Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In planning this symposium, I placed high priority on a) making it hybrid and b) making it affordable. $10 streaming tickets for sale now, including full Q&A participation and access to the recording after the event. We hope you will tune in! marktwainhouse.vbotickets.com/event/Creati... 15435
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Chaco Canyon is not for sale. That's what 20 Pueblo leaders and New Mexico lawmakers told the Capitol this week, opposing Trump's plan to open one of the most sacred Indigenous landscapes in North America to drilling. www.hcn.org/articles/pue...hcn.orgPueblo leaders, New Mexico lawmakers speak out to protect Chaco Canyon - High Country NewsOfficials are calling the push to remove an oil and gas buffer around the culturally critical monument ‘an absolute gut punch.’ 13920
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanTony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 21/07/2026AI companies are buying, scanning, and destroying older books to improve their models' training data & avoid problems of "model collapse" (wherein LLMs choke on their own slop). One of their suppliers is Better World Books, which partners with public libraries. www.404media.co/ai-companies...404media.coAI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI SlopISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.” 16325152
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanKelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development 240683922
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 29/06/2026You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQbit.lyThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“ 311363788
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026'A lost interview (1995) with award-winning writer #OctaviaButler and filmmaker @juliedash.bsky.social at her home in Los Angeles for Marc Boothe, Digital Diaspora, and "40 Acres & A Microchip" the first Black cyberspace conference in the UK for digerati of African descent.' vimeo.com/163190768vimeo.comJulie Dash interviews Octavia Butler (1995)A lost interview (1995) with award-winning Sy Fy writer Octavia Butler and filmmaker Julie Dash at her home in Los Angeles for Marc Boothe, Digital Diaspora, and "40 Acres & A Microchip" the first bla... 120299
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanSan Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 17/06/2026California is temporarily offering a free Historian Passport that covers admission for up to four people at more than 30 state historic parks through 2026.bit.lyCalifornia offers free pass to more than 30 historic state parks — for a limited time onlyCalifornia is temporarily offering a free Historian Passport that covers admission for up to four people at more than 30 state historic parks through 2026. 0178
Reposted by Rachel Tamar Vandhnow.bsky.social @dhnow.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Job Announcement: Digitization Archivist at Letterform Archive jobs.gusto.com/posti... 001
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanJoshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026In an interesting new Commonplace piece, James Blake stumbles upon a page in John F. Watson's scrapbook that at first seems to be about Lenape history, but with more investigation really offers more about the antiquarian construction of Lenape history. 🗄️ commonplace.online/article/past...commonplace.onlinePasted Indians: John F. Watson, Scrapbook Culture, and the Construction of a Lenape Image - CommonplaceRather than preserving a direct record of Native life, the page reveals the processes by which early American antiquarians assembled and interpreted the past. 075
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanDr. Jim Downs @jimdowns.bsky.social · 28/05/2026HISTORIANS, Please share widely.I'm hosting an exciting Juneteenth event at the Library Company of Phila,June 16. "From Ledger to Genome: Data & the History of Black Life," exploring how Black lives have been recorded & recovered across time. Register here. support.librarycompany.org/event/junete... 0106
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanNoam Ross @noamross.net · 27/05/2026The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSFgrant-witness.usNew Grant Disruptions at NSF - We Need Your Help to Report! – Grant Witness 5460424
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Many of y’all asked how you can support and donate to our female athletes and the celebrations,,, so I created a Go Fund Me. I’m hopeful this can have an impact beyond the weekend and help those that represent the best of the US gofund.me/140322128gofund.meDonate to Support She Got Game: Celebrate Female Athletes, organized by Flavor FlavFlavor Flav, the legendary rapper and Hollywood personality, has long been… Flavor Flav needs your support for Support She Got Game: Celebrate Female Athletes 10164011861
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026taking tax dollars to pay insurrectionists. which (by the way) the 14th amendment is supposed to prohibit: "[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States...." 361286461
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026This graph shows how registration rates between Black and White voters varied in Louisiana since Reconstruction. In a single image, it tells the story of political power and discrimination. Black voters had power, briefly, then it was taken from them. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/power-demo... 7326120
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanSharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I don't think people fully understand yet just how fragile university-hosted digital resources are after external funding ends (especially if the lead academic retires or moves or is made redundant). 31510221
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Women’s history for (US)Mother’s Day on May10th. Material culture off my shelves at home version. 24711
Reposted by Rachel Tamar Vanadamxmcneil.bsky.social @adamxmcneil.bsky.social · 23/04/2026In case you missed my virtual talk yesterday, take a listen! Thank you, @kawulf.bsky.social for offering me the chance to lecture on Black Loyalists and Black Loyalism! The Revolution is News: Adam McNeil on Black Loyalism youtu.be/-nIt8JbUBhc?...youtu.beThe Revolution Is News: Adam McNeil on Black LoyalismYouTube video by The John Carter Brown Library 144
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanMerrilee Proffitt @merrileeiam.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via @archive.org I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection. blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...blog.archive.orgU.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available | Internet Archive Blogs 4620234
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Story here: www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...azcentral.comSmell of feces, vomit fills crowded ICE facility, detainee's wife saysConditions at the ICE facility in central Phoenix mirror the conditions at a Mesa facility, where people were being treated worse than "animals," lawmakers said. 5423211
Rachel Tamar Van @rtvan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Any Cal PhDs-Jr faculty need regalia? Pref. details below ❤️. Go Bears. 021
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanMike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Trump’s proposed cuts to NASA are an insult to astronauts like the Artemis crew By Bill Nye www.ms.now/opinion/arte... 1177
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i... 789163217757
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The federal govt wants to end the block on new leasing for mineral extraction at Chaco Canyon. They announced a 7-day comment period and it ends tomorrow, April 7. Submit a comment now to remind the govt of their obligations to tribes. nativenewsonline.net/environment/...nativenewsonline.netACTION NEEDED to Save Chaco!Overview: Tribal leaders and advocates are calling for urgent public action to protect Chaco Canyon from renewed oil and gas development threats. The Association on American Affairs has released this ... 13324
