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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 22h

Well deserved! Congratulations!!!

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 1d

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

The precursor of the Presidential Medal of Freedom was the Congressional Medal of Freedom, which was established in 1945 to honor civilians who aided the fight against fascism in WWII.

from wikipedia, a bronze medal with an image of Columbia crowned with stars and an eagle headdress over the word Freedom, with a red ribbon and a bronze palm.

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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way!

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 2d

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 2d

It's because the line was crossed so long ago it's behind him.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 2d

This line from Mamdani's father just really struck me. Great profile:

“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 2d

"Chaos on the bases."

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 3d

Deadline=long work weekend. Tracing 1800 persons who worked, worshiped, lived, & left Canterbury Shaker Village. Site interpretation relies on leaders not rank & file. Finding stories of belief in action, the marginalized, the lack of social safety net, the power of communalism and social justice.

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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 3d

Made to measure.

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Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 3d

Just think of how many TT faculty lines, graduate stipends, and resources for teaching and research this kind of money could buy...

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)

Firings so far this season by Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn State, UAB, UCLA and Virginia Tech have those schools committed to buyouts totaling $93.9 million, subject to mitigation and offset, but not including amounts that also will be owed to assistant coaches

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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 4d

Full time equivalent metric.

Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 4d

Promotion and tenure denied.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 4d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

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Lady4Freedom @sassylassiein2024.bsky.social · 4d

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Jane N @jdopinkie.bsky.social · 4d

We are amphifa

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History Symposium @historysymposium.bsky.social · 5d

www.historysymposium.com/cassidy-perc...

In one week! @mimicofmodes.com will help us kick off our livestreams for the fall season.

It is time to learn all about corsets!

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 5d

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

Oil painting of a woman waiting by the sea

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 6d

When I was your age, searching for a phrase in quotes returned results for that exact phrase

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 5d

Mariners landing in Toronto like

Christopher and Paulie Walnuts from the Sopranos after wandering in the woods all night.

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 6d

There is now an official historical marker for the Port Huron Statement!

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 5d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Amy J. Rutenberg @amyjay401.bsky.social · 5d

This should be required reading in every historical methods and social studies classroom. Something very important is being lost. 🗃️🗺️

Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 5d

Marian Wilson Kimber: It’s painful to realize the people in charge of Iowa’s history apparently have no idea how history works. If they did, they'd know there is no way to predict what parts of the collection will be of interest 5, 20, or 100 years from now. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/10/t...

The theft of history

Marian Wilson Kimber: I have wondered if the box of women’s club programs that changed my life will end up in the dumpster.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 6d

Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 6d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s a typical bundle of file papers from the Boston Municipal Court archives. It probably hasn’t been unwrapped since it was docketed in 1822. The organization of the sub-layers is significant, & I always photograph bundles so that I can put them back together as I found them. I love this work! 🗃️

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