Benjamin Carter Hett
@benjamincarterhett
Ink-stained wretch. Historian. If you voted for Trump please think about your life choices. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 Слава Україні
I got 11/11 on the Times News Quiz! First time I have managed to do this.
Something very like this happened to me in 5th grade. The resentment still burns.
If Odysseus were a New Yorker. As an F train rider myself I know how he feels.
The New York Times' Independence Day flashback quiz: not bad for a Germanist.
159 years ago today, facing security and economic threats from the US, three British North American colonies were merged into a bigger one called Canada-a weak and poor country clinging precariously to the edges of two empires. I think the country that emerged since has done okay. Happy Canada Day!
Jupiter and Venus having their planetary smooch over Queens last night.
Even at a D-Day commemoration Hegseth can't help letting it slip out which side he's really on. He probably needs to keep his right arm permanently strapped down, like Dr. Strangelove.
It's a good day to honor the sacrifices of that distant generation. My grandfather was not at Vimy, but he volunteered under age to serve in the Canadian forces in that war.
Today Ilse is considering the limitations of the extreme empiricism of the Vienna Circle.
I proudly wear the pin. Now it's a bill in New Jersey!
Some creative soul in my neighborhood seems to have made a snow-Churchill.
Jackson Heights Queens is a wintery but photogenic place tonight. Photo credit spouse.
The look that says “where the hell do you think you’re going?” Photo credit spouse.
I saw this banner on the CBS news website. It must be some kind of joke. @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy
Headline: Donald Trump has Zohran Mamdani in his life, but not Marjorie Taylor Greene.
I have arrived! My book “the Death of Democracy“ was a clue on Jeopardy tonight!
Had a fabulous time at the University of Wyoming, meeting with students and giving a talk. Many thanks to everyone there, the great faculty, engaged students, and especially the generous hosting of my friend @adamblackler.bsky.social
"Aryan Superheroes," chapter 1: I don't think these "Young Republicans," the ones of the infamous text chain, the ones who love Hitler so much, are quite what they think they are.