JE Brook

@jebrook
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Blood, Oil, and the Axis; Squadron. Writing at BBC History, Daily Beast, Lapham's, Mel, Slate, WaPo, etc... History prof. Anti-fascist. He/him. I write history under another name. #histodons
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“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.”

On Hemingway's birthday, his short, spectacular Nobel Prize acceptance speech https://t.co/IbWbIUfeEa

Work Alone: Ernest Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel Acceptance Speech

“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.”

The Marginalian
It’s the perfect example of how deeply flawed a perspective is that defines the key problem as “polarization” and reflexively prescribes “overcoming division” as the solution: Sure, if your sole goal is “unity,” bipartisan support for powerful reactionaries in previous eras was good.

1. According to @[email protected], textbook publishers are trying to indoctrinate students by incorporating "woke" concepts into social studies textbooks

But DeSantis has provided few details

So we've obtained Florida's reviews of the textbooks

Follow along if interested

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don't make the common mistake of putting your mind with your luggage, you can lose it at the airport or on your way to your hotel, instead keep your mind in a little bag attached to your body, like a waist pouch or a backpack