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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 2h

It's not just whether they check the AI output though. Check out @sarialtschuler.bsky.social's work on this: news.northeastern.edu/2024/12/05/a.... At my last dr appt, I offered to send her Sari's Lancet article to explain why I was saying no 😉

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How will AI scribes affect the quality of health care?

Sari Altschuler, a professor of English, argues that usage of AI scribes for note-taking can negatively affect the quality of care.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 9h

Another day, another book from a great scholar coming out w @uncpress.bsky.social!

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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It’s here!! Wild to have an actual copy of the book I spent 13 years on in my hands! If you want to preorder a copy of The Political Supreme Court, there’s still time before the official release date on October 27: a.co/d/08PThSrx. (Or uncpress.org/978146969713... if you’re avoiding Amazon)

Picture of the book The Political Supreme Court by Rachel A. Shelden.

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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Blueskis, it's Launch Day for @draftingthepast.bsky.social! Come on over to Insta to help me and @katecarp.bsky.social celebrate TONIGHT at 8:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. CT. If you're not into Insta, we get it. If you want to ask us any questions you would have asked there, please do so here!

A green owl perches on one of two cocktail glasses on an invitation to a launch party toast on Instagram Live tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET, against an orange background.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Big news--First Family is coming out in paperback, just a day after President's Day and in time for George Washington's birthday! Now scheduling talks/signings for Spring 2027 in person and online, so please DM me if you're interested.

Image of book cover plus title for "First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America" by Cassandra A. Good. Priced at $22 and released on February 16, 2027.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Behold!! On this Indigenous People’s Day, the first page of the first number of THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX (1828)- featuring the Cherokee Constitution in English & Cherokee, in the syllabary created by Sequoyah. An epic milestone in Native American history and the history of print

Picture of the newspaper - with an engraving of a great Phoenix at the top, and double columns of type below, with English and Cherokee juxtaposed

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If there is a short clip of this remark from this judge, I think it could actually capture all of American politics in the past 2 years in what, 5 seconds?

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 08/10/2026

New research yet again confirming that roughly 70% of Americans do not want whitewashed, censored history. Never forget that distorting history to make it more "patriotic" is a fringe position. Inclusivity and complexity isn't. wilkeningconsulting.com/censorship-2...

Chart showing that 69% of Americans disagree with censoring and removing museum content.

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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🚨Hot off the press‼️ THE POLITICAL SUPREME COURT by @rachelshelden.bsky.social dismantles the myth of an apolitical Court to reveal a much longer history of politics on the bench. Officially out October 27 from W. Hodding Carter III Books, an imprint of @uncpress.bsky.social ⚖️📚

Several copies of Rachel A. Shelden's The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History (W. Hodding Carter III Books, an imprint of UNC Press; officially out October 27, 2026)

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also--the structure worked very well & I recommend it to others! We had 16 pre-circulated papers by scholars at all career stages on 5 panels; speakers had 5 min to give context, and commentators had 10 min. We invited public historians to attend. 3 institutions co-funded to cover travel.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

After 2 years of planning, the New Directions in Women’s Political Participation from Revolution to Reconstruction symposium at the Kluge Center at LOC was a truly fantastic gathering. Huge thanks to my co-organizer Emily Arendt, plus @richardscenter.bsky.social & Kinder Institute #womenshistory

Brent Yacobucci, Cassandra Good, and Emily Arendt on stage

Group ohoto of the symposium participants in two rows

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Switched to that and next year going to start using coursepacks! In a small class I also gave them notebooks to use.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah...it's pretty infuriating, including I'm sure for the staff there who almost certainly did not have a choice about this.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Those lines were replaced with "The women, many of whom came from prominent and politically connected families, demanded to be treated as political prisoners." Chilling but unsurprising to see erasure of both the brutal govt treatment of protestors & how this shifted public opinion.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The original version read: "While imprisoned, the women were beaten and force fed when they went on hunger strikes. The ensuing publicity changed public and Congressional opinion.”

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just some historians of women & politics sharing our feelings about an edited sign at NPS's Belmont-Paul House in DC. A sign that once highlighted the way brutal treatment of suffrage protestors changed public opinion now paints the women as spoiled troublemakers 🗃️ @ncph.bsky.social @aaslh.org

Cathleen Cahill, Cassie Good, and Allison Lange frowning with thumbs down in front of a sign

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 03/10/2026

the NEH is a ghost of an organization. the NEA's budget is $29 million. I'm not saying this to be pissy, but simply to say that when we rebuild - and we will rebuild - I expect solidarity from my STEM colleagues as we robustly expand research in the arts and humanities as well.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wish this was being streamed! Would love to hear that conversation.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's esp important for male academics to learn more about how problematic the Title IX process is and how poorly universities treat survivors. I helped organize a conference panel on this topic in 2022. The room was full--of women. Two men came. This isn't a women's issue, it's a human issue.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The real solution is collective, not individual: "Based on her study of more than 150 tribal societies, she identified what makes a society or culture “rape prone,” “rape free,” or something between the two.... in rape-free cultures, women have far more authority, status, safety, and freedom."

