Carl Spackler

@Footed776 @bevkingmelo @RangerApologist Who are you replying to?

@_mindlessramble @bevkingmelo @RangerApologist The original tweet says fanbases. What’s going through your head lol

Ranking MLB Fanbases by How Much They’ve Suffered

@OleTimeHardball Monsters of the midway?

All-Time NFL Team Nicknames (11-20)

@SovelissXilo @NHLBlackhawks Playoff bound!

@_mindlessramble @NHLBlackhawks Very likely, yes.

it's officially official, everyone say 'hi Roman!!' 📰 ➡︎ bhawks.co/trk/FB3mc

@TreatmentB @BruceWolfChi Greatest college backfield ever! Pony Express

But I thought SMU got the death penalty.

@EWErickson Will wait for it to reach streaming.

Sorry y'all, but it is Christopher Nolan. I'll go see the Odyssey and probably enjoy it because it is Christopher Nolan, and I'm going to go into this assuming the guy who brought us Interstellar and the Dark Knight knows what he is doing better than Twitter.

@bevkingmelo @RangerApologist You OK?

@_mindlessramble @RangerApologist uh yeah? what the fuck are u talm bout bruh

@bevkingmelo @RangerApologist They also had some great teams in the early 80s, with great talent. To walk away with nothing. Then there were the 2000s when they routinely did well to fall short, like last year.

@_mindlessramble @RangerApologist they lost this series

@bevkingmelo @RangerApologist

@RangerApologist brewers have never won a world series we suffer every year

A 14-year-old boy violently carjacked a 75-year-old woman in a downtown parking lot yesterday afternoon, police say. The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/boy-14…

@bigboardgaming I love the OSG games, I have almost every one printed for the past 10 years. February is second Christmas when my pre-order from the previous year arrives.

OperationalStudiesGroup's Napoleons Last Gamble remains a standout for historical conflict. Clean mechanics, deep theme. #operationalstudiesgroup #wargame

@swordsandchit @gmtgames I actively choose. For example, with Devil's Horsemen, I played Ayn Jalut and loved it. Ayn Jalut is the only scenario I played out of the box. I have an interest in others, but just found that one battle very interesting.

@_mindlessramble @gmtgames I feel like that's a pretty common approach! Do you go with the first few in the book, or actively choose based on interest which ones to play?

I love me some Men of Iron series by @gmtgames Question for you wargamers: do you play a few scenarios and move along, or do you prefer to play through as many scenarios in one game for weeks/months/years? cardboardclash.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/men… #menofiron #wargaming #sessionreport

@hwinkler4real Here for the ratio

What a wonderful bunch

@WWIIpix Only battle fought in North America. Alaska was a territory, not a state. Other territories of the US were invaded, occupied and recaptured.

This day in 1943, US forces of the 7th Infantry Division land on Attu, Alaska. The more than two-week battle ended when most of the Japanese defenders were killed (2,350), only 28 prisoners were taken. It was the only land battle of the war fought on American soil. #WW2

A judge found a man not guilty by reason of insanity after prosecutors said he forced his way into a South Side home, held a woman at knifepoint, stabbed a Chicago police officer, and was then shot by that officer during a rescue attempt. cwbchicago.com/2026/05/man-wh…

Rest in Peace Bobby Cox A Baseball Legend

@archeohistories Whatever.

The Rape of Africa by European powers still one of the biggest invasion and destruction of modern era... Between 1870s-1900, Africa faced European imperialist aggression, diplomatic pressures, military invasions, and eventual conquest and colonization. At the same time, African societies put up various forms of resistance against the attempt to colonize their countries and impose foreign domination. By the early twentieth century, however, much of Africa, except Ethiopia and Liberia, had been colonized by European powers. European imperialist especially Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain were competing for power within European power politics push into Africa was motivated by three main factors, economic, political, and social. It developed in the nineteenth century following the collapse of the profitability of the slave trade, its abolition and suppression, as well as the expansion of the European capitalist Industrial Revolution. The imperatives of capitalist industrialization—including the demand for assured sources of raw materials, the search for guaranteed markets and profitable investment outlets—spurred the European scramble and the partition and eventual conquest of Africa. Thus the primary motivation for European intrusion was economic. The scramble of Africa was so intense that there were fears that it could lead to inter-imperialist conflicts and even wars. With the passage of time these conflicts ended up with subsequent partition, invasion, and colonization of Africa by various European powers. While European imperial powers had interests in Africa for centuries, up until the 1880s they mostly traded along the coast. During the Scramble for Africa, European colonial governments seized control over vast swathes of Africa. The effects of imperialism in Africa are multifaceted. Mostly, the effects were negative. In systems like that of the Congo Free State, Europeans violently exploited Africans for their natural resources. In the system of Apartheid in South Africa, white settlers segregated indigenous Africans. The imposition of European rules and customs was disruptive for African societies, destroying indigenous structures and humiliating many. However, Europeans did invest some resources in African infrastructure, building railroads and schools, and introducing new medicines and new methods of farming. While there were some small benefits, the European colonization of Africa on a whole was much more negative than positive. Africans resisted European imperialism from the start. Ethiopia and Liberia, for example, were never fully colonized by Europeans (though Ethiopia was occupied by Italy during WWII). However, in most places, Europeans successfully defeated armed resistance and forced Africans to work within their system by charging taxes. Some Africans used the system to its benefit, with educated Africans forming a middle class between Europeans and African workers. Nevertheless, armed rebellion was common. After WWII, a continent-wide independence movement began to press European imperialism from the continent. This was ultimately successful because European powers were exhausted, and Africans could argue that European powers, which claimed to fight for democracy in WWII, nevertheless denied Africans freedom. In many cases decolonization entailed lengthy and violent struggles. © Dr. M.F. Khan (@Dr_TheHistories) #archaeohistories