Jake @ HUBhistory
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Host of HUB History, a Boston history podcast that goes far beyond the Freedom Trail. Freelance podcast producer. Recovering marathoner and current YMCA swimmer. Dog lover.
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📍 Boston, MA
🎧 HUB History
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📍 Boston, MA
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How the Nascent Navy’s Nancy Armed the Army (episode 341) - HUB History: Boston history podcast
By late November 1775, George Washington and the Continental Army encircling Boston faced a crisis: their soldiers were facing a frigid New England winter, their enlistments were expiring, and they we...
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250 years ago this week, an unlikely victory by the brand new Continental Navy helped turn the tide in the siege of Boston. Listen to our latest podcast to find out how the November 29 capture of the Nancy's cargo helped drive the British out of Boston for good!
www.hubhistory.com/episodes/how...
www.hubhistory.com/episodes/how...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.
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The Halifax Explosion was the largest man-made explosion in human history until the atomic bomb era.
To visualize the immense size of that explosion, we can look at the Beirut Explosion of 2020.
To visualize the immense size of that explosion, we can look at the Beirut Explosion of 2020.
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Halifax Explosion was the largest man-made explosion in human history until the atomic bomb era.
To visualize the immense size of that explosion, we can look at the Beirut Explosion of 2020.
To visualize the immense size of that explosion, we can look at the Beirut Explosion of 2020.
Ebenezer Scrooge did nothing wrong.
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Ebenezer Scrooge did nothing wrong.
gross
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
gross
My gratitude to Master Sergeant Shay on behalf of all descendants of D-Day casualties who survived. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
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December 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My gratitude to Master Sergeant Shay on behalf of all descendants of D-Day casualties who survived. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Fact checking is censorship. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation. n.pr/48vKXX3
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Fact checking is censorship. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
"Somali-Americans"
Fox & Friends and Pam Bondi are now sensationalizing specific instances of Somalis being charged with crimes in Minnesota to demonize the whole population
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Somali-Americans"
If you'd like to hear me get my ass absolutely handed to me on a podcast with much greater listenership than my own, check out the latest @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social.
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Are you a Bronze Hotdog or a Scrooge? | Judge John Hodgman LIVE at Brookline
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December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If you'd like to hear me get my ass absolutely handed to me on a podcast with much greater listenership than my own, check out the latest @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social.
youtu.be/SOfkvXp317c?...
youtu.be/SOfkvXp317c?...
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Coalitions are always compromises, and there are always going to be disagreements, whether it’s No Kings or No War.
This isn’t to say that you should ignore who’s participating: if it’s a literal cult, that’s a massive red flag! But remember to not let extreme purity get in the way of progress :)
This isn’t to say that you should ignore who’s participating: if it’s a literal cult, that’s a massive red flag! But remember to not let extreme purity get in the way of progress :)
December 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Coalitions are always compromises, and there are always going to be disagreements, whether it’s No Kings or No War.
This isn’t to say that you should ignore who’s participating: if it’s a literal cult, that’s a massive red flag! But remember to not let extreme purity get in the way of progress :)
This isn’t to say that you should ignore who’s participating: if it’s a literal cult, that’s a massive red flag! But remember to not let extreme purity get in the way of progress :)
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New on History@Work. Public Historian Victoria Villaseñor covers the Trump administration’s attacks on #NPS, including effects felt by staff and community members at her local park. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/trumps-attacks-on-national-parks-is-an-attack-on-public-history/
Trump’s Attacks on National Parks is an Attack on Public History | National Council on Public History
Within the first few months of Donald Trump’s second presidential term, he and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) waged a war on national parks. Through massive staff layoffs, drastic funding cuts, and attempts to censor interpretation, this administration is undermining public access to our lands and our nation’s diverse histories. As a public historian, …
ncph.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New on History@Work. Public Historian Victoria Villaseñor covers the Trump administration’s attacks on #NPS, including effects felt by staff and community members at her local park. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/trumps-attacks-on-national-parks-is-an-attack-on-public-history/
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Guess you could say Boston had the original "Back Street Bois" back in 1798. 😤🕺
This atlas of Boston, held by the Massachusetts Historical Society, shows a "J. Bois" who owned property on the corner of Back Street and Cross Street.
Read more about the Clough atlas: buff.ly/NTZBkDz
This atlas of Boston, held by the Massachusetts Historical Society, shows a "J. Bois" who owned property on the corner of Back Street and Cross Street.
Read more about the Clough atlas: buff.ly/NTZBkDz
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Guess you could say Boston had the original "Back Street Bois" back in 1798. 😤🕺
This atlas of Boston, held by the Massachusetts Historical Society, shows a "J. Bois" who owned property on the corner of Back Street and Cross Street.
Read more about the Clough atlas: buff.ly/NTZBkDz
This atlas of Boston, held by the Massachusetts Historical Society, shows a "J. Bois" who owned property on the corner of Back Street and Cross Street.
Read more about the Clough atlas: buff.ly/NTZBkDz
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3 DECEMBER 1775, PHILADELPHIA: “I never will come here again without you, if I can perswade you to come with me”: John Adams writes to his wife, Abigail, of how much he misses her. founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...
