Brian Leech

@brianleechphd
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Historian of the U.S. West and Midwest. Professor at Augustana College in Illinois. Research on environmental history, mining, food, energy, pop culture. Currently writing about the portrayal of mining in popular culture and the history of U.S. speed limits. He/him. Opinions my own and not my employer’s. #histodon #histodons #envhist #envhum #mininghistoryhttps://brianleechphd.net
Pretty soon life is just going to be computers talking to each other. #AI
Is watching TV truly a “planned Easter activity” or just something many people will do on Easter?
Quite a correction.
Wow! I live in Moline but even I didn’t know how long John Deere lived until now. #histodons
“Environmental Dude” really knows how to sell a suit.
Look, it’s my old #StarWars toys, which I took out of storage so that my *kids* can play with them.
Where is the #Midwest?

Me, yesterday: Why is everyone out shopping?

My significant other: The Super Bowl is tomorrow. They’re buying food.

Me: oh, yeah. The newspaper was telling me about it and also I received this email from Oxford University Press that spoke to me.

I just bought the updated version of my #deodorant. Can someone explain to me why there was a demand to move from 48 to 72 hours of protection? I guess it would be nice while I’m camping, but it feels to me like they’re just daring people not to shower at this point.
Why? Because his style is almost exactly my style. Every photo of him looks like slightly nicer, crisper versions of the outfits I wear to work. And yes, like Santos, I essentially wear some kind of sweater every day. Case in point below. 3/3