Professor of History at big public university in Midwest. Writes about money, French Revolution, restaurants. Friend to vert paleo. ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow. once/future Mainer Atheisthttps://main.bsky.dev/profile/rlspang.bsky.socialhttps://main.bsky.dev/profile/rlspang.bsky.social/post/3mvutwwqzh223Much as mining companies long charged miners for the blasting caps or dynamite that they used (and which the company furnished). [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:srjglkkyyugosgyvj53znuts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvutwwqzh223https://main.bsky.dev/profile/rlspang.bsky.social/post/3mvtnbb3ras2jHow many times since 2017 have I said: It’s not really a good sign that reductive vulgar psychoanalysis is pretty much the only theory needed to explain Trumpism? I dunno. And it’s still true. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:srjglkkyyugosgyvj53znuts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtnbb3ras2jhttps://main.bsky.dev/profile/rlspang.bsky.social/post/3mvt5pwnlm22jWalnut tree beside our house has been THROWING its fruit around. So far, doesn’t seem to be aiming at anything in particular…. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:srjglkkyyugosgyvj53znuts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt5pwnlm22jhttps://main.bsky.dev/profile/rlspang.bsky.social/post/3mvs7aiol4c23Notable for many reasons, including the egg and fowl pie on the table and the very clear depiction of copper or billon coins changing hands [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:srjglkkyyugosgyvj53znuts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvs7aiol4c23https://main.bsky.dev/profile/rlspang.bsky.social/post/3mvs3kn5lb22pI didn’t find this book boring at all! I learned a ton from it (and from his other books). [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:srjglkkyyugosgyvj53znuts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvs3kn5lb22p