Sean Busick

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Nov. 1, 2025 Can you sort 8 historical events?

Flashback for November 1, 2025

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Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake: “They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"

"go to TikTok. See for yourself."

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something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste

Downside: government corruption like this is bad

Upside: Kash Patel abusing his position as FBI Director to corruptly use a jet to try to impress a woman might be the least destructive way he uses his position, and it’s therefore relatively better for the country if that’s how he spends his time

Trump gifted golden crown once worn by South Korean kings US President Donald Trump may be facing protests back home calling for "no kings" in the United States, but in South Korea officials had the perfect gift for the monarch-loving magnate - a replica gol...

US President Donald Trump may be facing protests back home calling for "no kings" in the United States, but in South Korea officials had the perfect gift for him - a replica golden crown.

Talked with someone today from the Salvation Army, who said they are bracing for this

Obama and his dog in the East Colonnade, now destroyed.

a man in a leather jacket is holding a baseball in his right hand . ALT: a man in a leather jacket is holding a baseball in his right hand .

Steve McQueen is antifa.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

Confederates in the Attic, by Tony Horwitz

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

YouTube video by CRITERION Cillian Murphy’s Closet Picks

I’ve never seen Cillian Murphy this happy lol youtu.be/v4Ze7Yo9jgY?...

Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown The air traffic tower at Burbank Airport is unmanned on Monday evening as air traffic controllers begin to call out in greater numbers due to the government shutdown.

Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned on Monday evening amid government shutdown

79. American citizen.

Real convo btwn and my 6 year old son:

Him: Dad, they say what happened to Amelia Earhart is a mystery, but that’s not true.
Me: Of course it is buddy. It’s one of the big mysteries.
Him: No, I know what happened to her.
Me: How? Nobody knows.
Him: She disappeared in 1937, Dad. She’s dead, Dad.

not motivated enough to do this, but it occurred to me that you can prob use AI to create an "alpha male influencer." make videos of him working out, driving fancy cars, living in a mansion. then "write" a self-help book about how to get rich. when you make your first million, sell that story, too.

. . . that we are going to war against the menswear guy.

True. Even my misanthropic ass can get laid.

News to me.

Marie-Thérèse, Face and Profile, by Pablo Picasso, 1931, 📸 via @pbs.org

Just popping in to remind you that people who like to explain the motive before we know who the criminal is are dummies.

Our Polish friends deserve much better from us.

Trump’s signature is a sentient entity and signs itself without his knowledge. That’s the only explanation for how it appeared on Epstein’s birthday card. The only alternative explanation is that Trump is a sleazy, corrupt sex criminal, and that’s just crazy talk.

writing crime haikus to my crime partner which i decorate with a crime drawing for his birthday card

Trump sent Jeff Epstein this birthday card. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Don't be a dummy. Of course that's Trump's signature on Epstein's birthday note.

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