Dr. Dave Haskell
@davehaskell.bsky.social
I teach Am History 1 to gifted 8th graders in an urban school district. Archaeologist/ethnohistorian (mainly of Mexico) in a former life. The past was just as messy as the present (if not messier).
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"The doctrine that the strong dominate the weak is the doctrine of our enemies."
October 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
"The doctrine that the strong dominate the weak is the doctrine of our enemies."
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Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy.
I made this case here:
newrepublic.com/article/2161...
I made this case here:
newrepublic.com/article/2161...
October 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy.
I made this case here:
newrepublic.com/article/2161...
I made this case here:
newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
October 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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there are vanishingly few principles that Donald Trump holds to, but by far the most important one is a universal admiration and fellowship with sex criminals
Trump defends the men in the Cornell gang rape case, saying he “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake”
October 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM
there are vanishingly few principles that Donald Trump holds to, but by far the most important one is a universal admiration and fellowship with sex criminals
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my dude you flew a stop the steal flag outside your house
"We are not part of any political movement. And we are not attempting to further any political agenda." - says a right wing political operative in #SCOTUS robe who gutted voting rights, abortion rights, gave a Republican President king like powers in attempt to lock in right wing dominance. (1/2)
October 3, 2026 at 12:45 AM
my dude you flew a stop the steal flag outside your house
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Judge Sara Hill, N.D. Oklahoma, issued this decision on Thursday —>
A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 3, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Judge Sara Hill, N.D. Oklahoma, issued this decision on Thursday —>
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But it’s also true that these systems are just misogynistic.
And we’re so busy holding victims to an impossibly high standard that we forget to ask the most basic questions about whether people like police did their jobs effectively.
And we’re so busy holding victims to an impossibly high standard that we forget to ask the most basic questions about whether people like police did their jobs effectively.
October 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
But it’s also true that these systems are just misogynistic.
And we’re so busy holding victims to an impossibly high standard that we forget to ask the most basic questions about whether people like police did their jobs effectively.
And we’re so busy holding victims to an impossibly high standard that we forget to ask the most basic questions about whether people like police did their jobs effectively.
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Wow. I hadn't actually read the NYT story yet when I wrote this. But what actually happened to Jane Doe is the exact kind of thing that I'm talking about in this thread.
Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Wow. I hadn't actually read the NYT story yet when I wrote this. But what actually happened to Jane Doe is the exact kind of thing that I'm talking about in this thread.
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Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
October 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
October 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
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This is one of those headlines where, though they are becoming more and more common, it requires such a leap of imagination for normal people, that the scale of it is is hard to communicate. It’s like our world is screaming at us, but it’s in a frequency most of us can’t hear.
'Catastrophic': Swiss glaciers lose 20% of mass in five years.
Swiss glaciers saw 5.5% of their volume melt away just this year, the second-biggest melt on record, Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network reports
u.afp.com/S9B2
Swiss glaciers saw 5.5% of their volume melt away just this year, the second-biggest melt on record, Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) network reports
u.afp.com/S9B2
October 2, 2026 at 8:10 AM
This is one of those headlines where, though they are becoming more and more common, it requires such a leap of imagination for normal people, that the scale of it is is hard to communicate. It’s like our world is screaming at us, but it’s in a frequency most of us can’t hear.
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One of many things that puzzles me about finance (I'm a money dummy) is how you can buy giant companies with vast amounts of money that you simply don't have. Seems like this time the market has some questions too.
Paramount credit default swaps going parabolic in the wake of its $50bn-plus debt sale
More in our story here:
www.ifre.com/bonds/249336...
More in our story here:
www.ifre.com/bonds/249336...
October 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM
One of many things that puzzles me about finance (I'm a money dummy) is how you can buy giant companies with vast amounts of money that you simply don't have. Seems like this time the market has some questions too.
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Like this gives the Saudis a content veto power over EA, Bioware, Paramount, CBS, Nickelodeon, Showtime, and BET, and if the newest merger gets approved they’ll also have content veto power over HBO, CNN, the whole WB universe, Discovery, TBS, TNT, plus the PGA and ATP. It’s pretty stunning.
September 18, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Like this gives the Saudis a content veto power over EA, Bioware, Paramount, CBS, Nickelodeon, Showtime, and BET, and if the newest merger gets approved they’ll also have content veto power over HBO, CNN, the whole WB universe, Discovery, TBS, TNT, plus the PGA and ATP. It’s pretty stunning.
