Benjamin L. Carp 🎏
@bencarp
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Historian, Brooklyn College, Graduate Center, CUNY. Leading AHA wit. "The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the #AmRev" 🔥
New York, NY
Joined January 2009
I followed the internet's instructions and went outside but it was too crowded with people staring forlornly into the middle distance
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"They're eating the cats, they're eating the dogs" proved a more effective message than "Let me help you buy your first house."
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I took Twitter off my phone today, something I'd been telling myself I'd do for months. We'll see if it sticks. We'll see if I jump entirely.
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The full list of the 70 majors under examination for low enrollment at UConn: languages, a ton of ed, art, art history, environmental sci (who needs that? 🫠), social work, gender & sexuality studies, Africana, Lat Am, philosophy. So epic & obscene. https://t.co/wc8tsSyNAa
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That poor girl!
Trump is expected to visit a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Sunday and “work the fry cooker,” source says — CNN
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SIL offered me one of two coffee mugs: “Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Lady and the Tramp?” And I was like, “Those are pretty much opposites on the feminist spectrum”
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The Mets have just had what is objectively the best, most fun, and downright historic ten day stretch in franchise history, and perhaps even MLB history. Lindor's home run last night, as incredible as it was, was not the biggest moment. I'm taking a crack at ranking them here 🧵
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A meeting of the Bens, under the auspices of Liz Covart! If you want to listen to the OG history podcaster talk with me about my book, check out BFW and celebrate its 10th anniversary:
benfranklinsworld.com
When we think about the American Revolution, textbooks, documentaries, and historic sites have trained most of us to think about American triumphs in battles or events when American revolutionarie
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