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Jason Heppler

@jasonheppler.org

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Historian. Conservationist. Land steward on the tall grass prairies of Nebraska. Writing histories of the North American West, Great Plains, & Canadian Prairies · Books and more: jasonheppler.org · Views own · ⚓

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Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · Sep 18

I’m joining the starter pack train: here’s a bunch of historians of the American West here on Bluesky!

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 8h

ooof

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Jorell Meléndez-Badillo @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social · 18h

Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”

This is why we need to be telling our stories.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 18h

• A doc sued for prescribing a debunked autism therapy
• A man who says vaccines are “poisoning children”
• A woman boosting autism "treatments" using stem cells from rabbits

This is not a QAnon conference line-up, it is the people now guiding US autism research

www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

RFK Jr.’s Picks for a Key Autism Panel Include Advocates for Bizarre Theories

Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”

www.wired.com

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 19h

Currently reading: Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands by Kelly Lytle Hernández 📚

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 1d

“I am not going to tell you my name, not yet at any rate. For one thing it would take a long while: my name is growing all the time, and I've lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you..."

simi @simifresh.bsky.social · 1d

the bushes were people 😂

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

If you were to run down a list of all the things distinctive about the United States in contrast to Old World Europe, most of it is stuff we instead have in common with Latin America. That's not some woke novelty, it's a deeply embedded centuries-old aspect of our culture and national identity.

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 1d

First shot: sugarcane

The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times

Still used to make rum of course!

A musician playing a guitar in sugarcane that is somehow in the middle of a football field

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, I'm not watching, but I just checked the score and need to ask if all of the Patriots died

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simi @simifresh.bsky.social · 1d

the bushes were people 😂

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 1d

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

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mr potato @tweetpotato314.bsky.social · 1d

bad bunny already has more yards than the patriots

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 1d

no one can watch these commercials and conclude america is having a good time rn

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 1d

As a one time resident of the Bay Area, I find the Golden Gate imagery humorous. I guess the 101 cutting through Santa Clara doesn’t evoke “California.”

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 1d

I react the same way to domains, Emma.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 1d

Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the best ever. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud musical tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/h...

How Prince won the Super Bowl - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

anildash.com

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cozy fan tutte @ruhee.ca · 1d

No Kings includes Draft Kings

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 1d

ah, that Claude commercial was a throw-down

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 1d

some real Valtteri Bottas energy

Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 1d

I need this poster on my bedroom wall

USA curling team captain with mustache and mullet and trucker hat

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 1d

I need this poster on my bedroom wall

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 2d

Currently reading: Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America by Douglas Brinkley 📚

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 2d

Finished reading: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan 📚

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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 3d

20% of the students at Justice Page Middle School in SW Minneapolis are attending remotely b/c they're terrified to leave their homes. Their families can't work & rent is past due.

Parents at Justice Page are trying to raise 100k to cover the needs of 50+ families — can we raise 10k of it?

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Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 3d

Your milage may vary (it's vibe coded, after all) but it should work against other kinds of documents. Is this useful? Maybe, I tend to transcribe documents anyway and cutting that time down so I can focus on the material itself seems helpful.

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 3d

I vibe-coded a script to use the Claude API to transcribe historical documents. It seems to do a decently good job capturing what I want (the transcription, but also people, places, dates, and organizations).

GitHub - hepplerj/claude-transcribe: Transcribing historical documents with Claude

Transcribing historical documents with Claude . Contribute to hepplerj/claude-transcribe development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 4d

Sent out two writing pitches today. Fingers crossed.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, David R. Miller, Jason A. Heppler , and 1 more Anna O. Law, David R. Miller, Jason A. Heppler, Virginia Sapiro

Jack Rakove @jrakove.bsky.social · 4d

Playing the grinch at the 250th.

washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/05/p...

Playing the Grinch at America’s 250th Birthday Party

How do we celebrate America's 250th anniversary as ICE and the Border Patrol threaten and abuse ordinary Americans?

washingtonmonthly.com

Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 5d

Finished reading: The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry 📚

Reposted by Roopika Risam, Jason A. Heppler, Robert L. Tsai , and 1 more Roopika Risam, Jason A. Heppler, Robert L. Tsai, Aviel Roshwald

Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 5d

Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.

We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.

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Albert Burneko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 5d

don't worry, i'm sure once they've finished intentionally crippling our ability to discover and tell each other what they're doing, they'll be satisfied and will stop there

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 6d

Hey there!

If you are — or know of any great companies that are — hiring in the engineering/AI/product space …

Would you say hi?

I’d appreciate it!

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