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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Driving on 95 in the tri-state area is basically Mario Kart.

Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

True story: I dropped my daughter's name at a work-related social event and it worked to my benefit. Generations changing hands, as it should be. It helps that she's amazing.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Autumn/Fall is the best season. My favorite places to experience it: 1) New England; 2) Scotland. Don't sleep on Virginia (and Maryland on the opposite shore). Unfiltered sunrises. over the Potomac on successive mornings

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Robert Parkinson speaks with Peter S. Onuf and Francis D. Cogliano about their new book Thomas Jefferson Survives. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/thomas-jeffe...

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Rob Parkinson @rparkinson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What a privilege to be the host here. @frankcogliano.bsky.social

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John Fea @johnfea1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Release date is tomorrow, Sept. 29

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Voted early and went to the diner. Good America still exists.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had a great time yesterday at James Monroe's Highland discussing the 250 volume with @uvapress.bsky.social's Nadine Zimmerli (our peerless editor) and @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social. Thanks to the folks who came out in the rain to talk about history!

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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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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nice crew to spend Saturday night with. Honored to see @agordonreed.bsky.social receive the 2026 Jay Medal at the Jay Heritage Center. @jbf1755.bsky.social

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

SW Connecticut isn't really New England but I've been gone so long I'll take it. #home

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The _Jefferson Survives_ book tour took me to Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA. Mark Boonshoft was an excellent interlocutor and the cadets asked great questions.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What a difference a few minutes can make.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The folks at Mount Vernon are very gracious hosts. I recorded a podcast in my office and, apparently, I could be heard down the corridor, despite closing my door. When I apologized to a colleague down the hall, they said, "You're very good at projecting and we're delighted to have you here."

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Had a great visit to Poplar Forest last week. Wonderful panel on the Declaration of Independence with local secondary students, plus a book talk (and signing).

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@podmalm.bsky.social Your take on the (as yet incomplete) Swedish election? Please and thank you.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Solheim Cup is better than the Ryder Cup in every way. Team interactions (both within and between the teams), fan behavior, overall vibes. Congratulations to the Europeans.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Donald Trump says a new 30-ft statue of George Washington is necessary outside the National Museum of American History - because apparently the 555-foot obelisk 2 blocks away just isn't enough.

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David Silkenat @davidsilkenat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Our foster dogs. Available for adoption from the North Central Florida Humane Society

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

the specific insanity of “what if i started a perpetually-escalating trade war with Canada two months before control of the senate is determined by voters in Maine and Michigan” is under-discussed here, just wild how unmoored from public opinion concerns the Trump admin has gotten

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026

You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It's still pretty hot in the middle of the day but the morning light says autumn's coming soon.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

60 years ago #StarTrek The Original Series Premiered on NBC

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Gave a talk on our new project the other day. One of the questions: "Have you been to Monticello?" "Yes, I've spent some time there," I replied. 😂

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Pleasantly surprised to discover my pals @lmchervinsky.bsky.social and @rparkinson.bsky.social discussing Rob's excellent book, _Tyrants and Rogues_ on CSpan this afternoon.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/09/2026

seriously, the public has no sense of the scale of the budget. just straight up tell people that they cut health care to pay for the arch

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm sure their loved ones feel differently. The exercise has become meaningless by now but imagine if Obama or Biden had said this.

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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Here’s my op-ed on Chief Justice John Roberts whitewashed history of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Roberts adoration of Taft’s “restraint” conveniently omits Taft’s racism, refusal to condemn lynching, and embrace of Lost Causism. That’s no accident. share.inquirer.com/IcPlmx

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Will the real William Howard Taft please stand up?

Chief Justice John Roberts penned an incomplete, but revealing, tribute to former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Gloria Steinem gave the commencement address when I got my BA. Among the things she said: "If you have to choose character or intelligence–in a friend or in a candidate–choose character. Intelligence without character is dangerous, but character without intelligence only slows down a good result."

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We'll know the US-Canadian rupture is permanent if Canada switches from 8.5 x 11 paper to A4.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Oh Gilbert, you might have been a wee bit premature with this declaration.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Poor Natalie got confused between Kharg Island and Larak Island--worshipping can be such exhausting business.

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Robert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm uncomfortable with self-promotion, but I'm sure some folks have missed it, so here goes: Are you interested in a history of migrants workers battling climate disasters and navigating energy transitions? Or perhaps in a gripping story of turn-of-the-20th-century America? Get my book!

press.princeton.edu

The Hobo

A panoramic history of America’s first climate migrants

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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

SHAME on Google Maps 🌊🌊 As a lake I don’t have much use for mapping apps except when I verify that Big Ass Lake really does exist. But I will now use a different one.

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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's still Lake Ontario. And the Gulf of Mexico. You're welcome.

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Jeff Ostler @jostler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

1794 Treaty of Canandaigua between the U.S. and Six Nations recognizes Seneca territory as bounded by Lake Ontario.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

'The report also spotlights the increasing dependence on fee-paying international students to cross-subsidise the tuition of Scottish undergraduates.' 'Universities Scotland said the analysis made clear that the current position was not sustainable.' 1/3

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Scotland's universities face 'bleak' future as £200m funding gap revealed

A new report paints a 'bleak' picture of falling income from Scottish students and an over-reliance on international tuition fees.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Perhaps the most fun I ever had in the classroom was teaching a comparative US-Canadian history course with my pal @ccoates.bsky.social. We only got to teach it once. I read so much Canadian history that year. It was like grad school again (and loads of fun). I think about that, a lot, these days.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Someday Canada and the US will reach a trade agreement. It may not be until the current president is no longer with us. Until then, Canada should propose renaming Lake Ontario, Lake Obama.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Apart from the abject stupidity of claiming to rename bodies of water by executive order, the fact he can only come up with one name, "America," suggests cognitive diminution.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm no political expert but if I wanted my party to keep control of the Senate I'm not sure I'd provoke a trade war with a country that shares land borders with four of the states I need to win (and Ohio is just over the lake).

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you haven’t noticed, it is Canada that is fighting for decency and respect in international relations, and the USA that is acting without honor or logic. All Americans who believe in doing the right thing must stand with Canada.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Sunrise on the Mount Vernon Trail. Worth getting up.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

One of my pals in Texas, fellow Mount Vernon fellow, Tim Hemmis, sent me this picture. Always up for fun and willing to try new things, Tim even bought some Irn-Bru along with my book. Which is tougher to get through?

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Very much enjoyed hearing this year's finalists for the George Washington Book Prize discuss their books. Great to see old friends @rickbell.bsky.social @stevesarson.bsky.social, @joycechaplin.bsky.social and to meet Amy Watson and Paul Staiti: all worthy nominees.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/08/2026

The guy who did such an incredible job with the Reflecting Pool, Ballroom, Kennedy Center, National Mall, and Great American Fair is going to redesign our warships. What could go wrong?

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