Threads (Pre-order my new book, The Press Gallery!), politics, fun, Headline of the Year, Dr. Cronk, @DowntownCoreCA.
Researcher, instructor, @UCalgary.
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Jan 1 • 24 tweets • 6 min read
A List of Predictions Made in 1924 About 2024
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Beds will automatically fling children out in the morning
Dec 20, 2023 • 22 tweets • 5 min read
The 2023 Headline of the Year Nominees
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2023 Headline of the Year nominee (January)
Nov 30, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
A Brief History of Kids Today Are Lazy
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2023
Oct 31, 2023 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
A Brief History of Women Today Dress Inappropriately
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2019
Oct 17, 2023 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
A Brief History of We Are Raising a Generation of Wimps
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2023
Oct 2, 2023 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
A Brief History of America is in Decline Like The Roman Empire
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2022
Sep 5, 2023 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
A Brief History of Kids Today Have Too Much Freedom
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2011
Aug 28, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
A List of Things People Blamed for World War I
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Potatoes
Jul 19, 2023 • 93 tweets • 19 min read
The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
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2002
Jun 14, 2023 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
A Brief History of Things Were Better 50 Years Ago
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2023
May 15, 2023 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
A Brief History of Men and Women Are Trading Places
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2011
May 8, 2023 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
A List of Things People Blamed on Short Skirts
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Moldy shops
May 1, 2023 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
A List of Things People Blamed on Flappers
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The decline of the whale catching industry
Apr 20, 2023 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
A List of Things People Blamed for Juvenile Delinquency
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Making boys read poetry
Apr 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
📖BOOK UPDATE: 80% funded!
I'm writing a book diving into the newspaper archives to look at repeated arguments (Nobody Wants to Work Anymore!), endless blame (jazz! bicycles!) & more!
Pledge for your copy today!
unbound.com/books/thepress…
It's being published by @unbounders in London (UK) -- they use a crowdfunding model to cover some initial costs, and early backers pledge to receive various rewards (and books!). At 100% (and when it's done!) the book will also be available in the usual places (shops, etc).
Apr 17, 2023 • 24 tweets • 5 min read
A Brief History of Parents Today Are Controlled By Their Kids
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2017
Apr 13, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
A List of Things People Blamed on Halley’s Comet
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The death of Edward VII
Apr 12, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
📖BOOK UPDATE: 65% funded!
I'm writing a book showcasing my best finds from the newspaper archives looking at repeated arguments (Nobody Wants to Work Anymore!), endless blame (jazz! bicycles!) & things I find amusing.
Pledge for your copy today!
unbound.com/books/thepress…
It's being published by @unbounders in London (England) -- they use a crowdfunding model to cover some initial costs, and early backers pledge to receive various rewards (and books!). At 100% (and when it's done!) the book will also be available in the usual places (shops, etc).
Apr 3, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
📷BOOK UPDATE: 50% funded!
I'm writing a book for @Unbounders presenting my best finds from the newspaper archives looking at repeated arguments (Nobody Wants to Work Anymore!), endless blame & things I find amusing.
Pledge for your copy today!
unbound.com/books/thepress…
Unbound is a crowdfunding publisher based in London (England) -- they take pledges in advance of publication to cover some initial costs, early backers get various rewards (and books!), and then the book will also be available in all the usual places (shops, etc.).
Mar 29, 2023 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
A Brief History of Kids Today Have It Easy
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2022
Mar 28, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
You know how Twitter often turns into a contest about who can make the best joke about the Main Character of the Day?
Newspapers used to be like that, too.
Here they are reacting to the news that 26 women in Kansas were teaming up to write a novel:
Relatively lazy topical jokes were not a genre invented by late night show writers.