The Cynical Historian on YouTube; PhD specializing in American violence during the frontier Southwest; fervent W.Wilson basher https://www.youtube.com/@CynicalHistorianhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mu63eiwfsc2qMaybe because it's the Huron word for "great lake," so it's not "your own history." Leave it to Matt Walsh to turn this into another way to erase indigenous people from history. After his abhorrent "real history of American Indians," his racism holds no bounds28 Aug 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu63eiwfsc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mu5qhv5pco2bI've had several comments already - so let me explicit: Chief of War is NOT comparable to Woman King whatsoever. They make completely different mistakes and one is significantly worse than the other altogether. Please acquire better correlations28 Aug 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5qhv5pco2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mu4caf4qwc2hThere's some funny choices that demonstrate his tyrannical impulses. The use of AI pics reveals lacking creativity. And it excludes WHHarrison, Garfield, Truman, Ike, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, & both Bushes - proving his historical illiteracy [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4caf4qwc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mu3j3c6rie2bDude couldn't come up with a better name to troll with? Lake INFERIOR was so obvious, but this dimwitted doddering dictator doesn't discern dictionary definitions. At least have fun while trampling every principle and alliance America once cherished27 Aug 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3j3c6rie2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mtxbsfnj3e25Star and Stripes was a genuinely great newspaper, but Hegseth ruined it. MAGA has ruined WaPo, CBS, PBS, NPR, Pentagon press access, and so much more. Coinciding with their destruction of education, America is well into a fascist takeover of public perception26 Aug 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxbsfnj3e25https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mtrvleivme2uThis is from Udo J. Keppler in 1912, but it feels all the more relavent today23 Aug 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrvleivme2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mtpf4gzobz2bWho is stupid enough to fall for this scam? YouTubers have the ability to mass report spam. Be sure to do so if you find this filth in your comments section22 Aug 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpf4gzobz2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mtmguk75622zWith @knowingbetter.nebula.tv's help, I reviewed "Chief of War" and got to tell the exhilarating story of Hawaii's unification. Check it out: youtu.be/e9f6DR5V5W0 https://youtu.be/e9f6DR5V5W021 Aug 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmguk75622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mtm56z5p5q2pI'm editing an episode about the beginning of the Wobblies (IWW) and Goldfield, NV. Somehow I extemporized a bit about wacky deaths during minework throughout the cemetary into insight about the urgency of unionization. Kinda impressed with myself, not gonna lie21 Aug 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm56z5p5q2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mtk7sfh4c224I still can identify obscure armored vehicles with only a couple seconds to see it20 Aug 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk7sfh4c224https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mthhlob3sh2gLMAO19 Aug 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthhlob3sh2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mth4bijpsc24If I see the verb "slams" in a headline, I automatically disregard it19 Aug 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth4bijpsc24https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mtahd7jz3k2bThis might be the fanciest introduction I've ever filmed. Had a friend press up on time, and then I ran over and took the controls. With the music it looks fantastic17 Aug 2026 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtahd7jz3k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mtaccw5b2z27How do I get in on this racket of copyright claiming public domain videos? Lots of money to be made by swindling creators who aren't willing to fight it. Not like TeamYouTube will ever punish anyone abusing their system to commit this crime16 Aug 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaccw5b2z27https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mt7w6vdvnr2gDespite the rightful rage at MAGA's opposition to education and history, don't forget some are genuinely unable to accept reality. They've fallen into a cult. Many honestly do NOT intend cruelty or to harm America, they simply like the feigned patriotism. Remember Hanlon's razor16 Aug 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7w6vdvnr2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mt656xjvsk2oWe should constantly remind the censorious reactionaries and fascists who attack our education system that they they are, in fact, the ones who are unamerican. Anyone who still supports MAGA curricula, book bans, or school accreditation is not merely ultranationalists, but ...16 Aug 