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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We think we've picked a particularly cromulent theme for our 2026 December issue. Keep your eyes peeled for a CFP in the next few weeks.

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Alison Laurence @dinostalgia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I wrote about those antediluvians in The End of Oak Street for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. Thanks to @sayanniething.bsky.social for letting me get a little weird with the Michigan of it all! Some general spoilers, but only one specific one re: fate of the dog. #FossilFriday tinyurl.com/dinostories

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We Tell Ourselves Dinosaur Stories in Order to Live | Los Angeles Review of Books

We live within a library of antediluvian narratives, with more accessioned every day.

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It crossed my mind he is doing this so Disney reconsiders and allows him and Soderbergh to make The Hunt for Ben Solo.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Traveling back to Massachusetts tomorrow, so once again y’all get #ScholarSunday on a Saturday! Here’s my 289th thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +

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#ScholarSunday Thread 289 (once more on a Saturday, 8/15/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Do you: -Love #literature? 📚 -Adore #art? 🎨 -Fancy #film or #photography? 📽️📸 -Thrill to the #theater? 🎭 -Relish #RareBooks? 📖 Apply for @ransomcenter.bsky.social's 2027-28 #fellowships! Learn more & submit a proposal by Nov. 6: ransom.center/fellowships #Humanities #Research #CFP #CFA #booksky 🗃️📜

A scholar examines a postcard in the Harry Ransom Center's reading room. Her photo is framed by a blue square with "FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN" written on each side. That image is positioned in front of a section of the etched windows on the Ransom Center's first floor, which showcase highlights from our collections.

More info about the Ransom Center's fellowships: https://ransom.center/fellowships

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am thrilled to be one of the organizers for what promises to be a landmark conference on the history of Indonesian internationalism, to be held next July 2027 at UGM In Yogyakarta. Please distribute widely @asianstudies.org m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I can see that. She has made so much great music.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Driving down to Virginia tomorrow, so it’s a special #ScholarSunday on a Saturday! Here’s my 288th thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books. Add more below, share widely please, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 288 (On a Saturday, 8/8/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Haha. It was the line that jumped out immediately when I saw yours and Chris' posts. Lyrics do not usually stand out or hit me when I hear a song but that line has always stuck with me. Such a brutal lyric. Plus a standout line in a song full of great lyrics.

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

People: You can’t just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

August is here, & with it my 287th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 287 (8/2/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

On Critical Darlings, you said you ordered a cocktail before Moana and walking in, realized it was a mistake. For Paw Patrol, bigger cocktail or vap pen?

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Applications now open for the 2027 #SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social Summer Institute! "The Afterlives of Empire and Decolonization" for early career scholars, convened by Jason Parker and Aileen Teague Texas A&M Bush School DC, June 20–24, 2027. Deadline: December 15, 2026.🗃️ lnkd.in/e5NgH3kn

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The CFA for the 2027 Summer Institute is live on the website! www.shafr.org/index.php?op...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week (although I'm headed back to Boston later today), here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +

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#ScholarSunday Thread 286 (7/26/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week, here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add mor...

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dread & circuses ♥️🖤🤍💚 @likeapen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Am just going to keep spamming my Contingent article because I love it and this has otherwise been a garbage week.

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is a great series on Indonesia for anyone teaching modern Southeast Asia or Indonesian History. A group of terrific young Indonesian scholars and great prep and questioning by Denvir. @asianstudies.org @avick.bsky.social @tompepinsky.com @anu-chl.bsky.social

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

amazing to see this happen for @muscledistribution.bsky.social

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In a new piece for @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Anna Snyder answers the question that Avril Lavigne posed to historians two decades ago. #history #ItsComplicated

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Why Do Historians Complicate Things?

Myth-busting is not enough.

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dread & circuses ♥️🖤🤍💚 @likeapen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

At long last! The first draft of this spilled out of me on a train last October, but I needed months of rewrites to get it to here. I'm incredibly proud of this. Thank you @erinbartram.bsky.social!!

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"The historical record can only create a woman-shaped grave for Mercy Brown. She only gains a narrative after she dies." Our latest, from Genna Duplisea.

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Against the Grave

Mercy Brown's tale has always been one of consumption.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 285 (7/19/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This weekend is your LAST CHANCE to pledge to the @muscledistribution.bsky.social Kickstarter -- spread the word and help them hit their stretch goal! (send the link to any indie movie fan you know who takes a curiously large number of vacations etc) 👍: www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Less than 10 years ago, my son Elijah was diagnosed with the pediatric brain tumor DIPG, which at the time had a 0% survival rate and no effective treatment. The rapid progress in research towards effective immunotherapy treatments is astonishing. Too late to save Elijah, but an amazing sign.

