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Lance Mosier

@mosierhistgeek.bsky.social
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Husband, Dad, & 8th Grade American History Teacher in Omaha Nebraska.

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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sobering, insightful essay on how chatbots mangle historical primary sources. 🗃 www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
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AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
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Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New at Flatwater: More than 110 years after the death of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, Native women in Nebraska are still inspired by her to go into the medical field. Read more 🔗 buff.ly/L3XcR0I
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Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
On the north side of Omaha are almost 4,000 graves, most without markers. The burial ground, called Potter’s Field, is where Douglas County officials buried the city's poor, homeless and ill for seven decades. Who all is buried there and exactly where they’re buried isn’t known. 🔗 buff.ly/hyeK1bS
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Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New at Flatwater: The City of Ord voted to remove automatic license plate reader cameras after backlash from locals. But the Flock cameras belong to the county, which wants to keep them. Read more 🔗 flatwaterfreepress.org/a-nebraska-c...
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
8th grade students arrive on Friday and I felt like I did three days worth of work in one day. More still to do tomorrow. Need to remind myself that this is a marathon not a sprint but sure feels more like a sprint.
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
And here we go to year 28 in teaching.
Morning Breakfast District 2026 Theme.
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social is an award-winning historian and the author of Letters from an American. Richardson revisits the Declaration of Independence and the principles of equality and self-government that set America on the road to becoming "the last, best hope of Earth." #WeAreAmerica250
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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Stay in school kids (and don’t rely on AI to do your work for you).
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A little family get away in Colorado before the start back to school march begins.
Troll Brekinridge, CoTrail in Breckenridge,COWater Lilies Denver Botanical GardenBee on a flower at the  Denver Botanical Garden
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250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Nicholas Ferroni is a nationally recognized high school history and cultural studies teacher. Ferroni profiles Horace Mann, the reformer known as the father of America's public schools, who championed free, universal education as democracy's great equalizer. #WeAreAmerica250
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
📖This Sunday on #BookBreaks, Richard Bell (University of Maryland) discusses his book "The American Revolution and the Fate of the World." Join us July 26 at 2 pm ET! This is a free online program for history enthusiasts of all ages. Register here: ow.ly/5I6v50YMS0c
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
How did Nebraska get the only Unicameral Legislature in thr US? This podcast from Nebraska Public Media covers the history and challenges of this approach. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Nebraska’s Unicameral Experiment
Podcast Episode · Once Again · July 23 · 41m
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The history itself has not gone anywhere. The administration is simply betting that if visitors are not asked to confront it, most never will. Proving that bet wrong is now the work in front of all of us. #America250 #publichistory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Ona Judge Didn't Run Away From a House
She ran away from George Washington. The new exhibit on Independence Mall would rather you not think about that.
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National Constitution Center @constitutionctr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#OnThisDay in 1890, the Populist Party—an enormously influential third party—holds their first nomination convention in Nebraska. Read the party’s 1892 platform in our #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/3XVE50ZlIKE
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Populist Party Platform (1892) | Constitution Center
National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for Populist Party Platform (1892)
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Just finished this series and wasn’t sure what to expect, but this article I feel covers a lot of my thoughts on the complexity of this story and what it says more about our current time than the 1870s. www.teenvogue.com/story/compli...
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The Complicated History of ‘Little House’ and Why We Can’t Stop Resettling the West
Prairiecore is everywhere. What stories are we interested in telling?
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My son who is a wildlife biology major let me borrow his book “The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America” it was a great read that covers from TR’s youth up to his last few hours as President. www.amazon.com/Wilderness-W...
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The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Richard was a real person with dreams, ambitions, and plans, all of them denied to him because of slavery. We know him today only through the paper trail left by the men fighting to keep him enslaved. That fact alone should give us pause. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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The Missing Men of Pickett's Charge
Richard was there on July 3, 1863. No monument, no history, no memory has ever acknowledged it.
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Key and thunderstorm sold separately.
