Death of a Unicorn is a defense of the humanities
04.08.2025 01:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@drewmckevitt.bsky.social
John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University. Books: GUN COUNTRY (2023) and CONSUMING JAPAN (2017).
Death of a Unicorn is a defense of the humanities
04.08.2025 01:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Listen pal if youβre going to be a 30 year old baby youβre going to need to have a Bluesky account
03.08.2025 19:29 β π 4018 π 507 π¬ 70 π 11No more funding for rain
03.08.2025 15:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Idk it's raining pretty hard out there, I'm concerned they're going to be properly trained and prepared for this
03.08.2025 15:05 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Our pilots on this flight to Shreveport are a black man and a white woman and I'm worried everything's gonna be a little too professional and efficient on this DEI plane
03.08.2025 14:58 β π 17 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0I just left terminal A! It was very nice
03.08.2025 14:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You hate to admit it: Newark is a nice airport now
03.08.2025 11:25 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I like the way you think
03.08.2025 10:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm in a basement in NJ and I felt NOTHING, came all this way for absolutely nothing, thanks for nothing
03.08.2025 02:42 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0This is true because it is also these same people who teach boys how to be shitty men
03.08.2025 01:42 β π 21 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Attention, Men: Books Are Sexy!
RIP books being cool, 1750-2025
02.08.2025 16:26 β π 25 π 0 π¬ 5 π 1One important observation he makes is that the press completely fails us when it says something like "Trump is imposing a 15% tariff on Japan." He's not imposing anything on Japan. Nothing changes for Japan. Instead imposes a 15% tax on Americans who buy things from Japan. This is not complicated!
02.08.2025 16:04 β π 21 π 7 π¬ 0 π 2We're really overdue for a book already on this new era of consumer history, or maybe the end of consumer history, in which companies no longer care how their actions affect the people who pay for their services
02.08.2025 15:39 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0We need a Steve Miller for the left.
Someone whoβll turn the Democratic Party into a big olβ jetliner thatβll fly like an eagle, take the money and run. Abracadabra, just like that.
It's the free market maximizing efficiency
02.08.2025 14:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"we need a Joe Rogan of the left" "we need a Stephen Miller of the left" no you guys we just need a regular old Lenin
02.08.2025 14:06 β π 92 π 13 π¬ 5 π 4Delta cancelled my flight once again. Second time in ten days. Nationalize these trash companies already
02.08.2025 13:37 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Why do men, across the board, continue to be so goddamn weird about this stuff
02.08.2025 02:52 β π 19 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I thought you might like to know what Norwegians call a speed hump
01.08.2025 18:42 β π 181 π 33 π¬ 11 π 2University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas lailluminator.com/2025/07/31/s...
01.08.2025 21:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you look really closely you can see a wasp driving the crane
01.08.2025 19:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ugh
01.08.2025 19:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hey the Soviets lied about economic data all the time and everything turned out fine for them
01.08.2025 19:16 β π 73 π 12 π¬ 1 π 0βHot Waspsβ Found at Nuclear Facility in South Carolina Four radioactive wasp nests may indicate previously undetected environmental contamination at the decades-old Savannah River Site. Hereβs what to know.
I bet you didn't have "radioactive wasps" on your 2025 bingo card
01.08.2025 19:14 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 6 π 1I was planning to write another kind of scholarly history book but I think instead I'd rather write a book about how conservative men today are a bunch of goddamn whiny diaper babies, in historical context
01.08.2025 14:25 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Your little Nintendo will be more expensive, again
01.08.2025 14:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Among the caveats are that you teach 9 classes a year and don't wrap up until May 20
01.08.2025 14:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hey y'all it's August! Our fall quarter doesn't start until after Labor Day
01.08.2025 13:23 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Never speak to me or my son Jardiance ever again
01.08.2025 00:30 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I just gasped audibly when I learned that I am older than Emil Bove, who looks like the crypt keeper
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