Ron Coleman
@arecoleman.bsky.social
WV native, Holocaust Museum librarian. Nothing I post here has anything to do with anything.
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young Erik Erickson on December 7th
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
young Erik Erickson on December 7th
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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He did it again for the 5 year anniversary
October 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
He did it again for the 5 year anniversary
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😭
IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
😭
IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
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Merry Wives @shakespeareindc.bsky.social was so much fun. If you need a break from scrolling and the doom of DC, go see this show. 10/10, just a room of joy.
September 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Merry Wives @shakespeareindc.bsky.social was so much fun. If you need a break from scrolling and the doom of DC, go see this show. 10/10, just a room of joy.
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I refuse to give the NYT my eyeballs, so I can't speak to the specifics of this article. But any historians attempting to use AI for either writing or research should be run out of the field. AI is inherently unable to do anything we need it to do to understand and communicate history.
Lots of commentary on this piece already, all of which I agree with.
For historians, research is a fundamental part of writing.
To farm it out to AI changes the nature of this intellectual process in fundamental ways.
And as Stacy Schiff points out, it also takes all the fun out of it.
For historians, research is a fundamental part of writing.
To farm it out to AI changes the nature of this intellectual process in fundamental ways.
And as Stacy Schiff points out, it also takes all the fun out of it.
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I refuse to give the NYT my eyeballs, so I can't speak to the specifics of this article. But any historians attempting to use AI for either writing or research should be run out of the field. AI is inherently unable to do anything we need it to do to understand and communicate history.
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"You look at the past as a historian, and you look at it for so [long] that the thought occurs to you, 'These poor dead fuckers thought they were living in the present.'"
—Michael Lesy, interviewed by Jim Knipfel
www.thebeliever.net/logger/an-in...
—Michael Lesy, interviewed by Jim Knipfel
www.thebeliever.net/logger/an-in...
www.thebeliever.net
May 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"You look at the past as a historian, and you look at it for so [long] that the thought occurs to you, 'These poor dead fuckers thought they were living in the present.'"
—Michael Lesy, interviewed by Jim Knipfel
www.thebeliever.net/logger/an-in...
—Michael Lesy, interviewed by Jim Knipfel
www.thebeliever.net/logger/an-in...
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I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!
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So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
February 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
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This poem still hits. Especially today. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
January 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This poem still hits. Especially today. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
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"There is a crucial lesson for our times in Perkins’s career: even within an uncaring government bureaucracy, one person could make a difference, not only in what she was able to accomplish but also in what she was able to thwart."
@adinayoffie.bsky.social on @theotherrbg.bsky.social's new book!
@adinayoffie.bsky.social on @theotherrbg.bsky.social's new book!
Madam Secretary
Even within an uncaring government bureaucracy, one person could make a difference.
contingentmagazine.org
January 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"There is a crucial lesson for our times in Perkins’s career: even within an uncaring government bureaucracy, one person could make a difference, not only in what she was able to accomplish but also in what she was able to thwart."
@adinayoffie.bsky.social on @theotherrbg.bsky.social's new book!
@adinayoffie.bsky.social on @theotherrbg.bsky.social's new book!
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Going through some old photos from the archives today. I am grateful to Past Me who developed a system of hand signals to mark photos during research trips.
thumbs up means "this is important"
pointing finger means "notable/quotable detail"
palm up means "WTF"
thumbs up means "this is important"
pointing finger means "notable/quotable detail"
palm up means "WTF"
January 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Going through some old photos from the archives today. I am grateful to Past Me who developed a system of hand signals to mark photos during research trips.
thumbs up means "this is important"
pointing finger means "notable/quotable detail"
palm up means "WTF"
thumbs up means "this is important"
pointing finger means "notable/quotable detail"
palm up means "WTF"
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Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
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to share with your friends and colleagues if necessary
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 29, 2024 at 3:10 PM
to share with your friends and colleagues if necessary
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Porting the classics over here
I thought I wouldn’t laugh at this on the 4058th listen
But damn if I did
I thought I wouldn’t laugh at this on the 4058th listen
But damn if I did
December 4, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Porting the classics over here
I thought I wouldn’t laugh at this on the 4058th listen
But damn if I did
I thought I wouldn’t laugh at this on the 4058th listen
But damn if I did
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Massive away win for the little fella.
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Degenerate Art
Andrea Pitzer on politics and history, the Arctic, and Appalachian exile.
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November 1, 2024 at 10:47 AM
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I have so many emails I need to reply to and honestly, I'd rather die.
October 31, 2024 at 11:17 AM
I have so many emails I need to reply to and honestly, I'd rather die.
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hmm a to-do list does sound better than an enemies list, she said, controversially
October 29, 2024 at 11:49 PM
hmm a to-do list does sound better than an enemies list, she said, controversially
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now is the time for Olivia Nuzzi to begin a relationship with Aaron Rodgers
October 8, 2024 at 3:40 PM
now is the time for Olivia Nuzzi to begin a relationship with Aaron Rodgers