Paul Erickson

Paul Erickson

@mrsidetable.bsky.social

Minnesota, Chicago, Austin. NY, RI, Ann Arbor. Old books, gingham, Saabs, side tables. All opinions my own. RT ≠ endorsement. Director of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.

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Asking a woman in attendance at a political rally to stand up and show the audience her ass is precisely what the Founders were hoping to avoid by creating three separate branches of government.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Trump: I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before, Nicki Minaj. That's hard to miss. Stand up.

I am biting my tongue awfully hard at this news. But it's important to think about where your membership dues go.

Stacy Fahrenthold@sfahrenthold.bsky.social

In this explosive follow up to the story about the American Historical Association's use of DC lobbyists to silence AHA member Palestine advocacy, we have this: AHA is conducting a witchhunt of its Council. Loyalty oaths. Lawyers. Threats. Authoritarian behavior. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

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Remembering Chuck Berry on his birthday 🎸 (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) 💙🕊 #ChuckBerry100 3 Legends discussing racism. "People were slow to accept change."- Bo Diddley "You were Black."- Little Richard "Tell him again, will you tell that man, again." -Chuck Berry

All you need to know right there.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social

Republicans Don’t Know Ball Update: A hockey blogger asked the two Michigan Senate candidates for statements on the Red Wings. Rogers: blah blah Michigan loves the Red Wings El-Sayed: angry rant about how the cheap owners MUST pay Detroit’s young star defenseman octopusthrower.com/what-each-mi...

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Never forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting:

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I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

Look at McSchmuck there on the left with the middle part, seeing his job prospects go up in smoke. And he must have been so excited to have been picked to hold up that poster.

ArtButMakeItSports@artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.

"And this summer, he mounted a rock musical he wrote about Benjamin Franklin titled “The Sound of America” in Philadelphia that cast the founding father as “America’s first rock star.” It finished its debut run this month." Missed opportunity, @shearites.bsky.social

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She did ask us to talk about basketball 🫡

Richard Cohen@richardcohen.bsky.social

Sophie Cunningham's -28 in today's game is the worst single-game +/- in a win in WNBA history. #WNBA

Usually colleges ask alumni to donate money to them, but I guess in some cases it can work the other way around.

“Harvard paid McKinsey & Company at least $250,000 to consult on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ staff restructuring efforts, according to internal documents obtained by The Crimson.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

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Come and take it

Night Of The Living Biffs@b1ffy.bsky.social

It’s been a hard and yet triumphant year for Minnesota. Ordinary people have been targeted by their fellow countrymen, and made heroic sacrifices for their neighbors. So, appropriate to remember that 163 years ago today, 262 average Minnesotans sacrificed themselves at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Names of players in this UNC-Oklahoma college baseball national championship game: Boston Brisco Caden Cayden Camden Camron Cord Dasan Dayton Deiten Folger Gunnar Jaxon (x2) Kadyn Rom Talan Uriah