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt656xjvsk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mt5rtz5fky2yIf you can somehow lose patriotism by teaching about atrocities in your history, then you are not a patriot - you are a sniveling chauvinist. Patriots can learn of their country's past; nationalists must mythologize it because they're too cowardly and ethnocentric to accept history15 Aug 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5rtz5fky2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mt3mq2ya6k27The original Fox News (1919-1963) had superior reporting to the 1996-present version in every meaningful way15 Aug 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3mq2ya6k27https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mswah7wkgz27Amazing how checking the footnotes of a book can instantly sour my opinion of that work. Citing sources should be a historian's no.1 priority. Notice that I use full CMS in my episodes, if I'm not just showing the source on screen? Rigor is even more important in a juried press12 Aug 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswah7wkgz27https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3msvrv2ifak24This 1763 map is fun to look at the details, but my favorite part is that it labels New Mexico as holding most of what is now west Texas, while only a sliver of "Ticas" is in today's borders. Really shows how ahistorical Houston's claim was in 183612 Aug 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvrv2ifak24https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3msu3bmayve2wTIL that as Salyut 3 deorbited in 1975, the now unmanned space station full of secret military gear fired its 23mm gun. The Soviets fired a cannon in space and they somehow kept that secret! Bonkers12 Aug 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msu3bmayve2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mstpyckk762tI used to say that the audience should care about American history, no matter where they're from, because it affected everyone. It still does, but the cultural hegemony powering that has quickly eroded into oblivion. I can sense our global decline on my insignificant channel11 Aug 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstpyckk762thttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mstdsitxqd2mWanna know why Republicans are so keen on lying about the COVID pandemic and attacking Fauci? It's part of a larger campaign to deny history and placate their gullible base for more authoritarian control. Here's a good book on the topic: amzn.to/4xDqnPF11 Aug 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstdsitxqd2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3msjbyluhnx24Who was the president that got elected a decade ago? It appears that the current POTUS forgot. MAGA hates history so much that they refuse to acknowledge they were in charge before this term07 Aug 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjbyluhnx24https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mshiyoe6yt2m> have important writing to do > start it > look up something related on wikipedia ...20 minutes later... > WTF does some random island in the Mediterranean have to do with the 1911-1919 US-Mexico Border War!? How'd I get to this article!?07 Aug 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshiyoe6yt2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3msh5nq3kbq23"The Government of the United States has a clear consciousness that its policy neither is nor could be reactionary." Charles Francis Adams on behalf of Abraham Lincoln replying to the First International's praise, 1865. Those darn Marxists! … Look how far the GOP has fallen today06 Aug 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh5nq3kbq23https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3msgrjouv3z2tJust in time for schools to begin, here is my latest US history lecture, this time on the early republic from 1783-1812: youtu.be/rMhb6fyKZd4 That's essentially the American Revolution's fulfillment and aftermath - so part of #America250 https://youtu.be/rMhb6fyKZd406 Aug 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgrjouv3z2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3msgesz6enx2tWhen you cannot comprehend that you have no right to control publication on a platform you don't own in a video based entirely on that concept. I'm convinced that 99% of internet users have no clue what free speech is, merely pathetically whining about their unappreciated bigotry06 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgesz6enx2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3mselj35prx25Vlogging Through History has also made a video about how the Daily Wire is abusing the copyright system to silence their critics: https://youtu.be/R7OlsqBozsE?is=77LSpTH-MBxQN0B8 Proves the cowardice of Matt Walsh and his ilk necessary to perpetuate MAGA's denialism05 Aug 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mselj35prx25https://bsky.app/profile/cynicalhistorian.bsky.social/post/3msbfdemcu42mOh no! A historian is talking about history!? Complaining about how annoying scholars are for explaining this totally negates MAGA's fascist turn. Don't wanna be called a fascist? Don't be a fascist! Run and hide from all that big scary history, coward04 Aug 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:yptwvwiddmunycf2cnit7xeo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbfdemcu42m