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Historian of Women Airforce Service Pilots Book w @crownpublishing History Prof; Doc film producer; Public Historian; talking head; Bluesky Elder Certified; https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-kate-landdeck-25a04811 https://katherinesharplanddeck.com

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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful morning in Colorado Springs. Looking forward to the Harmon Lecture tonight!

katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 2d

Had a lovely evening with the history faculty of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Very much looking forward to giving the Harmon Memorial Lecture tomorrow night!

Photo of trees tops with distant mountain. Buildings of the USAF Academy are in the distance.

katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 2d

Lost my mom in February. We each grieve in our own way. May your students show you kindness. So sorry for your loss.

katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 4d

6 years of Pit Crew here. Youngest finally decided 16 hour days were better spent on other activities. October is actually quite a lovely month! Although I do miss seeing some of the cool shows. Those kids all work so hard! Have fun!

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NPR @npr.org · 5d

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 5d

BREAKING: María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan politician, has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, the award’s committee announced Friday.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

At a time when authoritarians are on the rise, the Venezuelan opposition leader 'embodies the hope of a different future,' the prize committee wrote.

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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 9d

Reminder: WWII Nazis who were just following orders are still known as Nazis. #ClioRemembers

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 10d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 11d

Is GenX the only one who does this or has everyone been traumatized by pictures of deformed turtles they saw as kids?

Plastic rings for a six pack. One set whole and one cut up to save the turtles and birds from horrible fates.

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 15d

If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)?

Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter

And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏

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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 15d

We need more history majors. #knowledgeispower

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 17d

Courtesy of the Library of Congress -- a copy of the first edition of The Wizard of Oz. The illustrations are awesome. you can go through page by page, and there are illustrations on almost every page. read.gov/books/pagetu....

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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 21d

I will be giving the 67th Harmon Memorial Lecture at the United States Air Force Academy this October. From the first lecture in 1959 given by Frank Craven to others by George Herring, John Blum, Roger Launius, and Rick Atkinson, I am humbled to join the list. @crownpublishing.bsky.social

Black poster with photo of Katherine Landdeck smiling wearing a blue shirt and sunglasses over her head and a Stearman airplane behind her. Four images line the left side of the flyer - one from World War II shows four women walking away from a B-17 airplane with parachutes in their hands, one shows four women from the United States Air Force Academy with helmets on their head and guns in their hands, one shows a confident Jacqueline Cochran wearing a flight suit and resting her arm on the nose of her plane shortly after she broke the speed of sound, the final picture shows a woman from the USAF Academy in a white shirt standing at attention and dark pants with an upper classman wearing a white shirt, a hat and white gloves standing over her. The two modern pictures show women who entered the USAF Academy in 1976 - the first group to do so.

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SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 22d

NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR GRAD STUDENTS: “SMH (Grad Student) TALKS” at #SMH2026 Annual Conference!
Submission deadline: November 15, 2025

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SMH (Grad Student) TALKS | The Society for Military History

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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 25d

In late June 1973 news broke that the Nixon admin had compiled an "enemies list." Among those listed were journalist Daniel Schorr & actor/activist Paul Newman. Hunter S. Thompson was disappointed he wasn't included. Here's Paul Conrad's editorial cartoon on the Nixon enemies list in the LA Times.

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 26d

We published 10 articles about historians' work for, with, and on the National Park Service in #AHAPerspectives this summer. You can find them all here: 🗃️

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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · Sep 15

Blown away yo have been honored in Atchison, KS this weekend at the Intl. Forest of Friendship (w the 99s) for "exceptional contribution to aviation." Thank you so much!!

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Sep 11

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

A Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Are Lying in State. Next to Them: Their Golden Retriever.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · Sep 5

The most powerful message I’ve seen

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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · Sep 5

We haven't declared war since 1941.

katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · Sep 5

Crazy!

katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · Sep 5

Who did they censure?

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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · Aug 30

It's Saturday of Labor Day weekend. I sit marking a student's 70-pg thesis. If your Provost doesn't see you working,does it have any value? If it is not a data point does it count? How do we quantity the nights & weekends we labor for our students in a way the bean counters will recognize? We can't.

katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · Aug 30

Plot twist: it was the Provost, who promised a vice-provost position to whoever got the job done. Now how to prove it?

katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · Aug 30

Is it a humanities department? Then no. No they will not. The university needs a new AI Czar and will take that 60k assistant prof to add to the 100k they stole from other departments for the new, made up administrator. Then tell remaining faculty to work 20% harder.

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