Zachary Schrag
@zacharyschrag.bsky.social
Professor of History, George Mason University. Currently researching history of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. Views my own.
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You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
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Looking for a holiday gift for that special someone? 🎁 @uchicagopress.bsky.social is having a 30% off sitewide sale, and my book, CARBON TECHNOCRACY, is now available for $19.25 with the promo code HOLIDAY25. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#histstm #histsci #histtech #envhist 🧪
#histstm #histsci #histtech #envhist 🧪
Carbon Technocracy
A forceful reckoning with the relationship between energy and power through the history of what was once East Asia’s largest coal mine. The coal-mining town of Fushun in China’s Northeast is home to a...
press.uchicago.edu
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Looking for a holiday gift for that special someone? 🎁 @uchicagopress.bsky.social is having a 30% off sitewide sale, and my book, CARBON TECHNOCRACY, is now available for $19.25 with the promo code HOLIDAY25. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
#histstm #histsci #histtech #envhist 🧪
#histstm #histsci #histtech #envhist 🧪
"The DTH asked Atkins in a September 2024 interview whether or not he replaced the advisory board. He went silent for a minute and a half, and never answered the question."
The student-run Daily Tar Heel is doing stellar reporting on deep struggles over #UNC's School of Civic Life and Leadership, created by the legislature, here's the latest from reporter Aidan Lockhart: www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
'Dictatorial powers': SCiLL dean ignored vote of the School's advisory board
New evidence obtained by The Daily Tar Heel gives weight to claims made by professors who resigned from the School of Civic Life and Leadership.
www.dailytarheel.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"The DTH asked Atkins in a September 2024 interview whether or not he replaced the advisory board. He went silent for a minute and a half, and never answered the question."
First they came for the George Mason University Faculty Senate. Then they came for the U.S. Congress. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democrats Say F.B.I. Investigating Them Over Illegal Orders Video
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
First they came for the George Mason University Faculty Senate. Then they came for the U.S. Congress. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Passive voice sparks international incident. apnews.com/article/pola...
Poland's foreign minister summons Israeli ambassador over Yad Vashem post
Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has summoned the Israeli ambassador over a post by Yad Vashem.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Passive voice sparks international incident. apnews.com/article/pola...
My pet theory is that the most cost-effective investment a university can make is a climbing wall.
University students who were provided with a free gym card (in a randomized experiment) exercised more and had a significant improvement in academic performance. The treated students were also less likely to drop out of classes
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My pet theory is that the most cost-effective investment a university can make is a climbing wall.
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The Book Proposal Book ebook is 30% off right now at @princetonupress.bsky.social and so is Make Your Manuscript Work!
Use code PUP30 at checkout
Tell your friends & nemeses!
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Use code PUP30 at checkout
Tell your friends & nemeses!
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Portwood-Stacer, Laura
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November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Book Proposal Book ebook is 30% off right now at @princetonupress.bsky.social and so is Make Your Manuscript Work!
Use code PUP30 at checkout
Tell your friends & nemeses!
press.princeton.edu/our-authors/...
Use code PUP30 at checkout
Tell your friends & nemeses!
press.princeton.edu/our-authors/...
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The shrinking nickel.
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The shrinking nickel.
Mad Max: Fury Curb
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Mad Max: Fury Curb
“When people question why the university or president didn’t defend themselves, well because the University counsel was handpicked by our state Attorney General who’s doing the bidding for the Department of Justice,” Spanberger said.
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
Spanberger hints at University governing changes to come - Cville Right Now
Appearing on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger called a UVA agreement with the feds "a weakened pact", and promised changes are coming in the way the Commonw...
cvillerightnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“When people question why the university or president didn’t defend themselves, well because the University counsel was handpicked by our state Attorney General who’s doing the bidding for the Department of Justice,” Spanberger said.