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Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.
When Matthew Soerens of World Relief tells Christians the Trump administration has banned persecuted Christians, many don't believe him. We talked about why.
Listen to the whole conversation:
austinkocher.substack.com/p/president-...
@matthewsoerens.bsky.social
Listen to the whole conversation:
austinkocher.substack.com/p/president-...
@matthewsoerens.bsky.social
October 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Last year not a single refugee fleeing religious persecution was admitted to the US.
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A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration. www.wired.com/story/health...
Health Care Workers Are Tired of Cleaning Up Palantir’s Mess
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration. www.wired.com/story/health...
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Democrats have decided, for the second election, not to respond to Musk's Nazi-like propaganda against trans people. And that will probably work this time because of gas prices.
But it might not. And even if it doesn't, why would you miss this chance to expose someone who wants to destroy you?
But it might not. And even if it doesn't, why would you miss this chance to expose someone who wants to destroy you?
Democrats are being hammered with a deluge of amoral capital and propaganda unlike any political party has ever faced in a midterm election.
What if Democrats let Elon Musk and the massive forces of capital buy this election?
It’s not victim-blaming to say that we must blame the villains if we want to make voters heroes.
www.thefarce.org
October 2, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Democrats have decided, for the second election, not to respond to Musk's Nazi-like propaganda against trans people. And that will probably work this time because of gas prices.
But it might not. And even if it doesn't, why would you miss this chance to expose someone who wants to destroy you?
But it might not. And even if it doesn't, why would you miss this chance to expose someone who wants to destroy you?
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At one level, it's adorable that some random chap thinks he's outfoxed all the historians. At another, his argument that the Nazis increased their vote ninefold in 1930 by openly advocating the murder of their opponents is somewhat chilling...
October 1, 2026 at 8:20 AM
At one level, it's adorable that some random chap thinks he's outfoxed all the historians. At another, his argument that the Nazis increased their vote ninefold in 1930 by openly advocating the murder of their opponents is somewhat chilling...
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There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
September 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Just like climate change. All the evidence will never be enough compared to the lies they made up and decided to repeat. Only shame and new laws and courts can work.
The Trump administration’s campaign to root out noncitizen voting is demonstrating what critics of President Trump’s election conspiracy theories have long argued — that it’s incredibly rare, difficult to prove and has not been shown to change the outcome of elections.
apnews.com/article/home...
apnews.com/article/home...
Trump's campaign against noncitizen voting demonstrates it's rare and not enough to swing elections
The Trump administration's push to shine a spotlight on noncitizen voting is highlighting how rare it is.
apnews.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Just like climate change. All the evidence will never be enough compared to the lies they made up and decided to repeat. Only shame and new laws and courts can work.
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I assure you they ARE talking about it. I know because I had a post about it go viral elsewhere and there was a deluge of comments from men demanding I provide EVIDENCE that these seven fellas did ANYTHING wrong. Some of them call me a bitch and a cunt. #JustProtectingWomenStuff
October 1, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I assure you they ARE talking about it. I know because I had a post about it go viral elsewhere and there was a deluge of comments from men demanding I provide EVIDENCE that these seven fellas did ANYTHING wrong. Some of them call me a bitch and a cunt. #JustProtectingWomenStuff
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This is heroism. This is resistance.
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now.
He got away, and they never relocated him.
He got away, and they never relocated him.
A Michigan nurse is accused of helping an injured immigration detainee escape from a hospital while in federal custody.
October 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
This is heroism. This is resistance.
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Thanks be to God that the Department of Education is finally doing something to stop the ideological indoctrination that’s been running rampant in our public schools.
October 1, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Thanks be to God that the Department of Education is finally doing something to stop the ideological indoctrination that’s been running rampant in our public schools.
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Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
October 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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and while I am no fan of AI or data centers, this is hardly the first time conservatives have said "no really we're gonna build this and it'll be great yay jobs yay community" about something that will not be great boo jobs boo community...
they just... usually get away with it???
they just... usually get away with it???
September 21, 2026 at 4:43 AM
and while I am no fan of AI or data centers, this is hardly the first time conservatives have said "no really we're gonna build this and it'll be great yay jobs yay community" about something that will not be great boo jobs boo community...
they just... usually get away with it???
they just... usually get away with it???