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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Contrary to billing change over time as our beat, as a historian I'm here to tell you that violence against women is an absolute constant. Not generations but centuries of activism & policies have made that violence only somewhat more public. Our daily news reminds us how and why.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Family history and genealogy, media juicing up controversy and fawning over science while failing to get that yes the historical analysis was conclusive. I couldn't not write about this! Shorter: just read @agordonreed.bsky.social. karinwulf.com/trove/the-fa...

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The Family History of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, and the Politics of Genealogy. - Karin Wulf

[The cover image is a page from Jefferson’s “Farm Book” at the Massachusetts Historical Society where he listed enslaved recipients of “Bread” at Monticello in 1810 –including Sally Hemings and four o...

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What is the logic of people who get on the train and start calling everyone they know to discuss super personal stuff? (Yes, I was in the quiet car. No, she didn’t care.)

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton. Tim Curry. Worried about tomorrow . . .

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Historian: Cups are actually much more complicated than that.

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Cassandra Good @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A brief gender historian rant-- Journalists & pundits widely agree that the woman constantly at the president's side & with access to his social media clearly has enormous political influence & power. /1 🗃️

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The firm that designed this knows it snows there, right?

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I was checking out from an e-commerce website and they asked me to tip: “show some love for our team.” Come on. That’s a hard NO.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wore my Schoolhouse Rock t-shirt to the gym. Had to explain to a 20something that it wasn’t a Disney show. 🙄

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Two years ago, I went to the ER because I was in excruciating pain. They asked the usual questions, including allergies. I said sulfa and that morphine makes me throw up. ER resident accused me of drug shopping. Turns out I had sepsis.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Visitors to DC do this on the Metro. It does not go over well.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I’m going to miss the World Cup. It’s been crazy fun.

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The 51st @51st.news · 19/07/2026

The District of Columbia Archives has released its largest digital collection of historic photos — showing new views of the city from 1947 through 1959. Find anything interesting? Let us know!

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Check out thousands of photos of midcentury D.C.

The District of Columbia Archives has released its largest digital collection of historic photos

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just me madly refreshing the ESPN app on because my internet went out during the France-Morocco game . . .

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Come on Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Soccer: A+ Constant data center ads: SIGH

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

@ianlivingston.bsky.social How low can the ceiling be for fireworks? If this cell doesn’t move out . . . (Asking as someone who would like to get some sleep.)

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

102 degrees in DC. Mall currently being evacuated for weather. At the rate things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised if the hell mouth doesn’t open soon . . .

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a woman in a blue jacket says " anyone who 's not having fun here ? follow me "

Alt: Buffy Summers in a blue jacket says "anyone who 's not having fun here ? follow me"

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

What to the Colored Conventions was the Declaration of Independence? Normally we hear Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July. This year, we are trying something new. From now until Monday night, we are posting quotes every half hour from the Colored Conventions movement. coloredconventions.org

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Phil 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"

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 02/07/2026

That did not fit the definition of a red card.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

French Resistance fighter and historian Marc Bloch, murdered by the Gestapo in 1944, is inducted into Panthéon in Paris.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This Morocco-Haiti game is 🔥🔥🔥

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Chef's kiss, salute, tears, all of it

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

In honor of Scotland’s historic World Cup run and status as America’s tipsy sweethearts, let’s look at the fashion history behind the Tartan Army’s uniform. The name itself comes from a worsted wool fabric in a twill weave with a distinctive geometric pattern (or sett), erroneously called plaid.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

We already have the National Guard!

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Scotland-Morocco: a young Scot named Thomas Pellow was snatched by Barbary pirates, taken to Morocco, converted to Islam, became a military commander in an enslaved army for the sultan, escaped back to London, and wrote a wildly popular captivity narrative. He hated being back in the UK. PLUS… (1/2)

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

MOROCCO!! 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

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National Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

NEH grant recipients who received notification that a terminated award is eligible for reinstatement can find more information about initiating the restatement process here: shorturl.at/0GwBc

Information for NEH grantees on reinstatement of awards

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My Dessalines jersey arrived today! I'm so happy that Saeta is restocking the original, even though FIFA banned it! theconversation.com/fifas-haiti-...

A bright blue soccer jersey made by Saeta for the Haitian World Cup team. The jersey features a group of people, one of whom is holding the Haitian flag. The jersey was banned by FIFA as "political."

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Knicks watch parties and celebrations in the streets and World Cup players and supporters discovering America are healing my soul right now. Community wins every time.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Saibari scores for Morocco, it's 1-0

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John Harris @drjohnaeharris.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

During the World Cup watch out for Haiti’s shirt which depicts the Battle of Vertieres in 1803, the final battle of the Haitian Revolution against Napoleon’s France - and slavery. First game next Saturday.

Close up for shirt with battle depiction

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot

Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.

Soccer player biting an apple. The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I recently published an article on an esoteric historical subject. It took me years. AI could not have researched and written it, and even if it could, relying on AI to do these things would have deprived me of the knowledge and joy I gained doing something I love to do and is worthwhile.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I am turning into an “any team but the Golden Knights” hockey fan. They are the NHL’s Duke.

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Land grant colleges would like a word. (University of Wyoming alum here.)

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Tapping the sign

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