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John Bloom

@jdbloom.bsky.social
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History prof; sports historian; cat lover; white nationalist autocratic oligarchs not welcome here.

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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If we want to start caring about forced labor we can start at home. www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/modern-...
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Modern Day Slavery in the United States: Exploring Forced Labor for Prison Inmates
Author: Kaitlyn Andres, MPH & MSJune 2, 2026The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States (U.S.) Constitution was passed in 1865 as a means to codify President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamat...
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Has anyone else noticed that Sheetz hand soap smells like barbecue sauce?
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Has anyone tried accessing the National Museum of African American History website lately nmaahc.si.edu? A lot of past exhibits are gone, and it seems exceedingly slow. Has anyone else experienced this?
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A People’s Journey, A Nation’s Story | National Museum of African American History and Culture
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
JD Vance wants to end birthright citizenship, but if you’re born in the US and winning Olympic medals, you should represent the United States. www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...
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Olympian Eileen Gu responds to JD Vance’s comments suggesting she should represent U.S.
Gu was born in San Francisco but has represented China internationally since 2019.
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Today, Ross Douthat compared the coming AI revolution to European presence in the Americas. About this, Douthat writes, “the Age of Discovery changed the world completely without changing the fundamentals of human existence.” You really have to be blind to a lot of human history to say this.
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
New Books Network just dropped @amyefarrell.bsky.social’s interview about her new history of Girl Scouts, _Intrepid Girls _! newbooksnetwork.com/intrepid-girls
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Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth On NPR!!! please share!
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A celebration of the South's rich — and messy — heritage, delivered on a plate
In a new cookbook, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region's complicated history.
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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
During a powerful opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, guest host Diego Luna highlighted the essential contributions of immigrants to the U.S. “There are a lot of lies flying around about immigrants, but I'm sure you have more than one story that can attest to the contrary. Talk about it.”
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Amy Erdman Farrell @amyefarrell.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I am so very pleased to share the cover of my forthcoming book on the history of the Girl Scouts, forthcoming in October. I think UNC Press did such a beautiful job with the cover. Those are actually my badges from when I was a girl. Even the stitching is my own.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Justice Robert A. Jackson, from his dissent in Korematsu v. United States (1944), reprinted in Eric Foner, _Voices of Freedom _, volume 2, 5E.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 14/03/2025
“Many celebrities of the time, including Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, were targeted by the FBI for their outspoken Marxist views. The government wanted to force them out of public life and erase their influence.”
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Post-Selma op-eds: Carville: "Bonehead bridge stunt alienates working class whites" Durbin: "Protesters lack decorum!" Fetterman: Why I'm co-sponsoring Josh Hawley's 'Free the Bridges' act, allowing motorists to run over protesters Jeffries: "God still on the throne" www.npr.org/2025/03/09/n...
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60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma
Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I can really relate to that goat. #wicked
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John Bloom @jdbloom.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
@bassab1.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
{New blogpost} Q&A on The Medieval Persian Gulf @brianjulrich.bsky.social 25% off with "ARC23" now until the end of the year. medievalsky www.arc-humanities.org/blog/2023/12...
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Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױס @tikkunolamunist.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
People who hate Jews but rail against antisemitism are fucking dangerous.
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