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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 5h

okay that was a lot and there's more but I'll hold off for a bit.

John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 5h

Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine
Jessica B. Harris
newbooksnetwork.com/braided-heri... #Foodways #foodhistory - an interview where the interviewer and interviewee had a great discussion together - a lot of discusison about Harris's career in journalism

Jessica B. Harris, "Braided Heritage: Recipes and Stories on the Origin of American Cuisine" (Clarkson Potter, 2025) - New Books Network

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 5h

The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization
Owen Rees
newbooksnetwork.com/the-far-edge... #borderlandshistory #socialhistory I especially enjoyed the part about the nubian-egyptian border, cooking, and intermarriage

Owen Rees, "The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization" (Norton, 2025) - New Books Network

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 5h

Threads of Empire: A History of the World in Twelve Carpets
Dorothy Armstrong
newbooksnetwork.com/threads-of-e... #ottomanhistory #textilehistory #arthistory #islamicart

Dorothy Armstrong, "Threads of Empire: A History of the World in Twelve Carpets" (St. Martin's Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 5h

Love in the Lav:A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972
newbooksnetwork.com/love-in-the-... by @aearls.bsky.social LOTS of interesting stuff about policing choices, rural vs urban experiences. #lgbtqhistories #skystorians #irishhistory

Averill Earls, "Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972" (Temple UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 5h

Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free
newbooksnetwork.com/claire-mccar... - by @eedickinson.bsky.social - this was GREAT to listen to! Pockets! Ballet shoes! Hoodies! All sorts of things practical #fashionhistory #skystorians #booksky

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, "Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free" (Simon & Schuster, 2025) - New Books Network

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Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson @eedickinson.bsky.social · Sep 12

How Do You Turn an Article Into a Book? I talked to @narrativelyacademy.bsky.social about how my biography on Claire McCardell began as a feature story in the Washington Post Magazine. This is for my fellow writing craft nerds! www.narrativelyacademy.com/p/how-do-you...

How Do You Turn an Article Into a Book?

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson wrote a Washington Post piece about the riveting history of the most influential fashion designer you’ve never heard of—then realized she had something more on her hands.

www.narrativelyacademy.com

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 5h

okay so I have a ton of podcast episodes to catch up on posting

John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 2d

It was a great fascinating read!

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 4d

www.hcn.org/issues/57-9/... this and lots more from @legalnomads.com

The messy reality of feeding Alaska - High Country News

After Trump threatened Canada, a writer discovers the uncertainty of the state's food supply chain.

www.hcn.org

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 6d

How can we make immigration durably popular? Alex Kustov has an answer & a bunch of novel evidence in his new book

The key is not for liberal politicians to stoop to xenophobia, they must instead to make immigration policy *demonstrably* beneficial to the nation
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Joey Politano's review of In Our Interest

4/5: Immigration has extremely massive economic benefits. It is also one of the most divisive issues in modern democracies. Overcoming the politics of xenophobia is thus one of the most important and ...

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 6d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

Employees of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services oversee lawful immigration applications. They've never been authorized to make arrests, carry firearms, or execute search warrants — until now.

This intimidation tactic is unnecessary and cruel.

How is Trump Weaponizing USCIS for the First Time?

USCIS once managed legal immigration. Now, Trump is weaponizing the agency—turning America’s immigration system into a deportation machine.

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 14d

"We find paths of wages following the Black Death in the mid-1300s to be highly differentiated by skill, revising our understanding of the impact of this demographic shock on income inequality and the skill premium." New work in #EconomicHistory #MachineLearning. eprints.lse.ac.uk/128852/1/WP-...

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 7d

probably should add #economichistory and #skystorians to this thread. Also got the book title slightly wrong: Basinger, Jeanine. 2007. The Star Machine. Knopf.

John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 7d

Followed by a couple on a crazy payday shopping spree with, of course, a fur coat on layaway. Here it is in all its glory www.youtube.com/watch?v=voAv...

Inflation

YouTube video by David Bonello

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 7d

First off, an over-to-top Prince of Darkness himself, chatting on the phone with Hitler while his smartly dressed assistant chimes in with advice in a very modern 40s style office in Hell, deciding to visit America with INFLATION.

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 7d

Getting ready to cover #WWII in my US history survey. I've been reading The Star Machine about Hollywood publicity under the Studio System and there was a mention of a short propaganda film about #inflation starring Esther Williams and it has some major #camp elements.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 7d

doomscroll break

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 7d

"I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "...One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'" abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s video of the incident

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 9d

The First King of England
Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
David Woodman
newbooksnetwork.com/the-first-ki... @davidwoodman45.bsky.social #skystorians

David Woodman, "The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom" (Princeton UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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John O'Keefe @johnokeefe.bsky.social · 9d

Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult
Raphael Cormack
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Raphael Cormack, "Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult" (Norton, 2025) - New Books Network

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