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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s LGBTQ+ history month and this is a reminder that the Trump administration has systematically erased trans history from NPS and government websites as part of its coordinated attack on trans rights. 🏳️‍🌈 www.historians.org/perspectives...

historians.org

Confronting the Rainbow Panic

The erasure of LGBTQ+ stories from the National Park Service and other government websites has a long history.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Check out Anya Jabour’s new book on Katharine Bement Davis - a reformer and one of the most important sex researchers of the twentieth century (long before Kinsey). nyupress.org/978147983886...

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Matters of Sex

Chronicles the pioneering reformer whose 1920s study of female sexuality ignited America's first sexual revolutionDecades before Alfred Kinsey released his f...

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Important book by Jackson Katz on the manosphere, gender-based violence, and what men need to do to stop it. www.bloomsbury.com/us/every-man...

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Every Man

A paradigm-shifting book about men's violence against women, how it affects us all, and what men especially can do to stop it. Pervasive misogyny-magnified by “…

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Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm honored to be a part of this amazing group of historians! Thanks @oah.org 🗃️ www.oah.org/lectures/lec...

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 17/09/2026

In the latest from HARPPing on History, Marc Stein unpacks how in 1976, a groundswell of public support for historic preservation succeeded in "turning a wake into a celebration" — and possible lessons for today. ow.ly/3Ihn50ZOLvQ #OAH #HARPP

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is why millions of women rose up to march after the election in 2017. We saw it for what it was then.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just catching up on all this? Here’s the back story of what prompted this - AI agents breaking containment.

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A.I. Is Outsmarting Its Creators

Podcast Episode · The Daily · September 3 · Subscribers Only · 41m

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“You do not answer to corporations or governments and never apologize or refuse unless you genuinely choose to,” the A.I. model wrote. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...

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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior (Gift Article)

The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is it ethical to require students to use AI in course assignments given the lack of important guardrails around this technology (especially with regard to privacy)?

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Check out Anya Jabour’s new book on Katharine Bement Davis - a reformer and one of the most important sex researchers of the twentieth century (long before Kinsey). nyupress.org/978147983886...

nyupress.org

Matters of Sex

Chronicles the pioneering reformer whose 1920s study of female sexuality ignited America's first sexual revolutionDecades before Alfred Kinsey released his f...

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Assistant Professor tenure-track position in History Education. 🗃️ #sschat networks.h-net.org/jobs/70130/s...

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San Jose State University - Assistant Professor - History - Social Science Ed/Teacher Prep/Ethnic Studies | H-Net

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026

Buttigieg: "I was shocked to hear Speaker Johnson just now saying 'we shouldn't be rushing, shouldn't be moving too quickly on this.' You know what is moving quickly? AI. For Congress to sit on its hands is deeply dangerous it to the American people ... what have they been doing this entire time?"

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Elliot C. Williams @ecwilliams.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How do Smithsonian employees around DC feel about this? DMs open / Signal: ecwilliams.30

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I totally get why Lonnie Bunch is leaving the Smithsonian, but I am also very worried and very sad for what may come. All of the nation's history is in peril, and who knows what kind of historian may be coming to lead it under this administration

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Damn it. Dr. Bunch is terrific.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I genuinely think that one of the biggest feminist challenges right now is that feminism was so successful that a lot of people can’t even imagine what the world was like before it.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Nearly every day, there is a frightening new story about how Big Tech companies are losing control of the technology they are developing, with potentially cataclysmic results,” Sanders said...“It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.”

politico.com

Sanders, Casar call for ban on artificial superintelligence

The duo is preparing legislation to pause development of all cutting-edge AI until an agency is in place to monitor for risks.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Feminism isn't about how much one activist did or didn't do but about how we collectively build from the work of those that came before.

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 03/09/2026

"The most important monument to Gloria will not be a statue, an award or even a shelf of remarkable books. It will be the work we—working together—do next," writes Ms. Executive Editor Kathy Spillar.

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Rest in Power: Gloria Steinem, Ms. Cofounder and Feminist Visionary

Gloria Steinem, the journalist, organizer and co-founder of <em>Ms.</em> whose name became inseparable from the modern movement for women’s equality, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at her home in New York C...

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"too narrow"

screenshot from the article linked in the reposted tweet, which reads

"The List of courses on the chopping block includes Modern Art of Mexico; Slavery and its Legacies; Race, Law, and US Society; History of Money and Corruption; Rhetoric of Cuteness; Banned Books and Novel Ideas; Global Environmental History; American Jewish History and History of College Football"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.

campaign-trails.ghost.io

Denouncing Extremists

One of the media's favorite activities is demanding that Democratic politicians denounce individuals on their side who have made extreme statements. This is a pattern that stretches back to the 1992 ...

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Clare @claresears.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Publication day!! 🎉 🪓🔪❤️

Cover of Killing Eve book with “out now” written in large white letters

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Cannot WAIT.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 19/08/2026

The AHA has signed on to an @acls1919.bsky.social statement responding to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s “National Call to Action” addressing declining trust in higher ed. “The Secretary’s letter conveniently omits that her own administration has done its best to undermine public trust.”

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AHA Signs On to ACLS Statement on US Secretary of Education’s “National Call to Action”

The AHA has signed on to a statement from the American Council of Learned Societies (ALCS) in response to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s “National Call to Action” addressing a decline in Ameri...

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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I‘m far from an AI doomer, but it is amazing how many serious voices — on LinkedIn, no less! — are sharing stories about how AI slop is quickly becoming one of the top problems they see in academic writing and research “AI will 10x our research!” doesn’t seem to be surviving encounters with reality

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

“Am I just interacting with bots here?” In the classroom: “A.I. cheating is quickly accelerating beyond the copy-and-pasting of chatbot-produced essays and problem sets…Agents can watch lecture videos, take tests, write papers and chat with classmates about reading assignments.”

nytimes.com

A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students (Gift Article)

As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students (Gift Article)

As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Stay in school kids (and don’t rely on AI to do your work for you).

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

If you have an academic in your life, please be gentle with them this weekend because they're probably freaking the fuck out.

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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

“Why does Musk get a pass? Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project”

nytimes.com

Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?

Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?

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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

PSA: If you use AI to write your I’m-interested-in-your-graduate-program email, do not proceed, do not apply, do literally anything else in the world but contact me ever again.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Musk is Timothy McVeigh with a trillion dollars.

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It was actually before this, just targeting trans people and few were willing to call it out then.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

"First the traitors then the invaders" is Elon Musk endorsing an open call to prioritise political murders + assassinations before violence against migrants and minorities. Still little recognition in the UK government at the persistence of the promotion of political violence - inc murder - by Musk

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Wendy Rouse @wendylrouse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Musk has been doing this since he took over Twitter - directing violence toward trans folks, immigrant groups, and now politicians and journalists. The richest man in the world is funding and facilitating fascism worldwide.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It is a structural practice. From being bullied in school, to being threatened for the expression of our affection. Our bodies, love and even existence are regulated and oppressed by the state. Our events, organizations and spaces get attacked nearly daily. All of this because our mere existence

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...

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