Bunker Hill historian (and Angels Flight operator) Nathan Marsak debunks the myth that Big Oil and GM killed L.A.'s streetcar. Maybe the real conspiracy is all the misinformation spewed by people who should have known better. bunkerhilllosangeles.com/2025/11/02/n...
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Bunker Hill historian (and Angels Flight operator) Nathan Marsak debunks the myth that Big Oil and GM killed L.A.'s streetcar. Maybe the real conspiracy is all the misinformation spewed by people who should have known better. bunkerhilllosangeles.com/2025/11/02/n...
Another work worth looking at, although once again it is US-based, is Kathryn Olmsted’s book “Real Enemies.” She’s an historian and her book looks at the conspiracy theories either believed or promoted by the US government over the course of the 20th Century
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Another work worth looking at, although once again it is US-based, is Kathryn Olmsted’s book “Real Enemies.” She’s an historian and her book looks at the conspiracy theories either believed or promoted by the US government over the course of the 20th Century
I'm genuinely having trouble coming up with a conspiracy theory that wasn't originally antisemitic. Like 99% of them come from the late 1800s and originated in the antisemitic press as far as I know as an armchair historian.
October 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I'm genuinely having trouble coming up with a conspiracy theory that wasn't originally antisemitic. Like 99% of them come from the late 1800s and originated in the antisemitic press as far as I know as an armchair historian.
“Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.”
“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
Born on this day scholar, literary critic & historian,Henry Louis Gates Jr. 1950
#Booksky
“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
Born on this day scholar, literary critic & historian,Henry Louis Gates Jr. 1950
#Booksky
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“Conspiracy theories are an irresistible labor-saving device in the face of complexity.”
“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
Born on this day scholar, literary critic & historian,Henry Louis Gates Jr. 1950
#Booksky
“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
Born on this day scholar, literary critic & historian,Henry Louis Gates Jr. 1950
#Booksky
Morning! Thinking to re-read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
Finished Small Gods of Calamity by @samkyungyoo.bsky.social
I loved it! Korean paranormal spirit detective story w trans & disability rep. Lots of cool ghosts, amulets, exorcisms
Finished Small Gods of Calamity by @samkyungyoo.bsky.social
I loved it! Korean paranormal spirit detective story w trans & disability rep. Lots of cool ghosts, amulets, exorcisms
September 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Morning! Thinking to re-read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
Finished Small Gods of Calamity by @samkyungyoo.bsky.social
I loved it! Korean paranormal spirit detective story w trans & disability rep. Lots of cool ghosts, amulets, exorcisms
Finished Small Gods of Calamity by @samkyungyoo.bsky.social
I loved it! Korean paranormal spirit detective story w trans & disability rep. Lots of cool ghosts, amulets, exorcisms
A historian colleague who was working with him in the early '90s expressed surprise that Clark Clifford told him unequivocally that LBJ had definitive proof Nixon was engaged in a traitorous conspiracy. I thought it was already widely acknowledged that Johnson had the goods.
June 1, 2024 at 3:46 PM
A historian colleague who was working with him in the early '90s expressed surprise that Clark Clifford told him unequivocally that LBJ had definitive proof Nixon was engaged in a traitorous conspiracy. I thought it was already widely acknowledged that Johnson had the goods.
"It is weird and cruel to respond to a forest fire or flooding or a hurricane with vitriol and wild conspiracy theories," says historian Nicole Hemmer, adding that "there is real value in calling it out."
Check out our pod on MAGA/ history of the right:
newrepublic.com/article/1900...
Check out our pod on MAGA/ history of the right:
newrepublic.com/article/1900...
January 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"It is weird and cruel to respond to a forest fire or flooding or a hurricane with vitriol and wild conspiracy theories," says historian Nicole Hemmer, adding that "there is real value in calling it out."
Check out our pod on MAGA/ history of the right:
newrepublic.com/article/1900...
Check out our pod on MAGA/ history of the right:
newrepublic.com/article/1900...
I'm not going to argue with a historian.
![As for those who did fall out of the system we do not need to imagine because Xenophon – in a rare moment of candor – leaves us in no doubt what they felt. He puts it this way: “they [the leaders of a conspiracy against the spartiates] knew the secret of all of the others – the helots, the neodamodes, the hypomeiones, the perioikoi – for whenever mention was made of the spartiates among these men, not one of them could hide that he would gladly eat them raw” (Xen. Hell. 3.3.6; emphasis mine).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6dcpx2gchej3kjsn3gkk6o3v/bafkreihyea5f7mxvgfaow5fzw56euzkvtt7nfycwehq4akmvo3cj74yhtm@jpeg)
April 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'm not going to argue with a historian.
Idea; Critic, modern AU, is a conspiracy theorist (a fun ones, we aren’t getting too deep) and it drives Storyteller INSANE! The man is a historian, how the fu-
Then it turns into one of them being true and Critic holds it over his head until they day they both die.
How do I bring this into canon?
