Bob Blaskiewicz
@rjblaskiewicz.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Critical Thinking and First-Year Studies at Stockton University. I hunt quacks and quackery across time and space. He/him. Huzzah: science, pseudoscience, conspiracy theory studies. Harrumph: fakes, frauds, fascists. #U2, #MST3K, #WWII
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Historians: What the fuck are you talking about, you insane clown?
GOP lawmaker: Nixon was ‘couped out of office,’ ‘framed’ during Watergate
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that former President Nixon was “absolutely couped out of office” and added that he was “framed” during the infamous Watergate scandal. “We now know more ab…
thehill.com
October 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Historians: What the fuck are you talking about, you insane clown?
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Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
September 30, 2026 at 5:03 AM
MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
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Pete Hegseth is reducing the total number of positions for general and flag officers by as much as 20 percent, aka hundreds of leaders. Because who needs leadership when you’re in the middle of a losing war, right?
September 30, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Pete Hegseth is reducing the total number of positions for general and flag officers by as much as 20 percent, aka hundreds of leaders. Because who needs leadership when you’re in the middle of a losing war, right?
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
September 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
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My department is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor of Public History! I am on the committee so please let me know if you have questions and please feel free to share! Job ID 303951. campus.kennesaw.edu/faculty-staf...
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September 29, 2026 at 8:10 PM
My department is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor of Public History! I am on the committee so please let me know if you have questions and please feel free to share! Job ID 303951. campus.kennesaw.edu/faculty-staf...
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My friend Chelsea's daughter has leukemia & needs platelet transfusions. She can *only* have AB platelets. You can donate if you are AB+ or AB-. Please go to Sloane Kettering at 1250 1st Ave. Say they're for Stella Suther. DM me for her bday
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My friend Chelsea's daughter has leukemia & needs platelet transfusions. She can *only* have AB platelets. You can donate if you are AB+ or AB-. Please go to Sloane Kettering at 1250 1st Ave. Say they're for Stella Suther. DM me for her bday
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September 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
NYers READ SHARE DONATE
My friend Chelsea's daughter has leukemia & needs platelet transfusions. She can *only* have AB platelets. You can donate if you are AB+ or AB-. Please go to Sloane Kettering at 1250 1st Ave. Say they're for Stella Suther. DM me for her bday
www.reddit.com/r/AskNYC/s/a...
My friend Chelsea's daughter has leukemia & needs platelet transfusions. She can *only* have AB platelets. You can donate if you are AB+ or AB-. Please go to Sloane Kettering at 1250 1st Ave. Say they're for Stella Suther. DM me for her bday
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*try* to log into things
As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things
September 29, 2026 at 10:50 AM
*try* to log into things
This week, I decided my book was two books. I wrote 60,000 words this summer on one quack alone and am not yet done with him. That's a book. So, one will be about medicine show men, one will be about this particular fellow.
September 28, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This week, I decided my book was two books. I wrote 60,000 words this summer on one quack alone and am not yet done with him. That's a book. So, one will be about medicine show men, one will be about this particular fellow.
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New whistleblower account: Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close.
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:16 PM
New whistleblower account: Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close.
September 28, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Fucking Trump commercials, clearly campaign ads, playing during tonight's football game on Fox.
"Paid for by the U.S. Government" at the end.
How the fuck does he get away with EVERYTHING?
Our courts are a sad joke.
"Paid for by the U.S. Government" at the end.
How the fuck does he get away with EVERYTHING?
Our courts are a sad joke.
September 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Fucking Trump commercials, clearly campaign ads, playing during tonight's football game on Fox.
"Paid for by the U.S. Government" at the end.
How the fuck does he get away with EVERYTHING?
Our courts are a sad joke.
"Paid for by the U.S. Government" at the end.
How the fuck does he get away with EVERYTHING?
Our courts are a sad joke.
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See @duckworth.senate.gov, this is why we have to impeach the motherfuckers. "Getting stuff done" won't count for anything if they can just flip the table.
We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since Jan. 20, 2025 and a blue wave in November won’t fix it if Trump can just ignore legislation passed by Congress.
Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal
President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa...
www.cbsnews.com
September 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
See @duckworth.senate.gov, this is why we have to impeach the motherfuckers. "Getting stuff done" won't count for anything if they can just flip the table.
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Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H?
The jury is out.
Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
The jury is out.
Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
September 26, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H?
The jury is out.
Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
The jury is out.
Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
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"The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcoming elections, Human Rights Watch said today."
www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
US: Trump Administration Rejects External Election Observers
The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcomi...
www.hrw.org
September 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
"The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcoming elections, Human Rights Watch said today."
www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
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This is honestly the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard
September 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM
This is honestly the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard
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I'm proud to have helped organize this. If you're a lawyer or law student, sign up for this nonpartisan rally next Tuesday. You'll hear from @meiselasb.bsky.social and @normeisen.bsky.social among other champions of the rule law about what YOU can do to protect our free and fair elections.
September 24, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I'm proud to have helped organize this. If you're a lawyer or law student, sign up for this nonpartisan rally next Tuesday. You'll hear from @meiselasb.bsky.social and @normeisen.bsky.social among other champions of the rule law about what YOU can do to protect our free and fair elections.
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Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
September 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
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I just think it’s strange that all the gambling companies have ads with athletes and celebrities instead of featuring all their users who have become millionaires betting, very strange indeed
Polymarket partner LeBron James continuing to promote gambling 🤢
September 20, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I just think it’s strange that all the gambling companies have ads with athletes and celebrities instead of featuring all their users who have become millionaires betting, very strange indeed
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Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
September 20, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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It just never ends.
September 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
It just never ends.
Not feeling it right now. But I must teach anyway.
September 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Not feeling it right now. But I must teach anyway.
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“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.”
A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding.
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding.
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
www.propublica.org
September 14, 2026 at 11:09 AM
“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.”
A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding.
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding.
www.propublica.org/article/dona...