Kate Sampsell

A walk through the bog in #Maine. #SevereDrought
#RiparianDistress #drought #ClimateCatastrophe

Brett James, Writer of Country Hits, Dies in Plane Crash in North Carolina

#Kismet is working overtime with the angel of #irony this month. #BrettJames, Writer of #JesusTakeTheWheel, Dies in Plane Crash in North Carolina www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Ahem, murdered, not euthanized.

“Stop calling us Nazis”

“Involuntary lethal injection. . . . Just kill ‘em.”

Enter Reinhard Heydrich, “All that lethal injection is expensive. We can just move them to somewhere in the countryside and force them to work until they die. Work will me us free.”

We visited Canada this summer from Maine. It was like leaving Mordor for the shire.

Well, according to the guy who shot that guy, anyone not “pro-white enough” is in the firing line. I’m thinking that loving spaghetti is not being “pro-white enough.” We’re radical because we aren’t 24/7 blasting hate, I guess.

The guy who publicly announced that dying from American gun violence is a fair trade for the sacrament of gun ownership died by American gun violence. This is too much irony not to be kismet. #CharlieKirk died because his organization isn’t “pro-white” enough. They’re eating each other. Let them.

The guy who publicly announced that dying from American gun violence is a fair trade for the sacrament of gun ownership died by American gun violence. This is too much irony not to be kismet. Kirk died because his organization isn’t “pro-white” enough. They’re eating each other. Let them.

Right wingers are really not prepared for an era where their own normalization of gun culture and gun violence might be used against them and not just the people they hate

I repurposed my painting from January 2021 as a poster for the rights of America’s immigrants and dissenters. Unless you are Indigenous, you come from immigrants. Feel free to use it.

#Immigration #PoliticalPrisoners #Protest #ProtestSigns #art #rendition

You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.

I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.

YouTube video by Jonathan Jay Papers please

So this is America now. youtu.be/s6NPpO4gbeU?... #SCOTUS #papers

Posted on FB. #penalservitude #vagrancy #unhoused #AmericanHistory #FailureToDoRight #WarrantlessArrest #ProbableCause

Hands’ Off protest in Augusta, ME today. 15% of the population of Augusta showed up. Great energy. #handsoff #AugustaME #HandsOffAugustaME

FDR and Churchill at a 1941 conference. Churchill is in uniform. FDR isn’t.

Not all world leaders wear suits, especially when their countries are at war. 1941, before Pearl Harbor, when America was still a world leader, not the lickspittle of a dictator. #Churchill #FDR #AtlanticCharter

#WhiteMountains #Snowshoeing #NationalForest
Save our national lands.

Gammon? #nytsp #spellingbee

I would suggest talking to the history departments at Bates, Bowdoin, and the University of Maine. Start at the UM. They will likely have a Maine historian or will know where to direct you. Good luck.

I’m #new to Bluesky. I left #Twitter #X when he bought it. I need somewhere besides #Facebook. I’m a #leftist #Democrat who needs #friends and #allies. I’m a #historian and #artist in #Maine. Here’s a #photo of a new lamb. Will #follow back. #Resist, #disobey, get #angry, #DefendDemocracy

Today is the feast of St Brigid. According to legend, Brigid met a nun in 7th century Ireland who had broken her vow of chastity and become pregnant. St Brigid performed a miracle when she laid hands on the woman, prayed, and induced an abortion.

Needless to say, this article is just the tip of the iceberg for an incredible story.

"The 370th is one of few African-American regiments that served in combat in World War I and notably was the only regiment commanded entirely by black officers."

#Maine in January. All photos are mine.

5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)

1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card

“We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity. MLK quote with his image.

Graphic illustrating achieving Queen Bee–finding all the words–in the Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 New York Times spelling bee.

Bee-ing a historian helped today. #nytsb #SpellingBee

Hey, at least they’re giving the land a vote in their maps—finally, representation for dirt and trees!

The robber barons wanted the Wild West. I think they have it. #unitedhealthcare #assassination #delay_deny #no_regulation

Is anyone still claiming the two parties are the same? #ProudDemocrat #Democrat