Reading “It Can’t Happen Here” because <gestures at world> and so far the main thing I’m struck by is how much more articulate Berzelius Windrip is.
April 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Reading “It Can’t Happen Here” because <gestures at world> and so far the main thing I’m struck by is how much more articulate Berzelius Windrip is.
A better class of despot.
April 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
A better class of despot.
In the 1935 novel <It Can’t Happen Here> by Sinclair Lewis, demagogue presidential candidate Berzelius (Buzz) Windrip promises to provide every “real American family” $5,000 if he wins.
September 11, 2026 at 8:16 AM
In the 1935 novel <It Can’t Happen Here> by Sinclair Lewis, demagogue presidential candidate Berzelius (Buzz) Windrip promises to provide every “real American family” $5,000 if he wins.
A couple of weeks ago I was in Stockholm, and I *had* to visit the statue of chemist 🧪 Jöns Jacob Berzelius, who discovered elements, invented modern chemical symbols, and more. Sadly, there is no museum dedicated to him in Stockholm—and there ought to be.
July 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A couple of weeks ago I was in Stockholm, and I *had* to visit the statue of chemist 🧪 Jöns Jacob Berzelius, who discovered elements, invented modern chemical symbols, and more. Sadly, there is no museum dedicated to him in Stockholm—and there ought to be.
Try to imagine chemistry without JJ Berzelius, who, after thousands of experiments, published the first precise list of atomic weights (1818). Yet Berzelius might have remained a mere physician had he never met Anders Ekeberg. Teachers can influence the course of history.
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🧪 #chemsky #chemistry
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September 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Try to imagine chemistry without JJ Berzelius, who, after thousands of experiments, published the first precise list of atomic weights (1818). Yet Berzelius might have remained a mere physician had he never met Anders Ekeberg. Teachers can influence the course of history.
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🧪 #chemsky #chemistry
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He is Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip personified.
September 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
He is Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip personified.
That novel would have been 100% better if Lewis's editor had demanded some character name changes.
Doremus Jessup and Berzelius Windrip and Effingham Swan and come on now
Doremus Jessup and Berzelius Windrip and Effingham Swan and come on now
August 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
That novel would have been 100% better if Lewis's editor had demanded some character name changes.
Doremus Jessup and Berzelius Windrip and Effingham Swan and come on now
Doremus Jessup and Berzelius Windrip and Effingham Swan and come on now
It Can’t Happen Here, novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1935. It is a cautionary tale about the rise of fascism in the United States.
A fascist, Berzelius Windrip wins the election, he gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court and turns the United States into a totalitarian state.
A fascist, Berzelius Windrip wins the election, he gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court and turns the United States into a totalitarian state.
April 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It Can’t Happen Here, novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1935. It is a cautionary tale about the rise of fascism in the United States.
A fascist, Berzelius Windrip wins the election, he gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court and turns the United States into a totalitarian state.
A fascist, Berzelius Windrip wins the election, he gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court and turns the United States into a totalitarian state.
Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip
Trump
Too late now it looks like. A lot of Americans want a fascist Dictator
Trump
Too late now it looks like. A lot of Americans want a fascist Dictator
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip
Trump
Too late now it looks like. A lot of Americans want a fascist Dictator
Trump
Too late now it looks like. A lot of Americans want a fascist Dictator
It Can't Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis, 1935.
Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator.
Can we have a follow-up book called '𝗜𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱'❓️
Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator.
Can we have a follow-up book called '𝗜𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱'❓️
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It Can't Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis, 1935.
Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator.
Can we have a follow-up book called '𝗜𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱'❓️
Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator.
Can we have a follow-up book called '𝗜𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱'❓️
Vuodelta 2018. Nyt vaara on todellinen
"Pahimmillaan enemmistön eduskunnassa saanut fasistipuolue pystyisi tekemään koko perustuslakivaliokunnasta kumileimasimen, joka asiantuntijalausunnoista huolimatta julistaisi kaikki fasistihallituksen lait perustuslain mukaisiksi"
www.libera.fi/2018/06/25/s...
