Steve Sarson
Historian. Latest book--The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States--published by @uvapress.bsky.social. Cat gentleman. Occasional blogger: https://sonofsar.blogspot.com
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- One might ask for some input from our Irish friends about developers walking away from half-built developments, because fuck you, that's why...
- BBC News - Mystery of abandoned village that could be from post-apocalyptic horror movie www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- this is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...
- Peter Mandelson is telling the truth on one thing: the idea he was bought for a $4k “bursary” or a $75k gift is ridiculous The real incentive was a post-government payday - one so big he *rejected* a $3–5m-a-year offer And Epstein enabled that payday Here’s the evidence. 🧵
- For some time, I've thought that the closure of universities in the UK would be a 21st century version of deindustrialisation, with the heart ripped out of communities and the collapse of entire local economic ecosystems. What a terrible (and avoidable) waste. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Historian here literally and symbolically Trump is hell bent on destroying the American republic, its constitution, and founding principles on its 250th. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script
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- This is terrible. It is also an opportunity for certain journalists to finally speak up with a *fraction* of the courage the people of Minneapolis have shown. It is also instructive that Lemon is Black. Woe/pox etc upon white journalists who don’t freak out about this.
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- The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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- The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
- Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
- Do better. Call your buddy George W. Bush and show up together in Minneapolis. Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
- www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... by Jonathan Rauch
- This is what epistemic vandalism looks like. Not just erasure, but insisting on a standard of communication that is by default dehumanizing, degrading and degendering, laundered as neutral language on pseudoscientific grounds. Encoding bias into how we are even referred to.
- Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee
- Please share. 💔
- Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun. Any second now, I'm sure. He was a white guy, if that helps? Hello? NRA?
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- More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House. 🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
- Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
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- "Bracing, unsentimental and deeply necessary" | Ava DuVernay on A Resistance History of the United States #resistancehistory youtube.com/shorts/VCUYl...
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- This is Luna. She faked having a paw injury after her human hurt their leg. Figured they felt silly hopping around like that and thought it'd be less embarrassing if she did it too. 13/10 (IG: claassenam)
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- When are people going to be held accountable for the nonsense slop and puff they emit.
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