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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

JEWELL That's right, we've got @katejewell.bsky.social coming to Louisiana Tech tomorrow to talk about college radio and rock in the 1980s. If you're in or around Ruston, join us at 4 pm in Wyly Auditorium to kick off the annual College of Liberal Arts HOOTENANNY

A poster for a talk by Katherine Rye Jewell

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John Worsencroft @johnworsencroft.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Meanwhile, we asked the university for modest raises to begin addressing decades of stagnant wages and salary compression and we were told to shut up and get back to work.

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Attention! We are hiring in sociology/criminology. I would appreciate your help in spreading the word. I'm on the search committee and will do my best to answer any questions. Thanks! ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

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Assistant Professor of Sociology

Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. Assistant Professor of Sociology. Tenure track, nine-month position. Review of applications begins immediately and will contin...

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John Worsencroft @johnworsencroft.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Hey, the School of Human Inquiry at Louisiana Tech is hiring two assistant professors (tenure-track), one in political science and one in sociology. Come work with us! Job ads to follow...

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Shreveport is getting a Total Wine. The only news that could be better than this is a Trader Joe's

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Jamie K @crumpsalljamie.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.

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John Worsencroft @johnworsencroft.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Today I start my ninth year at Louisiana Tech, and my second as director. One more year and I'll get a set of steak knives!

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John Worsencroft @johnworsencroft.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Every history survey I teach begins with two weeks of information literacy training. In feedback at the end of the quarter, students frequently tell me that learning how to identify credible sources online was the most valuable lesson they learned in my class.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Hero jury saves hoagie hurler from legal grinder www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

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Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

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Bob Whitaker @whitakeralmanac.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.

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Reviewer 2's Review of Red Dead's History — History Respawned

I promised myself I would never write a negative book review. I promised my PhD advisor I would never write a negative book review. I promised I would always find a silver lining in any piece of aca...

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

A Louisiana Tech student is a counselor at Camp Mystic and helped save campers.

This is Emma Foltz. She is a hero.
Emma is a rising senior at Louisiana Tech and camp counselor at Camp Mystic.
When the water came rushing in, she helped save the lives of 14 girls.
"She played an instrumental role in helping evacuate 14 of her campers to safety. Please join me in thanking Emma for all her hard work and bravery under immense pressure," said Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry.

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The talking point that little girls have to settle for fewer dolls to soften the collapse of the consumer economy is genius. Women be shopping, and this whole thing smacks of gender.

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Madeleine Baker @madeleineebaker.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Academia has officially entered its late Soviet phase: students pretend to work and professors pretend to grade them

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

historians who've taught grad readings courses: are there any writing assignments that worked particularly well, either throughout or at the end of the semester?

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AAUP @aaup.org · 10/04/2025

Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States? We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!

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John Worsencroft @johnworsencroft.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Putting this out there again. We shook the job tree and three tenure lines fell out! One each in history, sociology, and political science. Come work with us!

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

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Assistant Professor of History

Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. POSITION: Assistant Professor of History. The School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University invites appli...

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John Worsencroft @johnworsencroft.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Pleased to announce that the School of History and Social Sciences here at Louisiana Tech is hiring THREE new tenure track assistant professors: history, political science, and sociology! Contact me directly with any questions. Links to each job ad below.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 06/03/2025

OK, every year I try to explain to my students how LLMs work, and every year I have to do a big trawl for good resources and activities. Here's this year's haul of *introductory* materials. (In-class activities + visualizations, not so much readings.)

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

to be fair they did used to have an episode of crash course.

screenshot of a pornhub page of a freebooted Crash Course episode with the title "hot brunette explains industrial economy"

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Military Welfare History Network @milwelfhist.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Join us in April 2025 for the 1st of 3 events funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social via @sshmedicine.bsky.social The first being hosted by the Uni of Birmingham (UK) and also supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social A keynote by Brian K. Feltman of @mhptpodcast.bsky.social #milwelfhist #WW1 #FWW

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karimcguire.bsky.social @karimcguire.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

2024 was the year I finished my masters in history. My favorite seminars - War & Society and WWI - have really shaped how I study and teach history. Thank you Dr Anderson & Dr Worsencroft for pushing me out of my comfort zone and guiding me through the program. Always grateful.

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John Worsencroft @johnworsencroft.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

It's 72 degrees out and I'm just eating Ferrero Rochers and sipping eggnog, trying not to think too much about it all.

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Wondering who will win: You Aren’t Allowed to Read versus You Aren’t Able to Read

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Tech bros know what every parent wants: children who sleep less

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having kids in the next 5 years might be a tragic mistake

every smart bio founder/scientist i’ve talked to seems to think embryo editing for things like short sleeper, reduced cancer risk, etc is possible on a near term horizon

imagine having two kids a couple years apart, one is a super human and the other isn’t

“sorry jim, little timmy won’t get cancer, only needs 4 hours of sleep and you’re normal you were just born in the wrong order 🤷🏻 “

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Can't tell you how often I heard from Trump voters things like "we're taking care of the illegals instead of the troops" oh well bsky.app/profile/stev...

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Pete Hegseth just out here singing Gin Blossoms lyrics at the US Senate. "And you can trust me not to drink. And not to sleep around. If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down."

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

the reason there is too much giving tuesday email is that we have stripped away federal support for public goods for 40 years

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Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Thanks to our very wise Board of Trustees, one of the courses I normally teach (LGBTQ History), along with 431 others, will no longer count toward the fulfillment of general education requirements. Just another day in the “Free State of Florida.” 🗃️

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Amy J. Rutenberg @amyjay401.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Can report there is still no opt-out. I'm part of a team of #milhist scholars that has voided its contract for a 4th ed of American Military History with Routledge because T&F sold out to Microsoft rather than protect its authors' IP. 🗃️ #academicsky www.thebookseller.com/news/academi...

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Academic authors 'shocked' after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI

Authors claim they have not been told about the AI deal, were not given the opportunity to opt out and are receiving no extra payment.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Check your carrots. The CDC warns of a bad E. coli outbreak across at least 18 states with one death identified so far.

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E. coli Outbreak Linked to Organic Carrots

Page describes an outbreak of E. coli linked to organic carrots.

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Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Find somebody who looks at you the way a historian looks at a decade that’s been overlooked by previous historians but is actually central to their topic.

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Debbie Gershenowitz @dgershenowitz.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hey, @uncpress.bsky.social and all who follow, I’m here. Not 100% convinced that I’ll be able to hawk my books and authors as widely as I can on Twitter, despite the exodus and associations. Convince me otherwise.

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John Worsencroft @johnworsencroft.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

I think I just finished the last chapter of my book.

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John Worsencroft @johnworsencroft.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

My colleagues and I are talking about revamping our history MA program. Getting rid of comps, less focus on historiography, and no more stepping-stone-to-phd models. What does your dream history MA look like?

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