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B. Erin Cole

@berincole.bsky.social

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historian, museum professional, and cartoonist. Currently working on a graphic history/memoir about nuclear Colorado. Comics: http://www.littlebraincomics.com Merch: http://littlebraincomics.etsy.com

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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hey new followers! I'm a historian of the modern American West, a freelance exhibit developer/museum consultant, and a cartoonist.

I'm currently working on a graphic history/memoir about nuclear Colorado and a graphic memoir about recovering from brain injury

here's some links to my work:

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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · 2d

I am now!

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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · 2d

it's fall. that means soups and stews. more importantly, that means BEANS: our most amazing food...

this sticker will help you show your love of legumes and spread their goodness further into the world.

www.etsy.com/listing/1336...

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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · 6d

how #WHA2025 is going so far….

B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Sep 9

Now that the new semester is underway, time to give yourself l a little treat with my research stickers! I Love History, I Love Footnotes, and Archives! are here to improve your laptop, water bottle, office door, and overall well-being. #skystorians

littlebraincomics.etsy.com/listing/1494...

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K. Alexander 亞天恩 @thianun.bsky.social · Sep 8

Alas, special collections at Leeds doesn’t allow social media posts of their holdings but my first day of three at the archives lived up to @berincole.bsky.social’s sticker- so much dust, so much fun!

Yes my inky hands are in both pics but it’s the only way I get my hands dirty in this job!

My dirty hand on the back of my laptop next to the sticker that says “Archives! So much dust, so much fun”. Other stickers say “Someday we’ll all be dead” and “I ❤️ history - That thing you thought was bad? Turns out it’s way worse than you thought!”

My dirty hand again on an incredibly dusty book cradle. As gentle as I was with these late 18th and early 19th century books, some are just crumbling no matter what.

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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Sep 9

yesssss

B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Sep 5

my soulmate

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yarukinashio is an unmotivated rice cake guy who appears in stickers on the Line app.

A minimalist white mascot made of mochi stands among a crowd in a park and waves to the camera.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · Aug 12

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hey everyone, my new book is released today! Check out ORGANIZING AMERICA: STORIES OF AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE. 20 quick stories of real Americans who changed the world. No hero worship here--these are stories of people who can help us out of this mess today!

thenewpress.org/books/organi...

Organizing America - The New Press

From the acclaimed author of A History of America in Ten Strikes, a sweeping account of the impact of organizers on United States history We are living through a time when real social change seems to...

thenewpress.org

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · Aug 5

What a haunting reflection on nuclear destruction and human imagination 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hiroshima and the End We Refuse to Imagine

Eighty years after the city’s destruction, we seem to be blundering into a new age of nuclear perils. It is time for culture to rediscover “the courage to be afraid.”

www.nytimes.com

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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Aug 2

STICKER MUSEUM

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 2

if u could open your own museum what would it be about what are u going to devote your life to curate

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 1

what is the most unique museum u have visited
for me possibly the ramen museum

B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Aug 1

someone turns 149 today….

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · Jul 31

This just means the general public doesn't understand what "history" is as a field.

History isn't memorized dates and names.

History is interpretation and thoughtful analysis. It requires humans asking questions and innovating ways to answer them and combing through ghost stories for reality.

Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · Jul 30

Yo, historians, what the actual ****?

I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.

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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Jul 31

I just restocked my Research Pack of three stickers: I Love History, I Love Footnotes, and Archives!

They are perfect for anyone who appreciates archive boxes, citing things properly, and history. Start your fall semester off right with some new stickers!

www.etsy.com/listing/1494...

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Jul 28

4. Every other discipline thinks they can do history but they often cannot

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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Jul 27

Today I am highlighting my #1 best-selling sticker of all time. Whether it’s at comic shows or online, few can resist the My Butthole is Magnificent sticker

(created in honor of my favorite furry little butthole haver)

littlebraincomics.etsy.com/listing/7571...

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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Jul 27

Have a lot of new followers who are unaware of my stickers…

the I Love History is the best sticker for anyone who has actually read history and understands the special flavor of cynicism that comes from focused study of the past…

Order one at: littlebraincomics.etsy.com/listing/1508...

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · Jul 16

80 years ago this morning—at 5:29 AM (Mountain War Time)—about 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, the nuclear age began with a big bang. Contrary to widespread assumptions, the area surrounding the remote Trinity test site was not uninhabited, and the fallout did not drift away harmlessly.

A black and white, high-speed photograph of the Trinity explosion at 0.025 seconds, showing what looks like a very large, slightly irregular bubble with a curtain of dust all around its bottom edge against a pitch dark sky. A scale indicating “100 meters” shows that the fireball was already approximately three times that size.

Another black and white photograph of the Trinity explosion a few milliseconds later, showing an almost ghostly mushroom cloud with glowing tendrils rising from the ground above the very bright fireball.

Another black and white photograph of the Trinity explosion with the same 100-meter scale, this time at 60 seconds post-detonation, showing a very large and billowy mushroom cloud rising into the sky.

Another black and white photograph of the Trinity explosion taken some minutes after the previous photograph and showing the ominous looking mushroom cloud at a distance, its top spreading out and merging with regular clouds.

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jean @jennyhozier.bsky.social · Jul 11

God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more

A flier taped to a streetlight pole that reads:

“I also have access to a printer,
And I say
Upzoning is cool and good and it is my friend

Let ‘em build some housing! What're you worried about, people with jobs and homes using the Red Line?

Atraid of density? then why did you move to the big city my good friend [emoji making a ‘this guy’s nuts!’ gesture]

‘But I wanna drive my car!’
The bus is better because you can read a book on the bus

Dear ‘Save Edgewater’: If I ever see you again claming that increasing supply increases prices I will spank your bottom and enroll you in an econ class at Loyola

Say YES to proposed Upzoning in Edgewater
Email: Leni@the48thward.org Call: (773) 784-5277

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LEE GATLIN @neilaglet.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 🚨 🚨 EXCELLENT NEW STAMP ALERT 🚨 🚨 🚨

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Taeho Kim/김태호 @teekayee.bsky.social · Jul 10

Some new bird ive seen this year: black oystercatcher

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Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social · Jul 9

Other Music opened 30 years ago in NYC - my new issue celebrates their impeccably cool curation with 3 playlists showcasing their staff picks 2000-2004 fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...

Fluxblog 548: Other Music retrospective 2000-2004

3 playlists covering staff picks from the iconic ultra-cool NYC record shop

fluxblog.substack.com

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lily hoang-zhu 🍎 @ LBX 821 @liliuhms.com · Jul 7

if you're in colorado i am teaching a drawing class at my favorite stationery shop about simplifying the world around you when drawing!!

art supplies are included!!

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · Jul 6

Thank you, random Denver vending machine, for the greatest fucking pin I've ever seen.

A pin featuring a photo of a clownfish and the text "where the fuck is my son?"

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · Jul 4

eternal 4th of July mood

King of the Hill's Bill Daughtry shirtless, arms raised and wailing in front of an American flag, subtitle reads

( inarticulate yelling)

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