I quote James Baldwin in this piece:
“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.”
I believe this is profoundly true. It should be the paradigm that guides our political imagination and choices.
Thomas Zimmer
npub1tl…9s6qk
2026-02-16 15:05:01 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…dusc
Author Public Key
npub1tlfxq60vhl8gfy0g2jsdngf4aehtpjs59mu2fnygcz0vtfdctfjs49s6qkSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-02-16 15:05:01 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "278305f6fa53436b5bd901877bfaf1972695bd55d90a70898220192fc24e518d",
"pubkey": "5fd26069ecbfce8491e854a0d9a135ee6eb0ca142ef8a4cc88c09ec5a5b85a65",
"created_at": 1771254301,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"7bee8dc11bd9be30ffe66ce4275b304f988e2330a86d635c81aa167d12092e0b",
"",
"root",
"5fd26069ecbfce8491e854a0d9a135ee6eb0ca142ef8a4cc88c09ec5a5b85a65"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/116080921897766757",
"web"
],
[
"p",
"5fd26069ecbfce8491e854a0d9a135ee6eb0ca142ef8a4cc88c09ec5a5b85a65"
],
[
"e",
"f6c44a682a6066337cb06fa4e8ec0b76f645536e5c98206fa13879006874a3ce",
"",
"reply",
"5fd26069ecbfce8491e854a0d9a135ee6eb0ca142ef8a4cc88c09ec5a5b85a65"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/tzimmer_history/statuses/116080921897766757",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mastodon.social/users/tzimmer_history/statuses/116080921897766757",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "I quote James Baldwin in this piece:\n\n“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.”\n\nI believe this is profoundly true. It should be the paradigm that guides our political imagination and choices.",
"sig": "b0fbc252458f564833cd23ce94eb95ae7e7b87dd16947432af92841d72827a34879e60de986cea0a7647d21b23b1f60e091241b9f6ff6bd92bcb601f98a1e6a9"
}