"Pahimmillaan enemmistön eduskunnassa saanut fasistipuolue pystyisi tekemään koko perustuslakivaliokunnasta kumileimasimen, joka asiantuntijalausunnoista huolimatta julistaisi kaikki fasistihallituksen lait perustuslain mukaisiksi"
www.libera.fi/2018/06/25/s...
Suomi on liian helppo muuttaa autoritaariseksi valtioksi – Ajatuspaja Libera
Meillä sitä ei voi tapahtua (It Can’t Happen Here) on vuonna 1935 julkaistu fiktiivinen kertomus Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip-nimisestä populistipoliitikosta, joka voittaa Yhdysvaltojen 1936 presidentinva...
www.libera.fi
January 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Vuodelta 2018. Nyt vaara on todellinen
"Pahimmillaan enemmistön eduskunnassa saanut fasistipuolue pystyisi tekemään koko perustuslakivaliokunnasta kumileimasimen, joka asiantuntijalausunnoista huolimatta julistaisi kaikki fasistihallituksen lait perustuslain mukaisiksi"
www.libera.fi/2018/06/25/s...
"Pahimmillaan enemmistön eduskunnassa saanut fasistipuolue pystyisi tekemään koko perustuslakivaliokunnasta kumileimasimen, joka asiantuntijalausunnoista huolimatta julistaisi kaikki fasistihallituksen lait perustuslain mukaisiksi"
www.libera.fi/2018/06/25/s...
Nån som vill med till Solna Kyrkogård och kolla på Jöns Jacob Berzelius grav? För det ska tydligen jag göra i dag
May 31, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Nån som vill med till Solna Kyrkogård och kolla på Jöns Jacob Berzelius grav? För det ska tydligen jag göra i dag
Hello and thank you for the saturday #artshare 💚
Coming up with my necromancer couple Emmrich & Yuriel, featured in my fanfic 'Beloved Crypternity' (on tumblr).
The art is comissioned by Berzelius and @uuronii.bsky.social 💚
Coming up with my necromancer couple Emmrich & Yuriel, featured in my fanfic 'Beloved Crypternity' (on tumblr).
The art is comissioned by Berzelius and @uuronii.bsky.social 💚
January 24, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Hello and thank you for the saturday #artshare 💚
Coming up with my necromancer couple Emmrich & Yuriel, featured in my fanfic 'Beloved Crypternity' (on tumblr).
The art is comissioned by Berzelius and @uuronii.bsky.social 💚
Coming up with my necromancer couple Emmrich & Yuriel, featured in my fanfic 'Beloved Crypternity' (on tumblr).
The art is comissioned by Berzelius and @uuronii.bsky.social 💚
Actually, the first name Davy proposed was was alumium (note the missing ‘in’), from the English word alum and the Latin suffix -ium. European chemists then argued it should be named from ‘alumina’ and Berzelius in particular argued for ‘aluminium’. Davy then published something with ‘aluminum’…
you: please act normal Ed you need these people to like you
people: hello Ed nice to meet you
me: the British discoverer of aluminum called it “aluminum” like Americans do now and a couple of editors decided “aluminium” would be better because it matches the cadence of sodium and calcium
people: hello Ed nice to meet you
me: the British discoverer of aluminum called it “aluminum” like Americans do now and a couple of editors decided “aluminium” would be better because it matches the cadence of sodium and calcium
April 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Actually, the first name Davy proposed was was alumium (note the missing ‘in’), from the English word alum and the Latin suffix -ium. European chemists then argued it should be named from ‘alumina’ and Berzelius in particular argued for ‘aluminium’. Davy then published something with ‘aluminum’…
Join us at the Nobel Symposium
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June 5th, 2025 | Jacob Berzelius lecture hall @ki.se | Stockholm, Sweden
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Multiple Sclerosis: Past, Present and Future Treatment
June 5th, 2025 | Jacob Berzelius lecture hall @ki.se | Stockholm, Sweden
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May 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Join us at the Nobel Symposium
Multiple Sclerosis: Past, Present and Future Treatment
June 5th, 2025 | Jacob Berzelius lecture hall @ki.se | Stockholm, Sweden
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Multiple Sclerosis: Past, Present and Future Treatment
June 5th, 2025 | Jacob Berzelius lecture hall @ki.se | Stockholm, Sweden
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IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE: a 1935 dystopian political novel by Sinclair Lewis. Set in a fictionalized version of the United States, it follows a politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator.