Reposted by Rachel Tamar Vanjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2026the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...morethanjustparks.substack.comBREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest ServiceThe headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed. 20473633337
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Feels appropriate to point out on No Kings day: Allowing Trump to selectively pay employees he likes, when he feels like it, rather than having Congress solve the problem, is a real constitutional threat. From @joshchafetz.bsky.social donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mike-johns... 9564178
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanH-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 19/03/2026New job: Senior Historian Colonial Williamsburg Foundation jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69898 01314
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanKing Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Hot off the press! I wrote an article that got published in the Journal of American History. It explores how abolitionists used runaway slave advertisements to ridicule slaveowners and slaveowners' northern allies. 🗃 academic.oup.com/jah/article/...academic.oup.comSlip the Yoke and Change the Joke: How Abolitionists Used Runaway Slave Advertisements to Ridicule SlaverySpeaking to an abolitionist audience in New York City in May 1856, William Wells Brown read an advertisement sliced from the New Orleans Daily Picayune: 1817447
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanZito @zeets.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I’m not sure we can donate to small independent media our way out of the reality that the media and arts landscapes are controlled by an authoritarian and his friends. I’m as supportive as anyone else but this seems like a critical problem that goes beyond that. 426177
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/02/2026👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 448202077428
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/02/2026Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies. Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York. Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice 345174802652
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Some noble, inclusive, and democratic "real America" from the past is not coming to save us, nor are we doomed to forever live in an oppressive, racist, and exclusionary "real America" that has always existed. Both versions of "our" history are real. America's future is up to us. 2456103
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanJoey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 14/02/2026This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence. The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:latimes.comTrump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlementThe Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will... 242404749
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years 409253217181
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanNicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u... 3248266
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanLAist @laist.com · 09/02/2026Villa's Tacos founder Victor Villa appeared with his taco cart during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show, marking a rare moment of L.A. street food culture being showcased on one of the world's biggest stages. 🔗 See it: ow.ly/gRxg50Ybp64 ✍️ Gab Chabrán 📸 Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images 110426
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanBecky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming 10659471759
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanSusanne Allen @evensong.bsky.social · 09/02/2026You might enjoy this. I'm guessing he tapped the historian to help with ideas for the halftime show too. www.latimes.com/delos/story/...latimes.comBad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' is a love letter to Puerto Rico. This professor helped him tell the island's historyReleased Jan. 5, the record pays homage to the island’s rich rhythms like plena and salsa, and delves into it’s seldom taught history. 16914
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Steve Vladeck: For today's bonus issue of "One First," I wrote about Monday's NYT scoop regarding Chief Justice Roberts having clerks and other employees sign non-disclosure agreements, and why #SCOTUS's transparency problems run far deeper and wider than just NDAs:open.substack.comBonus 207: The Court's True Transparency Problem(s)Monday's New York Times scoop on Chief Justice Roberts having employees sign non-disclosure agreements would hit differently if the justices were *remotely* committed to more transparency elsewhere. 02316
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanPBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/02/2026Have your monthly premiums increased under the Affordable Care Act? Has this been affecting your cost of living? We want to hear from you: bit.ly/4qmoBOK 35026
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanCNN @cnn.com · 29/01/2026The US Embassy in Copenhagen has angered Danish veterans by removing flags honoring soldiers killed in Afghanistan from an area outside the building. cnn.it/4k6uaiR 46350175
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay freeyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 42569709540552
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC... 456101154218
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanGender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 22/01/2026CFP for a Special Issue of Gender & History on childhood and crises to be edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward. Abstracts due 31 May 2026; then hybrid workshop; full articles due 31 Jan. 2027. Please share widely. #Skystorians #GenderHistory #HistChild 🗃️ 12528
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 91147808501
Reposted by Rachel Tamar Van𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...twincities.comOglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detentionThe detained tribal members are experiencing homelessness and living under a bridge in Minneapolis. 651479818
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanJoshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Are you finalizing a syllabus and looking for short, accessible articles to assign on some aspect of American history before 1900? Did you know that Commonplace has a subject tags page that allows you to easily browse our 25 year back catalog? Check it out here: 🗃️ commonplace.online/article/subj...commonplace.onlineSubject Tags - CommonplaceBrowse by Subject 01310
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanPaul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 26/12/2025@ajhasocial.bsky.social Please spread the word about the Charles R. Eisendrath Fellowship at the Clements Library. The fellowship supports research on the relation of journalism to US history before 1900 in both pictorial and written reportage and commentary. See clements.umich.edu/research/fel...clements.umich.eduApply for a Clements Library Fellowship - UM Clements Library 12921
Reposted by Rachel Tamar VanWil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net · 23/12/2025Yo Los Angeles! LA Taco is not only the best reporting on where the most amazing food in town is hiding, they have been way out in front of everyone with their reporting on ICE and CBP thugs. This is the kind of independent, local, media we all need to support. I'm proud to be a member. 649574
Rachel Tamar Van @rtvan.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Fascinating thread on a canary in the coal mine — 010