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Rick Jobs

@richardivanjobs.bsky.social
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Historian | In the Land of the Lacandón | Backpack Ambassadors | Riding the New Wave | Transnational Histories of Youth | Portland | Pacific University

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Antisemitism is genuinely rising, and there are people like Tucker Carlson using genuine horror at Israel's genocidal actions to launder real antisemitism into mainstream discourse. But we can't fight this without a strategy of rhetorically separating Jews as a people from Israel as a polity.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
as soon as I turn on the classic rock station the ads are for low testosterone, divorce for men, and statins
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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
In case you missed it, we've launched the newly expanded Drafting the Past, a publication devoted to nonfiction history, with book reviews, interviews, publishing news, and more. Check it out: www.draftingthepast.com
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Drafting the Past
Reviews, craft essays, news and more for readers and writers of history.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
As folks begin to think about next semester, I want to plug this site with its excellent, user-friendly modules for global history. They keep adding new ones, so check to see what's there. I used the Atlantic Piracy one this term and it's excellent with good instructor support materials.
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World History Modules – History for the 21st Century
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Dre Grr @drgrr.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#EMC Frapper une personne âgée et des enfants qui dansent, c'est donc ça le pays des libertés et de la fraternité ?
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Jesi🃏♠️🔥 @luciferjesit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.
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News in the Grove @newsinthegrove.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Anyone at Wednesday's market can get a $25 voucher until the money runs out, alongside breast health resources and the market's annual pet costume contest.
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Portland Fire, Kaiser fund $10,000 in Forest Grove market vouchers
Anyone at Wednesday's market can get a $25 voucher until the money runs out, alongside breast health resources and the market's annual pet costume contest.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Fire destroys Marché des Enfants Rouges, ‘coolest market in Paris’
‘A lot of sadness’ after 17th century landmark that escaped demolition in the 1980s goes up in flames
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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Victor Wembanyama looks poised to become the next Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, an all-time basketball great with a social conscience and intellectual curiosity who sees himself as a celebrity with a responsibility to speak out on issues of public importance. Good for him.
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Really enjoyed doing this interview w/@learnovate.bsky.social - we got into my approach to teaching comics as always hands-on & emphasizing play, drawing as thinking, my crankiness about gen-Ai, the importance of constraints to creativity, the necessity of struggle, tennis, & the DJ-movie Scratch!
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Nick Sousanis: Why Drawing Is Thinking (and What AI Leaves Out)
YouTube video by Learnovate
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Did an excellent history research brown bag today with UIC faculty and grad students high atop this brutalist behemoth. My thanks to dear friend and RU mafia capo Jennie Brier for arranging it.
University Hall at UIC, a brutalist tower.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Had a great book talk at Loyola this evening with super-engaged undergraduate students from a variety of classes. If you look closely, you’ll see my father and brother (not Ugrads). Many thanks to Suzanne Kaufman, esteemed member of the RU Mafia.
Full classroom of students for a book talk about In The Land of the Lacandón.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is the front door to the department of history at Loyola.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
getting some very @tgpeterson.bsky.social vibes
brutalist tower University Hall at UIC.brutalist tower University Hall at UIC.
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Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Those of us who work on contemporary France have long predicted some kind of social protest in advance of the 2027 elections. It could have been a gilets jaunes mk 2 related to high petrol prices, but instead it was school students. Some thoughts... www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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Un gouvernement fébrile, à la merci d’un embrasement qu’il n’a pas vu venir
La journée de mobilisation de mardi inquiète au sommet de l’Etat, alors que la tension n’a cessé de croître en près de trois semaines d’actions et que l’exécutif semble avoir pour l’instant donné la p...
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Jonathyne Briggs @jonathynebriggs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I got to spend my lunch listening to the amazing @richardivanjobs.bsky.social speak about his most recent project. As someone who influenced my scholarship a great deal, I am proud to call him a friend. Also, he wears cool shoes.
PowerPoint slide for the book in the Land of the Lacandon Author Rick Jobs discussing his bookTwo French history professors in the uniform.  One is just recovered from COVID.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Any historians out there 🗃️use “commonplace books” in class as scaffolding for writing in the age of AI? I’d love to see what you’re doing, if so.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
nice view for a run
Photo of Madison lakefront and UW campus from picnic point.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My thanks to @richardckeller.bsky.social @emmakuby.bsky.social and Bucky for a great day at Madison. Had a good session with grad students who’d read my books to discuss my scholarly trajectory and then did a ‘In the Land of the Lacandón’ book talk with faculty.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The bunker!