Kite sold at Walmart for America 250
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
My university asked me to reflect on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. I was happy to do so. If you have 7 minutes, come on a journey with me. The future belongs to us. @bucas.bsky.social
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The Declaration's Next Chapter: Rethinking Freedom 250 Years Later | Experts Explain
YouTube video by Boston University College of Arts & Sciences
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We uncovered how he hijacked America 250 – watch to see how. youtu.be/-ydXJ3HhXy0?...
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How Trump Hijacked America's 250th Birthday | Natural Resources Democrats
YouTube video by House Natural Resources Committee Democrats
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Another summer school session in the books (7th year of teaching High School US History). I appreciate the students hard work to get the courses I teach completed. Now summer can officially begin for me.
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
As Native American boarding schools project ends, survivors describe feeling honored and restored apnews.com/article/indi...
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As Native American boarding schools project ends, survivors describe feeling honored and restored
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is wrapping up an oral history project in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🗃️ Super excited for @netflix.com launch of terrific series #TheAmericanExperiment in which I get to show serious national treasure @mhs1791.bsky.social. Please check it out starting 6/24 + share word, great launch convo w director @brianknappenberger.bsky.social & always fab @jbf1755.bsky.social 🍿
U.S. Navy Memorial theatre rows of seats before massive film screen with The American Experiment and profile of Washington’sOnstage and in dialogue with Brian Knappenberger and Joanne Freeman, trio seated in black directors chairs
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 18/06/2026
The new panels shift attention away from enslaved people and instead focus on Washington's theoretical opposition to the institution. This strategy is nearly as old as the nation itself, used by Americans with very different political aims. Wrote about it here. johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/george-was...
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George Washington, Abolitionist?
On Americans' off-and-on, centuries-long effort to paint Washington as an antislavery crusader.
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KC @kcwinters.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=vRYC... A quick intro to the US patriot, Joshua Chamberlain, narrated by Senator Angus King. Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social & her team once again. #USA250 #WethePeople
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Joshua Chamberlain, Narrated by Senator Angus King
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Abraham Lincoln understood, perhaps better than anyone, how personal liberty and self-reliance are at the heart of the American experience. But he also knew there are certain things we can only do together. Read more in my essay for @inpursuitusa.bsky.social:
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Abraham Lincoln by Barack Obama
There isn’t any dream beyond our reach, any obstacle that can stand in our way, when we recognize that our individual liberty is served, not negated, by pursuit of the common good
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A haunting mystery in a Nebraska town: How a federal Native American boarding school lost its dead nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
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A haunting mystery in a Nebraska town: How a federal Native American boarding school lost its dead
The Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School operated from 1884 to 1934. Children from more than 40 tribes were brought to the sprawling campus in Genoa, Nebraska, a small community 110 miles west of Omaha...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
May 24, 2026
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May 24, 2026
For a while now, I’ve been hinting that my team was up to something.
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain…
Arlington National Cemetery
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A Memorial Day Question: Who Exactly Are We Honoring? cc: @hcrichardson.bsky.social #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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A Memorial Day Question: Who Exactly Are We Honoring?
Trump's proposed arch obscures Lincoln and spotlights Robert E. Lee's front door.
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Year 27 in the books. A short week to move my son back to Montana to get settled for his summer Internship and to prep to teach both semesters of HS US History.
My classroom packed up for the summer.
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NPR @npr.org · 18/05/2026
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are moving forward with their climate plan despite the loss of state support and federal funding. n.pr/3ReVdOI
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Montana tribes combine traditional knowledge and Western science in climate plan
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are moving forward with their climate plan despite the loss of state support and federal funding.
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Retro Report @retroreport.org · 15/05/2026
New Video: #Teachers, check out a new video and lesson plan on the Revolutionary War. Use these materials to explore how foreign powers turned a colonial revolt into a global conflict. This is the first video in a series marking #America250. Learn More: retroreport.org/video/how-th...
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Was able to make it through Yellowstone on our return trip. Still lots of the park closed off from winter, but was able to see some of the sights.
