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Ryan Humphrey @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social · 1d

Something I love about archival films is that when someone had a couple feet of film left on a roll they'd often use it to film their cat. So many films finish with a few seconds of cats

So, here's some cats from the 1950s and 60s. They were loved

Scanned from 8mm films

#Film #History #Cats

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve begun accepting applications for our Horner Library fellowships! In partnership with the German Society of Pennsylvania, these fellowships provide opportunities for researchers to visit one of the largest collections of German-American materials in the U.S. www.ghi-dc.org/programs/fel...

GHI Fellowships at the Horner Library – GHI Washington

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Richards Center Penn State @richardscenter.bsky.social · 1d

Apply for Postdoctoral Scholar, African American History: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Postdoctoral Scholar, African American History

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Rackham Graduate School @umichgradschool.bsky.social · 1d

The Bouchet Graduate Honor Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate.

Learn more and apply by November 3: myumi.ch/pV2E5

#WeAreRackham #BouchetSociety #UMich #GradSchool

2025 inductee of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, a person in academic regalia with a black cap and blue gown with black and gold trim, standing in front of a wooden door.

Promotional image featuring a quote about the impact of The Bouchet Society on diversity and mutual support, attributed to Ph.D. candidate Janae Bouchet, with a small portrait of Janae Bouchet at the bottom. Background includes a faint silhouette of a world map.

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T. J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 3d

From the FDR memorial.

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dlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 3d

One of the most unique maps I've ever seen.

Printed during WW2, it superimposes the Nazi invasion of the USSR over a map of the US, to give a sense of the suffering and loss the Soviets were facing.

St. Louis stands in for Stalingrad, Detroit for Moscow.

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Emily Swafford @elswafford.bsky.social · 3d

Continuing the live music marathon I’m on this year (j/k, it’s not at all grueling): just listened to absolutely moving Beethoven piano concerto with an encore of a movement of a Bach organ sonata.

Just a periodic reminder that the arts are life-giving.

Closeup of a concert program held in a white-skinned hand. Philharmonia Orchestra in large print. In the background is a mostly empty concert shell at Hill Auditorium at the University of Michigan.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 4d

When you're making biscuits but you're still kind of mad about something

a fluffy grey tabby with his ears back, facing the viewer. he is making biscuits in a grey faux fur blankie

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 4d

History, baby!

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 4d

Get in, nerds. The records of Truman's Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion (1949-1952) have been digitized.
www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/fede...

Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions and Boards: Records of the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion (Record Group 220) | Harry S. Truman

The records of the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion include meeting minutes and correspondence about the renovation of the White House during the administration of President Harry S. ...

www.trumanlibrary.gov

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 5d

On November 20, we are pleased to co-sponsor with the German Society of Pennsylvania and the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies a virtual talk by Dr. Emily Sneff on "The German Audience for the Declaration of Independence." Register here: germansociety.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...

Poster for the talk "The German Audience for the Declaration of Independence" by Dr. Emily Sneff, taking place on November 20 at 7pm Eastern time, sponsored by the Horner Library and co-sponsored by the German Historical Institute Washington and the Max Kade Institute for German American Studies (Madison, Wisconsin).

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 5d

The AHA invites proposals for a limited number of late-breaking sessions to take place in person at #AHA26. Late-breaking sessions explore major, late-breaking controversies within the discipline or the relevance of history & historical thinking to public policy & culture related to current events.

Late-Breaking Sessions - AHA

The AHA annual meeting includes a set of late-breaking sessions, submitted shortly before the meeting, to allow historians to respond to current events or recent controversies within the discipline.

www.historians.org

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 5d

Beatrice Lillie and the timeless art of seduction

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 5d

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

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James Neal @james3neal.bsky.social · 5d

JOB: @macfound.org Director, AI Opportunity
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Director, AI Opportunity

Job Description About the Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is one of the nation's largest independent foundations. The Foundation supports creative people, effective instit...

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 5d

You will not be surprised to learn that the Society of Architectural Historians is not happy right now.
sah.org/2025/10/16/s...

Statement on the Proposed Ballroom Addition at the White House - Society of Architectural Historians

The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) expresses great concern over the proposed ballroom addition to the White House. On July 31, 2025, the White House issued a statement that a 90,000 sq. ft....

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 5d

As I keep saying: democrats must show that if returned to power, they will actually fix things.

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Emily Swafford @elswafford.bsky.social · 5d

Feels like it’s time for this post again.

Emily Swafford @elswafford.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sharing, for no reason, the photo of a child-sized handprint on a brick on the Lawn at UVa. Taken last year at my 20-year reunion. So proud and grateful to the students who looked for it, found it, and made sure others could know about it, too.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

i hope that a governor spanberger and a democratic general assembly uses its authority to discipline the university for its capitulation and to remove these BOV members who have decided that they work for donald trump and not the people of the commonwealth

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 6d

IMPORTANT UPDATE

It is actually CALLED an "udder dispenser"

www.condimentcow.com/product-page...

Udder Dispenser - silicone | condimentcow

Offering all of the same features and benefits of our standard udder dispenser, this 160 oz. dispenser includes a silicone teat, specially designed for use with mayonnaise and other oil-based condimen...

www.condimentcow.com

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 6d

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 6d

Here's the thing I don't understand. You can't as much as sneeze near a historic site in Washington without like 14 commissions, councils, and advisory boards giving you the okay. And everybody now is like...yup, fine with us? wtf?

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d

The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.

graph showing 29 of 38 positions are vacant

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Peter M.J. Gross @petermjgross.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t stop thinking about all the hoopla over removing confederate statues and the phony appeals to “heritage.” But this is done without discussion. It was always about displays of dominance.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 6d

Oh my God.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 6d

The White House heard the complaints

Dismissed them as “manufactured outrage”

And kept demolishing the East Wing on Tuesday

New photo and update with @jonathanreports.bsky.social

White House continues East Wing demolition amid cries of Trump overreach

More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ghoulentine Pogen @hex.ooo · 7d

@catsofyore.bsky.social from a magazine article in 1931. the American writer Sophie Kerr had a cat with an excellent name.

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And as I write these words I hear Peerless Percy Perkins on the stairs calling to me anxiously: "Where are you, meow, meow, I'm lonely, I want to be with you, meow, meow!" I answer, "Here I am, Percy," and he comes in happily, waving his long black tail and purring with joy to find me. He leaps upon my desk and gets his play-string from out of my bowl of pencils. He is ready for a game.

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