Reposted by sara m. b. simonwhet moser @whetmoser.com · 03/10/2026'That was the last time she heard from him. David Sopys, 46, died 31 years after his own father died at the same age from the heat. “He was a ‘95 heat stroke victim,” Tanja Sopys said about their father. ”So he died the same way — from the heat.”' jesus 0147
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 11hlately have been encountering a lot of "feedback will be provided at least 24 hours prior" and "discussion questions must be posted at least 24 hours prior" for my packed monday schedule and can i just say, as a person with a life and family outside of grad school, spending sundays like this sucks 1120
Reposted by sara m. b. simonRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 03/10/2026A truly stunning set of children’s books for the book historian or printmaker in your life. We just got a full set for the library @skeuomorphpress.org 415032
Reposted by sara m. b. simonaelang.bsky.social @aelang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026kudos to Peter Bentley at the excellent makerlab at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social who put me onto the Open Press Project openpressproject.com where you can get your own 3D-printable modelopenpressproject.comOpen Press Project – The 3D-printed printing pressUse printmaking for your art whenever and wherever you want. This little 3D-printed press fits into your backpack and gives you the ability to print outside, on vacation or in your living room! We are... 2354
Reposted by sara m. b. simonAlisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026History Dept @ University of Texas Austin invites applications for a TT assistant professor, specializing in modern history of science, technology, & medicine. Committee will consider applicants who specialize in any scientific practice in any part of the world since 1600. Deadline Nov 30 #HPSnetworks.h-net.orgThe University of Texas at Austin - Assistant Professor (TT) – History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | H-NetPreferred qualifications include research and teaching records that will complement one or more of the department’s strengths including: African History, Asian History, British History, Digital Humanities, Latin American History, U.S. History, and related fields. 33132
Reposted by sara m. b. simonProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.propublica.orgAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur... 9325651138
Reposted by sara m. b. simonRobert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just announced: The Uptown Theatre has been added to the Chicago Architecture Center's Open House Chicago. "Visitors will enter though the main lobby and take a short guided tour of the auditorium. No photography will be permitted." 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 17 and 18.openhousechicago.orgUptown TheatreThe Uptown Theatre is the crown jewel of theater developers Balaban and Katz and renowned movie house architects Rapp and Rapp. Built in 1925, the Uptown is the largest freestanding theater in North A... 810626
Reposted by sara m. b. simonJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Something that's surprisingly useful is asking my students to draw their research papers. They make all sorts of interesting diagrams and some always say they find it clarifying in unexpected ways (realizing a side point is the main point kind of thing). Low tech, done in class, no outsourcing. 36414
Reposted by sara m. b. simonPaul Ford @ftrain.com · 30/09/2026My cofounder Rich and I are making a bold attempt to become the Car Talk of software (enterprise or not, AI or not) which means we need YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CODE AND CAREER QUESTIONS (anonymous is fine). docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comAsk AboardOn The Aboard Podcast, Rich Ziade and Paul Ford discuss how AI is changing software development—and everything else. We're introducing a new segment, "Ask Aboard," where listeners send in questions ... 118027
Reposted by sara m. b. simonRachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With both the Cubs and the White Sox playing in the MLB Wild Card Series today, here's a baseball-themed cover from CTA Transit News, the CTA's employee newsletter, from March 1968. www.instagram.com/p/Dd674z8Grkw/ 16017
Reposted by sara m. b. simonLauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My department is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor of Public History! I am on the committee so please let me know if you have questions and please feel free to share! Job ID 303951. campus.kennesaw.edu/faculty-staf...campus.kennesaw.eduCareers - Human Resourcesfind your next great career opportunity by finding jobs through the Department of Human Resources at Kennesaw State University! 05146
Reposted by sara m. b. simonRachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Found while flipping through CTA Transit News v. 38 no. 9, 1985 today: the product model for the classic "Mr. Clean" campaign was an employee of the @chicagocta.bsky.social. We've digitized these volumes and you can flip through them yourself in the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/ctat... 27225
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026couldn't choose one, here's my list: - black in blues, imani perry - plantation goods, seth rockman - in the shadow of liberty, ana raquel minian - african pharmakon, nana osei quarshie - the tablet computer, elizabeth r. petrick 050
