M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska
@mjrp.bsky.social
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a historian currently writing a book about how visitors, newcomers, and outsiders came to dominate Washington, DC and another book about how we do history now.
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M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska
@mjrp.bsky.social
· Oct 28
At some point I’ll probably start performing my professional self over here but right now I’m too tired! Anyway, stay tuned if you want (eventually) to hear my hot takes on Washington DC, the history profession, and the News Of The Day!
How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE
A series of arrests captured on video reveal how immigration officers have worked with other law enforcement agencies to identify migrants during stops for minor infractions. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
A series of arrests captured on video reveal how immigration officers have worked with other law enforcement agencies to identify migrants during stops for minor infractions. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE
www.nytimes.com
Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.
My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
a.co/d/29c7EIP
My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.
a.co/d/29c7EIP
M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska
@mjrp.bsky.social
· Sep 25
M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska
@mjrp.bsky.social
· Sep 21
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@mjrp.bsky.social
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M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska
@mjrp.bsky.social
· Sep 15
There is a clutch of pundits who treat the world like it’s an Ivy League seminar course, mostly because that’s the environment in which they emerged. They think debate and white papers are the pinnacle of political action. They fume at anyone who approaches politics in any other way.
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Shaily Patel
@vox-magica.bsky.social
· Sep 8
Apparently ICE is hiring a historian to help investigate human rights violations, can't imagine how that could go wrong. careers.historians.org/jobs/2164421...
Historian in Washington, DC for Human Rights Violator Law Division, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Exciting opportunity in Washington, DC for Human Rights Violator Law Division, U.S. Immigration a...
careers.historians.org
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
There's a certain tech bro/venture capitalist mentality that thinks that everything vaguely humanistic in the university should be reduced to little more than a late night dorm room debating contest.
This is embarrassing. I hope everyone involved in this is embarrassed.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/n...
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Jeff Manuel
@jeffmanuel.bsky.social
· Sep 3
Historians say it's good to highlight America's founders, but the project takes too narrow a view of history. n.pr/4m0dsAN
'Founders Museum' from White House and PragerU blurs history, AI-generated fiction
Historians say it's good to highlight America's founders, but the project takes too narrow a view of history.
n.pr
