Shirley Wajda
@stwajda.bsky.social
Historian, curator, knitter of the American experience, daughter & granddaughter of immigrants, waiting for Lefty & CLE World Series win. American material & visual culture, museum studies, craftivism, women's history, everyday life. Too many projects.
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This is amazing
December 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This is amazing
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Once again: this is not something that "threatens" academic freedom, though it will doubtless be reported that way. This is only possible where academic freedom has already ended.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Once again: this is not something that "threatens" academic freedom, though it will doubtless be reported that way. This is only possible where academic freedom has already ended.
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Academic freedom isn't the chance or momentary absence of specific political directives on what or how to teach academic subjects, any more than rule of law is everybody choosing to behave. It's the principle that such directives can't be issued and won't be acted upon by academic administrators.
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Academic freedom isn't the chance or momentary absence of specific political directives on what or how to teach academic subjects, any more than rule of law is everybody choosing to behave. It's the principle that such directives can't be issued and won't be acted upon by academic administrators.
How cool is this?
🔔 We’re honored to open a new round in the @susih.bsky.social -IU Community Scholars Program, which unlocks onsite + remote library access for 3 years for contingent scholars + historians working beyond the academy. Please apply + share! CFP due 2/1. Onward! 🗃️ s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...
CFP: USIH-IU Community Scholars Program | Society for US Intellectual History
In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
How cool is this?
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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.
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VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
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Narco terrorism? Covert ops? Shady government officials? A confused President? TOTAL FICTION.
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Narco terrorism? Covert ops? Shady government officials? A confused President? TOTAL FICTION.
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, December 7 at 8pm eastern for CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
Do the honorable thing and share and we’ll see you soon!
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Lane Kiffin's LSU contract will pay him the equivalent of my Louisiana public university annual salary every two days
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lane Kiffin's LSU contract will pay him the equivalent of my Louisiana public university annual salary every two days
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One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
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One of my heartfelt beliefs is that different teachers will be better at teaching different texts different ways w/in the same topic. To force a fixed curriculum is to intentionally elide that teachers are individual human beings w unique engagements w the ideas they communicate to students.
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my heartfelt beliefs is that different teachers will be better at teaching different texts different ways w/in the same topic. To force a fixed curriculum is to intentionally elide that teachers are individual human beings w unique engagements w the ideas they communicate to students.
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Join us for our 2026 #SummerSchool focusing on 'Sickness & Health' with @ihr.bsky.social! We'll have trips, #archive visits, and lectures exploring everything from medieval medicine to public health throughout #London 's #history. Sign up early for a 10% discount: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Join us for our 2026 #SummerSchool focusing on 'Sickness & Health' with @ihr.bsky.social! We'll have trips, #archive visits, and lectures exploring everything from medieval medicine to public health throughout #London 's #history. Sign up early for a 10% discount: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Like literally.
Strong floor, indeed.
Strong floor, indeed.
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like literally.
Strong floor, indeed.
Strong floor, indeed.
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And even this version from the 1830s . . .
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
And even this version from the 1830s . . .
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"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
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I want to be a failed college football coach when I grow up.
Yet another reminder that the very best job in this world is failed college football coach.
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I want to be a failed college football coach when I grow up.
"Wintry mix" should be some sort of seasonal-themed snack. Sno-Caps, peppermints/peppermint bark, something, something, something.
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Wintry mix" should be some sort of seasonal-themed snack. Sno-Caps, peppermints/peppermint bark, something, something, something.
By the way, the US Constitution was known as the nation's "New Roof." Implies a ceiling, yes?
"Strong floor, no ceiling" misses. Now, as the "People's House" is being destroyed, politically & physically, why not employ visual US history to restore the "federal pillars" of the "national edifice": the Constitution? "The foundation good - it may yet be SAVED."🗃️
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
By the way, the US Constitution was known as the nation's "New Roof." Implies a ceiling, yes?
"Strong floor, no ceiling" misses. Now, as the "People's House" is being destroyed, politically & physically, why not employ visual US history to restore the "federal pillars" of the "national edifice": the Constitution? "The foundation good - it may yet be SAVED."🗃️
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Strong floor, no ceiling" misses. Now, as the "People's House" is being destroyed, politically & physically, why not employ visual US history to restore the "federal pillars" of the "national edifice": the Constitution? "The foundation good - it may yet be SAVED."🗃️
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Well done Ian and Protect Democracy
We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.
Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
The oldest abuse in human government
Donald Trump and the ‘king’s justice’
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Well done Ian and Protect Democracy
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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The line is mostly comprised of suits and sport coats, supplemented with dress shirts and one pair of odd trousers (tailor-speak for a pair of pants made without a matching jacket). Suits start at $1,540; sport coats are $1,150. One suit is $5,400 because it's made from Scabal fabric
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The line is mostly comprised of suits and sport coats, supplemented with dress shirts and one pair of odd trousers (tailor-speak for a pair of pants made without a matching jacket). Suits start at $1,540; sport coats are $1,150. One suit is $5,400 because it's made from Scabal fabric
I've an Ivy League degree; taught at an Ivy & at YSU. Most of my family & hs friends attended YSU (the local school). This raises bad memories of being treated as a lower order by Ivy students & as a hifalutin' class traitor at YSU (and Kent State). Cue the texts from a variety of friends in 3, 2, 1
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I've an Ivy League degree; taught at an Ivy & at YSU. Most of my family & hs friends attended YSU (the local school). This raises bad memories of being treated as a lower order by Ivy students & as a hifalutin' class traitor at YSU (and Kent State). Cue the texts from a variety of friends in 3, 2, 1
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/