Forever thankful for Mr. Redburn for assigning us Zinn's A People's History in AP US History
I’m convinced American exceptionalism is a big part of what made us vulnerable to Trump. We’re so used to thinking of ourselves as the Special Freedom Country that a lot of people find it inconceivable we could rapidly collapse into shabby despotism even as they watch it happen.
Real talk. I’ve lost all belief in American exceptionalism. There is no secret Liberty Sauce that makes us inherently better. We’re just human beings (derogatory). But it also means we’re human beings (laudatory), so I refuse to believe Republicans won politics forever and can rule as god kings.
March 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Forever thankful for Mr. Redburn for assigning us Zinn's A People's History in AP US History
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And very good piece by my longtime friend (and longtime @nytimes.com reporter/editor) @redburntom.bsky.social on apparent shift in approach at the paper.
redburnreads.substack.com/p/redburn-re...
And very good piece by my longtime friend (and longtime @nytimes.com reporter/editor) @redburntom.bsky.social on apparent shift in approach at the paper.
redburnreads.substack.com/p/redburn-re...
Redburn Reads (Jan. 25, 2026)
The identity crisis at the New York Times
redburnreads.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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And very good piece by my longtime friend (and longtime @nytimes.com reporter/editor) @redburntom.bsky.social on apparent shift in approach at the paper.
redburnreads.substack.com/p/redburn-re...
And very good piece by my longtime friend (and longtime @nytimes.com reporter/editor) @redburntom.bsky.social on apparent shift in approach at the paper.
redburnreads.substack.com/p/redburn-re...
the whole world is the patrimony of the whole world
Herman Melville, from ‘Redburn, His First Voyage’
Herman Melville, from ‘Redburn, His First Voyage’
November 26, 2024 at 10:02 AM
the whole world is the patrimony of the whole world
Herman Melville, from ‘Redburn, His First Voyage’
Herman Melville, from ‘Redburn, His First Voyage’
Herman Melville, Redburn (1849)
August 12, 2023 at 1:51 PM
Herman Melville, Redburn (1849)
In this segment @rickperlstein.bsky.social reads from a Herman Melville novel, "Redburn," which depicts poor Irish people fleeing the potato famine and the debate in the 1800s over immigration. It's eerily similar to today's disputes. Really remarkable stuff. Highly recommend you listen:
"Stephen Miller comes from a family about which the exact same things were said—because they were Jews from Tsarist Russia—that he now says about Somalian immigrants. It's really disgusting."
Great @rickperlstein.bsky.social segment on immigrants, America, and Herman Melville (discusses my piece):
Great @rickperlstein.bsky.social segment on immigrants, America, and Herman Melville (discusses my piece):
Stanning Herman Melville on the CBC as my end-of-year "explains it all" book pick was a fave moment of 2025.
open.spotify.com/episode/0rBe...
open.spotify.com/episode/0rBe...
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In this segment @rickperlstein.bsky.social reads from a Herman Melville novel, "Redburn," which depicts poor Irish people fleeing the potato famine and the debate in the 1800s over immigration. It's eerily similar to today's disputes. Really remarkable stuff. Highly recommend you listen:
redburn meets three english girls who feed him on buttered muffins. so beautiful are they, he wishes he could be a buttered muffin himself. beware strange wishes in a strange land, redburn
well, he cannot be a muffin so he does the next best thing & remains a bachelor the rest of his life. he says
well, he cannot be a muffin so he does the next best thing & remains a bachelor the rest of his life. he says
September 26, 2026 at 9:48 PM
redburn meets three english girls who feed him on buttered muffins. so beautiful are they, he wishes he could be a buttered muffin himself. beware strange wishes in a strange land, redburn
well, he cannot be a muffin so he does the next best thing & remains a bachelor the rest of his life. he says
well, he cannot be a muffin so he does the next best thing & remains a bachelor the rest of his life. he says
March 11, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Old painting of Sid Redburn from Gears Tactics.
September 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Old painting of Sid Redburn from Gears Tactics.