Then it turns into one of them being true and Critic holds it over his head until they day they both die.
How do I bring this into canon?
June 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Idea; Critic, modern AU, is a conspiracy theorist (a fun ones, we aren’t getting too deep) and it drives Storyteller INSANE! The man is a historian, how the fu-
Then it turns into one of them being true and Critic holds it over his head until they day they both die.
How do I bring this into canon?
Then it turns into one of them being true and Critic holds it over his head until they day they both die.
How do I bring this into canon?
It's quite the book. They even call Nesta Webster "distinguished".
Yeah, *that* Nesta Webster.
Yeah, *that* Nesta Webster.
May 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's quite the book. They even call Nesta Webster "distinguished".
Yeah, *that* Nesta Webster.
Yeah, *that* Nesta Webster.
PODCAST UPDATE! just recorded episode w/historian Walter Herbst ! Look for this 2b published in the coming weeks!
We discuss JFK and The dangers of Right-wing cabals
#BErlin #JFK #History #Dallas #Podcast #Podcasting #Presidents #Assassinations #Conspiracy #RFK #BookSHop #Nazi
We discuss JFK and The dangers of Right-wing cabals
#BErlin #JFK #History #Dallas #Podcast #Podcasting #Presidents #Assassinations #Conspiracy #RFK #BookSHop #Nazi
February 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
PODCAST UPDATE! just recorded episode w/historian Walter Herbst ! Look for this 2b published in the coming weeks!
We discuss JFK and The dangers of Right-wing cabals
#BErlin #JFK #History #Dallas #Podcast #Podcasting #Presidents #Assassinations #Conspiracy #RFK #BookSHop #Nazi
We discuss JFK and The dangers of Right-wing cabals
#BErlin #JFK #History #Dallas #Podcast #Podcasting #Presidents #Assassinations #Conspiracy #RFK #BookSHop #Nazi
'Totally wrong': Historian flags Trump defense pick's racist conspiracy theories
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
November 29, 2024 at 4:52 AM
'Totally wrong': Historian flags Trump defense pick's racist conspiracy theories
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth...
“Among Klan leaders, conspiracy theories also did a great deal of organizing work: they provided identifiable and unifying targets, supplying a bonding function that explanations based on historical analyses do not deliver.” Historian Linda Gordon in The Second Coming of the KKK
November 5, 2024 at 6:04 PM
“Among Klan leaders, conspiracy theories also did a great deal of organizing work: they provided identifiable and unifying targets, supplying a bonding function that explanations based on historical analyses do not deliver.” Historian Linda Gordon in The Second Coming of the KKK
Found on Quora..
I love this conspiracy rant. The only part I take issues with is saying the USA was foolish or failed in its foreign policy objectives.
Because no, our government is quite successful at having tyrannical economic control, and political control of the globe’s resources.
I love this conspiracy rant. The only part I take issues with is saying the USA was foolish or failed in its foreign policy objectives.
Because no, our government is quite successful at having tyrannical economic control, and political control of the globe’s resources.
June 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Found on Quora..
I love this conspiracy rant. The only part I take issues with is saying the USA was foolish or failed in its foreign policy objectives.
Because no, our government is quite successful at having tyrannical economic control, and political control of the globe’s resources.
I love this conspiracy rant. The only part I take issues with is saying the USA was foolish or failed in its foreign policy objectives.
Because no, our government is quite successful at having tyrannical economic control, and political control of the globe’s resources.
Comparatively, no, there is not a lot of info out there. Just as a plain fact. It disappeared from the news.
I don't have a stake in conjuring some conspiracy about it, don't gaf either way. I'm an historian & deal in actual archives, which are scant compared to other presidential assassinations.
I don't have a stake in conjuring some conspiracy about it, don't gaf either way. I'm an historian & deal in actual archives, which are scant compared to other presidential assassinations.
July 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Comparatively, no, there is not a lot of info out there. Just as a plain fact. It disappeared from the news.
I don't have a stake in conjuring some conspiracy about it, don't gaf either way. I'm an historian & deal in actual archives, which are scant compared to other presidential assassinations.
I don't have a stake in conjuring some conspiracy about it, don't gaf either way. I'm an historian & deal in actual archives, which are scant compared to other presidential assassinations.
In Letters from an American, historian Heather Cox Richardson sees a pattern in Trump’s meritless conspiracy peddling to successfully get to the White House.
Now, faced with the Epstein scandal, the familiar pattern just can’t work. Each attempted distraction becomes worse than inept.
They […]
Now, faced with the Epstein scandal, the familiar pattern just can’t work. Each attempted distraction becomes worse than inept.
They […]
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July 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In Letters from an American, historian Heather Cox Richardson sees a pattern in Trump’s meritless conspiracy peddling to successfully get to the White House.
Now, faced with the Epstein scandal, the familiar pattern just can’t work. Each attempted distraction becomes worse than inept.
