No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I made an art. 😛

I wonder if Rs have really thought this through. The 5 states with enhanced licenses are blue or lean blue. My gut tells me that someone is more likely to have a passport if they have more attained education or wealth. Can't imagine low propensity voters know where their birth certificates are... 🤔

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

What an absolute banger from Graham Nash's debut album in 1971 Songs for Beginners. "Better Days" has backing lyrics by Rita Coolidge and Neil Young play the piano. Such a GOOD song. music.youtube.com/watch?v=TWB-...

@unrooliejulie.bsky.social So good to hear your voice! That's cool your daughter is going. 😊

If you’re curious about my work as a food detective, why and how I research and share authentic French recipes and their stories, listen to my Substack Live recording here … jamieschler.substack.com/p/live-with-...

Catching an Uber, #Bridgerton style? This remarkable 1783 pocket #map of #London, in the collection of @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, shows the Hackney Coach fare between key destinations in the city. A great guide to getting around - and avoiding getting ripped off! More info in AltText.

The prison they used for Shawshank Redemption. The Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio.

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

NEW EPISODE: The July Revolution is done, but Paris isn't sure if it's done with revolution. Protests and riots, treason trials and lynch mobs, suspicious deaths and epic betrayals — it's all here in Episode 49: The Trial. thesiecle.com/episode49/

When it's a school shooting it isn't about the gun. When it was Kyle Rittenhouse it wasn't about the gun. When January 6th happened guns weren't a problem. When someone exercises their constitutional right to bear a firearm, the gun is now the problem according to multiple in the Trump admin.

"I don't know of any peaceful protesters that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign," said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Where were you on the 6th of January 2021??

"Police everywhere, justice nowhere," -Victor Hugo

I’m organising a graduate conference in July on Early America! Please see the CfP and circulate wherever you can 🥳

OTD in 1793 French Revolutionaries executed Louis XVI for treason by guillotine. Arrested in September 1792, he was placed on trial. His guilt was a foregone conclusion. His punishment, however, was a topic of heated debate. Jacobins, led by Maximilien Robespierre argued forcefully for Louis'

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🚨New episode🚨- Part II of the Top 15 Battles of the Napoleonic Era! Listen to our panel of experts: Marcus Cribb, Graeme Callister, Joshua Provan, and Charles Mackay @bubblesvampire.bsky.social - debate the pivotal battles from the period. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

If you've ever wondered why when you open up your corn flakes box the bits inside more closely resemble panko than corn flakes, I'd bet good money at some point they were transported on a truck crossing I-70 between Indianapolis and the Ohio border. Lordy.

The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

Dat your car, @confusedraptor.bsky.social

Brought to you by the "Don't Tread on Me" folks. 🙄

🤣🤣🤣 No.

Hoo, boy. Doesn't it get much more ignorant than this. Of course the US has engaged in imperialism. Manifest Destiny? Hawaii? Puerto Rico? Guam? American Samoa... decades-long occupations of Dominica, Honduras, Panama... I'm just scratching the surface.

On this Jan 6…. A day that’s so uniquely painful to so many people…. I thank the Washington Post for this: …As victims of Jan 6 fight for the posting of a legally-mandated plaque to honor police

So... Through occasional use. I finished a bottle of Worcestershire sauce. I've never done this before. Do I What happens now? Do I, like, level up or something? Does this unlock something somewhere? 🤔

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It's nearly everyday that Trump finds new ways to make me feel completely embarrassed to be an American.

Most critically this is gonna fuck with mail in voting.

This message hits hard.

I don't want to try to imagine a fraction of the hell this woman must have endured for 2+ years. . . . All the death and pain and sorrow.

I have finally prepared an edible pork chop. Dare I say it... It was actually good. I don't think anything else I've done in 2025 tops that. FINALLY got that monkey off my back. 🤪

The irony of Turning Point USA is that when it was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery, their two main policies to push were against gun control and zero COVID restrictions. Montgomery died of COVID / Kirk died by gun violence.

🚨New episode🚨- the Battles of Ligny and Quatre-Bras, Napoleon’s final gamble begins! Special guest & author Gareth Glover GloverGareth joins the show to discuss these twin battles fought a few days before Waterloo in 1815. open.spotify.com/episode/0xyt...

The states' rights party is at it again.

Chris Rea, a versatile, Grammy-nominated British singer-songwriter died on Monday at 74. His hits included the sentimental ballad “Driving Home for Christmas.”

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

I am broken hearted to learn this. Other than "Fool if You Think It's Over" in 1978 he made little impression on American audiences but he is grossly underappreciated. His musical catalog is massive and varied. Rest easy Chris Rea. 😢 www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

I'm sure after selling her soul to Satan, Elise Stefanik must be wondering if there's a refund policy... As for her decision to transform herself to ultra-MAGA attack dog:

It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.

A teaser trailer for the next episode of The Siècle (featuring guest narration from @lafayettepodcast.com!):

"Beyond and Before;" track one, side one of the debut album from Yes. I cannot imagine a bolder statement about how, moving forward, the bass would be treated like a different instrument than what Chris Squire did here. music.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjs...

The Georgian era was a time of innovations. But, what does it mean to track down and explore the views of eighteenth-century optimists and pessimists? And how did the Georgians view themselves? Penelope J. Corfield explores this. #c18th #skystorians yalebooks.co.uk/eighteenthce...

One of my cats, whenever he hears Bob Dylan play the harmonica looks startled and runs from the room. 😅

🚨New episode🚨- Napoleon's funeral. #OTD Dec. 15, 1840, Paris witnessed one of the most extraordinary funerals in history as the remains of Napoleon returned to France years after his death in exile. open.spotify.com/episode/0EI2... With Special guest Charles Mackay. @bubblesvampire.bsky.social

I have TOTAL holiday confusion. 😳