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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

SHEAR Civics Exchange is Live! This initiative connects you with SHEAR members who can speak to your organization, club, or institution about the history that has shaped our civic institutions and civic culture. Click here to learn more and find a speaker in your area or anywhere: civics.shear.org

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Call for Applications: SHEAR 2026 Travel Grants SHEAR has a small fund to provide travel grants to attend our annual conference with priority to those with no (or limited) institutional funding. Application deadline is May 22, 2026. Click here to learn more & apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

@shearites.bsky.social has signed onto @historians.org statement strongly opposing the new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines that impose a “strict prohibition” on content in core & undergrad classes related to sexual orientation and gender identity, while failing to define these terms.

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AHA Opposes Restrictions on Teaching and Learning at Texas Tech University - AHA

The AHA has released a statement strongly opposing the new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines. The guidelines impose a “strict prohibition” on content related to “Sexual Orientation and G...

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Instead of complaining about ICE in particular, can we place blame where it belongs? Can we just say that it's the United States government, fueled by Donald Trump, that has unleashed all this violence against American cities?

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This webinar is designed to help humanities Ph.D.s in their search for non-academic positions in a tough market. Dr. Brooke Lansing Mai will share strategies she learned the hard way -- lessons that few of our graduate programs teach us. Join us, and pose questions you have on the registration page!

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

And in other breaking news, water is wet.

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Ask me questions! Get excited for next summer's SHEAR!

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

lailalalami.com/the-dream-ho... My friends, read this amazing dystopian novel—it’s akin to Minority Report but so much more accurate and interesting. @lailalalami.com is phenomenal.

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The Dream Hotel – Laila Lalami

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Ask me questions! Get excited for next summer's SHEAR!

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Don't worry, Andrew! DJT will pardon you!

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Look at this gorgeous book I got in the mail!

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

@shearites.bsky.social Thanks to the generosity of @robynlilyphd.bsky.social, we have renamed this annual prize the SHEAR Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize. Now it'll come with a $1000 prize as well as a book contract and ms. workshop. Thank you, Robyn & Bill! shear.org/shear-book-p...

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Announcing the SHEAR Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize – SHEAR

About SHEAR

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

"Trump and his allies distort the past to convince their followers that respecting the American Revolution is somehow compatible with supporting a tyrant. They want to turn the Revolution into a symbol for tribal loyalty, but the Revolution belongs to all Americans." newrepublic.com/article/1983...

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Trump Is the Enemy of the American Revolution

He has produced a crisis much like the one the colonists faced two and a half centuries ago. Now it’s our responsibility to uphold the Founders’ legacy.

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

My amazing mom has written a moving YA novel about the experiences of impoverished, desperate Okie migrants who moved to California during the Depression (like her family) -- where they were demonized. It's so relevant to the terrible treatment of immigrants today. www.amazon.com/Cora-Lee-Oki...

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Cora Lee: An Okie Girl in Depression-Era California

Cora Lee: An Okie Girl in Depression-Era California [Eastman, Jeannie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Cora Lee: An Okie Girl in Depression-Era California

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

So, what’s the over/under on Ghislaine Maxwell magically receiving a pardon and — gasp! — telling us that DJT was totally a stand-up guy?

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

We had to make a pilgrimage to a holy site while in South Pasadena.

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I called VA Gov. Glenn Youngkin's office to ask if he would deploy the military to combat Virginians' rights to peaceful free speech at the #NoKings protest on Saturday the way that Trump had sent troops to CA. "The Governor has not released a statement yet," she said, "but he stands with Trump."

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

"I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love."

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Are there ways to depart a conference feeling happy rather than vaguely dissatisfied or alienated? Why yes there are! Join our webinar tomorrow (Wed., 5/28) at 4pm and find out! Free and open to all -- please tell your grad students and colleagues. This is not oriented to any particular conference.

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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

We’re doing a thing! Want to talk about how to do a conference? Come ask somebody who’s made all the mistakes and survived: Me! . . . and also Will and @carolyneastman.bsky.social, who make far fewer mistakes ;)

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Help us get the word out to everyone! How do you get the most out of academic conferences? Considering all the challenges we're facing, this free SHEAR webinar with @wmackintosh.bsky.social‬ and @drhonor.bsky.social is designed to offer practical strategies for finding your people. Join us!

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

How do you get the most out of academic conferences? Considering all the social and intellectual challenges we're facing, this free SHEAR webinar with ‪@wmackintosh.bsky.social‬ and @drhonor.bsky.social is designed to offer practical strategies for finding your people. Join us!

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Okay, sure, he has violated the Constitution (again), but let's comfort ourselves that the plane is made by Boeing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Is Said to Be Getting Qatari 747 for Air Force One, and Post-Presidency Travel

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Experimenting with tart seasonal drinks: this one is a cherry-ginger whiskey sour. This photo doesn’t capture its beauty:

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Whoever is doing social media for this site should run for president.

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Gaetz withdraws. Or perhaps I should say that he has pulled out. Was it premature? Did he not have sufficient protection? I feel like maybe there's a joke in here somewhere.

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I loved the book so much that I was afraid the show would suck. But the first episode, anyway, is SO GOOD. Ronny Chieng as the sidekick is great in every single scene, and the fantastic elements just work so well.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

BREAKING: House Speaker Mike Johnson announces that male Republicans neutered by Donald Trump may continue to use the men's bathrooms.

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Prediction for the Trump regime: an unprecedented wave of people asking for money/ starting GoFundMe drives to help them out of desperate situations and health crises, because instead of insurance and government aid Trump needed billionaires to get richer.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 18/11/2024

1.2 Millions Americans died because of his negligence, while he was sending our lifesaving supplies to Putin.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Trump isn't even in office yet & we're already talking about letting him bypass the Constitution as though that's a normal conversation to be having.

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Jenny Arthur @antarcticjenny.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Hello Bluesky! I'm a glaciologist at the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø, northern Norway, currently working with remote sensing of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Will be posting about polar science, diversity/equity/inclusion, and updates from living in the Arctic! ❄️

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I write about the history of early American republic, which feels more fragile than ever, so I also read a ton of fiction (literary when I'm feeling strong; mysteries and thrillers otherwise) and am unashamedly bad at many, many forms of art (pottery, watercolor, quilting, encaustic among them).

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Roxane Gay on Trump voters: "These are adults, so let us treat them like adults. Let us acknowledge that they want to believe nonsense and conjecture. ...They want to celebrate a leader who allows them to nurture their basest beliefs about others." 💯 Gift article:

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Opinion | Enough

To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My cactus is determined to cheer me up

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 15/11/2024

You should know two things: 1. The Trump admin plans to remove all references to "abortion," "reproductive health," and "sexual and reproductive rights" from all federal laws, regulations, contracts, and grants. 2. The Trump admin is planning to create the Department of Life separate from HHS.

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Carolyn Eastman @carolyneastman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

An acquaintance just posted Elon Musk's comment about how we should ignore the news and place blind trust in the notion that they're going to make our groceries cheaper (and apparently end all wars). Is it even worth making a comment about drinking the kool-aid? Gah.

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Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.

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