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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/10/2026

i think cox should spend less time weeping about polarization and more time working to convince his co-partisans not to abandon pluralism and liberal democracy

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Family history and genealogy, media juicing up controversy and fawning over science while failing to get that yes the historical analysis was conclusive. I couldn't not write about this! Shorter: just read @agordonreed.bsky.social. karinwulf.com/trove/the-fa...

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The Family History of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, and the Politics of Genealogy. - Karin Wulf

[The cover image is a page from Jefferson’s “Farm Book” at the Massachusetts Historical Society where he listed enslaved recipients of “Bread” at Monticello in 1810 –including Sally Hemings and four o...

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Brian S. King @briansking19.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not a peep from Gov. Spencer Cox about this? Surprising that he makes no effort to defend his successor or Utah’s election integrity.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the spanish national team.
Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock

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The University of Utah Press @uofupress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Introducing our Fall 2026 Catalog! Explore our newest titles and forthcoming releases. View the catalog: conta.cc/4yjGCma

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/07/2026

I think @govandybeshear.bsky.social should just appoint a Dem to fill McConnell’s seat. It would force proof of life, and the state law that stripped him of that power should be challenged in court. I’m sure Thune would refuse to seat the appointee, but I think it’s a fight worth having. BE BOLD!

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

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Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

An interesting thread from a month ago that predicted exactly what we’re seeing in the reflecting pool now (peeling up, prolific microbial activity)

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Relitigating Biden's decision to run in 2024 is an excellent use of everyone's time, and I'm delighted the NYT is brave enough to give it oxygen

Hillary Clinton Says Biden’s Re-election Bid Was a ‘Terrible Mistake’
If the former president had “passed the torch” and allowed a competitive Democratic primary in 2024, she said in a new interview, the winner “would have beaten Donald Trump

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The Biden Verdict Is In. It Isn’t Pretty

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tylerbroker.bsky.social @tylerbroker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

One of my favorite academic anecdotes is Laurel Ulrichs’ acknowledgement in A Midwife’s Tale that those who helped her cannot be blamed for the errors “that crept in while we all slept.” Even the best work can contain errors. Recognizing that should only make one strive harder to be accurate.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Pleased to post my draft article, “Discovering the Historical Anglo-American Constitution.” I study the history of birthright citizenship from the 1100s to the 1700s. The English common-law rule of natural-born subjects was always tied to territory and jurisdiction. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

/2 Federal perjury investigations for testimony in civil cases are incredibly rare. Nearly unheard of. And I have absolutely never heard of one launched against the prevailing party in a case. Wanton and open corruption.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I was about to post “maybe the Tom Paine of today is the Pope” but then all of Paine’s lost bones reconstituted themselves, marched into my house, and threw my phone out the window.

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Amy Tanner Thiriot @ancestorfiles.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Favorite suffragist: My g-g-grandma, Elizabeth Pugsley Hayward. Was the Utah State Senator who introduced the 19th Amendment into the Utah legislature for ratification. She was active in national Democratic politics, one of the first women delegates at a national political convention in 1908.

A picture of Utah State Senator Democratic political activist Elizabeth Pugsley Hayward

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Peter L. Twohig @ptwohig.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I am very excited to announce the forthcoming publication of my new book with University of Toronto Press in July 2026. Heartfelt thanks to friends, colleagues, archivists, librarians, & students who have been on the journey with me. Deets: utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.... @uoftpress.bsky.social

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Amy Tanner Thiriot @ancestorfiles.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

My teenager's response: A judge is supposed to be unbiased and AI is by definition biased.

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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Our book Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750–1820 is currently half price in the Yale University Press Spring Sale. yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

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Race and the Scottish Enlightenment - Yale University Press London

How colonialism shaped the Scottish Enlightenment’s conception of race and humanity In the decades after 1750, an increasing number of former me...

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

The reactions of some researchers on Twitter finally being held responsible for not having read the very paper they submitted are... something. Mainly, they don't think they should have to check every citation or make sure the data is real and accurate. Because it's too hard, I guess.

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Mark Ripley - Games Industry Dinosaur @markripley.com · 16/05/2026

Leaked image of new Apple EV.

