Moving my newsletter off substack, and here's my first post in the new place--an amazing roundtable panel at the Organization of American Historians conference in Philly last week with @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social and Jeff Cowie!
gauthamrao.beehiiv.com/p/race-fear-...
An excellent and charming write-up of two wonderful colleagues and friends. (Special bonus source of pride: the first named is my spouse.) news.iu.edu/college/live...
“He vomited a green substance and fainted,” the man said. “His body was white. He was shaking and sweating and officials paid no attention to him.” According to the man, who asked not to be named to avoid retaliation, this was the third person to be hospitalized after facing similar symptoms.”🚨🏥🚑
An excellent and charming write-up of two wonderful colleagues and friends. (Special bonus source of pride: the first named is my spouse.) news.iu.edu/college/live...
I reviewed (& enjoyed) a good book for @reason.com that revisits the period of May, 1776 - January, 1777, to see how news of the Declaration of Independence was reported in the colonies + around the world.
Spoiler: there was much "Fake News" back then, too.
reason.com/2026/04/20/a...
Monnaies anciennes, fossiles… Comment les fouilles archéologiques clandestines font « disparaître l’histoire »
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) & Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announce bipartisan probe of potential United Airlines - American Airlines merger
"Merger could lead to increased prices for consumers, at a time when airlines are already squeezing flyers through higher fares and fees.”
While everyone is correctly calling this a mass shooting, it's also a family annihilator case. Most of the violence in our society comes back to intimate partner violence. If we care about peace in any way, we have to care about violence in the home.
A bunny adrift on a tiny ice floe asks a passing seal for help. the seal has a fish in its mouth, and it is a moonlit night on a calm sea.
Daily bunny no.3294 could use a ride home
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Tl;dr: Support the liberal arts & fund the damn public universities like we used to
A somewhat fluffy white cat sits in an ecru and cinnamon colored cat basket on a parquet floor
Weekly cat has found a new place to sit.
Buttigieg: I’ll give the Turning Point folks a lot of strategic credit for going to a lot of different places. Going to these college campuses is kind of the equivalent, in their minds, of the way I feel when I go on Fox News.
The difference is, when I go on Fox News, I’m telling the truth
I’m Masuke, 17 years old. My usual route was closed for roadworks this morning, so I took a different route. I overslept a bit.
I think the internets might be broken.
I just got a Google Alert saying I had been cited on Xitter about Marie Antoinette's indictment (um, how is this "breaking news"?). So I log back into Xitter for the first time since February (when I had to DM birthday greetings to someone). NOTHING.
anyone who knew someone with pancreatic cancer knows how big of a deal this is
The future of the U.S. Forest Service's partnership with Maine is uncertain as budget cuts may affect forest management and research. Via @pressherald.com
A photo of two lanterns shining from Old North Church's steeple in Boston.
On this night 251 years ago, two men climbed Old North Church's steeple. They held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were heading to Concord by way of the Charles River.
Their famous “one if by land, two if by sea” warning ignited the American Revolution.
I’m a Maine Licensed Forester: this is my lane.
USFS is a global leader in research for forests, wood products, and ecology. Trump Admin are proposing to simplify abandon all of it. Colossally stupid and short-sighted.
#mepolitics
Thank you!
Revolutions are like accidents. You don't know you're having them, until you're having them.
As a grad student and early-career researcher, I got a lot of grief for studying what I did. "Rebecca isn't serious," they said. "She studies restaurants." And here they are, the barometer of public health, safety, and democratic norms.
It's the year 2026, and Science has finally published a paper whose lead author is Egyptian. (In fact, the entire team is.) They found a new fossil primate! www.facebook.com/thewomenofeg...
Rarely has there been a lumpenclass so lumpy, depraved, and malicious
Book cover of "There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America" by Brian Goldstone, displayed against a pink background beneath the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes logo and the words "Current Interest — Winner."
Honored and humbled (and truly stunned!) to have won the LA Times Book Prize.
My profound thanks to the five families at the heart of this book, whose trust and generosity made it all possible. I will never stop being grateful to them.
Rarely has there been a lumpenclass so lumpy, depraved, and malicious
This is what happens at concentration camps
