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Jesse Robertson

@jessejrobertson.bsky.social

History PhD student at Harvard. https://jessejrobertson.com

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Tapping the Samuel Moyn sign

24.01.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Close Encounters | Jesse Robertson Have UFOs become a two-for-one state-sanctioned conspiracy theory, serving both security and propaganda functions?

New Jersey residents are in a tizzy about drones (or are they planes?) flying overhead. Last year, Jesse Robertson wrote on UFOs and US intelligence, laying out what the government has to gain when all eyes are on the skies.

16.12.2024 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally seeing my piece from this month’s issue of @thenation.com IRL!

27.11.2024 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're making comparisons between our "information environment" and those of the past, it is a requirement that you actually know something about the past.

13.11.2024 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Fascinating, from the mouth of Mr. β€œPerfect Economy” himself.

10.11.2024 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Literally, give us the Douglas MacArthur movie

20.07.2023 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œCall of Duty”: Pentagon Ops Inside the weird synergies that launched the videogaming industry---and made the Pentagon fantasies in Call of Duty its stock in trade.

Ok, I’ll try to hawk my wares here tooβ€”I recently wrote about the long, strange relationship between war- and video-gaming for @thenation.com. Check it out: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

10.11.2024 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œMy haters will become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success”

10.11.2024 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Had the hilarious if obvious thought that Joe Biden and all the Democratic consultants that lost the election will get tax breaks under Trump

09.11.2024 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of most jaw-dropping things I’ve read in a β€œcentrist” publication

06.10.2023 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ahh to be the recipient of the great honor that is the "USAF Scroll of Appreciation"…

23.09.2023 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This, but then the password works…

11.09.2023 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger In Paradise (Live)
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06.09.2023 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For an affective look into the end of the USSR, you should check out the latest Adam Curtis series, TraumaZone!

30.08.2023 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The real losers are the people who invest their lives in this and project desires/lacks/fantasies on disclosure and what it will bring.

29.07.2023 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Close Encounters | Jesse Robertson Have UFOs become a two-for-one state-sanctioned conspiracy theory, serving both security and propaganda functions?

https://thebaffler.com/latest/close-encounters-robertson

29.07.2023 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s hard not to feel like it’s Groundhog’s Day w the UFO hearings. Same pattern of a β€œwhistleblower” coming forward w what’s basically hearsay followed by a familiar song and dance, which, most of the time, just lines contractors/lobbyists’ pockets. Wrote about this for @thebaffler.com a while back

29.07.2023 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Literally, give us the Douglas MacArthur movie

20.07.2023 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In lieu of a pithy and/or witty first post, here’s a scene from a Mets game I went to recently:

16.07.2023 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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