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Greg Koos

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Irish immigrants in the 19th century Midwest, local history museums, not-for- profit boards, historic preservation, cooking, vegetable gardening, golden age Hollywood, omnivorous reading.

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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 20h
The reason why SCOTUS favors the shadow docket is that they don't have to come up with twisted originalist arguments for votes.
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thank you for your response, I'm sorry about your trouble.
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I tried to access the DIB online yesterday. A screen message said it was not available in my region. US is my region. My VPN was turned off.
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NPR @npr.org · 08/10/2026
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. n.pr/4hzvA5M
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I was wondering who the person is that Trump is sitting on but it appears to be just an everyman type figure. www.dw.com/en/naked-tru...
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Naked Trump statue goes on display in Strasbourg
Titled "The Orange Plague," a gold-coated statue presents Donald Trump sitting on a smaller man's back. The Danish artist blamed Trump for getting in the way of efforts to address climate change.
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For whatever it's worth, the pope is coming out hard on the view that AI is not a substitute for human mentality. Digital overlords lobbied him to agree that AI has a soul(s).
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Epstein
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The epitaph of the USA.
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've had good luck buying vintage unstructured Pendleton jackets on e-bay.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Most Americans are pro-immigrant,” Talarico says. “Throughout US history, immigrants have always made us richer and stronger.” Trump's barbarities have opened the way to a new consensus. Talarico is giving voice to it in moral language that Dems can learn from. 5/5 newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This courage— from the woman who witnessed and filmed Alex Pretti’s murder—is like nothing I’ve ever seen OMG 😭 Thank you to Senator Blumenthal and Rep. Garcia for giving Stella an opportunity to finally tell her story.
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
September is #IndianaArchaeologyMonth! Check out an article from Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 48.3 about a model for buried site potential developed following geoarchaeological investigations conducted along the White River valley in Indiana scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/mcja/art...
Cover of Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Volume 48, Issue 3, Fall 2023
Official Journal of the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Inc.
Green and blue background with a photo of figures painted on rock.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Kennedy Center board has come up with a new proposed compromise for the facade. 🙂
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
AND THE DONALD J. TRUMP TOP GRADE MILITARY COMPLEX AND DRONE PORT
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Of course they all fucking knew! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors
Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: The Operatic Kaleidoscope: Voice, Race, and the Ragtime Popular Stage by Kristen M. Turner www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New book from @illinoispress.bsky.social: Deserted: Life Without Local News in Rural America by Nick Mathews www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In honor of #InternationalDayofPeace, check out an article from Vol. 21, Iss. 1 of The Pluralist about what is needed to effectively and actively pursue positive peace. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pluralis...
Cover of The Pluralist: The Journal of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Volume 21, Number 2, Summer 2026
Blue and green background with table of contents
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/09/2026
Happy Sunday! Ready for some good news? Today I wrote about our country’s success in preventing the spread of rabies. And when we’ve really committed to it, we haven’t just contained this stuff. We’ve erased it. There’s a few lessons we can take from this and apply to our politics. (Link below)
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
1) Every damn things he's built without Congressional authorization gets demolished on the first day. 2) Christ, he's like a 7-year old. "Oh yeah? Well MY arch is going to be a FORTRESS with GUNS and DRONES and LASERS, you'll be able to CONTROL THE WHOLE CITY from there."
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wylddane.bsky.social @wylddane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What could possibly go wrong. Unbelievable.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 18/09/2026
Trump is trapped in a war that has already been lost: a reality he will never allow himself to admit.
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The Peril of Trump’s Final Act: Would He Use a Tactical Nuclear Weapon in Iran?
Trump is trapped in a war that has already been lost, a reality that he will never allow himself to admit.
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes, chattering. I had a calico cat who loudly chattered at birds she saw through a window.
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Embraceable ewe
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It would likely take new legislation in PA for Shapiro to have the power to get involved in county, and municipal police practices.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A Far-Right International Is Assaulting Democracy MAGA and the AfD are united in a struggle against democratic pluralism that transcends national borders. It is an alliance of extremists defined by aggrieved revanchism. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵
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A Far-Right International Is Assaulting Democracy
MAGA and the AfD are united in a struggle against democratic pluralism that transcends national borders. It is an alliance of extremists defined by aggrieved revanchism
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
**Write for the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) Blog** Not From Here, the official blog of the IEHS, seeks submissions from scholars writing about the histories of immigration, race, and ethnicity. For more information: iehs.org/submit-a-blo...
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Submit a blog post
Visit the post for more.
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Like weasels, if they can't eat it, they piss on it.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12/09/2026
The Illinois Grocery Initiative is a first-of-its-kind investment in our communities. We’re creating business, revitalizing local economies, and putting Illinoisans first.
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New State 'Grocery Rescue Program' Will Fund Reopening Of Grocery Stores To Combat Food Deserts
The program is part of the Illinois Grocery Initiative that is also seeking to support new pharmacies. Both programs come after the closure of Save A Lot and Walgreens stores on the South and West sid...
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My experience with leading historic walking tours is that the attendees become engaged because the physicality of historic places.
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Irish Association of Professional Historians #IAPH #Skystorians @iaphistorians.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
26 SEP 2026 at the James Joyce Centre, Dublin, D01 WK44 1/2 day workshop for professional historians to learn how to engage audiences with their research via walking tours, & about walking tours as public history research practice. Speakers from #DublinCityCouncil Historians & Uncomfortable Oxford
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
High carbon data/LLM mashing sucks.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026
really good interview with charlie cook about the midterms newrepublic.com/article/2151...
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Trump Tailspins as Leaks about GOP Midterm Panic Take Humiliating Turn
As Republicans reveal fresh angst over the elections, a veteran political handicapper explains why he’s surprised at how bad a situation Trump’s cratering numbers have created for them.
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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One week from today! A reading marathon for the ages Arrive early. Last year was PACKED. We start right at 6:15pm.
Printers Row Lit Fest Offsite Reading Marathon, Friday, September 11 at The Whistler (2421 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Doors at 6p, readings from 6:15p-8:00p)
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
AI at its best - Canadian resistance
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I wrote this in Jan 2025; I think it holds up www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...
With this in mind, the unwillingness or inability of America’s governing institutions to make use of the available constitutional tools takes on an additional significance. It is asking too much to hope that everyday citizens will be able to, on their own, closely track the decay of democratic norms and protections and formulate well-thought-through opinions on which presidential candidate is best positioned to protect them. It may be asking too much to expect that voters will choose rationally at all. (Readers may be familiar with a paper by Bartels and his co-author Christopher Achen arguing that Woodrow Wilson lost his home state of New Jersey in his 1916 reelection campaign not because of disagreement with Wilson’s policies among the state’s residents, but because of a spate of shark attacks along the Jersey Shore.) 

