JC_Spurlock

@historiator

Historian, author of Youth and Sexuality in the 20th-Century U.S. and other works on American sexuality. Teaching interests in global history, World War II, genocide. Blog : bluemonkeyreview.wordpress.com/

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JC_Spurlock@historiator· 18d

Nancy: Maybe this world is another planet's HELL.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· 25d

Can confirm.

The soon near midday, Pittsburgh, PA. Orange yellow ball in gray sky.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jul 3

Another email from the Social Security Administration praising Dear Leader.

Headline from a social security administration email: Making life more affordable for America's Seniors.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jun 20

At Millvale Pride

Poster that says "Fight the rich not their wars"

JC_Spurlock@historiator· May 16

Oh, for the days when students were eager to read.

Gorilla holding a pistol demands that a librarian hand over Moby Dick, Robinson Crusoe, and Treasure Island. The ape is thinking "When I read these three novels I'll be able to conquer the world."

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Apr 15

All I did was go to a tango practica and JD VANCE IS SCHOOLING YHE POPE IN THEOLOGY.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Mar 28

No Kings, McCandless, PA (Near Pgh).

People gathered on corners of major road road at McCandlss Crossing, near Pgh in Pennsylvania.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Mar 21

Google photos serves up "memories" of photos I've taken or archived. A series of photos of my mother's childhood surfaced today with the title "Has it really been 124 years?" The gent reclining on the left is my grandfather. Any help in identifying the automobile would be appreciated.

Photo from early days of motoring, with several men sitting or reclining in front of a Model T Ford

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Mar 21

From Moby Dick: One and all, they were harpooned and dragged hither from the bottom of the sea.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Feb 26

Charizard

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Feb 18

Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung, election day 2016.

Election day 2016 cover of Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung with headline: Bitte nicht den Horror-Clown over a picture of D Trump.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jan 2

Okay, fair enough.

My Merriam Webster word for 2026 is hopeful.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Dec 16

An excerpt from Lu Xun, What happens after Nora walks out.

There is a kind of low-level criminality at large these days whose chief characteristic is tenacity. It’s said that the petty criminals in Tianjin after the Boxer Rebellion were very tough. For example, if you asked someone to take your luggage, he would demand two dollars; if you said it was a small case, he would say it was two dollars; and if you said it wasn’t far to go, he would say it was two dollars; and if you said you didn’t want it carried, he would say it was two dollars. Petty criminals can’t, of course, be considered good role models, but there is something admirable in their tenacity. It’s the same with demanding your economic rights. When someone tells you this is too old-fashioned, the response should be that you want your economic rights; when they say it’s too petty, the response should be that you want your economic rights; when they say the economic system is about to change and there’s no need to worry, the response should still be that you want your economic rights.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Dec 6

Here's a return address I never expected to see in my mail.

Return address in an envelope for Anthropic Copyright Settlement.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Nov 20

Emma Thompson comments on AI:

Emma Thompson speaking to Stephen Colbert: ”Recently, the word document is constantly saying, ‘Would you like me to rewrite that for you?’ I don’t need you to fucking rewrite what I’ve just written. Will you fuck off. Just fuck off.”

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Sep 29

Quote from Moby Dick: gibbering insanity

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Sep 17

Look at the size of that Cyber Truck.

Ioniq 5 on Left, Tesla Cyber truck on right .

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Sep 17

Shocker. Turns out that the Trump administration is bad for Americans.

Graph showing decline in household income due to Trump tariffs and the MAGA tax bill passed by Congress.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Sep 13

Red Bank Valley trail today.

Photo of the Red Bank Creek, a bend in the creek with foliage on both sides.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Sep 2

On my ride on the Ghost Town Trail. The Black Lick Creek was very low. That orange in the creek is the result of acid mine drainage.

A bend in the Black Lick Creek. The water is very low, with the creek bed visible in much of the middle distance.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Aug 29

AI much? Even if you fix the weirdest stuff in this painting, it still doesn’t make sense.

A stock “painting” generated by AI of a couple who are supposed to be dancing, but in fact they look like gravity just went negative and they are trying to grab one another in a panic. The woman’s right arm appears to have gone up the man’s sleeve. Also, she has three legs.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Aug 27

It is 200 years ago and Donald Trump, new prime minister of England, declares his government will do everything possible to subsidize canals and impede building of railroads so England can attain transportation dominance.

Graph comparing UK canal and railroad stocks. Shortly after railroads begin to be built in 1827, canal stocks decline rapidly while railroad stocks continue to increase.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jul 29

Yes, the ultra-crackpots have control. We are all in the Poe story where the mentally deranged have taken control of the asylum. The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.

Illustration from the Poe story, The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether. Shows a group of very confused people, supposed to illustrate escapees from an insane asylum.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jul 17

Sorry for random meme but this seemed too good not to share.

Picture of Rod Serling and text: Imagine if you will ...An atheist stuck at a green light behind a car with a "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jul 8

Mural by Judith de Leeuw, Roubaix, France

Mural of Statue of Liberty covering her eyes in shame.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jun 27

At Glasgow University. This stands facing the Adam Smith (Business) Building.

Freestanding clock more thank 6' high, clock face has word ORGANIZATION in place of numbers. On base the message Time to Organize across the bottom and Organize Now is on either side of emblem of the I.W.W.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jun 14

Pittsburgh No Kings protest at City-County building.

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jun 14

JC_Spurlock@historiator· Jun 10

Arlie Russell Hochschild’s uses the term Stolen Pride to explain Appalachian enthusiasm for MAGA. The people she talked to knew DT’s policies might hurt but support him because he is giving them back their pride. Not sure how that works, but that is the analysis. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

“If people in Pike County or elsewhere get socked with higher prices, there might come a tipping point. But what happens then would hinge on how Democrats handle it, what better ideas they have to offer, their tone of voice. If the left starts scolding, ‘You Trump supporters brought this on yourselves,’ or ‘We told you so,’ people around here will get more pissed at the snarky left than they are at the hurtful right — and Trump will march on.”

JC_Spurlock@historiator· May 20

This is shocking. Fast fashion must be choking our landfills.