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE: a 1935 dystopian political novel by Sinclair Lewis. Set in a fictionalized version of the United States, it follows a politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator.
November 12, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Add this to your reading list:
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE: a 1935 dystopian political novel by Sinclair Lewis. Set in a fictionalized version of the United States, it follows a politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator.
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE: a 1935 dystopian political novel by Sinclair Lewis. Set in a fictionalized version of the United States, it follows a politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator.
"Perustuslakivaliokunta toimii hyvin silloin, kun lakia säätävä hallitus haluaa noudattaa perustuslakia."
"Ainoa vastavoima eduskunnan lainsäädäntövallalle on Suomen presidentti, jonka pitää allekirjoituksellaan vahvistaa säädetyt lait."
Tota ei ollu tarkoitettu ohjeeksi
"Ainoa vastavoima eduskunnan lainsäädäntövallalle on Suomen presidentti, jonka pitää allekirjoituksellaan vahvistaa säädetyt lait."
Tota ei ollu tarkoitettu ohjeeksi
Suomi on liian helppo muuttaa autoritaariseksi valtioksi – Ajatuspaja Libera
Meillä sitä ei voi tapahtua (It Can’t Happen Here) on vuonna 1935 julkaistu fiktiivinen kertomus Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip-nimisestä populistipoliitikosta, joka voittaa Yhdysvaltojen 1936 presidentinva...
www.libera.fi
January 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Perustuslakivaliokunta toimii hyvin silloin, kun lakia säätävä hallitus haluaa noudattaa perustuslakia."
"Ainoa vastavoima eduskunnan lainsäädäntövallalle on Suomen presidentti, jonka pitää allekirjoituksellaan vahvistaa säädetyt lait."
Tota ei ollu tarkoitettu ohjeeksi
"Ainoa vastavoima eduskunnan lainsäädäntövallalle on Suomen presidentti, jonka pitää allekirjoituksellaan vahvistaa säädetyt lait."
Tota ei ollu tarkoitettu ohjeeksi
1825: Hans Christian Ørsted first isolates Element 13 by reacting aluminum chloride with potassium amalgam. He calls this substance "argillium" from Latin for "white clay".
1813: Jacob Berzelius proposes all NEW elements adopt Latinized endings. But here's where it gets complicated.
1813: Jacob Berzelius proposes all NEW elements adopt Latinized endings. But here's where it gets complicated.
June 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
1825: Hans Christian Ørsted first isolates Element 13 by reacting aluminum chloride with potassium amalgam. He calls this substance "argillium" from Latin for "white clay".
1813: Jacob Berzelius proposes all NEW elements adopt Latinized endings. But here's where it gets complicated.
1813: Jacob Berzelius proposes all NEW elements adopt Latinized endings. But here's where it gets complicated.
"All the while he loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons, and he planned to do something historic. Certainly! He would give each family that five thousand dollars a year just as soon now as he could arrange it".
[Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here]
[Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here]
![Screenshot from IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis, a novel set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator (in allusion to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany)]
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the duties of despotism along with his shoes and his fine new coat. He no longer went out racketing. His cabinet begged him not to clown in barrooms and lodge entertain-ments; it was not dignified, and it was dangerous to be too near to strangers.
So he played poker with his bodyguard, late at night, and at such times drank too much, and he cursed them and glared with bulging eyes whenever he lost, which, for all the good-will of his guards about letting him win, had to be often, because he pinched their salaries badly and locked up the spoons. He had become as unbouncing and unbuzz-ing a Buzz as might be, and he did not know it.
All the while he loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons, and he planned to do some-thing historic. Certainly! He would give each family that five thousand dollars a year just as soon now as he could arrange it.
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September 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"All the while he loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons, and he planned to do something historic. Certainly! He would give each family that five thousand dollars a year just as soon now as he could arrange it".
[Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here]
[Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here]