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Chelsea D Chamberlain

@cdchambs.bsky.social
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Historian of modern US disability and childhood.

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Erin K. Maher @erinkmaher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I went to the "founded in the 1920s by utopian Dewey stans" type of alternative school through sixth grade, and that definitely shapes my specific horror @ This Shit. Kids don't need AI, they need to go down to the creek and touch a bug.
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
my favorite part of completing the "digital check-in process" for my son's doctor's appointment is when I get to rate my experience with the digital check-in process
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i think RFK Jr.'s colon-destroying steak and sauerkraut diet, tradwife culture, and Silicon Valley CNC parties are the same thing: a desperate attempt among powerful men to convince each other that gluttony, rapaciousness, and raw domination are not just their birthright but their responsibility
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
what's super cool is despite my best efforts I transported the smell to work with me so now my office hours are punctuated by skunk funk.
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Three years in and I remain obsessed with our washer/dryer combo unit. I’m on the fourth load of laundry for the day and it has barely felt like work.
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
yesterday I walked into daycare for pick up and a mom in there took one look at me and said "oof you look tired." nice way to kick off the weekend...
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Doctors TARDIS @doctorstardis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
*spins wheel* Clams with *throws dart* hepatitis
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Brianna Nofil @briannanofil.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
William & Mary is hiring an assistant prof of Modern African American history! I have found this to be a great place to be a jr faculty member—terrific students, colleagues, & public education. (And we graduate 100+ history majors a year!) networks.h-net.org/jobs/70421/c...
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The College of William and Mary - Assistant Professor of Modern African American History | H-Net
The Harrison Ruffin Tyler Department of History at William & Mary, a public university of the Commonwealth of Virginia, seeks applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level in modern African American history. Appointment will begin August 10, 2027.
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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 23/09/2026
It’s barely after seven pm, it’s pretty dark outside, & I just need us to acknowledge together that is some bullshit
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
in research methods tomorrow we're doing Adam Shapiro's great "Star in the Stones" piece from @contingent-mag.bsky.social paired with Naomi Wolf's horrific BBC interview. Takeaway: you *must* be ready and willing to revise your hypothesis!
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
it might be my busiest office hours in history folks, and NONE of the visits were about impending due dates or contesting grades. incredible!
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
in a reading response for an excerpt of Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" I asked students to make the case for who might be a "modern day Carnegie" and now I have to learn who Mr. Beast is after intentionally avoiding this knowledge for years
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 17/09/2026
frantically trying to figure out how to convert a diesel engine to boneless wings
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today in my History of Alterntive Medicine class: Student after reading a chapter on Samuel Thomson (inventor of 19th C. Thomsonian Medicine): "He sounds like RFK Jr." Me: "Oh, my sweet summer child, this is the first of many, many, many RFK Jr.s we will meet this semester."
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Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Imagine walking through the streets of London with Samuel Pepys as your guide. We’re excited to announce Samuel Pepys’ London, a new historical map from the Historic Towns Trust that will bring Restoration London vividly to life.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 14/09/2026
Macklemore has this extremely Seattle earnestness that is pure cringe to 90% of the rest of the country, but I knew it would see him through in the end. What is cringe but earnestness persevering
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
okay it's week 3 and I've decided that work is hard and I would like the semester to be over. anyone know how I can make that happen?
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luke 🐾 @earthen-were.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
rainbow trout bowls 💚💗🤍 🔺6 speckled stoneware, underglaze, glaze
photo of a hand holding a ceramic bowl before a white background. the bowl has glaze in colors of green, pink, light blueand white with specklesphoto of two bowls, one inverted to show the underside photo taken from above of the foot/bottom of the bowlphoto of bowl interior
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
grow up and read Bill Cronon's "The Trouble with Wilderness" for godssake
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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/09/2026
you don’t have to have the conversation on their terms and in fact you shouldn’t have the conversation on their terms more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
but first I would have to find a doctor who actually asks any questions
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10/09/2026
i don't care what the issue is, if your election opponent is running millions of dollars in ads about one single issue, you cannot, under any circumstances, say that your opponent is right about the issue.
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A friend just had a baby, and now I'm curious to learn about folks' reliable "bring someone a meal" recipes. What do you like to make and leave on someone's porch?
