Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsHolly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Shortly afterward the faculty senate there voted no confidence in the president of Bowie state (and in the Provost, again.) Yet those two are the ones making these arbitrary decisions to fire faculty, just announced — even as they hire more administrators on high salaries, as well as consultants. 1205
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yankees Red Sox, love a brutal contest wild card 031
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsSara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🗃️ Pleqse share, friends! www.artsactionfund.org/take-action-...artsactionfund.org 176
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nicholshammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out 743516752
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsEric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“My unfounded belief that my political opposition is funded by a rival power is not a conspiracy theory” t-shirt is answering questions 3057989
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Coming up Monday, September 28 at 4:45pm (University Hall) in the Center for Historical Research #America250 Program at Ohio State - Paul Barba, Leila Blackbird, and me chairing/moderating - free, public, w/registration, come on out!🗃️ history.osu.edu/events/slave...history.osu.eduSlavery, Labor, & Unfreedom in the Age of the American Revolution - Panel 2Panel 2: Challenging Unfreedom & Political Violence In the Age of RevolutionsRegister Here 1105
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comOleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and waterThe BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled". 7518941172
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsSarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Justin Verlander MLB debut 7/4/05 Konnor Griffin born 4/24/06 Griffin is the first batter to face a pitcher who debuted before he was born since Bryce Harper (10/16/92 born) faced Miguel Batista (4/11/92 debut) on 6/6/12 219836
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yup, there’s no full ‘path back’ | Allies will likely for a very long time view the U.S. differently in terms of continuity of international engagement and of likelihood of keeping commitments and following through on promises and threats 061
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nicholsdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026why are the midterms any part of this decision might be a question 602053340
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Important historical summits have required lots of advance diplomacy, real issues to hash out, & much more... "Expectations were low entering President Trump’s meetings with China’s leader, Xi Jinping....Yet the summit’s stark lack of substance surprised even the closest China watchers."🗃️ 1139
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reported potential US military staging, assessing options and stockpile buildup in advance of action against Cuba is extraordinarily worrisome. 051
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsKara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Did you know your kid can be blind or have brain damage due to measles at birth? If Rubella pops off, then we can add deafness and severe birth defects to the list. Vaccinating your kids is so, so much less dangerous that the damage these diseases can cause, esp to infants sharing their air. 714182
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsDaily Kos @dailykos.com · 25/09/2026DHS claimed nearly 16,000 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. After further review: 185. Nevada checked those 185. All of them were citizens. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comShocker: Another voter fraud claim goes down in flamesThe Department of Homeland Security’s claim that a staggering 15,903 noncitizens were on the voter rolls has completely collapsed. 411276
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In some ways the US's real superpower has historically been to suffer relatively modest domestic political blowback from remote wars, however misguided and costly, until ... now?🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | How Trump’s Iran War May Sink Republican Midterm Chances (Gift Article)The president might be supercharging what already looked like a blue wave. 094
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsNiko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Deep dives like this really put into perspective what Chief Justice Rehnquist was doing in 2000 when he resurrected the Court’s precedents of the 1870s and 1880s, writing that their authors “had intimate knowledge and familiarity with the events surrounding the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment.” 10715242
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsJoe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo... 281236445
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Zelenskyy: "Our lives are more important than the price on energy and between us, I mean, this doesn't depend on us. I'll be honest everyone it's the war in Hormuz has influence [on energy prices] not the war in Russia." 13388102
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsNot Your Sharona @shar34.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I urge everyone to sign up. I pay for exactly one subscription — Public Notice. And it’s well worth the cost. 217025
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsMichael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I've had life insurance for years. Haven't used it once. 2314503603
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thrilled and honored to be opening and keynoting Weds Sept 23 to discuss US history and #America250 for the Ohio State University Retirees Association 2026 Annual Conference #OSU #historymatters #OSURA oaa.osu.edu/events/keyno...oaa.osu.eduKeynote "America at 250 — The Nation, The Founding, and The Ohio State University" by Prof. Christopher Nichols at the OSURA: 2026 Annual Conference | Office of Academic Affairs 061
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Last week, Ohio State students violated the university’s absurd ban on chalking to protest having a weapons manufacturer as the official sponsor of our athletic department. Faculty from @osuaaup.bsky.social were there to support students’ rights to free speech, which is plainly under attack.thelantern.comProtestors chalk on campus against Ohio State’s partnership with Anduril and the university chalk banColors covered the Thompson statue and bricks around it after protestors chalked phrases like “Democracy now,” “F*** Anduril” and “Divest now” to protest against the university’s partnership with Andu... 322053
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There's an attempt out there to REshape the media image of recent US gov't cuts, as hyper-rational, even humane, BUT once the totality is taken into view it is impossible to make that case, no matter how much the US fed deficit is your central issue - just consider USAID apnews.com/article/usai...apnews.comWhat to know about USAID and the deadly impacts of US foreign aid cutsThe foreign aid landscape has changed dramatically since U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development, once the world’s largest humanit... 38832
