Michael J. Simpson

@the_aquidneck

PhD Student, // Alumnus, & // Absentee

Providence, RI
Joined May 2015
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    Jul 31

    Had a great time tonight at the with , & discussing history. Packed crowd! An honor to be included.

    Were boarding schools slavery? Yes!
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  2. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    going great! Family fun! & so much more. Join us today & tomorrow

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  3. Retweeted
    Aug 9

    In 1939, some 20,000 Americans attended a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden, New York. Here Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German-American Bund (the US wing of the Nazi party), attacks the media & minorities...

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  4. Aug 9

    Wtf

    40% of the survey respondents, according to the paper, do not believe that people still exist.
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    Aug 7

    Wow. These assholes are seriously BRAGGING about using slave labor to fight fires. Too bad none of these inmates will be able to apply for jobs as firefighters when they get out because of laws preventing ex-cons to do so in “liberal” california.

    Today, more than 2,000 volunteer inmate firefighters, including 58 youth offenders, are battling wildfire flames throughout CA. Inmate firefighters serve a vital role, clearing thick brush down to bare soil to stop the fire's spread.
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  6. Aug 8

    Also saw this—“The Landing of Roger Williams” by Alonso Chappel, 1857—though it’s far from a favorite. Lots more to unpack in this one.

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  7. Aug 8

    Had a chance recently while I was at the to see one of my favorite paintings: “Native American Sachem” by an Unknown Artist, ca. 1700. Great to see it IRL. Here’s local context for the painting from Lorén Spears of :

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  8. Aug 7

    Imagine that.

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  9. Retweeted
    Jul 31

    What a great program tonight at the with & ! It was a full house—just goes to show just how much the general public *LOVES* history! Important lessons learned this evening in .

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    Jul 16

    My dude, the American government has injected black sharecroppers full of syphillis just to, y'know, just to see what would happen. Like, for the fuck of it.

    I'm ready to call this the darkest hour in the history of the American presidency. Let me know if you can think of any competition.
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    Jul 16

    “I have often said that if John F. Kennedy were writing ‘Profiles of Courage’ today, there would be a chapter on ,” said . “Her vote in opposing the blank check to war is one of the most courageous acts of modern time.”

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    Jul 9

    Open Letter to the White Woman Who Tried to Take My Photo Even Though I Asked Her Not To

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    Jul 13

    I just thought about this today and dug through my pictures to find it: a letter from a black soldier in the Civil War to the person who owns his daughter. “The longer you keep my child from me the longer you will have to burn in Hell and the quicker you will get there.”

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  14. Jul 9

    I mean, technically, the powwow has *always* been on Wampanoag land— but I get the point. Sorry to have to missed it this year!

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  15. Jul 8

    Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my door two weeks ago & I read them the Daodejing. Now they come back every Sunday & I read them an excerpt every time.

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    Jun 23

    I just find it tiresome. Anyone who continues to define himself by someone he never met, who has been dead for 200 years, and whom he, perchance, shares a 1/160th of DNA, needs to get a life. As does the editor who gave space to this uselessness.

    Anyone else find this confusing? I mean, are Brits still salty about losing the Revolutionary War? Didn’t they *make* money as a result of the conflict? Thomas E. Linzee may be just living in 1778— but has access to the Internet.
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  17. Retweeted
    Jun 22

    Since the "Native Americans were immigrants too" crew is back, thread w/links on why the land bridge theory is BS. Also, again, the US has only existed for 242 years. "Documented" indigenous history on these lands is 13,000+ yrs, our oral histories stretch since time immemorial.

    The BS theory (ha) is rooted in Christian theology, eugenics, and racism--not much real science. Remains have been discovered over and over that break the timeline. Googling "Bering Strait theory" gives lots of alternate perspectives (not being facetious):
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  18. Jun 23

    Anyone else find this confusing? I mean, are Brits still salty about losing the Revolutionary War? Didn’t they *make* money as a result of the conflict? Thomas E. Linzee may be just living in 1778— but has access to the Internet.

    Wow! published an LTE fm a real live Tory! Still a little cranky about the burning of the Gaspee, this “great grandson” of a captain of the Royal Navy writes “shame on” 4 supporting a “treasonous” act that helped 2 create the USA.
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  19. Jun 23

    Wow! published an LTE fm a real live Tory! Still a little cranky about the burning of the Gaspee, this “great grandson” of a captain of the Royal Navy writes “shame on” 4 supporting a “treasonous” act that helped 2 create the USA.

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