EV on its roof, with charging cable underneath; reminiscent of Apple Magic Mouse.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Share something good instead of sharing something to dunk on.

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katya schwenk @katyaschwenk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

After an obscure defense vendor won a $12 million no-bid contract w/ ICE, I noticed something odd on its website: The firm was using a (still watermarked!) stock photo for the chief of its “development team.” Things only got more bizarre from there…

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

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Gloam Hallow @gloam.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Fresco painters:

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Breaking NEWS!! Federal judge rules DOGE illegally terminated NEH grants last year in a summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs AHA, ACLA, and MLA, and orders the restoration of 1400 terminated grants

Federal Judge Rules to
Restore
National Endowment for the Humanities
Funding In Historic Case
This afternoon, May 7, 2026, US District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the mass termination by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) of more than 1,400 grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations was "unlawful,
unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect."

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Just got the following email from the NYC bar association: "Update: All attorneys from the United States Attorney's Offices have withdrawn from participating in this year's White Collar Crime Conference."

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

In this video, Trump cannot get out of his chair, struggles to stand, takes a few steps, falls to the floor, struggles to stand again, and then walks off the stage. The question should be: what about Trump's health is being kept from the public?

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Some part of beinge a wrytere ys decidinge to give up some of your tyme wyth people livinge righte now yn order to hang out wyth people who died bifor you were borne or who will be borne aftir you die.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I hope six of you have already pitched this to your local paper.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/04/2026

it is very funny how these people are so accustomed to essentially bullying democratic politicians that they meltdown when met with appropriate pushback. in any case, the process to amend the virginia constitution has multiple stages where, at any point, an amendment can be defeated.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Some timeline stuff: — We expect to get InfoWars.com after the judge clears it in a couple of weeks. — We'll build a world of characters on the site and across social media. Tim Heidecker is in charge, and we have grand designs. — Visit theonion.info, buy a subscription, help us dominate the world.

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Let me tell you a story. When I was a child, I suffered from night terrors. It was always the same dream: I could hear my family and neighbors wailing…

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Max Perry Mueller @maxperrymueller.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Thanks so much, @biographersintl.bsky.social! biographersinternational.org/news/2026-pl...

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Brenden W. Rensink 📚🏃‍♂️⛰ @brendenwrensink.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

American West friends: Reminder to follow the BYU Redd Center for Western Studies (@byureddcenter.bsky.social) that I help run & the monthly author-interview Writing Westward Podcast (@writingwestward.bsky.social) that I host & produce. If I have 3.8K followers, they should have at least as many!

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Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Question for my fellow colonial Latin Americanists: when a primary source says that an Indian town has 10,000 Indians "de excelente calidad," what does calidad mean in this context? Is it still a socioracial category? What are the implications of being used towards natives? Thank you in advance!

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Historian of Reconstruction here it’s really sad that Nick Cannon has missed the last over hundred years of American history. Somebody should tell him how the Solid Democratic South votes now out of the kindness of their heart. www.tmz.com/2026/03/28/n...

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Nick Cannon Calls the Democratic Party the 'Party of the KKK'

Nick Cannon expressed some distaste for the Democratic Party ... calling them the "party of the KKK" -- that said, don't expect the man to vote Republican either.

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I'm afraid I can't just sit here and say nothing when another law professor gives false testimony to Congress about the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. Ilan Wurman has given false testimony to Congress, being fully on notice of the falsity. I do not think this is fairly debatable. 1.

The case of temporary visitors was more complicated at common law. The
parents, if lawfully present, were under the temporary protection of the sovereign.
That is why one judge in a famous case, Lynch v. Clarke, held in 1844 that a child
born of temporary sojourners was a citizen. But the rule was contested because of
increasing international travel and the resulting dual allegiances. Joseph Story
suggested that an exception for temporary visitors would be a “reasonable
qualification” to the rule. Henry St. George Tucker in his treatise stated flatly that
temporary visitors fell outside the common-law

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Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The graveside service today was beautiful. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to those who reached out, shared, donated, sent well wishes, and more.

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Megan Smolenyak @megansmolenyak.com · 23/02/2026

Welcome home, Pvt. Donald Roger Lichty. Honored to have researched your family. #hero #WWII

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