Emily Brockway
@ebrockwayink.bsky.social
Military, Forever Student, Amateur Historian, Ambitious Writer - not always in that order. “History comes alive when you participate.”
RT ≠ endorsement, & opinions are my own. Unfortunately I have a lot of ‘em…
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RT ≠ endorsement, & opinions are my own. Unfortunately I have a lot of ‘em…
www.medium.com/@ebrockway
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Emily Brockway
@ebrockwayink.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Comment in the thread below to add a Journal, Mag, or Lit Review.
go.bsky.app/5EvEJgk
And if your favorite rag hasn’t migrated here yet - reach out to their Admin team & give them a nudge.
Thank you all for finding value in this little happy cloud in Bluesky.
go.bsky.app/5EvEJgk
And if your favorite rag hasn’t migrated here yet - reach out to their Admin team & give them a nudge.
Thank you all for finding value in this little happy cloud in Bluesky.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times:
Def Leppard
Journey
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
O.A.R.
Def Leppard
Journey
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
O.A.R.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times:
Def Leppard
Journey
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
O.A.R.
Def Leppard
Journey
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayer
O.A.R.
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Sometimes I think the Maudlin House vibe is just “books for people who’ve survived three implosions and turned it into a personality.”
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Sometimes I think the Maudlin House vibe is just “books for people who’ve survived three implosions and turned it into a personality.”
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Every day’s Halloween if you work in indie lit long enough…
October 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Every day’s Halloween if you work in indie lit long enough…
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These award-winning lit mags would be a crown jewel in any writer's bio *wink*
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/excell...
#writing #writingcommunity
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/excell...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
These award-winning lit mags would be a crown jewel in any writer's bio *wink*
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/excell...
#writing #writingcommunity
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/excell...
#writing #writingcommunity
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You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
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The Steady State has asked Congress to investigate reports of an “Interagency Weaponization Working Group” — a group allegedly using the IC and law enforcement to target political opponents. If true, it marks a slide toward a domestic surveillance or retribution mechanism—an American KGB.
October 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Steady State has asked Congress to investigate reports of an “Interagency Weaponization Working Group” — a group allegedly using the IC and law enforcement to target political opponents. If true, it marks a slide toward a domestic surveillance or retribution mechanism—an American KGB.
Personal inflection takes courage. And publishing essays is just the start (and the necessary spark) to show the toxic bully pulpit that the pen WILL be mightier than the sword.
NEW. Powerful piece by Miles Bruner.
"I know the thought of walking away from your career and your social network is terrifying...I urge you to recognize that our nation is heading down a very dark path. But it’s not too late to change direction...Take a stand."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
"I know the thought of walking away from your career and your social network is terrifying...I urge you to recognize that our nation is heading down a very dark path. But it’s not too late to change direction...Take a stand."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Personal inflection takes courage. And publishing essays is just the start (and the necessary spark) to show the toxic bully pulpit that the pen WILL be mightier than the sword.
Maybe I’m just old school, but I think leaders should aspire to personal & professional conduct that motivates more people to attend a July 4th parade w/free fireworks than a protest on a chilly Saturday in October to shame your effigy. 🤷♀️ #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Maybe I’m just old school, but I think leaders should aspire to personal & professional conduct that motivates more people to attend a July 4th parade w/free fireworks than a protest on a chilly Saturday in October to shame your effigy. 🤷♀️ #NoKings
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the US government has arrived on bluesky
October 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
the US government has arrived on bluesky
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Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
2025 is letting us know it hates us and is punishing us for our stupidity. The universe is reaping all the good ones from Hollywood & Rock n Roll.
Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist of the band Kiss, died on Thursday at 74. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
2025 is letting us know it hates us and is punishing us for our stupidity. The universe is reaping all the good ones from Hollywood & Rock n Roll.
Finally posted my @writingbattle.bsky.social Summer Nanofiction, “Upright.” medium.com/@ebrockway/u...
This one was… personal. 🫡💔
And I must be an Elder GenXer because I still cling to my Medium account.
This one was… personal. 🫡💔
And I must be an Elder GenXer because I still cling to my Medium account.
