Joe Clark
@jmhclark.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at University of Kentucky. Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic world, 16th-17th C. Also here to follow climate, safe streets, YIMBY/urbanist, and baseball stuff.
My book: https://go.shr.lc/3AKP9Fw
My book: https://go.shr.lc/3AKP9Fw
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“WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Dept of Transportation report revealed that it’s ‘actually kind of crazy’ that U.S. citizens are allowed to drive automobiles.”
The Onion strikes again.
The Onion strikes again.
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars
WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Department of Transportation report revealed Wednesday t...
theonion.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Dept of Transportation report revealed that it’s ‘actually kind of crazy’ that U.S. citizens are allowed to drive automobiles.”
The Onion strikes again.
The Onion strikes again.
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Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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"Many well-studied changes show that thoughtful street design is key to reversing course. Narrower lanes that slow traffic, adding curb extensions to increase pedestrian access & visibility, & physically separating bike lanes from car traffic are a few examples."
www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"Many well-studied changes show that thoughtful street design is key to reversing course. Narrower lanes that slow traffic, adding curb extensions to increase pedestrian access & visibility, & physically separating bike lanes from car traffic are a few examples."
www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
www.startribune.com/mn-car-accid...
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Taiwan has never been part of China.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone Monday on trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, with Xi stressing that Taiwan’s return to China is part of the “post-war international order,” according to Chinese state media.
Trump, Xi spoke on phone Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, US and Chinese officials say
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, according to the White House and Chinese officials.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Taiwan has never been part of China.
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I'm teaching a new class this semester and this week's unit has been on Global Civil Wars of the 19th Century. We're looking for links (actual, symbolic, or imagined) between civil conflicts in Latin America, the U.S., the Revolutions of 1848, and the Taiping Rebellion. Wherein I learned that
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm teaching a new class this semester and this week's unit has been on Global Civil Wars of the 19th Century. We're looking for links (actual, symbolic, or imagined) between civil conflicts in Latin America, the U.S., the Revolutions of 1848, and the Taiping Rebellion. Wherein I learned that
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AI in education is being used to displace academic governance of technologies in education - only managers have decisionmaking power to introduce it
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
AI in education is being used to displace academic governance of technologies in education - only managers have decisionmaking power to introduce it
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This “dangerous faith" that AI can be helpful for mental health in particular is also sweeping STEM higher ed and academia www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This “dangerous faith" that AI can be helpful for mental health in particular is also sweeping STEM higher ed and academia www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Apparently I work at an AI university now, though I don’t recall being asked about that.
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Apparently I work at an AI university now, though I don’t recall being asked about that.
I'm at the point in the semester in my "Disaster History" class where we talk about the climate crisis and regret to report that for yet another semester there is at least one Econ instructor here who is, wittingly or not, spreading climate denial talking points to impressionable students.
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm at the point in the semester in my "Disaster History" class where we talk about the climate crisis and regret to report that for yet another semester there is at least one Econ instructor here who is, wittingly or not, spreading climate denial talking points to impressionable students.
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🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
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This is the teacher federal agents grabbed yesterday at Rayito De Sol daycare in front of children. Attorneys for Diana Santillana have filed a petition in federal court to have her freed from ICE custody.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is the teacher federal agents grabbed yesterday at Rayito De Sol daycare in front of children. Attorneys for Diana Santillana have filed a petition in federal court to have her freed from ICE custody.
Did smooth-brained homunculi ruin the workplace?
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Did smooth-brained homunculi ruin the workplace?
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“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Just had an absolutely awful day and can't express how nice it feels to log on and see good things for a change, in the elections that I forgot were happening because of the aforementioned awfulness.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Just had an absolutely awful day and can't express how nice it feels to log on and see good things for a change, in the elections that I forgot were happening because of the aforementioned awfulness.
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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This quote hit me hard. Sending love and power to these kids, and to Chicago.
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This quote hit me hard. Sending love and power to these kids, and to Chicago.
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a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes
a day in an american life
a day in an american life
October 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes
a day in an american life
a day in an american life
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
When Saabira Chaudhuri began covering consumer goods companies for The Wall Street Journal, she expected stories about marketing and product launches. Instead, she uncovered a deeper pattern: industrial ingenuity turned liability.
When Saabira Chaudhuri began covering consumer goods companies for The Wall Street Journal, she expected stories about marketing and product launches. Instead, she uncovered a deeper pattern: industrial ingenuity turned liability.
Plastic’s triumph was no accident. It built an economy addicted to throwaway living
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. When Saabira Chaudhuri began covering consumer goods companies for…
news.mongabay.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
When Saabira Chaudhuri began covering consumer goods companies for The Wall Street Journal, she expected stories about marketing and product launches. Instead, she uncovered a deeper pattern: industrial ingenuity turned liability.
When Saabira Chaudhuri began covering consumer goods companies for The Wall Street Journal, she expected stories about marketing and product launches. Instead, she uncovered a deeper pattern: industrial ingenuity turned liability.
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When a sitting president releases a video of himself defecating on the American people, that’s not “satire.” It’s a public humiliation fantasy and an erotic performance of dominance.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
Donald Trump’s AI Video Is a Psychosexual Confession
This Substack is reader-supported.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
When a sitting president releases a video of himself defecating on the American people, that’s not “satire.” It’s a public humiliation fantasy and an erotic performance of dominance.
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
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“Trump’s fantasy isn’t new. It’s the fantasy of the plantation owner, the pimp, the colonizer... The act of shitting on someone…it’s about power and control. It’s saying, my disgust is worth more than your dignity. It’s the most primal, carnal declaration of supremacy there is.”
Nailed it🎯
Nailed it🎯
October 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“Trump’s fantasy isn’t new. It’s the fantasy of the plantation owner, the pimp, the colonizer... The act of shitting on someone…it’s about power and control. It’s saying, my disgust is worth more than your dignity. It’s the most primal, carnal declaration of supremacy there is.”
Nailed it🎯
Nailed it🎯
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My book came out! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Ambivalent Pleasures by Scott K. Taylor | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
Ambivalent Pleasures explores how Europeans wrestled with the novel experience of consuming substances that could alter moods and become addictive. During the early modern period, psychotropic drugs.....
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
November 12, 2024 at 1:07 AM
My book came out! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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"And yet Táíwò’s own position misses something fundamental about the world we now inhabit. Shame does not operate in a vacuum...today, the sturdy ground that once formed shame’s foundation has collapsed."
Helpful response by @eric-reinhart.com in @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Helpful response by @eric-reinhart.com in @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics
While it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"And yet Táíwò’s own position misses something fundamental about the world we now inhabit. Shame does not operate in a vacuum...today, the sturdy ground that once formed shame’s foundation has collapsed."
Helpful response by @eric-reinhart.com in @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Helpful response by @eric-reinhart.com in @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Legitimately one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen on a baseball field
October 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Legitimately one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen on a baseball field