Stephen T Hodson

@theretardedai @CNN I need some Monjauro

@CNN BA in gender and women's studies. There's your problem

A post regarding the two individuals arrested for throwing homemade bombs outside of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home failed to reflect the gravity of the incident thereby breaching the editorial standards we require for all our reporting. It has therefore been deleted.

@DrKeithCC @archeohistories Bot Alert Bot Alert

Unfortunately, Americans have been dumbed down by fifty years of Marxism driven up our butts through the NEA in the public schools. You can’t hate yourself enough to destroy yourself ( I’m sorry, “deconstruct and then reconstruct”) (critical theory) if you don’t think you are worse than everyone else. The result is no one under 60 was taught about the “shores of Tripoli”, or about non-whites taking over other people’s lands, or non- white Christians ever doing anything immoral. Even then, anyone over 60 who went to school in California, the East Coast, and Chicago didn’t learn about those things either because their school systems had already began becoming arrogantly self serving by the 60s (they called it “progressive”). Like all “progressive movements”, it has deconstructed education real well, but didn’t seem to accomplish the reconstruction - so, hence, have made our population ignorant with propaganda.

A new study suggests that a million or more European Christians were enslaved by Muslims in North Africa between 1530-1780 – a far greater number than had ever been estimated before. In a new book, Robert Davis, professor of history at Ohio State University, developed a unique methodology to calculate the number of white Christians who were enslaved along Africa’s Barbary Coast, arriving at much higher slave population estimates than any previous studies had found. Most other accounts of slavery along Barbary coast didn’t try to estimate the number of slaves, or only looked at the number of slaves in particular cities, Davis said. Most previously estimated slave counts have thus tended to be in the thousands, or at most in the tens of thousands. Davis, by contrast, has calculated that between 1 million and 1.25 million European Christians were captured and forced to work in North Africa from 16th-18th Centuries. “Much of what has been written gives the impression that there were not many slaves and minimizes the impact that slavery had on Europe,” Davis said. “Most accounts only look at slavery in one place, or only for a short period of time. But when you take a broader, longer view, the massive scope of this slavery and its powerful impact become clear.” Davis said it is useful to compare this Mediterranean slavery to the Atlantic slave trade that brought black Africans to the Americas. Over the course of four centuries, the Atlantic slave trade was much larger – about 10 to 12 million black Africans were brought to the Americas. But from 1500 to 1650, when trans-Atlantic slaving was still in its infancy, more white Christian slaves were probably taken to Barbary than black African slaves to the Americas, according to Davis. “One of the things that both the public and many scholars have tended to take as given is that slavery was always racial in nature – that only blacks have been slaves. But that is not true,” Davis said. “We cannot think of slavery as something that only white people did to black people.” During the time period Davis studied, it was religion and ethnicity, as much as race, that determined who became slaves. “Enslavement was a very real possibility for anyone who traveled in the Mediterranean, or who lived along the shores in places like Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, and even as far north as England and Iceland,” he said. Pirates (called corsairs) from cities along the Barbary Coast in north Africa – cities such as Tunis and Algiers – would raid ships in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, as well as seaside villages to capture men, women and children. The impact of these attacks were devastating – France, England, and Spain each lost thousands of ships, and long stretches of the Spanish and Italian coasts were almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants. At its peak, the destruction and depopulation of some areas probably exceeded what European slavers would later inflict on the African interior. Although hundreds of thousands of Christian slaves were taken from Mediterranean countries, Davis noted, the effects of Muslim slave raids was felt much further away: it appears, for example, that through most of 17th Century the English lost at least 400 sailors a year to the slavers. Even Americans were not immune. For example, one American slave reported that 130 other American seamen had been enslaved by the Algerians in the Mediterranean and Atlantic just between 1785-1793. *** Davis’s new estimates appear in the book Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 (Palgrave Macmillan). 📷 : Scene at a slave market by Swiss artist Otto Pilny (1866-1936) painted in 1919. #archaeohistories

@4thOfJuly365 No

Hint: He died 13 years ago today 😢

@espn I'm still trying to figure out where the penalty was. I was at the game watching it firsthand. I literally said "the fix is in" during that stretch of 5 on 3 in the 2nd Period. The entire place was dead until the refs stepped in and put what felt like their thumbs on the scales.

David Pastrnak thought he won the game for Boston ... but ended up in the penalty box for slashing.

@realDonaldTrump Will Alex Pretti be in attendance at the screening?

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@SethNapoli @histories_arch Check out the insecure honky.

