Autumn Reflections. The South Branch of the Chicago River thirteen years ago this week for Wayback Wednesday.

A huge landmark in journalism history seems to have come to pass a while ago: when @hcrichardson.bsky.social outstripped the Washington Post in online readership. An old world is dying, a new world is being born [Jeff Bezos is a monster].

Indiana figures: 100% of statewide offices: R Congressional delegation: House: R 7/ D 2; Senate R 2 Party Registration Statistics Total Registered Voters: 4,433,069 *Democrats: 1,108,238 (25.00%) *Republicans: 1,371,499 (30.94%) *Third party/Other: 3,511 (0.08%) Unaffiliated: 1,949,821 (43.98%)

Bridge over Chicago Waters. This morning during the Chicago Marathon.

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They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

@saranahmed.bsky.social also radicalised me!⚠️ Living a feminist life helped me navigate everyday backlash back when I first started learning about feminism, activism & research. Sara's work continues to be as transformative & energising!

Frogs? Talmudic Toads? Not Talmudic Chickens? Talmudic Turkeys? Not Talmudic Weasels? Talmudic Ferrets? Not Talmudic Camels? Talmudic Elephants? Eh, hardly Talmudic Big Bird? Very, very Talmudic

The Dune comparison here is really interesting

Phenomenal on Friday. This morning's start in Chicago.

Insurance companies can often be aggressive with their denials because “they don’t expect people to come back,” one health care advocate said. The lesson is simple, another expert told us: “Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal. That’s all you have.” By @deldeib.bsky.social

OK this is everything.

"These books are medicinal!" is an all-timer.

One of my favorite days of the year is the day the the Yankees are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Happy Yankee Elimination Day to all who celebrate

This is a wonderful meditation on what AI cannot do.

Almost a decade ago I wrote about doing ethnography of vulnerable and marginalized communities and how painful it was at times. My dear friend @tressiemcphd.bsky.social told me then “I hope you never stop feeling. It’s the difference in the work.” And it really is.

Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC

When I see people post that “this is not who we are,” I take a picture of the comment (and what they are referring to) and send it to the historian, along with a question mark, and usually the historian replies “No, it is,” though sometimes she adds “but it doesn’t have to be.”

Skyhigh Chicago Start. Morning colors along the south end of Lake Shore Drive and over the Field Museum, Soldier Field and McCormick Place earlier this week.

It’s back! The “Best Friends Forever” statue, depicting two bronze-toned figures of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands, reappeared on the National Mall near the Capitol today. The artwork was originally installed last week but was removed on Sept. 24.

Vance's most monumental achievement to date has been being told off by two popes in one year.

I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).

The only LLM I can get behind

I find it funny that the History Department supplies are paper and envelopes, while Philosophy Department supplies are Kleenex and Advil.

My dearest wife, It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.

this is stupid and I am high but I have always thought (jokingly) that every time someone predicted the Rapture, they were actually right, but because Scripture specifies that no one will ever know the date and time of Christ’s return, once they predicted it, it had to be scrapped

Happy Sunday!

Tis the season for mumposting, who’s got mums

"I am working with Human Resources to rename job codes to better reflect the work you actually do. So, for example, many of you will no longer be 'Professors' but 'Student Graduation Facilitators.'"

the original is a banger:

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"The Weight of the Sky". Made with a #holga camera while cruising the rural backroads of Prince Edward Island, Canada. #pei #filmphotography

Inspired by the Negro Motorist Green Book, the University of Wisconsin’s first research lab in the African American Studies department is collecting data on spaces where Black people thrive throughout the city. www.wmtv15news.com/2025/09/23/u...

‘Citizen historians' are documenting the Smithsonian to track historical erasure over time. www.capeandislands.org/2025-09-22/w... If you visit the Smithsonian, particularly the NMAAHC, take and share pictures.

Foggy morning at Holliday Park.

The ACLU of Indiana filed a federal lawsuit against a state university president, alleging he unconstitutionally fired an employee over her private social media post. @bsuaaup.bsky.social #academicfreedom #academicsky #freespeech

A somewhat thinking out loud thread on teaching #DH in the age of AI. Every fall, I've taught an intro to #digitalhumanities class in a #history 🗃️ department for more than ten years. Change, of course, inevitable. But there's been a big vibe shift this year. /1

Happy Autumnal Equinox. Happy Chicagohenge. Today, we move into another season of the year.

Scorpio: The secret to your happiness will remain a secret.

Writing Their Prison’s History: A recent study by a group of incarcerated scholars at Indiana Women’s Prison reveals how progressive reforms turned into profitable abuse. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Check out my latest in @nybooks.com! It's a review of a brilliant book - a history of the nation's oldest women's prison, written by inmates in that same prison. It was a true privilege to engage with their scholarship. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

SearsHenge. This morning in Chicago as we approaching the Autumnal Equinox and Chicagohenge time.

Wednesday's morning light. Today at Chicago Harbor Lighthouse.

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1. Cold side of a pillow 2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature 3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile) 4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it 5. Cats