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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#Brewers appear to have taken CC Sabathia’s kid in the 20th round of the MLB Draft. Pretty cool! Also, I’m old.

James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This aligns with what historians of automation & A.I. have found throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. What has followed automation and A.I.? More work (speed up) and the degradation of that work. We need to investigate the *quality* of jobs created, not just the raw number of jobs.

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Major League Baseball is gonna use its monopoly power to increase profits, de-risk its financial investments, and further limit the freedoms of its workers (and even its potential workers)? No way!

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

MLB has long wanted to outsource its player development to the NCAA so that it can spend less money on minor-league teams (and players). Its owners desperately want what the NFL has. I assume saving money by delaying free agency for guys is also a big factor here. MLB cares little about the game.

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I’m currently re-reading Katherine Moran’s THE IMPERIAL CHURCH (2020) for an article I’m writing, and I’m consistently reminded of how innovative and smart it is. #SHGAPE

The cover of Katherine D. Moran’s THE IMPERIAL CHURCH: CATHOLIC FOUNDING FATHERS AND UNITED STATES EMPIRE.

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

My #SHGAPE colleagues will enjoy learning that Muscular Christianity is back. There may be more recent books on this, but I first learned about late-19th- and early-20th-century Muscular Christianity from Clifford Puttney’s book: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... Might be time for a re-read.

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Muscular Christianity — Harvard University Press

Dissatisfied with a Victorian culture focused on domesticity and threatened by physical decline in sedentary office jobs, American men in the late nineteenth century sought masculine company in frater...

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Pope Leo: "Every boat that arrives does not bring only migrants; it brings with it a question: what world have we built, if so many brothers must risk death to seek life?"

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

From my perspective, the inaugural @shgape.bsky.social conference was a smashing success this week. I enjoyed meeting and learning from many new colleagues. I already regret not being able to attend more talks/panels! #SHGAPE2026

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

It’s been official for a bit, but I’m thrilled to join the History Dept at Ripon College. This fall, I’m teaching: • Conspiratorial Thinking in U.S. History • Immigration & Migration in the U.S. • 19th-century U.S. History I can’t wait to start and couldn’t be happier to return home to Wisconsin.

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Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era @shgape.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

The Society for #Historians of the #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra is on Bluesky! We'll share Society news, opportunities, & blog posts from the SHGAPE Blog (blog.shgape.org). Check out our recently refreshed website (www.shgape.org) & give us a follow! #history #skystorians #historysky #historiansky

Presenting the Past. 1865 - 1920s. Welcome to SHGAPE. The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is an organization of historians who study and promote knowledge of American history from the Reconstruction era through the aftermath of World War I. The society brings together academic, public, and independent historians, as well as scholars in other humanities and social-science disciplines interested in these decades and their issues.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I wrote a book about bureaucratic violence and if there’s one thing I wish everyone knew right now, it would be: The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Named my son’s stuffed shark Noam Chompsky today. That’s a productive Sunday. ✅

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I enjoyed an extended residency at The Huntington as an advanced graduate student, and I can’t speak more highly of the institution and its people. If you’re a graduate student who works on the American West, you should definitely apply for this.

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Maggie Elmore @mjelmore.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

academic.oup.com/jah/article-... My JAH article on how anti-immigrant violence in the borderlands contributed to the human rights movement: the Hanigan case shows us the ways undocumented people and their advocates have defended migrants’ human and civil rights in the face of unspeakable violence

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In the Shadow of the Law: The Hanigan Case and the Genesis of the Immigrant Rights Movement

One August afternoon in 1976, a group of men building a fence on a family ranch in Agua Prieta, Mexico, looked up to see a young man limping toward them. N

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

BP is a wonderful place that is well worth the subscription price. I wanna add one more thing, though: BP has served as a non-traditional pathway into baseball for many talented writers, analysts, and scouts. Subscribing to BP gives you access to their analysis and ideas before they make it big.

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The past couple of weeks have once again shown that more scholars and journalists need to read @kkdumez.bsky.social’s JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE.

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James Breen @jpbreen.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Conspiratorial thinking has never been restricted to right-wing circles. Not historically, not now. As such, this “BlueAnon” phenomenon is not surprising.

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

CDC data shows large increase in pertussis - more than 5 times the same time last year. "The CDC's data shows Pennsylvania has reported about 10% (2,462) of all pertussis cases this year." www.precisionvaccinations.com/pennsylvania...

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Pennsylvania Leads U.S. Pertussis Outbreak

Pertussis Cases Increase 500% in 2024

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