Reposted by Sharika D. Crawfordjbessmor @jbessmor.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Thanks for the reposts. This is a last resort. 001
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordJeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 26/08/2025As a senior academic a little older than this tool I would like to offer him a little unsolicited advice: take a nice long drink from that glass labeled “shut the fuck up” 1214
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordKate Doyle @katidoyle.bsky.social · 21/08/2025"Whatever happened to that huge archive full of documents about human rights atrocities that they discovered in Guatemala?" Answers, from @nsarchive.bsky.social nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/guatema...nsarchive.gwu.eduInvisible, Silenced, and All but Abandoned: The Guatemalan Historical Archive of the National Police on Its 20th AnniversaryWashington, D.C., August 20, 2025 - Twenty years ago, a group of human rights investigators in Guatemala stumbled upon an enormous archive containing millions of historical records belonging to the co... 063
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordStacy Whitman @stacylwhitman.bsky.social · 03/08/2025New podcast episode! Ever wondered what the publishing process looks like inside a publishing house? We're starting a series to demystify the publishing process. Here's an overview! youtu.be/FYCjHG46Xrg #books #book #writingyoutu.beEnjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube. 194
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordLaura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The @nursingclio.bsky.social Reader comes out two months from today!!! Have you preordered your copy?rutgersuniversitypress.orgThe Nursing Clio Reader - Rutgers University PressOn June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v. Wade, stripping federal protection for abor... 2104
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordBadRedhead Media, LLC / Rachel Thompson / RachelintheOC @badredheadmedia.bsky.social · 30/05/2025I own that. 381549187
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 24/05/2025make it stop www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.comIsraeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports sayDr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies 2317137
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/05/2025A man checked out 100 books on Jewish history, Black history, and LGBTQ+ education from a library only to burn themcleveland19.comMan burns 100 Beachwood Public Library books on Jewish, African American, LGBTQ+ education: report“I condemn this act, not only because it is a crime against our institutions and community, but also because it is fundamentally un-American. This nation was founded on the right to free speech and op... 2261885918
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordAugusta Dell'Omo @augustacaesar.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Could not agree more! My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War, traces exactly this transatlantic connection between apartheid and the American right from 1980 to 1994. Out with Columbia University Press late 2025/early 2026! 352394460
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/05/2025A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles to demonstrate against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants. Organizers of the march say their protest seeks to show solidarity with migrants and other groups that are being targeted by the administration. 146115302685
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordProPublica @propublica.org · 11/05/2025In one email to Veterans Affairs HQ, doctors in PA said a hiring freeze was causing “severe and immediate impacts” and that more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for cancer, kidney disease and traumatic brain injuries. By @ericumansky.bsky.social & @vernalcoleman.bsky.socialpropublica.orgInternal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests… 46925505
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordChristyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 10/05/2025UPDATE: OPEN LETTER - HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS In just 10 days, over 700 historians signed to demand MPs stand up for trans rights. I'll send the emails to MPs tomorrow, so you have until 5pm GMT *today* to sign + share. Thank you all 🏳️⚧️🫂🏳️⚧️ Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrntinyurl.comHistorians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPsDear Members of Parliament, As historians, we write to you today to express our alarm at and opposition to the attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community emanating from the current government. Years of hos... 210453
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordAndrew N. Wegmann @anwegmann.bsky.social · 09/05/2025She's awesome, and I'm sure the book will be too!! Hearty, hearty congrats!! 162
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 09/05/2025If you would like to write about the role of PBS in environmental history/education and the impact of defunding, check out our Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal Administration series CFP - niche-canada.org/2025/04/11/c... #envhist #envhumniche-canada.orgCall for Submissions - Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal AdministrationNiCHE is soliciting submissions of blog posts that help document the effects of the current United States federal administration on the discipline of environmental history and the practices of environ... 0116
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/05/2025UPDATE: “A federal judge in Vermont on Friday ordered that Rumeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student detained by immigration agents in March, be released from ICE custody…” Snatched off the streets by Trump’s Gestapo for an op-ed. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 19889158
Reposted by Sharika D. Crawfordjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/05/2025this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions 1459225244608
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordPenn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · 09/05/2025If you're attending #Kzoo2025, come visit us in the book exhibit tomorrow, Saturday 5/10, where we'll be giving away our display copies to graduate students and contingent scholars between 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (limit one book per person)! #kzooicms #ICMS #medievalstudies 032
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 09/05/2025This is the son of Amiri Baraka, who would be very proud of him. 922340
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordSHNH @sochistnathist.bsky.social · 07/05/2025📢COME JOIN US A reminder that our Summer Meeting is happening NEXT MONTH in Glasgow 🥰 On the theme A Sense of Nature, we'll be exploring how the history of natural history intersects with our senses. A full list of speakers and booking instructions are below! 072
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordPaula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Have you had an NEH Humanities Connections grant? Or have you lost one? Please get in touch w/me ASAP. 058
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 07/05/2025Support for historians at mid-career: the Society invites applications for its 'Funded Book Workshop' programme bit.ly/4fYQcRC Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing. Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians 02922
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordSteve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...nytimes.comE.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program 20261182439
