Y’all, @jmstownrediscovery.bsky.social is looking to take the social media crown from the NPS. Different vibe, same quirkyness.

Although, generally, I much agree.

Except for the lead paint. I say this from experience. 🤬

Picture of Victorian geologist w text reading oh look another day where we celebrate an under represented group by asking them to do a bunch of work reminding us they have a legitimate reason to be. Elebrates

Happy no-longer-boycotting-#IWD -actively-protesting-it-day ;)

Shout out to everyone does this work anyway ❤️💪
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The New “Book Club” Scam Targeting Authors and How to Spot It A Public Service Post for Writers

PSA for UGA Press authors (all authors, really): There is a proliferation of sophisticated AI phishing scams going around. Many look legit b/c they hide behind the banner of a "book club." Please don't engage them! Here's a good blog post on the phenomenon. https://loom.ly/ahTL8A0

Historical archaeologists: only if it’s a gunflint.

This #BlackHistoryMonth we’re highlighting UGA Press books that explore Black history across various subjects. Publishing scholarship that amplifies Black voices & histories is our mission.

Explore the stories shaping Black history by reading with us at ugapress.org!📚

#ReadBlackHistory

My archaeologist self obsessively creating a lego typology as my son builds… At least I don’t care when my nails are wrecked from pulling apart tiny legos.

"Teach all history"

"History is real"

"We can only know where we're going if we know where we've been. Maya Angelou"

Y'all, Philly got us covered!

Signs up at the Presidents House in Philly after they were

I almost missed 2018 in New Orleans because it snowed 2 inches in Savannah and my flight there was cancelled. I ended up driving with my grad student, arrived 11pm the night before our 8am talks. My husband was working abroad, and it was my first time away from my toddler. Stressful… 🫠

Exactly the sort of energy we need now. 🧡

Reminds me of a Mythbusters episode- the cast could keep their hands in ice water longer if they could use real swear words. So swearing allows you to endure pain.

Perched on a ledge. Waiting while crack monitors are installed. Historic preservation is easier than archaeology.

Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School A timely exploration of the long history of how Black students and teachers shaped the Black freedom struggle Protest and Pedagogy traces how, and in what ways, high school teachers and students sustained and propelled the Black freedom struggle in Charlottesville, Virginia. It centers the relationship between protest and pedagogy within classrooms and the surrounding community of Charlottesville. The story spotlights the resistance of Black teachers and students in the American high school throughout the nation during the twentieth century. Rather than act simply as passive participants in the Black freedom struggle—or outright opponents—Black high school teachers and their students, this book argues, employed a variety of organizing and protest strategies to make schools and communities more just and equitable spaces. Black teachers’ pedagogical approaches in the classroom underpinned protest within and beyond schools. At the same time, Black teacher and student organizing, activism, and protest led to pedagogical reforms in classrooms and schools. ALEXANDER D. HYRES is an assistant professor in the history of U.S. education at the University of Utah. His career in education started as a secondary social studies and English teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. He earned a PhD in social foundations at the University of Virginia. He is a research affiliate for the Teachers in the Movement Oral History Project at the University of Virginia. He was a 2022 National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and received a 2024 Early Career Teaching Award from the University of Utah.

My book, Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School, will be published soon. To learn more about it, see the attached flyer. To pre-order the book, go here: www.ugapress.org/978082037530... #histed #edhist #history @ugapress.bsky.social

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Very likely. For the first time this year, squirrels have not only eaten my pumpkins, but the pumpkin vines. Little fluffy rats sitting there chowing down on the huge stalks and leaves bigger than they are. 🤬

Think actions like the destruction of the East Wing shouldn't happen? We have ONE cultural resource law to keep fed gov in check, & there's a hearing in the senate Wednesday. Call members on the natural resources committee & voice your support for Section 106! preservationaction.org/106-hearing-...

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You can get my totally not scary book for a scary good discount.

Full Committee Hearing to Examine the Section 106 Consultation Process Under the National Historic Preservation Act

So much wasn't done before demolition of the White House East Wing began. Next week the Senate is holding a hearing on the main process, Section 106, that protects heritage across the country. I think we should expect they're not looking to strengthen it.
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Child’s drawing of a bald eagle with red eyes and a severe look on its face.

The American eagle disapproves.

Artwork my son, summer 2025.

Colleague’s response to the SO 3431 process. Needs a better frame, but happy with how it turned out. #crossstitch #so3431

I forgot duct tape.

I’ve only heard it in Va. I learned the term working at Mount Vernon in the early 2000s. I think it might even be specific to the VA historical sites, especially Presidential houses.

I try to support Gaylord Archival whenever possible- a Syracuse company!

It came pre-dirtied? 😝

Preach!

I am having the wackiest (often negative) dreams this year. It’s only adding to the stress exhaustion.

Super late to the party- but I must recommend the Pearl Buck House, about 10 minutes from where I grew up. National Historic Landmark and a feel good story. pearlsbuck.org