They […]
Now, faced with the Epstein scandal, the familiar pattern just can’t work. Each attempted distraction becomes worse than inept.
They […]
The world has become a breeding ground for conspiracy theories, and it's easier than ever for them to spread. In 1963, historian Richard Hofstadter delivered a lecture on what he termed the "paranoid style," describing a mindset characterized by heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and ...
The Rise Of Conspiracy Theories In The Digital Age
It's never been easier to be a conspiracy theorist
www.technologyreview.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The world has become a breeding ground for conspiracy theories, and it's easier than ever for them to spread. In 1963, historian Richard Hofstadter delivered a lecture on what he termed the "paranoid style," describing a mindset characterized by heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and ...
Speaking as a historian, here's a handy tutorial as to what the "good aspects" of slavery were:
1. None.
2. See above.
"Pro-slavery comments and conspiracy theories are causing rifts among some of the Louisiana GOP"...
1. None.
2. See above.
"Pro-slavery comments and conspiracy theories are causing rifts among some of the Louisiana GOP"...
December 7, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Speaking as a historian, here's a handy tutorial as to what the "good aspects" of slavery were:
1. None.
2. See above.
"Pro-slavery comments and conspiracy theories are causing rifts among some of the Louisiana GOP"...
1. None.
2. See above.
"Pro-slavery comments and conspiracy theories are causing rifts among some of the Louisiana GOP"...
How Graham Hancock became conspiracy theorists’ favourite historian
economist.com/1843/2025/05...
from The Economist [I remember his stint with The Economist as East Africa correspondent]
economist.com/1843/2025/05...
from The Economist [I remember his stint with The Economist as East Africa correspondent]
How Graham Hancock became conspiracy theorists’ favourite historian
His Netflix show claims to uncover the truth about our ancient past. Critics say he peddles dangerous nonsense
economist.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
How Graham Hancock became conspiracy theorists’ favourite historian
economist.com/1843/2025/05...
from The Economist [I remember his stint with The Economist as East Africa correspondent]
economist.com/1843/2025/05...
from The Economist [I remember his stint with The Economist as East Africa correspondent]
‘We’ve seen this before’: Presidential historian compares Trump’s ‘Deep State’ conspiracy to Nixon’s attacks on CIA https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/weve-seen-this-before-presidential-historian-compares-trumps-deep-state-conspiracy-to-nixons-attacks-on-cia/
'We've seen this before': Presidential historian compares...
President Donald Trump's latest attacks on a law-enshrine...
www.rawstory.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:23 AM
‘We’ve seen this before’: Presidential historian compares Trump’s ‘Deep State’ conspiracy to Nixon’s attacks on CIA https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/weve-seen-this-before-presidential-historian-compares-trumps-deep-state-conspiracy-to-nixons-attacks-on-cia/
My shuttle driver is telling me all about the “first conspiracy” which was the plot to kill George Washington. And he learned about it by reading a book by that really well known historian on History Channel. Brad Meltzer. 😑😑😑 I need alcohol. Lots and lots.
November 9, 2024 at 4:10 PM
My shuttle driver is telling me all about the “first conspiracy” which was the plot to kill George Washington. And he learned about it by reading a book by that really well known historian on History Channel. Brad Meltzer. 😑😑😑 I need alcohol. Lots and lots.
Wrong. My great great-something aunt was one of Smith's wives. Any Mormon Historian will agree that Smith started LDS polygamy. But these people keep arguing that it is all a conspiracy to rewrite history. These are the "Truthers" of Mormonism.
August 26, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Wrong. My great great-something aunt was one of Smith's wives. Any Mormon Historian will agree that Smith started LDS polygamy. But these people keep arguing that it is all a conspiracy to rewrite history. These are the "Truthers" of Mormonism.
Historian Jill Lepore paints a critical portrait of Elon Musk, whom she describes as a prisoner of past ideologies, particularly that of technocracy. Inspired by his grandfather Joshua Haldeman—a technocratic conspiracy theorist who campaigned to replace democracy with a scientific elite
Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Historian Jill Lepore paints a critical portrait of Elon Musk, whom she describes as a prisoner of past ideologies, particularly that of technocracy. Inspired by his grandfather Joshua Haldeman—a technocratic conspiracy theorist who campaigned to replace democracy with a scientific elite
This is a 'historian' trying to cover his ass just in case he's invited onto legacy media in the future & asked to explain his belief in 'conspiracy theories'.
It's because of cowards like this who pretend to run with the hares while also hoping to hunt with the hounds that this mess exists.
It's because of cowards like this who pretend to run with the hares while also hoping to hunt with the hounds that this mess exists.
July 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is a 'historian' trying to cover his ass just in case he's invited onto legacy media in the future & asked to explain his belief in 'conspiracy theories'.
It's because of cowards like this who pretend to run with the hares while also hoping to hunt with the hounds that this mess exists.
It's because of cowards like this who pretend to run with the hares while also hoping to hunt with the hounds that this mess exists.