Amy Froide
@afroide.bsky.social
History Prof.; Director Dresher Center for the Humanities at UMBC; early modern Britain, women's history, financial history
I call this ‘weird trick’ intentional patriarchy.
This one weird trick could stop US women from voting | Arwa Mahdawi
This one weird trick could stop US women from voting | Arwa Mahdawi
The Save Act – which would do the opposite of its title – could have a huge impact on the midterm elections
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I call this ‘weird trick’ intentional patriarchy.
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We cannot escape the fact that George Washington enslaved people, and he knew he could not escape that fact either. Signs may come down (for now), but good history is out there, starting with: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM
We cannot escape the fact that George Washington enslaved people, and he knew he could not escape that fact either. Signs may come down (for now), but good history is out there, starting with: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...
January 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...
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Here's the moment slowed down.
Watch the men in front of the car.
Watch the men in front of the car.
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Here's the moment slowed down.
Watch the men in front of the car.
Watch the men in front of the car.
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A big reason we can’t just let the events and insurrection of January 6, 2021 go? Because it wasn’t an isolated event; it was part of an anti-democracy onslaught that is still happening. Please read this excellent contextualization from @hcrichardson.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 5, 2026 (Monday)
Five years ago, on January 6, 2021, more than 2,000 rioters stormed the U.S.
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:04 AM
A big reason we can’t just let the events and insurrection of January 6, 2021 go? Because it wasn’t an isolated event; it was part of an anti-democracy onslaught that is still happening. Please read this excellent contextualization from @hcrichardson.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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it is fairly amazing how clear it was, at the time, what was happening. so much chaff has been thrown into the air since then, of course, that most coverage takes a "whomst amongst us can say what happened that day?" approach
(stole this image from @joshsternberg.com's post)
(stole this image from @joshsternberg.com's post)
January 6, 2026 at 12:11 PM
it is fairly amazing how clear it was, at the time, what was happening. so much chaff has been thrown into the air since then, of course, that most coverage takes a "whomst amongst us can say what happened that day?" approach
(stole this image from @joshsternberg.com's post)
(stole this image from @joshsternberg.com's post)
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
December 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
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When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
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Having read through those ratification debates when preparing our amicus brief in the immunity case, the unanimity over the question of presidential accountability was striking.
No one. Not one. Not in newspapers or manuscript discussions, argued for immunity.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
No one. Not one. Not in newspapers or manuscript discussions, argued for immunity.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
15 Historians File Amicus Brief in Trump v. US Debunking Immunity Claim
Historians show that history doesn’t support presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.
www.brennancenter.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Having read through those ratification debates when preparing our amicus brief in the immunity case, the unanimity over the question of presidential accountability was striking.
No one. Not one. Not in newspapers or manuscript discussions, argued for immunity.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
No one. Not one. Not in newspapers or manuscript discussions, argued for immunity.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.
Teach a man the best AI prompts to get a fish, and he'll always depend on an algorithm someone else has written to decide whether the statistically most probable response is to give him a fish.
Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.
Teach a man the best AI prompts to get a fish, and he'll always depend on an algorithm someone else has written to decide whether the statistically most probable response is to give him a fish.
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.
Teach a man the best AI prompts to get a fish, and he'll always depend on an algorithm someone else has written to decide whether the statistically most probable response is to give him a fish.
Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.
Teach a man the best AI prompts to get a fish, and he'll always depend on an algorithm someone else has written to decide whether the statistically most probable response is to give him a fish.
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As a historian of the 18th c and an American, I've always known 2026 would be a critical moment. This doc is worth watching, and thinking through. Begins and ends w Indigenous contexts, conveys the horrors of a civil war wrought w racism + the ideals of liberty and equality we keep reaching for. 1/
_The American Revolution_ offers a look at how complex and violent — and also inspiring— the American founding was. Getting huge coverage, it may give folks time to digest that complexity as 2026 commences. Premieres tonight + PBS has preview clips of all episodes. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
The American Revolution
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.
www.pbs.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As a historian of the 18th c and an American, I've always known 2026 would be a critical moment. This doc is worth watching, and thinking through. Begins and ends w Indigenous contexts, conveys the horrors of a civil war wrought w racism + the ideals of liberty and equality we keep reaching for. 1/
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
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The Institute of Historical Research's 2026 June summer school in Bloomsbury is on Sickness and Health, from London's medieval history to the present. Suitable for the History-curious over the age of 16.
IHR London Summer School 2026: Sickness and Health
From the Black Death to the Covid-19 pandemic, from medieval medicine to public health across the centuries, from hospitals to archives & collections. Join us to discover Londo...
www.history.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Institute of Historical Research's 2026 June summer school in Bloomsbury is on Sickness and Health, from London's medieval history to the present. Suitable for the History-curious over the age of 16.
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Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776).
In America, the law is king.
In America, the law is king.
October 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776).
In America, the law is king.
In America, the law is king.
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For the final days of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, scholar Carla Della Gatta looks at the growth of Latinx-inspired Shakespeare productions in the US beginning with "West Side Story" on Broadway in 1957.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Latinx Shakespeares of the 20th century | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
www.folger.edu
October 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
For the final days of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, scholar Carla Della Gatta looks at the growth of Latinx-inspired Shakespeare productions in the US beginning with "West Side Story" on Broadway in 1957.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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***UCLA Mapping Deportations Project***
Mapping Deportations, an educational resource uses maps, data, and a timeline to unmask the relationship between race and immigration enforcement throughout U.S. history.
mappingdeportations.com
Mapping Deportations, an educational resource uses maps, data, and a timeline to unmask the relationship between race and immigration enforcement throughout U.S. history.
mappingdeportations.com
Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
mappingdeportations.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
***UCLA Mapping Deportations Project***
Mapping Deportations, an educational resource uses maps, data, and a timeline to unmask the relationship between race and immigration enforcement throughout U.S. history.
mappingdeportations.com
Mapping Deportations, an educational resource uses maps, data, and a timeline to unmask the relationship between race and immigration enforcement throughout U.S. history.
mappingdeportations.com
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Don't miss the astonishing cut-paper works of Johanna Koerten at the National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition, "Women Artists From Antwerp to Amsterdam: 1600-1750." They are miraculous, fragile and rare, with only about 15 surviving. Three are on view. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Review | The Dutch Golden Age was women’s work, too
A new show at the National Museum of Women spotlights major talents “from Antwerp to Amsterdam.”
www.washingtonpost.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Don't miss the astonishing cut-paper works of Johanna Koerten at the National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition, "Women Artists From Antwerp to Amsterdam: 1600-1750." They are miraculous, fragile and rare, with only about 15 surviving. Three are on view. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
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When I’m accused of “technopessimism“ I counter that I’m not “pessimistic about technology“; I am opposed to the economic, political, and social project of upward wealth transfer that “AI” is being leveraged to bring about. If that phrasing is useful to others, then go ahead and use it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
When I’m accused of “technopessimism“ I counter that I’m not “pessimistic about technology“; I am opposed to the economic, political, and social project of upward wealth transfer that “AI” is being leveraged to bring about. If that phrasing is useful to others, then go ahead and use it.