January 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Redburn forest on a rare sunny day. #Holywood #CountyDown #NorthernIreland #forest #trees #sunlight #Pentax #blackandwhitephotography
May 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Redburn forest on a rare sunny day. #Holywood #CountyDown #NorthernIreland #forest #trees #sunlight #Pentax #blackandwhitephotography
#MelvilleMonday
"They seem leagued together, a company of miscreant misanthropes, bent upon doing all the malice to mankind in their power."
- Redburn, Ch. 39 The Booble-Alleys
"They seem leagued together, a company of miscreant misanthropes, bent upon doing all the malice to mankind in their power."
- Redburn, Ch. 39 The Booble-Alleys
January 5, 2026 at 8:20 PM
#MelvilleMonday
"They seem leagued together, a company of miscreant misanthropes, bent upon doing all the malice to mankind in their power."
- Redburn, Ch. 39 The Booble-Alleys
"They seem leagued together, a company of miscreant misanthropes, bent upon doing all the malice to mankind in their power."
- Redburn, Ch. 39 The Booble-Alleys
in liverpool a sketchy person chases redburn through the streets, tries to sell him some article he doesn‘t want, & loses his temper when told No as if he were the offended party. in a rare but total lapse of self-awareness redburn cannot see a mirror to his own abominable conduct to pawnbrokers
September 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
in liverpool a sketchy person chases redburn through the streets, tries to sell him some article he doesn‘t want, & loses his temper when told No as if he were the offended party. in a rare but total lapse of self-awareness redburn cannot see a mirror to his own abominable conduct to pawnbrokers
Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
from Redburn, His First Voyage :
“Tis a deceit — a gull — a sham — a hoax!”
(A gull of the feathered variety)
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
from Redburn, His First Voyage :
“Tis a deceit — a gull — a sham — a hoax!”
(A gull of the feathered variety)
June 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
from Redburn, His First Voyage :
“Tis a deceit — a gull — a sham — a hoax!”
(A gull of the feathered variety)
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
from Redburn, His First Voyage :
“Tis a deceit — a gull — a sham — a hoax!”
(A gull of the feathered variety)
Surprised and honored to be voted Emerging Scholar of the Year by Yale Law Journal’s volume 134! It’s a hard time for trans people, hard time in higher ed, so this vote of confidence in the work ahead means a lot.
www.yalelawjournal.org/news/announc...
www.yalelawjournal.org/news/announc...
Announcing Volume 134’s Emerging Scholar of the Year: Kate Redburn
The Yale Law Journal is thrilled to announce Volume 134’s Emerging Scholar of the Year: Kate Redburn.
The Yale Law Journal’s Emerging Scholar of the Year Award celebrates the achievements of early-car...
www.yalelawjournal.org
April 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Surprised and honored to be voted Emerging Scholar of the Year by Yale Law Journal’s volume 134! It’s a hard time for trans people, hard time in higher ed, so this vote of confidence in the work ahead means a lot.
www.yalelawjournal.org/news/announc...
www.yalelawjournal.org/news/announc...
A 3rd downgrade for $MCD in 2 days: Redburn cuts to Sell:
“.. Historically, $MCD has .. benefited during periods of heightened value sensitivity .. But this time may be different. .. core value perception appears to be increasingly challenged .. its historical defensive status may no longer hold.”
“.. Historically, $MCD has .. benefited during periods of heightened value sensitivity .. But this time may be different. .. core value perception appears to be increasingly challenged .. its historical defensive status may no longer hold.”
June 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A 3rd downgrade for $MCD in 2 days: Redburn cuts to Sell:
“.. Historically, $MCD has .. benefited during periods of heightened value sensitivity .. But this time may be different. .. core value perception appears to be increasingly challenged .. its historical defensive status may no longer hold.”
“.. Historically, $MCD has .. benefited during periods of heightened value sensitivity .. But this time may be different. .. core value perception appears to be increasingly challenged .. its historical defensive status may no longer hold.”
