Ken Burns:

[applegrove]

Burns: The Old Testament says there’s nothing new under the sun. On July 4th, 1776, there was. Everybody up to that point had been under authoritarian rule. It was in the interests of their rulers that they be uneducated, that they be superstitious, that they be distracted by conspiracies…

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-11-14T21:45:21.132Z

[Scrivener7]

1. Very excited for the first episode tomorrow. Watching a Ken Burns doc is like opening a Christmas present.

[a kennedy]

2. Yup, sooooooo looking forward to this.

[Scrivener7]

3. So glad you said that. I keep asking people, "Aren't you excited?" and they look at me like I'm weird.

[Raine]

4. I know I'm really looking forward to it! 🙂 nt

[applegrove]

6. What channel is the documentary on tomorrow

and what time? Please and thank you.

[ITAL]

7. PBS

I think it'll depend on your local station , but it's on here at 8pm.

[applegrove]

8. Great. Thanks.

[SidneyR]

5. Mostly rah rah American propaganda.

Americans just wanted to keep their slaves. See Somerset v. Stewart (1772).

[Scrivener7]

9. Mkay. Sure.