Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMartha Ballard @marthaballard.bsky.social · 29/09/202628 Sept 1799. Clear. I was Calld at [1]h morn to go and See mrss Atkins. arivd at [Day] Break, found her Deld by mr James Hinkleys wife. I Came home after Breakfast. I brot home 24 yds Cloth that mrs Page wove for me. I pickt the fethers of my Old Ducks &C. 151
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/09/2026These 7 men at Cornell drugged & raped a woman for hours, then called their friends to come rape her. 2 men got expelled. 5 had to write letter of apology. 0 faced any consequences. Men throughout the societal ladder are complicit. Women are not safe around men. 91752421
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialnullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A photo of Donald Trump inspecting the scale model of the Trump arch with drones, snipers, and golden statues was unavailable due to reporters being banned from the briefing. So, here is Hitler and other top Nazis inspecting a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939. 17850355
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026 592147568
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It doesn’t get any cuter than this, folks. 😍 1024200954775
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialJournal of Women's History @jwomenshistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Duval (our new book review editor)! Dr. Duval's book, The Home Front, was recently awarded the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic's Mary Kelley Prize in Gender and Women’s History. Her work was also co-awarded the SHEAR Book Prize. Amazing work! 1125
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 27/08/2026REMINDER: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in now 73 days. Yet he still: •Has his job •Gets paid, and •Gets free world-class healthcare The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, & against guaranteed paid leave—gets all three as he needs it most.😐 768158335905
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMayday @advocatemayday.bsky.social · 22/08/2026“The chatbot’s tendency to perpetuate health misinformation and associated stigma regarding self-managed medication abortions poses a threat to public health and reproductive autonomy.” #Disinformation #Abortion #CodifyRoe #WomensHealth #MedicalMisogyny 053
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialoptimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now? 32497923127
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMartha Ballard @marthaballard.bsky.social · 29/07/202628 Jul 1799. Clear. mr Ballard and Cyrus attended worship foren, we all were there aftern. mr Brown Came and tarried all night with us. I Drest his feet. mr Livermore here to See him. [at meeting and at Son Lambds. mr Brown here.] 031
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialPlanned Parenthood of Michigan @ppofmi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026POV: Your bestie finally tells you about PPDirect. 💅 Birth control? ✔️ Emergency contraception? ✔️ Medication abortion? ✔️ UTI treatment? ✔️ Visit PPDirect.org or download the PPDirect app to get the care you need today! 043
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMayday @advocatemayday.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Abortion! Abortion! Abortion! #CodifyRoe #VoicesForChange #PoliticsOfControl #signalboost 033
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr" 67660582137
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialLucia Libre @luciaslibres.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Since we're talking about the difference between 1976 and today here's a link to a piece about Jesse Lemisch's amazing collection of "bicentennial schlock," currently housed at the Beinecke. (gift link) 🗃️nytimes.comHow a Radical Historian Saved the Schlock of ’76 (Gift Article)Yale’s Bicentennial Schlock collection offers a window into the star-spangled commercialism that swept the country 50 years ago. 66124
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialKateration @kateration.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂 26291423208
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Thank you President Obama. 🙏 I appreciate your honesty, intelligence, dignity, integrity, humility & humor. 👍 Looking forward to the opening of your Presidential Center this week! 👀 Wishing you & your family all the best & continued success, Mar🐫 522294356823
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.social💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 14/06/2026🥳 today is ❤️🧡💜💛💚💙💜 #ObamaAppreciationDay 🎈 304124523978
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialHey Jane @heyjane.com · 09/06/2026BIG NEWS: Hey Jane is now in Arizona 🧡🌵 We’re proud to officially launch in Arizona—helping to expand access to safe, fast, affordable reproductive and sexual health care in the Grand Canyon State. 153
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 27/05/2026The Republican Party quietly deleted their own ad attacking Ken Paxton's record on crime... because Paxton is now the Republican Party's nominee to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Figured if the ad is important enough to delete, it's important enough to see... 9636592106
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Since they tried to bury it, you know what to do. Video: xcancel.com/patriottakes... 6030671769
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Presidementia attacks Pope Leo as "WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy" as one does in the wacky, backwards, upside-down Bizarro White House. Bonus Pic: Messiah tRUMP raises Jeffrey Epstein from the dead (a downright miracle considering he's never been to church before)! #25/47_ASAP 2644049759
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House. 6664013311487
