Adam Rothman

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What news from France?

This would probably be one of mine, too.

Thrown off schedule by the holiday weekend, but back to this: The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 4/20 #booksky

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Madison after the War of 1812:

i owe Canada an apology. i was not familiar with your game

Madison after the War of 1812:

i owe Canada an apology. i was not familiar with your game

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I dunno, at least drawing a sword from a stone lets everyone have an equal go

Honestly, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords doesn't seem like such a bad process right now.

New king of France imminent. I don't make the rules.

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I was so prepared to joke about this piece and then I read it and my childhood fear of quicksand just came roaring back.

Perspective by Stephen P. Leatherman: Digging holes in sand might seem innocent, but experts recommend never digging a hole deeper than the knee height of the shortest person in your group — with two feet being the maximum depth.

Perspective | There’s real danger in digging deep holes on a sandy beachwapo.st Experts recommend never digging a hole deeper than the knee height of the shortest person in your group — with two feet being the maximum depth.

The lesson of history is that if you wait long enough, your luggage will eventually arrive.

I give up

Just the idea of heading a soccer ball gives me a concussion.

Nice to see this recognition for my colleague Patrick O'Malley's book, The Irish and the Imagination of Race: White Supremacy across the Atlantic in the Nineteenth Century (UVA 2024) www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5964/

Talking with Patrick O'Malley about race, whiteness and genre newbooksnetwork.com/the-irish-an...

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Remake a movie with Shrek and make it better The Shrekxas Chain Saw Massacre

Remake a movie with Shrek and make it better The Shrexorcist

Remake a movie with Shrek and make it better Shreks, Lies, and Videotape

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Labour won Barking, which is crazy.

Also a good night for Plaid

You would have thought Paisley would be a tie

Labour won Barking, which is crazy.

Lib Dems won Dorking, which is weird because I thought I had won that.

Unbelievable! This district has its own pronouns.

Liberal Democrats win Wokingham. Do your thing @adamrothman.bsky.social

Labour picks up Hagridshire and East Tolkien!

Just magical to watch the UK election results come in

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July 4th is very rough on my dog (he is a royalist and considers George Washington a traitor)

Finally watched Oppenheimer and now I'm obsessed with Rabi. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isidor_...

Isidor Isaac Rabi - Wikipediaen.m.wikipedia.org

Inspiring! www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/p...

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com President Joe Biden told Democratic governors during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday that part of his plan going forward is to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so that he could get more s...

July 4th, 1859 at the Pennsylvania Antislavery Society www.gutenberg.org/files/15263/...

The underground railroad., Rev. ed.www.gutenberg.org

The New York Times desperately seeking to boost its sagging poll numbers

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"The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law." - Hamilton

if only Federalist 69 were just, in its entirely, Hamilton saying super clearly “sure, this constitution has one executive leader, but I can’t stress enough that it’s different from a king because a President is accountable, including to criminal law” avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...

The Avalon Project : Federalist No 69avalon.law.yale.edu

Books on the future of American democracy will now be shelved in the Fantasy section of your local bookstore.

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One of my favorite Lincoln-Hamlin interactions (there are so many!): *Two months* after the 1860 convention, Lincoln wrote Hamlin to introduce himself: "Hey, I guess we're running together?! I don't think we ever met, but drop me a line when you can!" quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...

Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861]. | Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln | University of Michigan Library Digital Collectionsquod.lib.umich.edu

To borrow a phrase from Lincoln, the Supreme Court has turned a chestnut horse into a horse chestnut.

"Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office []: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

The Avalon Project : Federalist No 69avalon.law.yale.edu

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“Escape to the City provides us with one of the most thought-provoking portraits of the urban South yet published,” writes James Illingworth in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. So generous!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to review my book! @uncpress.bsky.social