Antiriot brutalism at George Mosse Hall, University of Wisconsin.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
people keep telling me how terrific this interview is, so I’m reposting and thanking again @katecarp.bsky.social
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Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte Figure It Out As They Go
Episode 110 of the Drafting the Past podcast
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Wow, that was really racist" from Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
people keep telling me how terrific this interview is, so I’m reposting and thanking again @katecarp.bsky.social
draftingthepast.com
Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte Figure It Out As They Go
Episode 110 of the Drafting the Past podcast
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hi all - can you help us out with a survey? Trying to put together some higher level education resources on comics and graphic novels in education. We’d super appreciate it! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Graphic Novels in the Classroom - Teacher Survey
Good day, would you be willing to provide insights regarding your use of graphic novels in the classroom and your interests in pursuing additional education to learn more? This survey is part of a re...
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our students had a great visit today from @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social talking about--argggh--pirates. Juanjo now wants to move to Oregon, which is of course, as our students pointed out, the home of the Goonies.
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Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Very excited to give this talk today at Pacific University to a group of first-year students. Thank you to @richardivanjobs.bsky.social for the invitation.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Diego is still prostrate from that match against ATL. #RCTID
Photo of Diego the Timbers Gnome lying beneath a shrub of daphne.
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Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am excited about this. Something to look forward to.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This Friday, Pacific U welcomes @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social to speak about Real Pirates of the Caribbean and Why We Think We Love Them. I'm excited for our students.
A flyer noting details for public lecture by Dr. Juan José Ponce Vázquez speaking on Real Pirates of the Caribbean and Why We Think We Love Them.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Full story: www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
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KSU women's basketball player detained by ICE at Louisville airport | Exclusive
Aminata Seck, 26, was detained while traveling as part of Kentucky State University's women's basketball team.
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Sam Holley-Kline @sholleykline.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Enjoyed reviewing "In the Land of the Lacandón" (www.mqup.ca/Books/I/In-t...) for H-Diplo—I'd definitely have this one on my syllabus if I were teaching! My review is here: networks.h-net.org/group/review...
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In the Land of the Lacandón
In the mid-1930s the amateur French ethnographer and filmmaker Bernard de Colmont ventured into the mountainous state of Chiapas to study the Lacandón people and broadcast their way of life to a curio...
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So what is Jack Cassidy doing? #RCTID
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Academic peeps: reply with any institution who has a shared governance model that you like. Pacific and Willamette are merging (not an acquisition) and I am on a combined committee charged with designing a shared governance model for the new University. (pls repost) #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EduSky 🗃️
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AskQuestionsFirst @askquestionsfirst.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Like geothermal energy? Follow this project being built in Portland! www.portland.gov/bps/cleanene...
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Digging Deep: How the Earth’s Consistent Temperature Multiplies Benefits for Portlanders
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kim and I watched the first episode of The Sopranos last night and that's gotta be one of the alltime greatest single episodes of television. It felt like the whole 6 seasons was foreshadowed in that one episode, not just the plot, but the charm, cleverness, and creativity.
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Tony Soprano in the Pool with Ducks
ALT: Tony Soprano in the Pool with Ducks
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Academic peeps: reply with any institution who has a shared governance model that you like. Pacific and Willamette are merging (not an acquisition) and I am on a combined committee charged with designing a shared governance model for the new University. (pls repost) #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EduSky 🗃️
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 19/09/2026
The media treats Tilly Norwood with more dignity and respect than they do trans people, refugees, Palestinians, or the unhoused.
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"60 Minutes. More like 60 viewers!"
Statler and waldorf
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Alyssa S. #BakerSquad 🏆 @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The folks who organized the AHA conf might be surprised to know that Historical Game Design is a theoretically rich subfield that our colleagues have worked in for years! Here's @gamingthepast.bsky.social's new book - developed over collabs with students. But no: let's vibecode!
Cover of JMcCall's DESIGNING HISTORICAL GAMES FOR CLASSROOMS
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Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This podcast ep is about a book that's hard to define! Kate talked to editors Tai Edwards and Charlee Huffman on the collab to create Shokhí (@univpressofkansas.bsky.social), a book that's part history, part account of activism, part poetry and more. Listen: www.draftingthepast.com/tai-edwards-... 🗃️
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Tai Edwards and Charlee Huffman Let the Land Tell the Story
In episode 113 of the Drafting the Past podcast, Kate Carpenter interviews the authors and editors of a collective history.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
happy to report that Coyote vs. Acme is a fucking delight
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sunday night comfort watch with a glass of Weller's.
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Congrats @laprofmme.bsky.social
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Billsmafia Gabriel Davis
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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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The battle to save the dying heart of rural France: the village bistro
Once central to rural life, cafe-bistros are closing in the face of depopulation and falling alcohol consumption, but campaigners are seeking new ways forward
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Rick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
any other #RUmafia remember when the Old Bay Restaurant owner poured his establishment's fabulous French wine collection down the drain?
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