Reposted by sara m. b. simonSoren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Come to think of it, Bluesky is like the Chicago or Philly or Pittsburgh of social media. Clout chasers don't tend to seek it out, and they don't fit in when they try, but that's primarily because we're not all that relevant to a wide audience, which we must make peace with 3536
Reposted by sara m. b. simonHeather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 24/09/20262023: White Sox lose 101 games 2024: White Sox lose 121 games 2025: White Sox lose 102 games 2026: 8543134
Reposted by sara m. b. simonLiz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’m teaching a workshop this weekend about how historians research. #Skystorians, what are your favorite or most important research tips and tricks? What is your favorite method for finding archives and archival material? 194523
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026i have a blanket rule with myself to avoid the daily because michael barbaro used to steal my team's candy but as a new mom, i made an exception to listen to this episode and wow, am i now angry 2122
Reposted by sara m. b. simonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It is breathtaking. Like many things these days it is hard, but necessary, to figure what is a continuity and what is a rupture. EdTech has always been a private sector parasite feeding off the public sector. The rupture is AI EdTech is experimenting on the rich instead of the poor. 8488138
Reposted by sara m. b. simonEmily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I think I’ve underestimated how radical it is to be an “actually, we don’t need more data” guy in the age of AI 329545
Reposted by sara m. b. simonSoren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And so, I think that part of what draws some tech workers into doom-coded strains of GenAI hype is an unacknowledged desire to recapture the sense that they're special people working on world-changing things. Doom narratives make their work seem important, puts their bosses in front of microphones. 417524
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026alma mater code school slack is currently the site of a heated discussion about the struggle to find dev jobs at companies that aren't all in on AI. folks talking seriously about pivoting to trades like plumbing. everything comes full circle 2100
Reposted by sara m. b. simonShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Call for Abstracts — "Software Libraries: Following the Infrastructures of Code" — exploring software libraries as sociotechnical objects, the political economy and platformization of libraries, libraries as epistemic and normative infrastructures, and creative and critical (re)appropriation!computationalculture.netCFPs & Events – Computational Culture 02011
Reposted by sara m. b. simonSeth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.networks.h-net.orgBrown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown. 2275235
Reposted by sara m. b. simonSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Thirty years ago we as a country committed to digital technological exceptionalism—the idea that innovation linked to digital technologies is so vital to our economy that regulation would thwart growth & imperil the nation’s welfare. And now we’re here paying to mine data from our friends for Apple. 35111
Reposted by sara m. b. simonCharlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This feels like a Labor Day gift that is specifically for me: newly digitized & posted back editions of the Guild Reporter, going back to its founding in 1933 newsguild.org/guild-report...newsguild.orgGuild Reporter Archives | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA 3244
Reposted by sara m. b. simonprofessor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 07/09/2026them: we need you to get with the program, be expert tech-embracers me: i have a literal PhD in something literally called Science & Technology Studies and i actually think this tech is bad them: not like that (it's almost funny to me. *almost*) 247675
Reposted by sara m. b. simonAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/09/2026We know how to teach books in the age of AI: small classes, close reading, research-engaged learning (which is how you ’let students see you struggle’). The issue is nobody will hire and pay the requisite # of faculty to offer this. 11915243
Reposted by sara m. b. simonProf. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I flunked algebra and hated math, but this story was inspiring, and a testament to working collaboratively. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...nytimes.comThe 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice (Gift Article)Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn. 26616
Reposted by sara m. b. simonErin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is framed as a crucial intervention for students, and it is, but this is also a GENIUS way to retain and attract educators to NYC, especially in an era of teacher shortages. So much of my job in the past five years has become redesigning assignments to be “AI proof” or policing for AI use… 1468
