Dr Spencer Tyce
@styce.bsky.social
Historian of Early Colonial Venezuela/Latin America/Caribbean. Wanna-be jazz critic and corrida aficionado. Floridaman. Cat dad. Human dad. Sax player. Ohio State Grad. Teaches history in SC.
Come work with me! Academia-adjacent with highly intelligent and motivated residential students. #history #academia
South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics - Instructor of History | H-Net
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November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Hero jury saves democracy gone a-rye
Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hero jury saves democracy gone a-rye
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"Speaker Johnson, it looks as though the president is currently stabbing you with a knife. Do you have any comment?"
"Well, look, this is the first I'm hearing about it. As you know, I've been really busy not doing my job, so I just don't know enough about this alleged stabbing to make a comment."
"Well, look, this is the first I'm hearing about it. As you know, I've been really busy not doing my job, so I just don't know enough about this alleged stabbing to make a comment."
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"Speaker Johnson, it looks as though the president is currently stabbing you with a knife. Do you have any comment?"
"Well, look, this is the first I'm hearing about it. As you know, I've been really busy not doing my job, so I just don't know enough about this alleged stabbing to make a comment."
"Well, look, this is the first I'm hearing about it. As you know, I've been really busy not doing my job, so I just don't know enough about this alleged stabbing to make a comment."
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Love local radio calls
November 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Love local radio calls
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Truly.
going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable
“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Truly.
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This explains it better than I can
September 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This explains it better than I can
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Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Today we had a chance to stand with the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country in uniform. Ashli Babbitt is not that. She is a traitor. She will be a traitor. She died a traitor."
September 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Today we had a chance to stand with the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country in uniform. Ashli Babbitt is not that. She is a traitor. She will be a traitor. She died a traitor."
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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One of the world’s foremost experts?
Get the fuck out of here, Doogie Himmler.
Get the fuck out of here, Doogie Himmler.
Stephen Miller: Secretary Kennedy, one of the world's foremost experts on public health, is working hard to restore the credibility of the CDC as a scientific organization committed to the scientific method
August 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
One of the world’s foremost experts?
Get the fuck out of here, Doogie Himmler.
Get the fuck out of here, Doogie Himmler.
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I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.
June 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.
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INGRAHAM: Do you know where the homeless people are gonna go?
HEGSETH: That's not really my lane
HEGSETH: That's not really my lane
August 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
INGRAHAM: Do you know where the homeless people are gonna go?
HEGSETH: That's not really my lane
HEGSETH: That's not really my lane
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Trump, describing how a 15-year-old girl beat up his sweet little broccoli-haired Big Balls.
a man in a suit and tie is crying and says " look how they massacred my boy "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is crying and says " look how they massacred my boy "
media.tenor.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trump, describing how a 15-year-old girl beat up his sweet little broccoli-haired Big Balls.
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Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
August 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
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I for one welcome the clarity that the new AHA guidance on GenAI has brought to the debate.
American Idiot
“Generative AI tools offer significant opportunities to improve teaching and student learning.” Uh huh. The key question about the new American Historical Association guiding principles on th…
thesphinxblog.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I for one welcome the clarity that the new AHA guidance on GenAI has brought to the debate.
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Cloud City ends uncertainty with Vader deal, Calrissian says
Columbia ends uncertainty with Trump deal, head says
Columbia ends uncertainty with Trump deal, head says
Columbia University's agreement to pay over $200 million to the U.S. government in a settlement with President Donald Trump's administration to resolve federal probes and restore most of its suspended federal funding ends a period of "institutional uncertainty," the university's acting president said.
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July 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Cloud City ends uncertainty with Vader deal, Calrissian says
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if being part of the union does not entitle you to any of the benefits of the union, we do not, in any real sense, have a union
President Trump has so far withheld federal relief funds, with many arguing that California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats in the deep-blue state have mishandled the fires and should be forced to rescind liberal policies in exchange for aid.
California awaits disaster relief as GOP offers full support of Texas
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), during a trip to South Carolina, highlighted the plight of Los Angeles communities still recovering from devastating wildfires.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
if being part of the union does not entitle you to any of the benefits of the union, we do not, in any real sense, have a union
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A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper
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it is the Imperial Judiciary when courts say that presidents can’t unilaterally overturn constitutional text, and the Proper Order of Things when courts say that your rights rest on the whims of who happens to be in office
Woah. Fierce cut-down of the junior justice by the next-most-junior justice.
Barrett giving Jackson the back of her hand:
Barrett giving Jackson the back of her hand:
June 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
it is the Imperial Judiciary when courts say that presidents can’t unilaterally overturn constitutional text, and the Proper Order of Things when courts say that your rights rest on the whims of who happens to be in office
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Just went to the #NationalArchives website, and the announcement shared below has been removed.
It seems the question of whether historical research is a "legitimate business need" is moot, at least for now...
www.archives.gov/college-park
#Archives #NARA #ArchivesAreForEveryone #speccolls 🗃️📜
It seems the question of whether historical research is a "legitimate business need" is moot, at least for now...
www.archives.gov/college-park
#Archives #NARA #ArchivesAreForEveryone #speccolls 🗃️📜
June 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just went to the #NationalArchives website, and the announcement shared below has been removed.
It seems the question of whether historical research is a "legitimate business need" is moot, at least for now...
www.archives.gov/college-park
#Archives #NARA #ArchivesAreForEveryone #speccolls 🗃️📜
It seems the question of whether historical research is a "legitimate business need" is moot, at least for now...
www.archives.gov/college-park
#Archives #NARA #ArchivesAreForEveryone #speccolls 🗃️📜