Nick Guyana and Christa Dierksheide just joined us in the History Explorers Club for a talk about their new book, Jefferson’s Wolf. It was fascinating, and this is definitely a book worth reading.

Let's keep @tvisgoodpod.bsky.social rocketing to the top of the podcast list y'all! You know you want to hear & support my brother - and get all his best picks! ✊✊

Happy WNBA Opening Weekend!! As a Bostonian I don’t have a home team to cheer for, but I love Kelsey Mitchell so I tend to follow Indiana the most. Which team or player(s) do you root for?

It’s International Give Your Dog More Cookies Day. Tulip is waiting patiently for the celebrations to begin.

Please keep your fingers crossed for me. I entered the Massachusetts 250 License plate lottery. We have the plate, but we can get 1776 as our number.

@rachelshelden.bsky.social has a new book out later this year that explores the history of the Supreme Court justices as political actors. you can preorder it now. uncpress.org/978146969713...

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Today, I spoke with Bernice Bennett about my new book on free people of color in Virginia. Check out our discussion on Ancestor's Footprints via the link below or your favorite podcast app. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

I enjoyed speaking w/the fab @lizcovart.bsky.social about THE CROWN’S SILENCE—& TJ’s shrewd but ultimately misleading attack on George III in the draft of the Declaration of Independence—on the @bfworld.bsky.social podcast. Check it out & follow the show! 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/episode-440-...

IT'S PUB DAY, Y'ALL! GET YOUR COPY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: A COMPREHENSIVE AND ANNOTATED GUIDE FOR THE MODERN READER TODAY!

I listened to a podcast yesterday (Creator Science) about content creation and digital media. 2 things caught my attention: 1. You should use AI to be everywhere on social media. 2. X is the best place to be for conversation and all you have to do is use its filters to filter out political takes

This is a really good deal just for the Revenue Rulebreaker newsletter and community alone. I look forward to learning more about Hype Yourself.

"I sense much fear in six. Fear of seven. Why? Because nine, seven ate."

I’m home from Bermuda. I enjoyed my second visit more than my first visit. I saw a lot more of the island this time.

In case you missed it, I wrote a Drafting the Past newsletter with some of the results of a recent listener survey. Check it out here:

I really love my dogs, and I love working with them. The best part of my day is when they shake me down for their afternoon “payment” (treat). They act all cute and playful. Then when I give them the treat, their eyes go wide and it’s clear I just made them very happy.

Very pleased to be speaking about COMMON SENSE at @thomaspaineha.bsky.social on May 14, in the heart of Tom Paine country in New Rochelle, NY. This talk will really dig into what I see as fascinating and unexpected resonances between the media environments of 1776 and 2026

I joined this group on the recommendation for a friend. It’s been wonderful. Really smart content about running an information media business, and the community is great for networking—someone asked me to participate in a press interview because we’re members of this group.

Orbit may have been born in Utah, but he doesn’t like the cold. He loves to lay in front of the little space heater I have and toast himself.

Hey, #Boston friends! I'll be giving a talk on David Walker at Boston Public Library on 21 May, and I'd love it if you were able to join me! The talk is free, and you can sign up at the link below! 🗃️

EXTRA! EXTRA! The Second Continental Congress declared independence, but then had no plan to spread its Declaration. @emilysneff.bsky.social traces how the Declaration of Independence spread through printers, pulpits, and treaty councils in 1776. #America250 #Revolution250

Today's the day!

Orbit really wants Clio to play with him.

I just checked into ESPN for like the first time in a week. My Red Sox are playing poorly, but not as poorly as the Mets…so at least they have that going from them…

Over the last week of traveling from Texas to Philadelphia, I’ve notice a change in the profession. Students I’ve met said their departments encourage and support them in their explorations of work outside of the academy & profession. 1/

I had a fun time at the OAH conference. It was great to see everyone. With today’s conference close, I’m officially a board member for the next 3 years. If you have questions, comments, suggestions, or need some other help, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

First Lady Lucretia Rudolph Garfield was born in Ohio on this day in 1832. I loved learning about her over the 15 years I spent working at James A. Garfield NHS. My essay on her will appear in “Ohio’s First Ladies,” coming this fall from @ohiounivpress.bsky.social. Images: Ohio Univ. Press; LOC.

Live from New York, because #ScholarSunday travels, here’s my 272nd thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Wrote a quick guide and checklist for those leaving Substack. Come to my free event tomorrow and we'll talk through it www.paidnewsletterplaybook.com/how-to-migra...

I have been reliably informed that dog pictures ~do~ make a positive difference in the world. Tulip is all ears . . .

Starting with today's post on 3 Revolutionary War Generals--Horatio Gates, Robert Howe, & Henry Knox--who can help us remember that conflict's complexities, from English-born Revolutionaries to Florida's role in the Revolution to Generals who became early government officials! @lizcovart.bsky.social

My brother just texted. There is an active shooter investigation in his high school. They found a bullet in the bathroom so they are sheltering in place.

It’s my birthday so Tim and I took it off and found ourselves in Concord. Unfortunately DOGE cuts means nothing is open, but we’re having fun and we’ll be back.

Conference field/cultural trip.

I’m really excited for this symposium to start tomorrow. Thank you to @karadixonvuic.bsky.social and TCU for having me.

TCU has a lovely campus. Also it’s the first campus I have been to where a college hat could be a Stetson. #WhenInTexas

If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.

So we have 2 more weeks to worry about what comes next. I wish those in power understood they are talking about real people. They are not an abstraction. They are men, women, children with lives and families. They don’t have anything to do with nuclear weapons and blocking the Strait of Hormuz.

I’m stressed/anxious about what the widespread destruction of Iran and its people means.

I’m getting ready to speak with Graduate Students at Western Michigan about history careers. Somedays I wonder if I’ll ever figure out my end job. Like many, I’m just on a long and winding journey.

New Episode of Ben Franklin’s World! What if the American Revolution didn't just create the United States, but also created Australia? That's not a thought experiment. It's history. New episode with historian Rick Bell. #America250 #Revolution250 #Australia #History #Podcasts

I have a long to-do list today but instead, I'm totally absorbed in the NASA feed of the lunar fly-by. Highly recommended. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

Hot off the press, the Adams Papers Documentary Editing Project is hiring for a new Asst. Assoc. Editor. #HistoryJobs #Skystorians. If you have questions, you might try @sarageorgini.bsky.social

Just watched Artemis II launch towards the moon. Godspeed, Astronauts.

@lizcovart.bsky.social, just wanted to share the First Inning of my podcast's second season, in the hopes that you might be able to share it with your followers. & I'd love your thoughts if you get to check it out as well! americanstudier.podbean.com/e/the-first-...

It doesn’t look like it outside, but my body is telling me that the pollen season is starting.

Absolutely thrilled to report that the Board of Governors at @uncpress.bsky.social have approved my book THE RACIALIZATION OF PRINT for publication by @oieahc.bsky.social. Forthcoming, early 2027.

Ugh! I really hate having to think about which online source I use to cite the U.S. Constitution. The National Constitution Center makes it so easy to cite specific articles and sections, but I’m always worried that its copy and the one in the U.S. National Archives might change unexpectedly.

It’s #MLBOpeningDay for the Red Sox today! I wish you and your team good luck—and I don’t even have to give my Yankees disqualified because their not playing today.