Founders Online: John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 December 1775
John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 December 1775
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December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
3 DECEMBER 1775, PHILADELPHIA: “I never will come here again without you, if I can perswade you to come with me”: John Adams writes to his wife, Abigail, of how much he misses her. founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...
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1 DECEMBER 1775, PROSPECT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS: Caesar Prutt, still enslaved as recently as 1771, is one of several black men who enlist in Perry’s company of Sargent’s regiment, against Washington’s order prohibiting the reenlistment of black soldiers. www.nps.gov/people/caesa...
Caesar Prutt (U.S. National Park Service)
An official website of the United States government
www.nps.gov
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
1 DECEMBER 1775, PROSPECT HILL, MASSACHUSETTS: Caesar Prutt, still enslaved as recently as 1771, is one of several black men who enlist in Perry’s company of Sargent’s regiment, against Washington’s order prohibiting the reenlistment of black soldiers. www.nps.gov/people/caesa...
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The John Quincy Adams line-a-day diary is now on Bluesky! We're looking forward to what @jqadams-mhs.bsky.social has in store for the rest of 1825.
Hello Bluesky! Starting on December 6, we'll share the daily entry from the line-a-day diary kept by John Quincy Adams 200 years ago.
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
You can start exploring all 51 volumes of JQA's diaries here: www.primarysourcecoop.org/jqa/
John Quincy Adams Digital Diary
www.primarysourcecoop.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The John Quincy Adams line-a-day diary is now on Bluesky! We're looking forward to what @jqadams-mhs.bsky.social has in store for the rest of 1825.
The algorithm knows I like cars, so now my news feed is full of this slop.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The algorithm knows I like cars, so now my news feed is full of this slop.
🧵 A must-read reflection on Boston during the peak of the AIDS crisis.
Since our fucking government isn’t observing World AIDS Day, I will. In 1990, I started taking care of people in the last stages of AIDS in their homes. I did this for nearly two years. The home care company I worked for had meetings for those of us who solely (or nearly solely) took care of PWAs.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🧵 A must-read reflection on Boston during the peak of the AIDS crisis.
250 years ago this week, an unlikely victory by the brand new Continental Navy helped turn the tide in the siege of Boston. Listen to our latest podcast to find out how the November 29 capture of the Nancy's cargo helped drive the British out of Boston for good!
www.hubhistory.com/episodes/how...
www.hubhistory.com/episodes/how...
How the Nascent Navy’s Nancy Armed the Army (episode 341) - HUB History: Boston history podcast
By late November 1775, George Washington and the Continental Army encircling Boston faced a crisis: their soldiers were facing a frigid New England winter, their enlistments were expiring, and they we...
www.hubhistory.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
250 years ago this week, an unlikely victory by the brand new Continental Navy helped turn the tide in the siege of Boston. Listen to our latest podcast to find out how the November 29 capture of the Nancy's cargo helped drive the British out of Boston for good!
www.hubhistory.com/episodes/how...
www.hubhistory.com/episodes/how...
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29 NOVEMBER 1775, BOSTON: James Grant writes to Edward Harvey of the dreariness of the redcoats’ circumstances: “We must get through a disagreeable winter the best way we can. I do all in my power to keep the ball up—
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
29 NOVEMBER 1775, BOSTON: James Grant writes to Edward Harvey of the dreariness of the redcoats’ circumstances: “We must get through a disagreeable winter the best way we can. I do all in my power to keep the ball up—
How did Boston become an island? From the construction of a 17th century industrial canal. Listen to learn all about Boston's Mother Brook. www.hubhistory.com/episodes/epi...
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
How did Boston become an island? From the construction of a 17th century industrial canal. Listen to learn all about Boston's Mother Brook. www.hubhistory.com/episodes/epi...
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Harriet Tubman's Boston - Tubman's connections to Boston run deep and long. She drew some of her greatest support from friends and allies here. With their help, Tubman raised funds to sustain her work in the fight against slavery... www.nps.gov/articles/000... #Boston #HarrietTubman
Harriet Tubman's Boston (U.S. National Park Service)
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August 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Harriet Tubman's Boston - Tubman's connections to Boston run deep and long. She drew some of her greatest support from friends and allies here. With their help, Tubman raised funds to sustain her work in the fight against slavery... www.nps.gov/articles/000... #Boston #HarrietTubman
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#onthisday in 1942, the deadliest fire in Boston’s history ignited at the Cocoanut Grove night club. The fire took 492 lives and left many survivors with severe burns.🧵 @universalhub.com @hubhistory.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
#onthisday in 1942, the deadliest fire in Boston’s history ignited at the Cocoanut Grove night club. The fire took 492 lives and left many survivors with severe burns.🧵 @universalhub.com @hubhistory.com
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As his army seemed about to disintegrate, 250 years ago today, in 1775, George Washington wrote, 'Could I have foreseen what I have, & am like to experience, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command.'
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
As his army seemed about to disintegrate, 250 years ago today, in 1775, George Washington wrote, 'Could I have foreseen what I have, & am like to experience, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command.'
Gravy tastes better if you leave the skins on your onions.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Gravy tastes better if you leave the skins on your onions.