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J.P. Wilson @historyjip.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Excited to present later this summer at the Revolutionary War Visitor Center in Camden, SC on Transatlantic Music. My talk will be on July 10 at 6pm. RSVP here: simplyrevolutionary.com/event/thursd...

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

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J.P. Wilson @historyjip.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Honored to have presented last week at the NASOH Conference in Natchez, MS. I presented my paper "Cosmopolitan Georgetown: Slavery, Rice, Indigo, and the World" alongside my brilliant colleagues on the "Ports, Rivers, and Fleets of South Carolina" panel. #maritime #schistory #nasoh

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!

Ad for the position posted at interfolio @ apply.interfolio.com/159279

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J.P. Wilson @historyjip.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Show me a picture (or 4) on your phone that has your energy and is not a selfie.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election. Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control

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J.P. Wilson @historyjip.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Democracy, true democracy, is often messy, costly, and has trouble getting off the ground. But the beauty it brings outshines the brightest stars. It was closer than it should have been, but I applaud the people of Alaska for choosing to retain their right to ranked-choice voting.

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Ranked choice voting and open primaries retained in Alaska after final ballot count

The ballot measure to repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries was on track to fail by 664 votes.

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J.P. Wilson @historyjip.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Elizabeth City, NC is a town at the mouth of the Pasquotank River. Initially a tiny sleepy port, EC's fortunes were completely upturned by the Dismal Swamp Canal (completed 1805). The canal, built mainly by enslaved people, connected EC to Norfolk and allowed expansion of the Chesapeake markets.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The correct response to Republican harassment is to clarify that an attack on our transgender colleagues and friends is an attack on all of us. Every Democrat should be saying: "To get to her, you will have to come through me."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

"This is the truth. This is what's happening, and this is what we have to stand against." I spoke with PoliticsGirl about the dangers America faces, how 45 years of an increasingly rigged economy brought us to this moment, and where we go from here.

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Do Not Become Hopeless: A Conversation with Robert Reich

As today’s guest, Robert Reich reminds us, wishful thinking won’t save us from what’s coming, but neither should we bury ourselves in cynicism. The truth is,...

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Starter pack on the world as we know it. Eg the foundational early Americas. Fields & implications too vast for 1, here are 2 w terrific scholars working on essential history. Room to grow in the second so let me know if I missed you. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas 🗃️ go.bsky.app/RDvzxbj

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J.P. Wilson @historyjip.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Georgetown, South Carolina was built circa 1730 for rice and indigo planters who'd settled along Winyah Bay to ship without having to go through Charleston. By the 1840s, the sheer amount of rice exports harvested by enslaved people made Georgetown the second richest port in the United States.

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