Reposted by sara m. b. simonMoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 02/09/2026László Moholy-Nagy, EM 2 (Telephone Picture), 1923 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont… 0489
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026emily mariko in ray-ban meta glasses, doing some sponcon while making blackberry cobbler, and wow are the normies in the instagram comments pissed 020
Reposted by sara m. b. simonJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"Garry isn’t accepting new doctoral students, because he can’t guarantee funding their work, and he’s spent the past two years nudging his researchers into jobs elsewhere."bloomberg.comA Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at StakeThe battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats. 47837
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026writing about complicated and tragic cause-of-death data in pennsylvania used to be my literal job, and let me just say, i'm relieved it's not anymore 0100
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026the year is 2026. our miss america, in her final days of being miss america, just posted a gleeful photo with tom cruise 130
Reposted by sara m. b. simonSteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Tonight on #FridayNightZillow, the ultimate fantasy mansion for a model train maven. A MASSIVE *outdoor* train set + a HUGE indoor train set with a model of Chicago, inside its own 'train station' building, and much more! 10K sf on 10 acres w/ a private lake. $2.25M. www.zillow.com/homedetails/... 37529121
Reposted by sara m. b. simonCameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This MIT report on AI and teaching is rightfully getting lots of praise: aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/. There's a ton to like, but it exemplifies a trend I see on Bluesky around AI + pedagogy conversations: they tend to leave out online learning entirely. 69637
Reposted by sara m. b. simonRainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 25/08/2026For a story: Is there a teenager in your life who would be up for keeping a screentime diary & being interviewed about it? The goal is to capture a week in teenagers' digital lives and center their experiences. Happy to answer questions. We will protect privacy! rainesford.alexandra@gmail.com or DM 34230
Reposted by sara m. b. simonStanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In New World Calculation, Molly Farrell (she/her) tells the story of colonial America as a testing ground for new ways of conceptualizing numbers, uncovering overlooked forms of numerical thinking. ow.ly/ZptB50ZEXVb #ReadUP 0389
Reposted by sara m. b. simonRachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Chicago Scene, board game from 1977. The Board Game Geek description is amazing: "A variation of Monopoly. Players choose to be a different type of Chicago power broker. They can be a union leader, a lawyer, a politician, or the Chairman of the Democratic Party." boardgamegeek.com/image/790782...boardgamegeek.comChicago SceneClose up of Box Cover 915828
Reposted by sara m. b. simonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer. 662583649
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026a very cronon day! grain elevators, department stores, world's fairs, chicago—all my favorite things. i loved the meat packers chapter most, i think. especially the line about bologna's capacity to "hide such a multitude of sins" 3100
Reposted by sara m. b. simonViolet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Shout out to @davistint (on instagram), who made these incredible hand-printed signs after seeing posts about our fight for AI protections last week! union journalists 🤝 local chicago artists NO AI USE 29034
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026marry someone who will gladly take all baby care duties the day you have to put your head down to read nature's metropolis. cronon as self-care, a genuine gift 1140
Reposted by sara m. b. simonJulia Haslanger @juliajrh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Yes! There was one at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. torchbearer.utk.edu/2017/03/cour... This podcast visited the class: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...wnycstudios.orgDolly Parton's America | Dolly Parton's America | WNYC StudiosAssignment: What is Dolly Parton's America? 141
sara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026has anyone made a syllabus for an undergrad course on dolly? i bet it would be so popular 3434
Reposted by sara m. b. simonThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Imagination Library was a gift, a gift that meant anyone could have books delivered to their house, for their kids, for YEARS. Your kids would have books that were THEIRS, in THEIR room, so they would grow up knowing what it was like to live in a house where reading was valued. 4967100
Reposted by sara m. b. simonPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I recommend to you this podcast series about Dolly Parton by Jad Abumrad (creator of Radio Lab). You may ask: how did a MacArthur Award winning pub radio guy meet Dolly? Because she personally funded his father's vaccine research, that's how. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...wnycstudios.orgDolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | PodcastsThe story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars. 281250310