Hey, #Boston friends! I'll be giving a talk on David Walker at Boston Public Library on 21 May, and I'd love it if you were able to join me! The talk is free, and you can sign up at the link below! 🗃️
A Governor Who Stressed Pragmatism Is Hounded by Politics
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the war room!" energy
Congratulations, @adamrothman.bsky.social, on the publication of your article about abolitionists' use of irony and humor to clarify the hypocrisy of slaveholders. It's fantastic. Everyone should read it!
I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org
I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...
Thank you!
Funny to them, anyway.
I should say that Brown's cutting remark about Adams got laughter and applause from the audience, and the article reflects my effort to understand what was so funny about it.
Cover of March 2026 Journal of American History
First page of Adam Rothman, "Slip the Yoke and Change the Joke: How Abolitionists Used Runaway Slave Advertisements to Ridicule Slavery," Journal of American History, Volume 112, Issue 4, March 2026, Pages 659–679
Nice to see it in print
The Ascension, by Paolo Veronese, 1585, 📸 by @gwephoto
Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
Hear the strange but true story about my grandfather falling onto the tracks at Park Street station and touching the third rail.
(But thanks to his wooden leg, he wasn't electrocuted. The crazy story of his “lucky leg” appeared in newspapers across the country.)
Emily Sweeney's on Bluesky!
@emilysweeney22.bsky.social
The way she says "The cah has since been discovered, but the suspect is still at lahge" ❤️
Foner's Reconstruction or his Short History of Reconstruction, depending on your level of commitment to the task.
I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.
"If My people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land, except for the Radical Left Democrats, who I will smite bigly."
He’s 100% gonna riff at some point
I thought it was patriotism but why not both together?
One thing that boggles the mind is that Trump is going to read a passage about humility. Which raises the question, will he be struck by lightning?
BREAKING: Just 20 minutes before Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was open, massive trades hit the market.
Investors sold a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, a $760 million bet that oil would go down.
These orders were much larger than anything else at the time.
Unusual.
A) not so secret
B) just one of them?
I wonder how many people know how insane the arch & ballroom are?
If you are a bee wrangler, this is your moment.
How
"They are attempting to corral the bees at this time"