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsAAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As part of their protest, the student group challenged OSU’s policy that bans chalking on campus. We at AAUP-OSU stand with these students’ right to freedom of expression, including chalking — a long tradition at Ohio State. 181
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Unlike the advocates for so-called "ideological diversity" and even "absolute free speech," who say & do next to nothing re: actual issues of student speech, @aaup.org & @osuaaup.bsky.social are standing up for student free speech, (despite OSU chalking ban & threats!) + supporting academic freedom 02011
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsRebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Nearly two millennia ago, a wealthy Roman commissioned an intricate, multicolored floor mosaic that depicted two beloved household animals: a cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean." 🗃️ #Archaeology www.livescience.com/archaeology/...livescience.comStunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features 'Emerald' the cat and 'Ocean' the dogA cat named Emerald and a dog named Ocean were memorialized in a Roman mosaic over 1,800 years ago. 114252
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sometimes you just need an armed arch 151
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026JUST IN: The 1st Circuit rejects the Trump administration's 3rd-country deportation policy, finding blanket assurances from countries who say they won't torture U.S. deportees is not good enough. And the judges raise this point: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 301821623
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Oldest and youngest delegates at the Constitutional Convention?🗃️ 240
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Which state didn't send a rep to the Constitutional Convention?🗃️ 300
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsWOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Once again, the median pay for an adjunct professor in the United States of America is $3,500 per course. Not per month, per course. 181270440
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsMary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... 825689
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsRachel Lee Cherry @rachelleecherry.com · 10/09/2026As a student editor at a college newspaper in 2001, I remember this issue VIVIDLY 121
Reposted by Christopher McKnight Nicholsashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11/09/2026we don’t teach young people short-term history, so it was weird when i realized that gen z had no idea that so many gen x and millennials spent our high school years protesting george w bush and not just because of the wars, but because mosques were being targeted and sikh men were being attacked 543061787
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026There's expensive and there's "out" or "none" and that is language American consumers in every era have rejected as a failure not of the markets but of officials and policy.🗃️ 25216
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Daaaamn that's a lot in one revelatory set of remarks... 03810
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Tomorrow (Sept 17) is Constitution Day (officially ratified 1788), and this is the 250th of the United States (at least since 1776 Declaration of Independence), so what would you like to know about the Constitution in light of the 250th?🗃️ 194
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsMcNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities: The McNeil Center will appoint one Barra Postdoctoral Fellow and one Barra Sabbatical Fellow for terms beginning in 2027. Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4xvRz2j 033
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026As so often happens, the cost of foreign interventions, and their unintended consequences, exceeds important domestic markers, like ACA for all Americans, expanded SNAP access, or particular smaller tax credits for working Americans, or in this case, all three! Just. Not. Good. And historical. 🗃️ 1144
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16/09/2026Big lawsuit filed by the family of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia at 20 weeks pregnant after being denied abortion care. Argues Texas' abortion bans violate the state constitution's right to life and should be struck down. More soon on @autonomynews.co abortioninamerica.org/wp-content/u... 1530166
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsExistentialisnt @existentialisnt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Boss gets it. 012
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsFrederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If Biden or Obama had started a war that led to attacks like these on American bases—and then covered it up for months—the political backlash would eclipse Benghazi. One service member: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...cbsnews.comNew photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacksThe images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity. 291004461
Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Oregon & PacNW friends, in a month - October 15 - I'll be in Portland, OR for a special event, talking about our current moment and historical comparisons, themes and meaning in terms of #America250, 10th anniversary of the SAGE Citizen Project, & more - free, public 🗃️ wearesage.org/event/250/wearesage.orgA Nation at 250 & Our Shared Future — A Conversation with Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols | SAGEJoin us October 15 in Portland for a conversation with historian Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols on citizenship and democracy. Drawing on pivotal moments in American history, we’ll examine how Americ... 171
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Iran war advocates got exactly what they wanted. It just didn't work out how they imagined. For years, the argument for the US attacking Iran was that the regime was brittle, on the verge of collapse, and bombing would put them over the edge. That assumption was core to the case against JCPOA too. 2738168
Reposted by Christopher McKnight NicholsJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Dean of Harvard College has been on a PR tour defending the institution's approach to AI and writing, but student testimony from inside the institution suggests that the school is retreating from human exchange as central to the learning experience. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...thecrimson.comI’m a Writing Tutor at Harvard. The College is Failing Us. | The Harvard CrimsonThe Writing Center’s dismantling evokes a broader pattern of institutions treating human learning and connection as costs to cut, not values to protect. 8292126