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 26/03/2026JUST. MUST. REPOST. THIS. 16526131
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/03/2026WATCH: “Proof the SAVE Act = voter suppression… if you’re trying to exercise your right to vote, Republicans want you to jump over all these hurdles + pay💰— but if they want to draft you to die in Trump’s war of choice, they’ll automatically sign you up.” 19647295
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMayday @advocatemayday.bsky.social · 21/03/2026“Did you know that Google saves all your searches and keeps them both in your Google account and in their servers?” “Google, Facebook, Amazon, your cell phone service provider, your internet provider, any app with access to your location data — keep records of what we do.” #privacy #digitalsecurity 021
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialHillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Are you a married woman who enjoys exercising your constitutional right to vote? This afternoon, Senate Republicans and Trump hope to make it much harder for you. Call your senator and tell them to vote NO on the "SAVE" Act. act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-go... 9433951525
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialMindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Here's an example of fraud in a previous election for Speaker Johnson: Arizona Republicans caught in the act of signing fake elector forms in 2020. It would be a shame if many people saved this receipt--and reposted (the crap out of) it. 21592375
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Among other things, the U.S. objected to discussion of “gender ideology”—in a resolution for women’s rights. They’re literally trying to erase things that threaten white male rule. Heaven forbid we discuss race or gender—in history or otherwise. 424091
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialthxchef.bsky.social @thxchef.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation." RETWEET if you stand with Admiral McRaven! 16565282
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Nailed it 301171333
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/02/2026SEN. KAINE: “You said American whites are victims of a cultural genocide… are they represented in the senate? House? Presidency? CEO’s?” Trump’s white nationalist pick for a top state department spot Jeremy Carl skewered by @kaine.senate.gov 25842221386
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Hi friends, As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power. 10754171057
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 11/02/2026BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote. The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it. 498109065355
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Holy crap. I was going to call out the idea of creating a higher ed “overseer,” but that’s hardly the worst of it. Absolutely destroying higher education. 117236
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Don’t let this story disappear. www.koco.com/article/ice-... 5121131297
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Fucking hell. The cherry on top of this hideous confection of race-baiting brutality is, of course, immigration agents targeting Native Americans. Say it slowly: Native Americans. This isn't about immigration. It isn't even about immigrants. It's all raw white supremacy. 12571182
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 19/11/2025just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.neorsd.medium.comWhat Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater managementGrab your umbrella and your tights. 5242821521
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialPublic Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 18/11/2025New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.publicbooks.orgCloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.” 02715
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 11/11/2025how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...apmreports.orgHow a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readersFor decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno... 34767112093
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-... 117102845626
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/11/2025FOX GUEST: “Food prices are up. There’s nothing you can say about it.” As Lawrence Jones tries to parrot Trump’s misleading lie 🤥 about Walmart’s Thanksgiving basket being cheaper — apparently not understanding it’s because this year it has LESS IN IT, AND CHEAPER STUFF. 2536288
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/11/2025As Republican TN-7 nominee Matt Van Epps boasts about Trump growing jobs, here’s the reality: 25598194
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Speaking as a political historian, these are danged interesting times. I’ll discuss some of this tomorrow AM on my podcast, “History Matters:” Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations 2779
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 06/11/2025The administration has pulled the plug on IRS Direct File, a tool that helped eligible taxpayers file for free. This decision comes despite Direct File’s immense popularity with its users.nextgov.comDirect File won’t happen in 2026, IRS tells statesThe free service that allowed taxpayers to file online directly with the IRS was used by hundreds of thousands of taxpayers in 2024 and 2025, who gave it high marks — although tax prep companies and R... 1113963
Reposted by @kayt81.bsky.socialJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Friday on my live podcast History Matters: What Did We Just Learn? More than you might think. In SO many ways. Join us! Friday 10AM EST NCHEteach.org/conversationsncheteach.orgHome 07014