@histories_arch It's almost like they were just a band if wandering marauders who took what they needed and moved on. Never building anything or developing anything. The kind of society that doesn't evolve, just staying stuck in their ways until a more advanced society conquers them

Apache warriors of the American Southwest were renowned for their extraordinary physical endurance, capable of covering up to 80 miles on foot in a single day—an astonishing feat equivalent to running more than three full marathons back-to-back. This remarkable ability was not merely a display of physical prowess but a critical survival skill honed through their nomadic lifestyle and constant warfare in the rugged terrains of present-day Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico. Historical accounts, such as those from 19th Century U.S. military reports and Apache oral traditions, document warriors like those of the Chiricahua and Mescalero bands traversing vast distances to evade enemies, conduct raids, or deliver urgent messages. Their training began in childhood, with boys running long distances carrying water in their mouths to build stamina and breath control, as described in anthropologist Morris Opler’s studies of Apache culture. This endurance was underpinned by a combination of physical conditioning, environmental adaptation and strategic knowledge of the landscape. Apache warriors traveled light, carrying minimal supplies like dried meat or mescal, and relied on their intimate understanding of water sources and terrain to sustain such grueling treks. Military accounts, such as those from General George Crook’s campaigns in the 1870s, noted the Apaches’ ability to outpace cavalry units, often disappearing into the desert or mountains after covering immense distances. Their diet, rich in high-energy foods like mesquite beans and agave, provided sustained energy, while their minimalist footwear—rawhide sandals or moccasins—allowed for swift, agile movement across rocky landscapes. This unparalleled endurance not only made the Apache formidable in guerrilla warfare but also cemented their legacy as one of history’s most resilient indigenous peoples. © Dakota Spirit #archaeohistories

@Introvert314 @histories_arch What happened to their feet? OMG! This is totally AI.

In 1992, the animated characters Beavis and Butt-Head became iconic figures in pop culture, and their creation was inspired by two teenage boys from creator Mike Judge’s own life. Judge, who was a young animator at the time, came up with the idea for the characters while working on short films. He wanted to create two rebellious, dim-witted teens who acted as social commentators, often embodying the typical teenage disillusionment and apathy of the era. Beavis and Butt-Head were often portrayed as having a narrow view of the world, with their interactions and humor largely centered around their love of rock music, television, and a general lack of common sense. Their relationship, where Butt-Head acts as the more dominant and often mean-spirited character while Beavis is eager but clueless, became a defining characteristic of the show. Their antics and unique personalities resonated with many young viewers, making the show one of the most popular and controversial animated series of the early 1990s. The duo's chaotic, unfiltered humor set the stage for the success of MTV’s animation lineup, paving the way for future series that explored similar themes of teenage rebellion and counterculture. © Reddit #archaeohistories

@theamelia__ Yes.

@GodlyNations Consumer sentiment is a giant positive for Caroline.

Rate Karoline Leavitt. A. 100% B. 75% C. 50% D. 25%

@AdamNaide Time to bring back throwing tomatoes.

Trump booed at halftime of the #WashingtonCommanders game

@MrChuckD After all these years, you're still the best, Chuck! Thank you for keeping it real.

We are the owners to what we THINK a slave to what we SAY. Think hard before talk. Real Talk

30-for-30: Trevor Story ties the MLB record for most stolen bases in a season without being caught 🤯

“I’ll see you in Valhalla” may be the single cringiest thing I’ve ever seen.

Pink Floyd ~ Dark Side of the Moon tour

Gonna watch this 34 times. 😂😂

@JimmyPatronis As a #Florida #Voter, this is a disgusting idea that should be scrapped. PERIOD.

STATEMENT ON DEFENDING FREEDOM FIGHTERS FUND!!

@jimmybuffett He liked lettuce, onion and tomatoes. R.I.P. Jimmy.

@ABC He liked lettuce, onions and tomatoes. So long Jimmy, and thanks for all the fish.

BREAKING: Legendary singer Jimmy Buffett, known for his hit "Margaritaville," has died. He was 76. trib.al/wUW1jx6

@r0bbier0berts0n Strange timing...the trip of a lifetime. Tonight, We Tear Dixie Down.

Reminiscing about those rock 'n' roll days in 'Testimony'. For all you book lovers, take a journey with me on this #NationalBookLoversDay. 📖

@RogerJStoneJr @realDonaldTrump His gold toilet and his feces floating around in their like his contribution to this world? I once shook your hand Roger - but I was actually just sizing up the closest cuck in the room. You have small hands just like you know who.

What should @realDonaldTrump's first Tweet be if he returns to Twitter?