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have long wondered why universities don't have a (non-profit) neutral 3rd-party review system for Title IX proceedings. As it stands, the focus of the Title IX process is the university protecting itself, not students. Or does a system like this exist in some places?

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm baffled at the time and $$$ spent to add proof to what we already knew. There is still so much to new to learn and such limited resources. 🗃️

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I would have loved to hear that discussion!

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The @ncph.bsky.social/ @aaslh.org conference has been such a whirlwind, but I had to pause for a pic w the inimitable Tricia Brooks. Tricia was my intern supervisor at SCOTUS curator's office in 2002, a career- and life-changing experience. She's now a VIP at NEH funding public history work

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Where on earth is that from?! Wrong on multiple levels!

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every year on 9/11, I think of the brave people of Flight 93, who prevented their hijacked plane from attacking the US Capitol. They saved countless lives in Washington, DC. My father was on Capitol Hill that day, and they may well have saved his life. www.nps.gov/flni/learn/h... #sept11 🗃️

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Call to Action - Flight 93 National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)

Call to Action

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Sara Ziemnik @sziemnik2198.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In case you need a lesson for 9/11 tomorrow. This is the lesson I almost didn’t do, that I threw together out of grief, and I’m so glad I did. Feel free to share with your students: primarysourcenexus.org/2024/02/teac...

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Teaching Now: Student Witnesses to History-Primary Source Nexus

Personal narratives from high school students on the first anniversary of September 11, 2001 provide students today with a powerful look at witnesses to history.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My policy is no laptops, but anybody who needs one for ANY reason can come talk to me and get approval. That avoids outing students with accommodations.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Coursepacks are still around! Planning to try that next.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you're thinking about how to cover 9/11 with your students this week, here's what I did with my Museum Studies students last week. It should be scalable to shorter or longer lessons and could be good in any history course. 🗃️ #sschat #historyteacher

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Teaching 9/11 to a New Generation

It’s truly hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since the 9/11 attacks. Having been in downtown DC that day, I still feel the emotional weight and recall the terror that shattered ou…

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Perfect timing to share this. My dad listened to her on the Freakonomics podcast and told me she sounded reasonable; I should listen! I said no way, bc I don't know how much of what she (or almost any college prez) says is actually true. Just sent him this link!

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Just wanted to share a ray of light in these challenging times—my recently-adopted dog Blossom escaped from a friend’s house in #ArlingtonVA yesterday afternoon and ran at top speed down several yellow-line 2-lane roads. So many neighbors & passers-by stopped to help and saved Blossom’s life. /

Black and white curly-haired dog with an ID tag reading “Blossom”

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So, next time you have the chance to do a small act of kindness, to extend compassion, please do it. Help me pay it forward. Oh, & if you live in the DC area & need a truly good human to work on your HVAC, contact Blossom’s hero, Ben at Metro Tech One: metrotechone.com

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Metro Tech One – Reliable HVAC and Refrigeration Solutions

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The 20 minutes it took to catch her were some of the scariest of my life. I’m still shaken. She ran so far, so fast that her paws were bleeding. And yet—the kindness & care of strangers gives me hope. I’m so grateful that people took the time to help a scared pup. /

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My friend & her son ran after Blossom for around 2 miles. Cars stopped & people got out to try to catch her. Marymount students & a cleaning crew leaving a house tried. A local HVAC technician drove after her for a mile & finally cornered her w the help of a woman with a leash & an older couple.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So many examples! Abigail Adams helped steer JA's decision-making during his presidency & shared political intel with her friend Jefferson. Her daughter-in-law Louisa was also powerful. Dolley Madison crafted social events for politicking. Elizabeth Hamilton helped A Ham write up his financial plan

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

So--if you think Natalie Harp is influential, that she may be a key player in what's happening in this presidency, I hope you'll start asking where the women are in the political histories you read. And if you haven't read any women's history lately, go check some out! /fin

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It seems obvious today that the written record is insufficient to understand politics. We know that the behind the scenes, social stuff is just as important as what happens on the floor of Congress. /3

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yet when gender historians argue that female friends & family of politicians in early America had political influence & power, many (esp political) historians want more. Prove it, they say. Show us a specific piece of legislation or a written record tying a woman to a political decision. /2

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