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Chris Levesque

@levesque-chris.bsky.social

"Loquacious history bastard." PhD in military history, adjunct professor of history, archivist. Focus on atrocities in Vietnam, Cold War culture, & religion.

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That whole album is great for the late 1980s.

04.08.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes but nobody cares about educated people losing work

04.08.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 752    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Got any good farm movie/TV show recs? Especially reality shows!

I wanna make some review videos. So bonus points if it's a show that would make for a good crispy review πŸ₯“πŸ³

04.08.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 1

If you want to learn about married women’s dependent citizenship in the early 20th century & the birthright citizens who lost their citizenship by marrying an immigrant, check out β€œForgotten America” on The Great Courses Plus or Audible. πŸ—ƒοΈ

bit.ly/4omm0oi

04.08.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Taps sign:

25.01.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1170    πŸ” 387    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 24

It’s a bit much if you do it inside, but using a grill outside really helps.

04.08.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We order a ten pound box to roast and freeze every year.

04.08.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I grew up on these shows, and defunding PBS makes me extremely angry.

04.08.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was nine, so I’m pretty sure I missed the speech.

04.08.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was thinking massed fired and canister.

04.08.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

1. Tough call. I was a Peter Jennings fan when he was still working.
2. Pot roast with minced Hatch chiles added to recipe, roasted potatoes, and carrots.

04.08.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the last time I shot anything was in 1991, but that’s what i remember.

04.08.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t remember the speech, but I do remember the boycott of the Olympics.

04.08.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve started adding matching questions to go with the MC and TF questions for online classes.

03.08.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Musk’s lawyers screaming right now

03.08.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When shooting at a large group, you’re theoretically bound to hit someone.

03.08.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œFewer immigrant workers means a smaller economy”: oof, just wait until Trump’s moves to suppress international enrollment at U.S. universities start to bite.

03.08.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Denver layoffs to begin Aug. 18 It's still unclear how many employees could be affected as the city tries to close a $250 million budget gap.

Denver workers will start receiving layoff notices on Aug. 18.

03.08.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

They all thought it would be like the Franco-Prussian War instead.

03.08.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the long assaults over open fields that get me.

03.08.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How anyone survived attacking dug in troops during the Civil War is amazing.

03.08.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

My Russian was never even close, and all I can use it for now is swear at people.

03.08.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settler’s diaries lay bare frontier atrocities Exclusive: Stories of murders passed down by Yamatji elders are confirmed by a cipher hidden in the 1850s journals of prominent pastoralist Major Logue. Now descendants on both sides want to break the...

It is 2025, and someone *now* is preparing to publish an 1850s pastoralist’s diary *editing out* all the coded bits where he describes murdering Yamatji people.

In 2025.

But sure, let’s hear more about how the Great Australian Silence is over.

03.08.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

I wish we’d had Spitting Image in the U.S. but D.C. Follies seemed a reasonable alternative.

03.08.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It felt like going to a dinner party with people you barely tolerated.

03.08.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ours generally ran just under an hour - when we attended Mass on base, it was generally bracketed by Protestant services. The off base churches in the Tampa area usually went just a tad over an hour.

03.08.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow’s class is on the 1990s, so I need to make sure to mention this.

03.08.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh look, what’s for dinner?

03.08.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn.

03.08.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I go with β€œour terrible dictator.”

03.08.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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