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Anthrodiva @anthrodiva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A person with white hair and mustache is wearing a t shirt that has an image of Sigmund Freud superimposed over the Pink Floyd logo. Shirt text reads: Pink Freud Dark Side of Your Mom. Across the image, added text reads: bro what is my psych teacher wearing
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On ectopic pregnancies and abortion bans. New from @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a horseshoe crab watches as a variety of prehistoric creatures swim towards an ethereal light. An ammonite calls back to the crab, “come on, horseshoe crab! We’re all evolving!” Panel 2: the horseshoe crab stays in position and replies, “nahh that’s crazy” Panel 3: the horseshoe crab is superimposed in front of a future premonition: a rather miserable-looking human slouched in the glow of a desktop computer. The horshoe crab swims away and says, “good luck tho”
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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I guess it’s important to communicate that MAHA is fundamentally an movement by individuals to capture health care dollars by lying to people about having products and services that work
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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jesus Christ, famously stingy about giving fish to people
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Chris Johnson @ectowombat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not exactly merch, but the 9/11 mini-muffins live forever in my heart.
Marriott sign reading “In remembrance of those we lost on 9/11 the hotel will provide complimentary coffee and mini muffins from 8:45 - 9:15am.” next to the aforementioned mini muffins.
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Rachel Louise Moran @rachellouisemoran.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hello #HistMed & folks! AAHM education committee is putting together our hist of medicine week for the end of Oct & I am organizing a virtual panel on incorporating med history into survey/general history courses. Is this something that you can speak on? Or do you know someone great? Let me know!
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This summer, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History launched an online exhibit that highlights their recently expanded Menstrual History Collection. Worth a perusal! And an amazing resource for women's history or medical history classes. 🗃️ americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhi...
Box for "Form-Fit" Sanitary ApronPoster: "You're a young lady now" with a tomboy looking into a mirror, which shows a more girly version looking back at her
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm teaching this tomorrow. will see if it finally happens for me.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Students who nod and smile during lecture when we try to make a point? Heroes
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
putting out the bat signal to my fellow middle-aged lady historians. Our building's HVAC got replaced and AC moved from frigid to Arctic. I want a nice shawl/shrug for my office, ideally with pockets. Recommendations?? 🗃️
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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 01/09/2026
Welcome to Bluesky.
Thanks for being patient. A team member is coming to cancel you.
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is the thing. My whole life is about this now, instead of actually teaching. I don't want to be a human captcha
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🏳️‍⚧️Lenore, also Nora @rareandradiant.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
nonbinary rap group called Public Universal Enemy
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
pasting key excerpts from a Frederick Douglass speech into a doc and Gemini keeps intruding to offer to "match this style?" to which I say WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? NO COMPUTER BRAIN CAN MATCH DOUGLASS AND SCREW YOU FOR PRETENDING YOU CAN
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
putting out the bat signal to my fellow middle-aged lady historians. Our building's HVAC got replaced and AC moved from frigid to Arctic. I want a nice shawl/shrug for my office, ideally with pockets. Recommendations?? 🗃️
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
happy "if the room number starts with a 3, then it's on the third floor" to all who celebrate!
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
legislation to force states to allow direct-to-consumer auto sales would be some of the best pro-EV policy possible
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/08/2026
Amherst College is looking for a Director of Public History and Engagement: networks.h-net.org/jobs/70277/a... 🗃️
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Amherst College - Director of Public History and Engagement | H-Net
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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 25/08/2026
first of all, it's not "shrekking," it's "roger rabbiting," and second of all, jessica rabbit legitimately saw roger rabbit as hot and if you don't understand that, you shouldn't be writing about any of this
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Film as an industry is so weird - they take these incredible, hyper intelligent, boundlessly hard working creatives, give them the resources to realise the vision they’ve described, then do everything in their power to sabotage it. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
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Marketing meltdown: why has Andrew Garfield’s new film suddenly added Robin Hood?
Paul Greengrass drama The Uprising was supposed to be a historical epic about the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 – but a strange new campaign has inserted a surprising figure
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A federal appeals court has ruled that states can regulate prediction markets like gambling, dealing a major blow to the booming industry
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States can regulate prediction markets as gambling, federal appeals court rules | CNN Business
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that states can regulate prediction markets like gambling, dealing a major blow to the booming industry.
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Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
god I miss living in West Philly
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