Upright
Writing Battle’s 2025 Summer Nanofiction Battle
medium.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Finally posted my @writingbattle.bsky.social Summer Nanofiction, “Upright.” medium.com/@ebrockway/u...
This one was… personal. 🫡💔
And I must be an Elder GenXer because I still cling to my Medium account.
This one was… personal. 🫡💔
And I must be an Elder GenXer because I still cling to my Medium account.
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Ada Lovelace used mathematics to design the world’s first algorithm intended for a machine. This was done decades before computers were even built!
Who is a woman in STEM that inspires you? 👩🔬🧪
#AdaLovelace #WomeninSTEM #Science
Who is a woman in STEM that inspires you? 👩🔬🧪
#AdaLovelace #WomeninSTEM #Science
October 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Ada Lovelace used mathematics to design the world’s first algorithm intended for a machine. This was done decades before computers were even built!
Who is a woman in STEM that inspires you? 👩🔬🧪
#AdaLovelace #WomeninSTEM #Science
Who is a woman in STEM that inspires you? 👩🔬🧪
#AdaLovelace #WomeninSTEM #Science
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Big news, friends: on December 3rd, I'll be launching a brand-new history show, "Past Lives." Every episode focuses on the life of a real person from history and tries to make sense of their experiences and their world. There will be weekly scripted episodes and tons of bonus content on Patreon.
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Big news, friends: on December 3rd, I'll be launching a brand-new history show, "Past Lives." Every episode focuses on the life of a real person from history and tries to make sense of their experiences and their world. There will be weekly scripted episodes and tons of bonus content on Patreon.
Apparently the Rapture was a Microsoft Teams call and of course I missed it.
September 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Apparently the Rapture was a Microsoft Teams call and of course I missed it.
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Zohran Mamdani thinks access to healthy food should be a public good. RFK JR.'s MAHA coalition thinks it’s a matter of personal responsibility.
@rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:
@rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:
MAHA v. Mamdani - Boston Review
Our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness.
www.bostonreview.net
September 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani thinks access to healthy food should be a public good. RFK JR.'s MAHA coalition thinks it’s a matter of personal responsibility.
@rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:
@rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:
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"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
September 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
September 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
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“prove me wrong” no i will not be participating in that. you made a bullshit claim and i will be going about my day in reality
September 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“prove me wrong” no i will not be participating in that. you made a bullshit claim and i will be going about my day in reality
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Beyond humbled to make it to the Top 64 & the Final Showdown for this summer’s Nanofiction 250 Battle! Thanks for putting together another fabulous set of genres, @writingbattle.bsky.social
My story, “Upright” www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
My story, “Upright” www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
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September 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Beyond humbled to make it to the Top 64 & the Final Showdown for this summer’s Nanofiction 250 Battle! Thanks for putting together another fabulous set of genres, @writingbattle.bsky.social
My story, “Upright” www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
My story, “Upright” www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...
Weekend at Bernie’s is on Hulu. How apropos.
August 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Weekend at Bernie’s is on Hulu. How apropos.
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Historian friends: tell me about your favorite research & writing tools.
As a bonus, would love to know where you learned how to use them & if you'd be interested in sharing your knowledge w/ others.
As a bonus, would love to know where you learned how to use them & if you'd be interested in sharing your knowledge w/ others.
July 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Historian friends: tell me about your favorite research & writing tools.
As a bonus, would love to know where you learned how to use them & if you'd be interested in sharing your knowledge w/ others.
As a bonus, would love to know where you learned how to use them & if you'd be interested in sharing your knowledge w/ others.
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It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️
December 28, 2024 at 11:26 AM
It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️
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Amid the fallout from the 2024 election, it hardly registered as news when Alabama’s education board proposed new social studies standards for the first time in 14 years. Few observers seemed to realize that profoundly undemocratic language was buried in the fine print. www.hnn.us/article/a-re...
A Republic, if They Can Force It
In public schools around the country, conservatives are succeeding in their long effort to replace the word “democracy” with “constitutional republic.”
www.hnn.us
August 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Amid the fallout from the 2024 election, it hardly registered as news when Alabama’s education board proposed new social studies standards for the first time in 14 years. Few observers seemed to realize that profoundly undemocratic language was buried in the fine print. www.hnn.us/article/a-re...