE Day 2025: Tower of London poppies to return to mark 80th anniversary
Four days of events planned in Britain to commemorate eight decades since end of second world war in Europe
For the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day the Cenotaph will be draped in union flags and there will be a military procession and flypast…
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
VE Day 2025: Tower of London poppies to return to mark 80th anniversary
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Page proofs are in, maps incoming, photos shortlisted. Basically, shit’s about to get real… @pikegrey1418.bsky.social Also, Nicolai has started a substack. His will be free as he’ll be posting when he can and he has other gainful employment to keep the lights on 😂 nicolaieberholst.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Page proofs are in, maps incoming, photos shortlisted. Basically, shit’s about to get real… @pikegrey1418.bsky.social Also, Nicolai has started a substack. His will be free as he’ll be posting when he can and he has other gainful employment to keep the lights on 😂 nicolaieberholst.substack.com
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To quote Bette Davis, "Fasten your seatbelt..."
December 31, 2024 at 4:01 PM
To quote Bette Davis, "Fasten your seatbelt..."
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Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Ann Telnaes says her Washington Post editor
refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
January 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Ann Telnaes says her Washington Post editor
refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
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New Article! Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social on 'Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?'
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Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?*
Abstract:. The Sutton Hoo ship burial is one of the most famous examples of a group of lavishly furnished graves of the late sixth and early seventh centur
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January 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New Article! Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social on 'Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?'
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
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I think it’s important for people to realize that the present is just the past, dressed up and with new technologies
The same hucksters, liars, swindlers, fear-mongers, megalomaniacs, snake-oil salesmen, etc are all still among us, they just might have a different veneer
The same hucksters, liars, swindlers, fear-mongers, megalomaniacs, snake-oil salesmen, etc are all still among us, they just might have a different veneer
December 18, 2024 at 10:56 PM
I think it’s important for people to realize that the present is just the past, dressed up and with new technologies
The same hucksters, liars, swindlers, fear-mongers, megalomaniacs, snake-oil salesmen, etc are all still among us, they just might have a different veneer
The same hucksters, liars, swindlers, fear-mongers, megalomaniacs, snake-oil salesmen, etc are all still among us, they just might have a different veneer
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If you have been enjoying #WolfHall, you can learn more about Anne of Cleves and her “very evil smells” on this week’s episode of #BetwixtTheSheets. @nicolatallis.bsky.social is back to tell us more about this poor, POOR woman
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December 9, 2024 at 6:38 PM
If you have been enjoying #WolfHall, you can learn more about Anne of Cleves and her “very evil smells” on this week’s episode of #BetwixtTheSheets. @nicolatallis.bsky.social is back to tell us more about this poor, POOR woman
shows.acast.com/betwixt-the-...
shows.acast.com/betwixt-the-...
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Crew Agreements Advent Calendar, Day 1: Muster Roll, Plymouth, 1756
I said I should do an advent calendar and I'm nine days behind, so forgive me while I catch up. Anyway, we're starting with precursor to the Crew Agreements, a Muster Roll - more info to follow in the thread
I said I should do an advent calendar and I'm nine days behind, so forgive me while I catch up. Anyway, we're starting with precursor to the Crew Agreements, a Muster Roll - more info to follow in the thread
December 9, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Crew Agreements Advent Calendar, Day 1: Muster Roll, Plymouth, 1756
I said I should do an advent calendar and I'm nine days behind, so forgive me while I catch up. Anyway, we're starting with precursor to the Crew Agreements, a Muster Roll - more info to follow in the thread
I said I should do an advent calendar and I'm nine days behind, so forgive me while I catch up. Anyway, we're starting with precursor to the Crew Agreements, a Muster Roll - more info to follow in the thread
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Napoleon having a normal one.
November 24, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Napoleon having a normal one.
Everything has taken a turn for the worse since Coco-Cola stopped making TaB
November 23, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Everything has taken a turn for the worse since Coco-Cola stopped making TaB