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Natalie J. Ring

@historycounts.bsky.social
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Historian of many things in the US South. Trying to learn some law to write my next book. Night owl. Feral cat wrangler (TNR). Living in TX. Native of western MA.

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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BLUESKIS. This is what @katecarp.bsky.social and I have been working on! Check out the website and join our community of readers who want to know and talk about #history worth reading! www.draftingthepast.com
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sjvn @sjvn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My first search engine.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 12/07/2026
🌻 There’s a rare reunion at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this year: Two of Vincent van Gogh’s famous sunflower paintings are on view side by side. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/arts/sunflow...
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Good lord. No wonder we are where are now.
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is a very weird little piece. The snarky axe-to grind argument misreads Cox, Kruse etc. When have these historians ever claimed to be "political strategists?"
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Goodness gracious, that's not dental
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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Masses of beautiful wildflowers at Hidcote Garden @nationaltrust.org.uk 🌿
Multicoloured pink and blue cornflowersMixed multicoloured flowersMulticoloured pink and purple cornflowersMulticoloured pink and blue cornflowers and others in a bed
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I recently published an article on an esoteric historical subject. It took me years. AI could not have researched and written it, and even if it could, relying on AI to do these things would have deprived me of the knowledge and joy I gained doing something I love to do and is worthwhile.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
In theory, "advanced placement" course in high schools are meant to give students a head start on college-level work, but in practice these courses serve as *replacements* for that college-level work, and very poor ones at that.
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
some my favorite Gordon Wood quotes: “History does not teach lots of little lessons. Insofar as it it teaches any lessons, it teaches only one big one: that nothing ever works out quite the way its managers intended or expected.” /
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Very useful information.
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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.
thewesternedge.media
‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
as me about the prestigious foundation who told me and my dean IN WRITING that "UIC does not meet our standards for an eligible faculty institution"
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"Over time and across fellowships, the high prevalence of winners from well-resourced, high-status institutions can understandably bring to mind Percy Bysshe Shelley’s adage that “the rich have become richer.”
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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to madebyhistory@inquirer.com 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
🗃️
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"Luddites" is a good term for those who oppose AI because the Luddites weren't against *all* technology, just forms of technology that they knew would pay workers less and turn out a shittier product
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Things are way off today. I ate 2 ice cream sandwiches and a chocolate eclair ice cream bar and drank 2 martinis.
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Meanwhile....
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Kenneth Trease @kptrease.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I joked on here not long ago that the robot made things up 1/3 of the time, and boy did the robot defenders get annoyed with me.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Per YouGov Rahm Emanuel is the 78th most popular Democrat, behind everyone from Michael Dukakis to Barney Frank. He is 12 places behind Harry Reid, who died five years ago. To the extent anything's happening here it's *entirely* media-driven. yougov.com/en-us/rating...
Screenshot of YouGov popularity rankings with Rahm at 78, between Ayanna Pressley and Nina Turner
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Literally this tho. Every time some pro-AI educators says we have to teach kids how to use this bc it's already out there, my response is that kids are doing underage drinking too and we aren't advocating for putting bar carts in the classroom.
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The opening sentence: "Whether you find AI exciting or frightening, its widespread use—including among students—means we all need to learn how to interact with it responsibly" is so obviously terrible on a pedagogical, political, psychological and basic human level. The @aft.org should be ashamed.
Post from the head of the AFT: No matter how you feel about AI, its use is growing more widespread and it's important that educators understand how they could integrate it as a tool in their classrooms. Hear from three educators who have been experimenting with AI in this American Educator article ⬇️
http://aft.org/ae/spring2026/leonard_siebenmark_venagro
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I just discovered an interview with my 11th grade history teacher done by the Yiddish Book Center. Here he talks about experiencing the Cuban Missile Crisis as a child. He is why I became a historian! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIBO...
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"Better Dead than Red" - The Cuban Missile Crisis
YouTube video by Yiddish Book Center
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Please tell my university this.
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
On Jeopardy tonight, someone guessed that this image was from The Pitt
Rhea Seehorn in the first episode of Pluribus
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Celebrating because I finally got promoted to Full Professor after 22 years!
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I keep giving myself emotional whiplash
A metronome displaying "a better world is possible" on one side and "we're so fucked" on the right
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The historical conversation surrounding birthright citizenship is very clear as noted by @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social There is no debate warranted. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...
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Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was for the Children of Slaves. He’s Wrong.
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Say what?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
rueing the day I will have to explain to my daughter that, once upon a time before mobile phones, you simply had to agree to meet someone somewhere and then actually be in the place you agreed at the time you said you'd be there, and people actually made this work
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Popehat basset hound @kenwhite.bsky.social
Basset hound wearing a pope costume
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/03/2026
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I know most people are just reacting to annoyingly vague headlines, but there's no mystery why old Klan items were found in a briefcase in the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. They're old investigation materials, not evidence of modern klansmen lurking in the halls of MDPS.
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Blueskis, THE WESTERNERS will be out in one week! (March 31) Here's an introduction to the seven westerners whose stories I tell in the book, and whose lives put the lie to the frontier myth. #skystorians #USWest @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Significantly helps people with heart disease *and* makes people 16% less likely to develop dementia? There should be lines at the pharmacy for this miracle drug.
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Hmmm, doesn't seem good. www.cnbc.com/2026/03/16/s...
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Strait of Hormuz standoff puts supply of America's generic drug prescriptions at risk
Half of US generic drugs are made in India and transit the Strait of Hormuz. Supply chains prepare for emergencies, but prescription stockpiles are limited.
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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is what I have been saying. Forget about how AI affects college. It’s destroying public education at a rapid rate. Universities must stop pretending this is our problem to manage. It’s a society-wide crisis.
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The second best Irish phrase I’ve heard, used to describe someone who’s always engaging in one-upmanship, is “if you’ve been to Tenerife, he’s been to Elevenerife.” My number one favourite Irish phrase, and one of the most crushing burns you’ll ever hear, is “he looks like his mammy knitted him.”
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
"Sixty-seven nuclear tests were carried out across Enewetak and Bikini atolls between 1946 and 1958."
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I usually avoid posting things from the other place but I will make an exception because this is so damn cool. @yappelbaum.bsky.social
A post from Yoni Appelbaum that reads "Albuquerque turned a wall of its airport bookshop over to its local university press, and goddamn, now I want this in every airport." The post includes a photo of a wall of books with a sign that says University of New Mexico Press.
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Say what?? William Cronon is on there.
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Sometimes I miss this world.
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This is a must read by @jelaniya.bsky.social Citizens in the 1850s & in the mid 2020s didn't (don't) like it when their neighbors are seized or killed by those enforcing federal detention policies. What a spot on comparison. Community matters. apple.news/ARxn1jxzNTaC...
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What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act — The New Yorker
Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
You know who really ought to pay attention the result in TX Sen 9? Democratic leadership in Congress.
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
rollingstone.com
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
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Natalie J. Ring @historycounts.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
A holiday gift. Tricolor Ladybug Medley of chocolate.
A box of 9 round candies with rows of yellow, red, and green. The tops are painted like a ladybug's shell.
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