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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 7h

We have an AMA with @renatakeller.bsky.social over on @askhistorians.bsky.social today! Come check it out and learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis and her new book from @uncpress.bsky.social ! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 7h

Though just a note, if you plan to copy + paste from ChatGPT, make sure the visualization you create matches the font of the software you were supposed to use.

Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 7h

I am more than willing to adjust deadlines and overlook late work if its done with a good faith effort and academic integrity. Please, students, just reach out and talk to me and we can figure out how to get you through the class

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 7h

My philosophy is AI can be a tool, and there are ways to use it in class (with disclosure requirements), but it can't replace the intellectual component of the work. Student make mistakes or need to take shortcuts some weeks, so I don't auto fail them if they're honest

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 7h

My morning is busy with sending emails to cracking down on ChatGPT use in my Digital History courses. My count is 15/72 students across 2 sections that I'm mostly or absolutely certain used it against course policy.

I offer 1 chance for amnesty to redo work as late submissions. 4 confessions so far

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow is my book's official pub date! I'm celebrating by tackling a whole new social media platform and hosting an #AskMeAnything on Reddit! Join me and ask me anything about my book, the Cuban Missile Crisis, my hobbies, publishing...whatever! @uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social

Blurb for Renata Keller's book The Fate of the Americas

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

Student government leaders of MIT, UVA, U of AZ, Dartmouth, UPenn, Brown, and Vanderbilt united in their opposition to the "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 3d

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 3d

Another one of our fantastic authors sharing their research on AMA!

Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 4d

We have another @nursingclio.bsky.social AMA today with Katrina Kimport discussing abortion, politics, and reproductive autonomy! Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 4d

We have another @nursingclio.bsky.social AMA today with Katrina Kimport discussing abortion, politics, and reproductive autonomy! Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 4d

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 6d

Come check out our AMA on @askhistorians.bsky.social today with our guest @csschmitt.bsky.social for her new book The Predatory Sea

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 7d

We have an AMA today with @davidgreenberg.bsky.social on his book John Lewis: A Life. Come check it out!

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 9d

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct. 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights. ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10d

Militarized federal agents raided a Chicago apartment complex and pulled men, women, and children from their homes and into U-haul vans, separating the children from their parents.

Some people were pulled from their bed naked and terrified in the dead of night.

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 13d

We have an AMA with @amyefarrell.bsky.social today on @askhistorians.bsky.social about the history of the Girl Scouts! Come check it out!
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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 14d

What a time to be teaching several classes on the Salem Witch Trials

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 14d

Hegseth's words seem especially chilling in light of his whitewashing of the Wounded Knee Massacre as a heroic "battle" only a few days ago. The message would seem to be that the Trump Administration is willing to forgive any atrocity US troops may commit as an "earnest mistake."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 15d

We have 9 AMAs (+2 pending) lined up for @askhistorians.bsky.social in October! We're covering the girl scouts, Julian Augustus, John Lewis, Caribbean enslavement, abortion after Roe, the Cuban Missile Crisis, South American Cold War dictators, the solar system, and manga! Be sure to check them out!

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations Brett Kavanaugh

Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 15d

Today I spoke with Greg Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol chief, as he led dozens of feds in military gear through downtown Chicago.

He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”

“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.

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Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 15d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15d

This is now the second attempted terrorist attack on the LGBTQ community in a week as "revenge" for Charlie Kirk. This follows an attempted mass shooting of a gay bar in Arizona.

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Texas man accused of plotting Pride parade shooting as revenge for Charlie Kirk

Exclusive: ‘Come on bro let’s go hunting fairies,’ Joshua Cole wrote to a friend two days before the Abilene Pride Parade, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16d

Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to endorse the Democratic Nominee for NYC mayor but has plenty of praise for Eric Adams who, left the party, openly supports Trump, & cut a deal with Trump to disappear the DOJ’s bribery & corruption charges against him. Can’t imagine why the Dem Party has 26% approval🤔

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 18d

We have @andrewhartman.bsky.social for an AMA on @askhistorians.bsky.social today! I'm sure Reddit will stay calm, cool, and collected for a very non-controversial topic like Karl Marx in America

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