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
Does this work for faculty senators? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Date MTG chooses to quit, TWO DAYS after congressional pension vests
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation date of January 5, 2026 lands just two days after her federal pension becomes fully vested, prompting questions over the timing of her departure.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Does this work for faculty senators? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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And it's not like immigration judges were normally voting in favor of immigrants. See Philip Schrag et al, Refugee Roulette, Stanford Law Review (2007).
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
And it's not like immigration judges were normally voting in favor of immigrants. See Philip Schrag et al, Refugee Roulette, Stanford Law Review (2007).
Johns Hopkins University Press holiday sale; 40% off on The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro, Ethical Imperialism: Institutional Review Boards and the Social Sciences, 1965-2009, and all other books through 12/7.
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Books
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November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Johns Hopkins University Press holiday sale; 40% off on The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro, Ethical Imperialism: Institutional Review Boards and the Social Sciences, 1965-2009, and all other books through 12/7.
www.press.jhu.edu/books
www.press.jhu.edu/books
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Her first film will be g rated
United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
The blonde Italian bombshell is about to be all over film and TV.
www.vulture.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Her first film will be g rated
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Not to make this about me but if you are interested in why he is so often made into a bogeyman by way of antisemitic conspiracy theories, THE INFLUENCE OF SOROS is maybe available at your local library
In his dissent on the Texas ruling, Judge Smith mentions the name "Soros" 17 times.
He uses the word "discrimination" 3 times over 104 pages, and in all instances it's to quote from the majority opinion.
He uses the word "discrimination" 3 times over 104 pages, and in all instances it's to quote from the majority opinion.
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Not to make this about me but if you are interested in why he is so often made into a bogeyman by way of antisemitic conspiracy theories, THE INFLUENCE OF SOROS is maybe available at your local library
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
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Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
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Trump Administration is to propose a massive cut in federal transit funding as part of 2026 transport legislation.
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
Cutting Federal Transit Funding Won’t Fix Budget Shortfalls. But It Would Make Transportation Less Affordable for Americans.
A proposal to eliminate federal public transit funding would not only fail to address the existing funding gap but would also leave millions of Americans, pa…
www.urban.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump Administration is to propose a massive cut in federal transit funding as part of 2026 transport legislation.
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
This proposal would decimate the nation's transit systems, while not actually solving the revenue problem federal transportation funding faces.
Evidence @urbaninstitute.bsky.social ⏬
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The line isn't wrong. Might be missing one adjective.
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The line isn't wrong. Might be missing one adjective.
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Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation.
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation.
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
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As the history wars heat up, we’re releasing a new book that brings together some of the nation’s leading voices—Nikole Hannah-Jones, Annette Gordon-Reed, and many others—for an urgent, energizing conversation about the origins of the United States. Preorder is now available.
November 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
As the history wars heat up, we’re releasing a new book that brings together some of the nation’s leading voices—Nikole Hannah-Jones, Annette Gordon-Reed, and many others—for an urgent, energizing conversation about the origins of the United States. Preorder is now available.
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Trump Admin is planning to ask Congress to dramatically cut funding for transit as part of the 2026 infrastructure law.
The proposal would eliminate the transit account, which funds billions of dollars in capital expenses. It would also prevent states from “flexing” roads funds for transit.
The proposal would eliminate the transit account, which funds billions of dollars in capital expenses. It would also prevent states from “flexing” roads funds for transit.
POLITICO Pro: Trump administration proposals seek to eliminate transit funding
DOT recently sent two proposals to the White House budget office seeking to pare back transit money.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump Admin is planning to ask Congress to dramatically cut funding for transit as part of the 2026 infrastructure law.
The proposal would eliminate the transit account, which funds billions of dollars in capital expenses. It would also prevent states from “flexing” roads funds for transit.
The proposal would eliminate the transit account, which funds billions of dollars in capital expenses. It would also prevent states from “flexing” roads funds for transit.
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If you haven't joined your local AAUP, now is a great time to do so.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If you haven't joined your local AAUP, now is a great time to do so.
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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They're getting paid?
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
They're getting paid?