Rather, it is the responsibility of politicians and other powerful actors—like attorneys general and Supreme Court justices—to use their knowledge and influence to maintain the integrity of the constitutional structure. That responsibility will weigh heavier during Trump’s second term. Whether these institutions can measure up to it this time around is a different question.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 06/09/2026
I'm deadly serious about this: every Republican should be shown this photo on TV and asked if they repudiate/reject/renounce Musk. And if not, why not.
Musk doing his Sieg Heil salute
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Every Republican in Congress owns what Trump has done, is doing and is going to do. The vast majority of it would not have been possible without their collective acquiescence and enabling. He’s emboldened by the fact that Congress refuses to function as a separate branch of govt.
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thank you!
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Do you have a digital edition of this book?
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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 04/09/2026
From the “Declaration of Independence to the War on History” to analysis about the White House’s January 6 website, ICE in Minneapolis, threats to public statistics, and more, the HARPPing on History Substack tracks the latest developments and puts them in context. harpp.substack.com
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you use National Archive sources in the Pacifica west or the Midwest, please send a letter opposing clusure of repositories in Illinois and California.
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
September is #IllinoisArchaeologyAwarenessMonth! Check out an article from Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 50.2 about indigenous rock art paintings in Southern Illinois. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/mcja/art...
Cover of Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Volume 50, Issue 2, Summer 2025
Official Journal of the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Inc.
Green and blue background with a photo of figures painted on rock.
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Midwestern History Association @midwesternhistory.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CFP available for #MHA2027 Check out the post below for all the details on how to apply and join us in Indianapolis.
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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"The new order also appears largely unconstitutional and is more a howl of frustration than a serious effort... But it signals that MAGA’s assault on the Fourteenth Amendment is far from over. And the right already has a proven model for how to overturn a Supreme Court ruling...Roe v. Wade."
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Powerful and important letter about artificial so-called intelligence from Sheila Hayman from Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge, in the FT today
Margaret McGirr’s letter (“AI can lend a hand, but it will struggle to replace one”, July 21) and Chine McDonald’s guest column (“This retro revival is more than a longing for the past”, Opinion, August 7) both touch (sic) on something that should be obvious, but is carefully ignored by almost everyone in the tech world. Namely that our intelligence is embodied, evolved and biological, and inseparable from our bodies.
The brain’s job is to control the body in the world; it is the last organ to develop.
Every square centimetre of our hands (and of the rest of our skin) contains about a 170 touch sensors or nerve endings, sensitive to different kinds of touch: a slap, a burn, a caress, a hug — each of which travels to different parts of the midbrain, prompting the appropriate response. Quickly to the autonomic nervous system for something dangerous; more slowly via a different channel for something carrying meaning.
In addition to the hand’s limitless versatility, it is self-repairing, regulates its own temperature, knows without being programmed how much pressure to exert on an egg, a tennis ball or a day-old chick, and can fuse neurologically to whatever it holds.
So when we put a glass down on the table or slide a knife through an apple, we feel the table, or the apple, not the glass or handle in our hand (try it!).
Finally, and most urgently, the entire human body — including the hands — does everything on 25 or so watts of completely renewable energy: a tiny fraction of what a humanoid robot, even one of the current primitive iteration of robots, needs.
The “retro revival” is thus not cultural nostalgia.
It’s millions of years of evolution crying out to be heard, before we suppress it totally in the service of an automated — and dead — planet.
Sheila Hayman
Member of the Advisory Board, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge, London NW1, UK
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today’s @doonesbury.bsky.social takes on the Reflecting Pool
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Greg Koos @gjkoos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Fascinating concept. It adds a new dimension to historic sites interpretation.
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