Tonight, able to get both Nats & Os. Maybe MLB decided Greensboro was far enough away to not be considered home market?

lithograph shows Abraham Lincoln riding in a carriage driven by a Black man and doffing his cap. A crowd surrounds the carriage. Prominent in the foreground are Black Virginians reaching out to him, offering him flowers, and otherwise celebrating

President Lincoln Riding Through Richmond, April 4th, 1865, Immediately After the Evacuation of the City by General Lee.

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Did they see all of us complaining about how hard writing was and think this was the solution we wanted when what we really wanted was robust funding for the arts and humanities and comments in MS Word footnotes?

Being now 5 hours from DC, I’d hoped I’d be able to stream the @nationals.com on MLB.tv. Yet Greensboro is somehow considered home market for Nationals, plus Braves (also 5 hours away) and even Orioles?!

I’ve been out of the game for a while and lost track of people in the move to this place, so if you’re an adjunct/VAP/postdoc in history, can you reply and let me know what you work on? I am an editor at @contingent-mag.bsky.social and we are often looking for book reviewers etc.

Buy John's book! It is going to have a huge splash and change the way we understand George Washington. You don't want to be left out, do you?

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Yamamoto with his head in his hands

Historian here seen in the bad place “Admiral Yamamoto, seen here realizing he’d totally forgot to tell Trump he was going to attack Pearl Harbor.”

Um… How many of these are suburbs of large, high cost-of-living cities? Says this person relieved to be living in an actual smaller, lower cost metro area after 21 years in a high-cost area.

As usual, an insightful piece from Max Van Balgooy on structural issues facing the public history field. engagingplaces.net/2026/03/10/aaslhs-workfo...

Love this series. Already recommended to students & may well use in my US- LatAm relations class in the fall. Amazing work, @renatakeller.bsky.social & Dustin Walcher & everyone involved!

When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

Edgelords doing an AI drive-by to cancel scholarly grants is awful. But what’s most damning is the willing participation of Michael McDonald and Adam Wolfson in destroying the agency they led www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

Good chance this piece will be on the syllabus for my U.S.-Latin America class. A nuanced take on U.S. business interests allying with Porfirio Díaz to put him in power. With a cameo by the Stillmans, who figure into my work.

Now that some AI has decent handwriting recognition, how should a documentary editing project—needing firm accuracy—incorporate it? Michael Cohen of Taylor-Fillmore papers has more: edspace.american.edu/taylorandfillmore/gemini...

Past years:
Spurs down by 25. Go to bed.
Spurs up by 25. They’ll blow it so might as well go to bed.

This year: Keep watching even if they’re down by 25… Wow.

Postdoc Opportunity!

The History Department at Binghamton University (SUNY) seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Latin American History who considers spatial dimensions in their work.

2-year contract, $60k

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For Educators Contingent publishes accessible, engaging, well-researched pieces on history, the work of doing history, and the community of people involved in that work.

We know people use our pieces in the classroom all the time and we love to hear from you! contingentmagazine.org/for-educator...

A favorite piece that I’ve written—thanks @contingent-mag.bsky.social for sharing!

Excellent, thank you!

Hi! U.S. electronics recycling open today?

I look forward to building on the amazing work my colleagues and predecessors in the UNCG History Department have done educating the next generation of public historians and connecting with local communities and institutions.

Big life news: the McKenzies are headed to North Carolina! I’m thrilled to share that I’m starting as an Assistant Professor of Public History at @uncg.edu in January. While it will be hard to leave the Washington area after 21 years, I’m excited for this next step.

Wide-ranging interview with transnational historian Erika Pani by Ben Vinson III for @historians.org — so many gems, and loving her work on showing just how intertwined 19c US & Mexico really were. www.historians.org/perspectives-article/an-...

I should’ve been more suspicious when @markwarner.bsky.social’s office was taking voicemails today and @kaine.senate.gov’s was not…

Here’s today’s thread once more for the evening crowd. Please share all this great public scholarship widely, thanks! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️

Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests While these predictions suggest that the journalistic community’s enthusiasm for social media platforms has waned over time, there has been no such change in the perceptions of the people actually usi...

How does this analysis of journalists’ attitudes toward social media platforms track with those of museum professionals’ and public historians’ attitudes over time? Parallels & comparisons? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/jour...

No Going Back Mary Rizzo examines how four LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations.

Latinx communities across the USA have been targeted by ICE. This summer, four LA historical and cultural institutions spoke out in solidarity, amongst silence in the museum sector.

Mary Rizzo on the role of museums in not only historical storytelling, but taking a stand:

Know a young filmmaker 14 to 22? Encourage them to join in Lincoln Presidential Foundation's Latest Generation Film Contest—opportunity to speak their voices & learn about nuanced historical storytelling through film. Two sessions this month! More info: www.lincolnpresidential.org/events/upcom...

The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis A common US-centric narrative holds that the Cuban missile crisis ended when Washington stood firm against the Soviets. But that story ignores a whole continent.

Glad for @renatakeller.bsky.social’s new work on Americas in Cuban Missile Crisis. Especially appreciate how she says “in Cuba,” as opposed to the “on Cuba” that others so often use in this context—showing Cuba as a sovereign nation, not a pawn. theconversation.com/the-lost-his...

Watching my Pitt Panthers in their Atlantic Coast Conference game against... Stanford, playing in California... 🤷‍♂️

Excited to be in Cincinnati for #aaslh2025. Enjoyed checking out the fascinating exhibits at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at the conference event tonight, and getting to catch up with old colleagues/friends and meet new ones. And walk to Kentucky!