Barky
@americaincontext.bsky.social
National Park collector; history enthusiast; tabletop RPG player; slightly too opinionated for own good. https://americaincontext.com/
Pics from my June trip to #LassenVolcanic are finally up #slacker #NationalParks
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California: Lassen Volcanic National Park
Visited 2026
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September 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Pics from my June trip to #LassenVolcanic are finally up #slacker #NationalParks
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ICYMI — my latest 🔥 @rawstory.com www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
September 18, 2026 at 11:27 AM
ICYMI — my latest 🔥 @rawstory.com www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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My historically accurate version of the Odyssey did not dominate the box office as I hoped.
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September 18, 2026 at 11:10 AM
My historically accurate version of the Odyssey did not dominate the box office as I hoped.
Hiking in far western Connecticut. Can't tell if my position is being shelled or it's just nuts falling out of trees. Either way, I should have brought a hardhat.
September 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Hiking in far western Connecticut. Can't tell if my position is being shelled or it's just nuts falling out of trees. Either way, I should have brought a hardhat.
We can do better. #NationalParks www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
20,000 items of trash removed from Yellowstone’s hot springs
The geology team advises that visitors ‘stash your trash’ before visiting the hydrothermal features of Yellowstone National Park
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September 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail.
September 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail.
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The US just had its hottest summer in 132 years of recordkeeping, beating the summer of 1936 — during the Dust Bowl era — as well as the summer of 2021, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Previously, those two years had tied for the hottest summer.
The US just had its hottest summer on record, beating the Dust Bowl era | CNN
The US just had its hottest summer in 132 years of recordkeeping, soundly beating the summer of 1936 — during the Dust Bowl era — as well as the summer of 2021, according to new data released Wednesda...
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September 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The US just had its hottest summer in 132 years of recordkeeping, beating the summer of 1936 — during the Dust Bowl era — as well as the summer of 2021, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Previously, those two years had tied for the hottest summer.
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Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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September 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
The biggest indictment against the American electorate is illustrated by how easily swayed we are by this spending. We're not even being bribed, just awed by a bunch of ads!
Elon Musk’s super PAC has disclosed its first spending on behalf of Republican candidates, providing roughly $800,000 to help congressional contenders across several states, new filings show. https://cnn.it/4qStz7L
September 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The biggest indictment against the American electorate is illustrated by how easily swayed we are by this spending. We're not even being bribed, just awed by a bunch of ads!
Found a new favorite YouTube traveler. This kid does a great job exploring, discussing geology, drone photography. It even acts as non-weird ASMR. High recommended. youtube.com/@topotravelers #nature
Topo Traveler
I find cool places, and then go there. Usually try and learn something along the way.
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August 12, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Found a new favorite YouTube traveler. This kid does a great job exploring, discussing geology, drone photography. It even acts as non-weird ASMR. High recommended. youtube.com/@topotravelers #nature
New essay is up: americaincontext.com/2026/08/11/i... #NationalParks #history #SouthDakota #ColdWar #MinutemanMissileNHS
It’s the End of the World As We Know It, And I LOL’d
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, near Philip, South Dakota On the plains of South Dakota, just off Exit 127 on I-90, north of Badlands National Park, sits a building whose most flattering …
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August 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The way the Republican Party is attacking the Constitution is unparalleled. ffrf.org/news/release...
FFRF: New White House report twists religious liberty into Christian privilege
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning the Trump administration’s newly released Religious Liberty Commission report as a roadmap for dismantling the constitutional separation between chur...
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June 29, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The way the Republican Party is attacking the Constitution is unparalleled. ffrf.org/news/release...
New essay is up: americaincontext.com/2026/06/22/l.... #history #RevolutionaryWar #Massachusetts #NationalParks
Liberty, Patriotism, and the Minutemen Bowling League
Minuteman National Historical Park, Lexington & Concord, Massachusetts I was eleven years old for America’s bicentennial in 1976. That’s a hugely impressionable age, and the festivities left a …
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June 23, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Got an #art aficionado in the family? Here’s a stocking stuffer idea: www.monumentsmenandwomenfnd.org/join-the-hun.... #history
WWII Most Wanted Art Playing Cards | Join The Hunt | Monuments Men and Women
Discover our WWII Most Wanted Art™ deck of playing cards featuring the most wanted works of art and cultural objects confiscated by the Nazis and Adolf Hitler since the end of World War II and yet to ...
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June 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Got an #art aficionado in the family? Here’s a stocking stuffer idea: www.monumentsmenandwomenfnd.org/join-the-hun.... #history
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Human remains discovered more than a quarter-century ago in a remote section of Olympic National Park have been positively identified as a man originally from Hawaii.
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Cold Case Closed: Remains Found in Olympic National Park in 2000 Identified
Human remains discovered in a remote section of Olympic National Park have been positively identified as a man originally from Hawaii.
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June 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Human remains discovered more than a quarter-century ago in a remote section of Olympic National Park have been positively identified as a man originally from Hawaii.
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Trump’s illegal, reckless and expensive war in Iran is driving up costs for families and small businesses everywhere—and there’s no end in sight. Trump himself said yesterday “I don’t care” if negotiations to end the war are over. Ridiculous. End the war. End the pain on Main Street.
June 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Trump’s illegal, reckless and expensive war in Iran is driving up costs for families and small businesses everywhere—and there’s no end in sight. Trump himself said yesterday “I don’t care” if negotiations to end the war are over. Ridiculous. End the war. End the pain on Main Street.
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NEW: The chair of the President’s Cancer Panel, Dr. Harvey Risch, is a co-author on a study touting ivermectin for cancer.
The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated.
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The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated.
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Chair of President’s Cancer Panel Co-Authors Ivermectin Cancer Study Backed By Supplements Company
“It’s marketing disguised as science.”
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June 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
NEW: The chair of the President’s Cancer Panel, Dr. Harvey Risch, is a co-author on a study touting ivermectin for cancer.
The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated.
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The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated.
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New post is up #history #BlackHistory #NationalParks #WashingtonDC americaincontext.com/2026/05/03/l...
Let Her Works Praise Her
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, Washington, DC In 1936, nearly 80% of Black voters cast their ballots for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This represented a massive shift in th…
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May 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This is craziness. Any historian or military expert will tell you that more losses in warfare across history resulted from disease than from direct casualties.
A sick army is too weak to fight. The close quarters necessitated by combat makes afflictions worse.
A sick army is too weak to fight. The close quarters necessitated by combat makes afflictions worse.
April 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This is craziness. Any historian or military expert will tell you that more losses in warfare across history resulted from disease than from direct casualties.
A sick army is too weak to fight. The close quarters necessitated by combat makes afflictions worse.
A sick army is too weak to fight. The close quarters necessitated by combat makes afflictions worse.
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A few months before his death, Sam Clemens reflected on one of the turning points of his life, a measles outbreak in Hannibal: "For a time, a child died almost every day. The village was paralysed with fright, distress, despair."
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Sam’s Shorts - Mark Twain House
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March 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
A few months before his death, Sam Clemens reflected on one of the turning points of his life, a measles outbreak in Hannibal: "For a time, a child died almost every day. The village was paralysed with fright, distress, despair."
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