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J L Tomlin

@jtomlin.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Early American History. Scholar of Religion and politics, when they are distinguishable. Grilled-Cheese enthusiast. JLTomlin.com

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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once
The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice.
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Back at the chapter tonight @tlecaque.bsky.social
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Loving Dolly Was Easy. Understanding Her Was Hard. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
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Opinion | Loving Dolly Parton Was Easy. Understanding Her Was Hard.
She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer.
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Colorado Was Targeted as Trump Fumed Over Election Denier, Email Shows www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
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Colorado Was Targeted as Trump Fumed Over Election Denier, Email Shows
The state has accused the government in a lawsuit of retaliating after the conviction of Tina Peters, a Trump supporter. An administration official convened a group to discuss “immediate actions.”
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@tlecaque.bsky.social one chapter down. Five to go? Today I continue chewing at the Glorious Revolution and calls for religious violence. Owen Stanwood's Empire Reformed makes yet another descent from my bookshelf.
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Such a great time at Ft. Ticonderoga for the annual war college presenting our work @tlecaque.bsky.social, and fantastic seeing you awarded an inaugural fellowship :) Let's do it again next year
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
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Trump Installs Top Justice Dept. Official at Library of Congress, Prompting a Standoff
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Ditto buddy :)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/01/2025
I see people musing that the vibe here has changed, and I would urge people to remember that there's a lot of anxiety about the change of administration in two weeks and that's going to leak into a lot of other places in one's life. Be as gracious as you can with yourself and others.
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/t...
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Religious Leaders Experiment with A.I. in Sermons
Modern religious leaders are experimenting with A.I. just as earlier generations examined radio, television and the internet.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
There are two principle things I think about AI. One is the pollution factor. We already live in a world of information mess; the pollution of the scholarly record has implications for every field. This 💯thread (thank you @altmetric.com) offers an excellent history of AI generated "papers." 1/
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Did you notice that your incoming monarch is suing a pollster for releasing numbers? For publishing numbers...
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for sharing this terrific postdoc @jcblibrary.bsky.social! I'm testing your generosity here but would love to also share that we have TWO additional senior research fellowships for BROWN2026. Details at apply.interfolio.com/159128 and see number 2 below for terms... 1/
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
@tlecaque.bsky.social and I covered this two years ago here: www.damemagazine.com/2022/09/12/t... but someone else agrees now here: apple.news/AJyQFO0sXQ4K...
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American Christianity Is Due for a Revival — The Atlantic
Our society is secularizing, and Christianity seems to be in long-term decline. But renewal is possible.
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Check out my friend and coauthor @tlecaque.bsky.social in the guardian on Christian Nationalism in the incoming Trump Admin. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, sparks alarm over far-right extremism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, sparks alarm over far-right extremism
Experts concerned over the Fox & Friends host, his Christian nationalist ideology and militant language
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Welcome, new friends, from the land of the Musky Men. I'm a historian, a professor, a secular humanist (yes this still exists), and a grilled cheese enthusiast; though probably in reverse order by importance. I read and write about the relationship between religion and politics in American life.
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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
This, of course, necessarily omits the successful invasion of/immigration to England in 1688 @weegiegraeme.bsky.social
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
www.kent.ac.uk/news/34743 Why would humans need anthropology?
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 16/03/2024
Ignorance and democracy: Capitalism's long war against higher education - Salon.com
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New England Historical Association @nehistoricalassoc.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
NEHA is excited for our Spring conference. Please plan to join us at Saint Anselm College on April 13, 2024! www.newenglandhistorians.org/conferences/
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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 15/01/2024
British Library News (1): BBC: British Library starts restoring services online after hack www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...
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British Library starts restoring services online after hack
But a full resumption will be "a gradual process", the chief executive of the UK's largest library says.
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 23/12/2023
"A historian must consider FIRST what words and ideas meant to the people who lived them" rather than what they are presumed to mean today. That simple, empirical perspective is so commonly lacking in our discourse (academic and public). Dr. Pocock will be missed. apple.news/A_Kocfc1GRNi...
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 18/12/2023
Join us at #AHA24 for a plenary on The Politicization of History Education at the State Level: Legislation and Standards, with chair Amna Khalid and panelists Daina Ramey Berry, Julia Akinyi Brookins, Nathan D. Connolly, Wesley Hedgepeth, and Jonathan Zimmerman. 🗃️ aha.confex.com/aha/2024/mee...
A tan background with AHA24 in teal with an orange border. The Politicization of History Education at the State Level: Legislation and Standards, January 4 at 8 PM, Parc 55, Cyril Magnin I&II
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Schism is always talked about as institutional crisis reflecting social decay, and these fears-over and over in American society- are always poor covers for the fear of lost authority, not piety. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/u...
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Wishing Christopher Hitchens, one of the best English essayists of the 20th century, had lived to write the obituary for Kissinger. Would have loved every syllable of that epic, dismboweling, viciously precise denunciation. Which Kissinger deserves.
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J L Tomlin @jtomlin.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
Check out my Interview with Jack Miller Center on my research and teaching. jackmillercenter.org/blog-tomlin/
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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2023
Do you have a new book on any aspect of American history before 1900 coming out soon? Do you want to promote your work and find something to do with those great 2000-3000 words you had to cut from the manuscript? Why not write a piece for Commonplace that does both? Contact me to discuss. 🗃️
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Commonplace Call for Submissions - Commonplace
Article reviews are ongoing.
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
Wait! I should alert *all* the historians in these blue skies. <bat signal> ahem <little archive box signal 🗃️> bsky.app/profile/onsl...
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