NXT has released the following SuperStars: Morgun Junt, Chuzz Redburn, Anyss Zurp, and Stormy Daniels
September 4, 2026 at 7:02 PM
NXT has released the following SuperStars: Morgun Junt, Chuzz Redburn, Anyss Zurp, and Stormy Daniels
April 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And you know who did a Penguin edition of Redburn? Only the absolute don of Melville notes: the one, the only HAROLD BEAVER
September 26, 2026 at 8:32 AM
And you know who did a Penguin edition of Redburn? Only the absolute don of Melville notes: the one, the only HAROLD BEAVER
Race, religion, and republic in Melville’s *Redburn.* some thoughts at @davenantinstitute.bsky.social.
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Race, Religion, and Republic in Herman Melville's "Redburn" - Ad Fontes
Herman Melville published his autobiographical novel Redburn in 1849. The work proved to...
adfontesjournal.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Race, religion, and republic in Melville’s *Redburn.* some thoughts at @davenantinstitute.bsky.social.
adfontesjournal.com/miles-smith/...
adfontesjournal.com/miles-smith/...
For more on criminal crossdressing bans, I suggest "Before Equal Protection: The Fall of Cross-Dressing Bans and the Transgender Legal Movement" by Kate Redburn
Before Equal Protection: The Fall of Cross-Dressing Bans and the Transgender Legal Movement, 1963–86 | Law and History Review | Cambridge Core
Before Equal Protection: The Fall of Cross-Dressing Bans and the Transgender Legal Movement, 1963–86 - Volume 40 Issue 4
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December 4, 2024 at 10:34 PM
For more on criminal crossdressing bans, I suggest "Before Equal Protection: The Fall of Cross-Dressing Bans and the Transgender Legal Movement" by Kate Redburn
For your interest, 'A plan of the town of Liverpool', from 'The Picture of Liverpool, or Strangers' Guide', 1808. The edition owned by Allan Melville and used by his son Herman on his visit to the city in 1839, and referred to in the novel 'Redburn'.
September 26, 2026 at 8:53 AM
For your interest, 'A plan of the town of Liverpool', from 'The Picture of Liverpool, or Strangers' Guide', 1808. The edition owned by Allan Melville and used by his son Herman on his visit to the city in 1839, and referred to in the novel 'Redburn'.
#SundaySentence
In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.
- Melville (Redburn, Ch. 41)
In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.
- Melville (Redburn, Ch. 41)
March 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#SundaySentence
In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.
- Melville (Redburn, Ch. 41)
In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.
- Melville (Redburn, Ch. 41)
but when I see the ideas held by all the world about literature, I can only say it is a superstition many would do well to follow me in adopting for their own
anyhow I am reading redburn, a real book I didn’t imagine. it’s terrific
anyhow I am reading redburn, a real book I didn’t imagine. it’s terrific
September 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
but when I see the ideas held by all the world about literature, I can only say it is a superstition many would do well to follow me in adopting for their own
anyhow I am reading redburn, a real book I didn’t imagine. it’s terrific
anyhow I am reading redburn, a real book I didn’t imagine. it’s terrific
When Toby had asked if professor Redburn if there where any extra assignments he could take part in order to not fail his chemistry class, this was not what he had expected... | Art by Etienne
July 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
When Toby had asked if professor Redburn if there where any extra assignments he could take part in order to not fail his chemistry class, this was not what he had expected... | Art by Etienne
Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳 !
„A whale! Think of it! whales close to me, Wellingborough; —would my own brother believe it?“
Herman Melville
REDBURN C20
„A whale! Think of it! whales close to me, Wellingborough; —would my own brother believe it?“
Herman Melville
REDBURN C20
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Happy #MelvilleMonday 🐳 !
„A whale! Think of it! whales close to me, Wellingborough; —would my own brother believe it?“
Herman Melville
REDBURN C20
„A whale! Think of it! whales close to me, Wellingborough; —would my own brother believe it?“
Herman Melville
REDBURN C20