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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 21/09/2026

Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social! This is wonderful. I wish I’d been able to share with my student this Fall, but we are on the cusp of the Stamp Act tomorrow. There’s always (and will be) next semester! heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/bacons-reb...

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Bacon’s Rebellion

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Must watch! There is so much in this discussion between @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social ! It ties into things I have been thinking and doing lately. I am trying to think about events in new ways and am starting to succeed.

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What the Heck Just Happened?

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 14/09/2026

M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” uses that songs instrumental opening. Its gunshots and ringing cash register turn stereotypes of immigrants as dangerous and greedy into satire. M.I.A. is a British artist of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage who experienced war and displacement herself.

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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 14/09/2026

The Clash’s “Straight to Hell” (1982) connects unemployment and hostility toward immigrants in Britain with the abandonment of children fathered by American servicemen in Vietnam. Its portraits of exclusion expose the human consequences of war, racism, and economic upheaval.

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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 14/09/2026

The Clash released the double A-side single “Should I Stay or Should I Go” and “Straight to Hell” 44 years ago this week (Sept. 17, 1982). The latter song was later sampled for M.I.A.’s 2007 single “Paper Planes,” famously featured in the film Slumdog Millionaire.

A picture of the single cover for the Clash’s “Straight to Hell” featuring a skull and helmet at its center over four Aces cards.

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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 12/09/2026

Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever (1989) began as Songs from the Garage. This unused cover places him in Mike Campbell’s garage studio: a solo debut rooted in collaboration. The released cover emphasizes the star; this one preserves the setting behind his creative renewal.

A picture of the unused cover for Tom Petty’s debut solo album Full Moon Fever (1989). The picture includes Petty sitting in Mike Campbell’s garage surrounded by instruments and equipment.

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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 12/09/2026

An underrated gem. Lots to love and I wish we could get the long rumored reissue and Archive edition! “Spin It On”!!!

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The first excerpt of my new book “How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time” just dropped in The Atlantic. www.google.com/goto?url=CAE...

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Voters Have a Message for Democrats

Fight harder.

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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 12/09/2026

Yesterday I enjoyed an opportunity to interview and conduct a student-based Q&A with a prominent American presidential historian. I’m hopeful that our students took a lot of insight and advice from the historian, and my presence was minimal to help them gain from our guest’s experience and work.

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.

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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 03/09/2026

I’m pleased to present “‘But I Need a Break, and I Want to Be a Paperback Writer’: The Beatles’ 1966 World Tour” at Everything Fab Four Fest: Revolver! Join me Nov. 7, 1:15–2:30 p.m. EST for a look at songs recorded in the Rubber Soul and Revolver sessions and performed live in 1966. EF4Fest.com

A picture of the Beatles performing at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, in early July 1966.

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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 31/08/2026

This poster promised “HERE COME THE BEATLES.” Yet their August 29, 1966 concert at Candlestick Park marked a departure: the close of their last American tour and #theBeatles’ final concert before the Apple rooftop. They left the stage, but their most experimental studio years were still ahead.

Black, red, blue, and yellow 1966 concert poster reading “Here Come the Beatles,” advertising Candlestick Park in San Francisco on Monday, August 29 at 8 p.m. The Beatles appear beneath intertwined British and American flags, with the Cyrkle, the Ronettes, and the Remains listed below.

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Richard Driver @ppbkwriter.com · 13/07/2026

Check out the new issue of The Journal of #BeatlesStudies! Excellent new scholarship on the group included & review of @ianleslie.bsky.social #JohnAndPaul book (not by me)! Happy to have helped out on this one as part of the editorial board, too! So cool! Open Access from @livunipress.bsky.social!

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🎉 New issue of The Journal of #BeatlesStudies ‘Beatles futures’ explores Italian adaptations of Beatles songs, fandom and Abbey Road. Read now #OpenAccess: bit.ly/Beatles-Futures @paullongmedia.bsky.social @smallmegapixel.bsky.social @ppbkwriter.com @bigsort.bsky.social #TheBeatles

Promotional graphic for The Journal of Beatles Studies. On a teal background, the journal title appears in large yellow and white text alongside a black-and-white image of four Beatles figures. A panel on the right reads: “BEATLES FUTURES”, “NEW ISSUE OUT NOW”, and “AVAILABLE OPEN ACCESS”. Liverpool University Press and University of Liverpool logos appear at the bottom.

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

New Paul McCartney album out today 🎶 Revisit his catalogue with a curated track selection by editors of the Journal of Beatles Studies—including an 80-song playlist 🔗 bit.ly/JBS-80-at-80 @paullongmedia.bsky.social @smallmegapixel.bsky.social @ppbkwriter.com #PaulMcCartney #BeatlesStudies #OpenAccess

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I'm sure I speak for many other writers when I point out that they don't sell my actual books in their stores.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We need to start calling this out for what it is - a new Lavender Scare (Rainbow Scare) targeting trans and queer people - and we must collectively organize to resist it. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-tech...

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Texas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ Topics

The ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis.

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