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordTim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 04/05/2025This is a free online 3-day event where educators are sharing their superhero strategies in education. You can register for sessions here sites.google.com/ccebos.org/t... #eduskysites.google.comTEACH FOR LA 2025A three-day free virtual conference of DIALOGuE, activities & workshops 022
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/05/2025We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California. 2180310906398
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 04/05/2025www.newsweek.com/republicans-... 0278
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordElliott Young @elliottyoung.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Unfortunately, ICE arresting US citizens , and deporting some of them, has a long history that started well before Trump. www.propublica.org/article/more...propublica.orgSome Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in ... 051
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordTanya Zanish-Belcher @tzanish.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Go see this movie, amazing! 0113
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordEthan Healey @ethanhealey.com · 04/05/2025Funding for PBS has been attacked, and it is worth returning to Fred Rogers’ testimony to Congress on why PBS is worth our time. Share widely, because this message must continue to be known. youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...youtu.beMay 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on CommunicationsYouTube video by Road Less Marveled 16937
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordChristopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Impressive and important to watch 062
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordProPublica @propublica.org · 04/05/2025It’s said that we live in a post-fact society. We disagree. Now, more than ever, facts matter, and ProPublica is going to continue to track how and when patently false statements are injected into conversations about the country’s future. (Published Feb.)propublica.orgThe Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal WorkersA “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do… 161893448
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordRepugs R Stinky @artfulscribe.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Read This: "Air Traffic Controller Warns Major Airport Unsafe for Travel: ‘Avoid Newark at All Costs’" www.thedailybeast.com//air-traffic...thedailybeast.comAir Traffic Controller Warns Major Airport Unsafe for TravelTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy pleaded this week for more people to become air traffic controllers. 313464
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordDanielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Job Opportunity! 011
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordDanielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Job Opportunity! The Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at Simon Fraser University invites applications for the Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Global Asian Histories for the 2026-2027 academic year. www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...h-net.orgH-Net Job Guide 022
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 01/05/2025ACLS, AHA, and MLA File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities. Lawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff. www.acls.org/news/acls-ah...acls.orgACLS, AHA, and MLA File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the HumanitiesLawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff. 16521
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordMatthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Job posting. Good for Hunter College! 074
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordBart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Caribbean leaders believe fighting climate change and reparations for slavery are the same issue, linking the Industrial Revolution both to slavery and the climate crisis and that the regions underdevelopment hampers its ability to deal with the climate crisis. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.comHurricane-hit Grenadians see climate change and reparations as one struggleIsland country deals with drought and hurricane damage as it pushes for reparations from countries that benefited from slavery 0177
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordTommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Wendy Brito. New Orleans mother taken by ICE. Wife, mother, school volunteer. Legal resident. No charges. No criminal record. No explanation. Routine ICE check-in a month ago. She never came home. No reason given. No answers. Stop ICE. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.wwltv.com/article/news... 641568911
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School! Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101. Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...open.substack.comColumbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism. 9953691714
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 22/04/2025From retired Naval Officer @joncduffy.bsky.social: "Removing books on identity, race, and gender.. doesn’t just insult the intelligence of midshipmen. It undercuts the very foundation of the officer corps: moral judgment, independent thought, and the courage to act with integrity under pressure." 137496
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordAngie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I am the co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Vaccine & I’ll be the first to say that a lot about academic publishing needs reform. But replacing peer review with ideologically-driven censorship or shutting journals down in the name of “free speech” is not reform. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgTrump administration targets academic journals with attorney letter, proposed funding cutsBudget plan would kill two CDC journals, while U.S. prosecutor accuses some nongovernmental publications of being “partisans” 429989
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 22/04/2025NEW PIECE: I've decided to finally publish a piece from four years ago that is unfortunately very relevant today: defending the Federal Reserve's status as an independent agency doesn't require embracing the ideology of "central bank independence" www.crisesnotes.com/just-another...crisesnotes.comJust Another Administrative Agency: Preserving Central Bank Discretion Without IllusionsThe extensive “Notes on the Crises Investigative Journalism Source Wish List” can be found here. All listed items are important to me. As always, Sources can contact me over email or over signal (a se... 313641
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 22/04/2025"We've been left no choice but to this week suspend treatment for 650,000 malnourished women and children — simply because we've run out of commodities and funding," Zlatan Milisic, WFP Country Director in Ethiopia told a Geneva press briefing by video from Addis Ababa. 14350248
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordLaura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I've been editing historians' public writing for nearly a decade—first with @nursingclio.bsky.social and for the last 5.5 years at @historians.org. I'm always here to help—just email or DM me. 🗃️ 0122
Reposted by Sharika D. CrawfordAmerican Historical Association @historians.org · 22/04/2025In #AHAPerspectives, senior managing editor Laura Ansley encourages historians to respond to government policies through op-eds. "More than ever, we need smart, knowledgeable, skilled communicators to explain what is happening at the federal, state, and local levels." 🗃️historians.orgSpeak Up – AHAOp-ed writing is one important way to use your historical expertise. 19337