Yellowstone National Park Old Stone GateMammoth SpringsElk grazing at Mammoth Springs. Grazing buffalo
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A beautiful morning at the CSKT Bison Range. Nice little drive to see some “fluffy cows”, deer, and some elk.
CSKT Bison Range, MTThis “fluffy cow” decided to block our path for a bit. 
Munching on grass. Pictures don’t do it justice.
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I was glad we had time to stop today and visit the Little Bighorn National Battlefield National Monument. Being able to stand and look at the area with my own eyes and hopefully some new perspective.
Little BigHorn BattleField National Monument Last Stand Hill Little BighHornIndian Memorial A Lakota Warrior Fell here defending the Lakota way of life.
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A little South Dakota sigh seeing today.
Sacagawea StatueMount Rushmore at Dusk.A cracked view of G Washington.Mount Rushmore at sunset.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Sandra Wong, the great-granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, in San Francisco today 👇🏽 bsky.app/profile/asam... #NoKings
Screenshot of a skeet from AsAmNews. The post reads “Sandra Wong, the great granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, is preparing to march at the #Nokings Rally in San Francisco. Today is the 128th Anniversary of the SCOTUS decision affirming birthright citizenship.” The post contains two images of Ms. Wong. She is smiling and holding a pro-birthright citizenship sign bearing an image of her great grandfather and his name
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Jennifer Liss @metajen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"Developers who fully delegated to AI produced working code but failed conceptual quizzes afterward. They couldn't debug what the AI had written for them. They had the output without the understanding."
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Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them.
Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.
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Cameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📣 New historical data visualization! "How Fast Was the Mail?" is an interactive map showing how long information took to travel across the US between 1882-1908: cblevins.github.io/mail-time/ +
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How Fast Was the Mail?
Explore mail transit times via railway between major U.S. cities, 1882–1908.
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Blueskis, THE WESTERNERS will be out in one week! (March 31) Here's an introduction to the seven westerners whose stories I tell in the book, and whose lives put the lie to the frontier myth. #skystorians #USWest @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A Few Thoughts About Why You Should Care About the Study of #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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A Few Thoughts About Why You Should Care About the Study of Civil War Memory
One of my friends during my eleven years living in Charlottesville, Virginia was the historian William Freehling.
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A new front in Trump's war on history: documentary videos about historic cotton textile mills removed from Lowell National Historic Park. www.lowellsun.com/2026/03/10/w...
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‘We must not allow our history to be erased’: Tara Hong calls attention to film removed from Lowell National Historical Park
LOWELL — The city of Lowell often celebrates the women and immigrants that helped shape the city as it developed into an industrial powerhouse in the 19th century, and for nearly 50 years the Lowell N...
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
THREAD: Why did @npr.org make a voter registration guide at npr.org/vote? I wrote about it in today's Up First newsletter — and I'll explain it here too... view.nl.npr.org?vawpToken=Z3...
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Newsletter continues after sponsor message
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
His whole life, Trump has always had someone else around to bail him out of the messes he creates: his father, Allen Weisselberg, the "adults in the room" in his first term. Now all those protectors are gone and he is openly begging for someone to save him from his own folly.
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Barbecue might be the most American food there is. But the story of how it became that way—and the people who built those traditions—is more complicated than most of us realize. @soulfoodscholar.bsky.social and I dig in below. Pass the plate & share. jasonherbert.substack.com/p/smoke-memo...
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Smoke, Memory, and the American Story
Adrian Miller joins me to talk about why Black barbecue and Black foodways are essential to understanding labor, memory, community, and the American story.
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Lance Mosier @mosierhistgeek.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Finished The Gray House limited series tonight. There were some historical depictions I questioned, but I loved the last episode. Read about Elizabeth VanLew and Mary Jae Richards a few years ago with book. Definitely glad their story has been told in a video format.
The Gray House Series PosterLiar Temptress Soldier Spy by Karen AbbottIFYKYKIFYKYK
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