I happened upon this yesterday, and I keep looking at it. 13th-century Flemish manuscript. I really want to know the context that inspired the illuminator to make this particular marginal drollery. #medieval #medievalists

youtu.be/ci54AW6Pqns #nokings

An excellent essay by @leahredmondchang.bsky.social on standing up to tyrants: open.substack.com/pub/leahredm...

Breaking: Visibility Brigades sting Trump on “No Kings Day” across 50 bridges in Virginia. #NoKings #VisibilityBrigades dcmediagroup.us/2025/06/11/m...

Breaking: Visibility Brigades sting Trump on “No Kings Day” across 50 bridges in Virginia. #NoKings #VisibilityBrigades dcmediagroup.us/2025/06/11/m...

Free online courses from Harvard University “American Government: Constitutional Foundations “U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy” “We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy” 👏 @harvard.edu pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

I agree with this guy!

As for so much about this regime - if it weren’t so tragic and terrifying it would be hilarious. AND WHAT IS WITH THE ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME?

⚠️ Warning: Flashing lights or patterns 🚨 On May 1, 2025, in cities across the U.S., we will honor the legacy of the workers who gave everything for the eight-hour day—and we will carry their struggle into today’s fight for a country that serves the many, not the few. JOIN US at www.FiftyFifty.one

MAY DAY - DAY OF ACTION Actions all over the country THIS THURSDAY, at different times. I'm going to RT a bunch of posts+you can follow @50501movement.bsky.social, which is aggregating what looks like All The Posts. Pls spread the news! CHICAGO Union Park Thurs @ 11am I'll be there! Come on out!

I have been a guest on @vulgarhistory.bsky.social twice and I love my conversations with Ann Foster. This one was about a particular hero of mine, Olympe de Gouges - a radical feminist of 18th-century France. #womeninhistory #women’shistory #feministscholars

How do they not understand that to vote “no” is a way of saying “we don’t trust this regime no matter how ‘reasonable’ your candidate seems, and we are not going along with this?” A regime that pulled Bondi et al is not a regime to be trusted. As for Fetterman, I think that’s a bait and switch.

Jess should be our Governor: She ran for office in 2022 for State Rep. HD1 NW Missouri. She was not successful but used the experience to organize Progressives in Rural Mo. “Dirt Road Democrat ” @piperformissouri.bsky.social Love her Substack jesspiper.substack.com / @iquitcigs.bsky.social

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

That’s interesting. And also, presumably, the social conditions that led to the wet nurses’s poor health, indeed the impoverished conditions that likely led her to having milk at all as a wet nurse (perhaps because her own child had died?) were also rarely considered. #skyhistorians

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

On Substack, I wrote about the latest proclamation recognizing Women's History Month. It's alarming to see the shifts over the years.This administration is focused on the future in frightening ways. Not surprising, perhaps, but the language is revealing. #womenshistory #skyhistorians

Louis, son of Henry II of France and Catherine de’ Medici, dead on October 24, 1550, of the measles. He was not yet two years old. #skyhistorians #womeninhistory #historyofmedicine #earlymodern

2/16/1945 — Elizabeth W. Peratrovich, a native Tlingit civil rights activist, won her long civil rights fight for the First People in Alaska with the passage of the territory’s Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the U.S. #womenshistory #civilrights #DEI #OTD

Sir Lady Java. Entertainer. Activist. Absolute legend. Trailblazer for #transgender rights. Sadly, we lost her in November 2024, but we will honor her memory and continue to work toward a better future. #BlackHistory #LGBTQIAHistory #WomensHistory

Or any knowledge of history….

Along with ignorance about history…..

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

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Over on Substack, I wrote about arming myself for this next political phase. And finding my writing voice again because, woah, it has been crazy here in the US, and for weeks I have hardly been able to write a word. leahredmondchang.substack.com/p/artemisias... #skyhistorians #earlymodern

What Rabbi Danya said....

And yes these were the lyrics I was thinking of specifically

9. The systematic erasure is not without precedent. In the early 1930s, one of the first acts of Nazi power was the looting of the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute of Sexology, where 30,000 pioneering books on transgender and queer identities were burned. Sometimes history repeats itself.

Congratulations to @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social on the launch of Humans: A Monstrous History. I’m looking forward to her virtual book launch on Feb 19th, hosted by @srsrensoc.bsky.social. Register at: www.crowdcast.io/c/monsters-h... #skyhistorians #earlymodern

This is an important piece about resisting Trump’s attempt to “flood the zone.” “He has always wanted to be king. His plan this time is to first play king on TV. If we believe he is already king, we will be likelier to let him govern as a king. Don’t believe him.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

The problem with Elon is we can't fire him because we never hired him. And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office. But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.

In the 1980s, there were only a few cases a year in the United States. Between 1990 and 2019, the number of diphtheria deaths per year in the U.S. remained below two.

Not one thing, nope.

I understand. At the same time, a lot of everyday Americans are counting on Canada and other countries to push back as hard as they can for the sake of democracy both here in the US and everywhere. Americans are disgusted, and terrified, too.

So great to see ~ happy reading!

Most scholars I know--affiliated or not--just want access to resources behind paywalls--subscription journals, databases, books. No one I know is going "gee I wish I had AI tools to mine those resources for pithy, questionable syntheses." They can't even GET TO the resources. THAT is what they want.

It’s no coincidence that the policy makers who want to control gender & trans bodies also want to control women’s bodies. It’s the same fight. We ALL deserve bodily autonomy.

NOT THE PENNY!! apple.news/Ah47RP518Qgq...

Thrilled to be part of this! #skyhistorians #earlymodern #newbooks

This was a lovely set of panels at AHA25. And now looking forward to spending the day at the Morgan Library! #AHA25 #Skyhistorians

McNally Jackson is one of my favorite bookstores. I’m thrilled to see Young Queens on a table there! #earlymodern #skyhistorians

I wish more former presidents behaved like Jimmy Carter. Rest in Peace President Carter.

Thanks, @leahredmondchang.bsky.social! There's a larger backstory: the history of what we mean by "human," which I talk about in HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY 💙📚 🧪🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #histmed 1/2

My favorite line from the latest newsletter by @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social: “Minimum wage is a story about what a society thinks a human life is worth.” buttondown.com/surekhadavie... #skyhistorians

I am really looking forward to this series of panels at AHA 2025. Looking forward to meeting some of you in New York! #skyhistorians

Orwell’s Ghosts by @fieryparticle.bsky.social - a terrific read and an important reevaluation of an author whose work seems more relevant than ever. #skyhistorians #books #biography

GLORIOUS. I cannot wait to hold a copy of this in my hands. What a beauty! Congratulations @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social!! I feel privileged to have witnessed part of the process from idea to finished book. #earlymodern #skyhistorians

💙📚 #booksky

In my latest newsletter on leahredmondchang.substack.com, I write about a few books on women that I read this year and really loved. They'd make great gifts! I also touch on why we need to be buying books on women's history. (More on that soon....) #feministscholar #womeninhistory #skyhistorians

This is too good and I want a pillow. #rage #resist