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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The petition was at double digits this morning and as of 3pm today, it's at 184. I know we can get it to over 200 today! Sign!

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 16/07/2026

A chronological list of the best nuclear Doomsday films, compiled by Bulletin senior fellow Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social, shows how the nuclear perspective unfolded from the earliest days of the atomic age to the present. See which 13 films made the cut on our site: buff.ly/CIxUEcs

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Didn't we just leave Columbus? 👀 The CFP for #SHAFR2027 in Arlington, VA is live — and it's a big one: our 60th anniversary! Co-chairs Lauren Turek & Steve Tuffnell want your panels, papers, and roundtables. Details on our website. www.shafr.org/shafr2027

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Muscle Distribution @muscledistribution.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

WE DID IT — thanks to you, we’ll be restoring four films that we think you’re really going to love. Since we’ve still got a full week left, we want to take things further: if we can raise another $10k, we’ll be able to strike a new 35mm print of PUMPING IRON II. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mus...

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Here it is, my 284th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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#ScholarSunday Thread 284 (7/12/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

One way to truly honor the legacy of known bigot Lindsey Graham is to support queer art and trans people--and pledging to the @muscledistribution.bsky.social kickstarter lets you do both at once Plus, it can hit the finish line TODAY if you do Go right here: www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

y'all @muscledistribution.bsky.social is less than $7K away from the big goal--now's the time to pledge and to share with anyone you think would love to support this. (Plus the merch is next level.) can you get them to the finish line tonight?

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The @muscledistribution.bsky.social kickstarter is sprinting towards 50K! It's very likely going to hit that point at 500 pledges: can you help get them there? And share the link with fans of both indie film & queer and trans artists Thanks and thanks 😎 www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Just got off the phone with Mitch McConnell.

Walter Donovan from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade dying after choosing poorly.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Happy 250th, America! My gift to you, as is the tradition of course, is all the phenomenal public scholarly writing, podcasts, & books in my 283rd #ScholarSunday thread. Add more below, please share as widely as was the Declaration, & enjoy the intellectual fireworks, all! 🗃️ +

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#ScholarSunday Thread 283 (7/5/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

In our home, it’s a double feature of Jaws and the Mad Men episode, “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency.”

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KJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It would be really cool if you joined in today--like genuinely really 😎 cool 🆒

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Dana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Congratulations to the lovely couple that climbed the Empire State Building.

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I know this is, as a colleague said, niche Yael content at the intersection of refugees and archives, but my goodness: we need a campaign to save the UNHCR archive on the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention! Who is with me!? rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/29/u...

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UNHCR’s future is at risk – and so is its past - Refugee Law Initiative Blog

By Jane McAdam and Maja Janmyr Budget cuts are forcing the UN Refugee Agency to cull its archives, threatening the world’s memory of displacement and undermining future protection. When people think o...

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Delighted to contribute to this fundraiser. Thank you @kjshepherd.bsky.social for spreading the word about it. Good luck and hoping you hit the goal! I just backed Help Muscle restore and rerelease four underseen indie films on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mus...

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Help Muscle restore and rerelease four underseen indie films

We're restoring PUMPING IRON II: THE WOMEN, SPARKLE'S TAVERN, SCREAMPLAY, and OFF THE WALL so that we can bring them to new audiences.

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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Boosting the signal for any #histsci (or #histSTM, #histmed & #histtech) friends specializing in antiquity! (FWIW, it looks like there are several ancient science talks on this year's @historyscience.bsky.social program: cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...) #HSS2026

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Sara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I’m delighted to be reading proofs of my book: “For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health.” Do you ever wonder about how our politics of health took shape? Then this book is for you global.oup.com/academic/pro... Related essay I wrote snyder.substack.com/p/consumptiv...

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"For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health"
There is a photograph of a group of employees from the League of Nations Health Organization. There are seven women and five men. They are dressed in clothes of the 1920s. They all face the camera with serious expressions.

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Bonus recording now available to donors, or read the original piece on our website. contingentmagazine.org/2026/06/26/w...

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

If you are at Stanford or in the Bay Area, please message me. I want to hear from you about the area, the university, and anything else you want to share with someone coming to live on the west coast for the first time. Feel free to DM here or email (ma dot reyes84 at gmail dot com) Thanks!

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