Freedom of speech meme captioned "Companies should release your Year end summaries in January"
As I start to see everyone discuss their Spotify wrapped, I once again have a complaint...
03.12.2025 18:06 โ ๐ 57 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0@georgy-k-zhukov.bsky.social
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Freedom of speech meme captioned "Companies should release your Year end summaries in January"
As I start to see everyone discuss their Spotify wrapped, I once again have a complaint...
03.12.2025 18:06 โ ๐ 57 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0That might help square some of the circle here. 113 *M2s* potentially means the remainder of the ones the US marked M2s were M9s?
14.11.2025 02:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Hey @tankarchives.bsky.social this has been annoying me for the past few hours now, and I feel if anyone has better sources to get to the bottom it might be you. Any insights?
13.11.2025 20:04 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Many, many sources seem to cite 1,158 US halftracks sent to the USSR via Lend-Lease. But US government records point to it being 824.
I think that 30 years ago Zaloga made a mistake, and everyone keeps citing him and that is the most common one on the internet!
A investigation: redd.it/1ow9opy
When people tell you that founders as enslavers was something we should see "in the context of their time." Great piece fr @katytelling.bsky.social abt a wealthy 18hc Virginian (and there were others) who thought Washington and co. risked their honor and more. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...
14.10.2025 11:45 โ ๐ 106 ๐ 38 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 2Jared Leto vehicle
10.10.2025 02:56 โ ๐ 74 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
08.10.2025 14:09 โ ๐ 5257 ๐ 2483 ๐ฌ 83 ๐ 110Bag says original recipe
Bag implies it is a new recipe as well
I'm getting some really mixed signals here. Pick a lane!
23.09.2025 14:29 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Story about the death of Brett James, writer of 'Jeeus Take the Wheel', in a plane crash.
It would seem that while Jesus may be a good driver, he is a shit pilot
19.09.2025 18:49 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Seeing a lot of mentions of Horst Wessel today, but folks are sleeping on Ernst vom Rath as the analogy of the hour.
11.09.2025 20:48 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0@thesiecle.com what would you recommend for a decent Napoleon bio?
11.09.2025 12:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0โI've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure" - Various Attributions
Just a general reminder for people that you don't need to say nice things about shitty people just because they died. In fact, shutting the fuck up is an option too!
I feel very judged by that series of questions. Not helped that I've been slumming it with Jack Reacher novels recently...
02.09.2025 14:06 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The use probably would have felt slightly less awkward if they hadn't, ya' know, fought alongside the Nazis and all that...
30.08.2025 13:17 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...
"Finlandโs Air Force Will Stop Using the Swastika on Flags"
youtu.be/ADgS_vMGgzY?...
AskHistorians is 14 today! It's reassuring to know that our collective angst and anxiety has a biological basis.
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MRO's journey continues...
20.08.2025 02:09 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Walgreens no longer is as of this morning it looks. Has them on pause:
"COVID-19 vaccination appointments for 2025-26 are coming soon: Updated 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccines are expected soon. Once available, you'll be able to book an appointment."
We've got a great AMA today with Dr. Hugo Shakeshaft talking about 'Beauty and the Gods: A History from Homer to Plato'
Come check it out!
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between sukhoi's experience at watkins glen and this anecdote from FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (the book) that i am always thinking about, i guess i'm just tickled by soviets ending up at deeply american sporting events
07.08.2025 19:36 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I had not been impressed by the review, since it was definitely that vibe... But I tried to give it a fair shake and read one of the alternatives recommended... Which tbf was good, but also offered maybe a half dozen pages on the actual topic covered in The Bright Ages. Was all a big nothing burger
23.07.2025 21:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happening now on r/AskHistorians: AMA! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
18.07.2025 13:13 โ ๐ 41 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 3This Friday!
Whiskerology author Sarah Gold McBride will be on the r/AskHistorians subreddit from 9 a.m. to midday EST, answering your burning questions about HAIR and its history in America.
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Also worth noting that this was one of the factors that moved the focus of killings from the use of Einsatgruppen in the field to the system of extermination camps.
10.07.2025 22:32 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Oh no. The Nazis are depressed.
10.07.2025 22:21 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0If you have a new book, project or any other work you'd like to share on any aspect of history - drop us a line!
03.07.2025 09:07 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Some of the latest #BreakingHistoricalQuestions on AskHistorians are a deeply unsettling commentary on this political moment related to "Alligator Alcatraz." These aren't subtle and they're not wrong
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Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.
03.07.2025 16:51 โ ๐ 1443 ๐ 638 ๐ฌ 88 ๐ 150This was a lot of fun--what great questions! I think I just finished answering the last ones. ๐ Highly recommend both bc a wide range of folks ask sincere questions and because Dan and the mods keep it serious and productive. Thanks @dhowlett1692.bsky.social and @askhistorians.bsky.social!
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