The MX-6 waking from its winter slumber

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

Bagels on a cooling rack

Sourdough discard everything bagels

What I Learned from Evan Sullivan About the Lives of Blind Veterans After World War I Psychology of Pilgrimage Episode 52

I had a great conversation with Dr. Heather Warfield on the Psychology of Pilgrimage podcast about the 1927 American Legion convention in Paris and blind veteran Frank Schoble, about whom I write in the epilogue to my book, Constructing Disability after the Great War (@illinoispress.bsky.social)

The Post Star’s coverage of @loweradkpride.bsky.social’s work with the town of Moreau to fly the Pride flag during Pride Month:

Getting back into writing some different projects since finishing my first book. Remembering that the first pass through is usually shit, but it’s still good to get something written down.

Number of students killed in Israeli attack on school in southern Iran rises to 24 We have reported earlier that an Israeli strike hit an elementary girl’s school in Minab, a city in the Hormozgan province of southern Iran, killing five people. Now, Iran’s Fars news agency is reporting that the number of students killed rose to 24.

No words.

The messenger icon with 172 unread messages.

The e-mail icon with almost 600 unread emails.

My phone in two pictures.

Iran could be close to enriching uranium for bomb-making material, Witkoff claims The US envoy left out that Iran currently has no access to its material, no machines to enrich it, and no weapons program to use it for any operational purpose. US Special Envoy to the Middle East Ste...

"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Fool me once, shame on...shame on you.' Fool me—you can't get fooled again." - George W. Bush

How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.

It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

Torti cat sleeping on a couch next to a large Bluey stuffed toy

Shhhhhh. Molly is napping.

6 February – Sámi National day in Oslo 6 February marks the Sámi National day, and it is celebrated in Oslo. Check out Sámi events, where to eat reindeer meat, and where you can learn more about Sámi culture.

The other day was Sami National Day. My grandma’s family came over from Norway in the early 1900s, and were descendants of the Sami (Laplanders). www.visitoslo.com/en/whats-on/...

i need an emotional support perogi

MAGA-aligned military commanders are pressuring enlisted service members to go to the Melania movie and bring their families. Troops at 8 different bases have complained. www.businessinsider.com/us-military-...

If this is true--it cements the US-Russian alliance. The USA becomes formally the enemy of freedom. Own up to this Republicans.

Back in the old Twitter days (RIP), I had an ongoing thread related to World War I munitions uncovered in various places around the world. Maybe I'll continue that here. I guess, these shells really do turn up almost everywhere...

www.msn.com/en-xl/africa...

Biopic of Jacob Frey starring Jeremy Allen White

Evan P. Sullivan. Constructing Disability after the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era The past quarter century has witnessed an outpouring of interest in the welfare of disabled military veterans. In the United States, this concern can be ch

Grateful for this thoughtful review by John Kinder in the American Historical Review.

“Evan Sullivan joins the top tier of historians working in the field of the history of disabled veterans…”

I study fascism. I’ve already fled America. On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”

“I think right now, the Trump regime has decided it has enough of the levers of power that they don’t need to have public support anymore".

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Seth Harp’s book The Fort Bragg Cartel.

This book by Seth Harp was unimaginably dark, a searing and gritty investigation of the inner world of the special operations community. One of the most interesting books I’ve ever read.

Today, I stepped on a Lego. In my painful effort to shift weight to my other foot in order to relieve pressure from the Lego, I stepped on another Lego.

WHY did I buy a 100-year-old laxative tin from eBay? Because a blind WWI vet I’m currently researching for a new project was a pharmacist and patented his own laxative pill after the war, and I couldn’t pass up owning a piece of his history!

My new review of "Constructing Disability After the Great War" by @evanpsullivan.bsky.social in the AHR -- a terrific work of #disabilityhistory @illinoispress.bsky.social

For the Sake of Humans: Animal Casualties and Medical Testing in Modern War During the First World War, a group of British and American military engineers conducted a series of experiments to determine what kinds of dugouts would give soldiers the most protection from high…

Animals have always suffered with the goal of making war less lethal for humans nursingclio.org/2020/07/08/f... @nursingclio.bsky.social

I also have a few signed copies I can send by mail if you’d like one!

Constructing Disability after the Great War

@illinoispress.bsky.social is running a #BlackFriday sale on all their books, including mine! Get your copy of Constructing Disability after the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era using the code FRIDAY50 from now until November 30th! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

Episode 2 of #AmericanRevolution features free Black soldier Lemuel Haynes who enlisted in Granville, Massachusetts. My 6th Great Grandfather, Benjamin Barnes, served with him. They went to Roxbury and then Ticonderoga, the latter location where they first heard the Declaration of Independence.

On a robust diet of cough syrup and throat lozenges.

One of those “I did my own research” scenarios