Shout-out to my grandfather and my great-uncle Jimmy who were antifascists that served in uniform in North Africa/Italy and the invasion of Normandy during WWII

Look what we have here then.

Repertorio, now a junior (who transferred after SB1 passed to another school out of OH) said, "I’m not going to be able to learn the things I want to learn when I’m paying for my degree. But also, why would I contribute to an economy in a state that doesn’t care about me? Why am I here?”

College Republicans and Democrats in Ohio have joined forces in a rare moment of unity after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Leaders say that unity is the start of moving the country forward. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/16/c...

Today we honor the Black children killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing a cruel act of racist terror. Their loss fuels our fight for justice and peace. Say their names: Addie Mae, Denise, Carole, Cynthia, Virgil Ware, and Johnny. We must never forget. #BlackHistory #CivilRights

For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country… Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year. And America shrugged and moved on.

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New post! Too often students assume enslaved Africans revolted on Saint-Domingue because they were inspired by the Enlightenment or the other Atlantic Revolutions. They didn't. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/enlightenmen...

VALENCIA! Congratulations to such a deserving educator and welcome to the Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year #NHTOY club. So inspired by all the great work you do! Proud to know you! Your students and community are so lucky. @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social @vannabbott.bsky.social

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

Bay Varsity Boys Soccer Secures Strong Victory Over Normandy Invaders https%3A//app.ureport.com/published/187/stories/9400 #UReport #News

And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas

“AI has softened the consequences of procrastination and led many students to avoid doing any work at all. As a consequence, these programs have destroyed much of what tied us together as students.“ The increasing disconnection between students is indeed jarring. They barely talk to each other!

Most of my family lives in Florida. When they ask whether I'd ever move back, I often say its not safe for kids (citing shool shootings and LGBTQ policies). Can add one more bullet point to the list. flvoicenews.com/florida-gene...

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

Things I think about as a historian: It is hella weird to name a college mascot after the losing side of the Civil War

Just watched a disgusting commercial for joining ICE and many a middle finger were thrown toward the television

This feels like an exceptionally heavy moment to teach U.S. History--more weight than, honestly, I've felt in 27 years--but I wake up with a fire in my belly to do this job right. And then collapse into bed and wonder if anything I do matters. But keeping a little hope alive that it does.

This feels like an exceptionally heavy moment to teach U.S. History--more weight than, honestly, I've felt in 27 years--but I wake up with a fire in my belly to do this job right. And then collapse into bed and wonder if anything I do matters. But keeping a little hope alive that it does.

How I Learned to Stop Teaching and Love AI www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...

This one is staying away, thx

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

You know how bad slavery was? No, you don’t. It’s worse than words can ever explain and worse than you or I could ever imagine. Full stop.

much easier to understand the sheer bloody intensity of the civil war when you have a good grasp on just how terrible slavery was.

The gradual inclusion of truth about the experience of slavery in American museums has been one of the most deeply researched and considered and consequential developments in public history over the last half century. Enraging we have to defend it in this way.

Back to School sundae at Malley’s…kindergarten to SENIOR. That escalated quickly 🥹

The reason Texas Republicans are blatant about gerrymandering — and why Ohio Republicans have been blatant about gerrymandering and plan to gerrymander even worse for 2026 — is voters have declined to hold any of them accountable at all, and just put Party ID over anything else.

As a little girl, I fell in love with the game early, but never quite felt like it was *actually* for me. I was a fan, but. “You get to play a game for you…called softball!” Which, I did, and loved. And yet. This is long overdue and I’m excited for all the little girls who will be watching.

Thank you @zinnedproject.bsky.social for some new school supplies #teachtruth #teachbannedhistory

I'm just a girl begging the @cleguardians.com NOT TO TRADE STEVEN KWAN

Just finally watched "Sinners," and man, that film was a work of art

How many "famine-like conditions" does it take to make a famine? One created deliberately? Intentionally? This is horrific. This has to stop.

$40k a year so “guides” can cheerlead while your kid does two hours of AI tutoring a day. That’s not school; it’s onboarding children as users.

I need a Billy Madison 2 now

#tdih 1946: 2 young African American couples were lynched near Moore’s Ford Bridge, 60 miles from Atlanta. 💔Mae Murray & George W. Dorsey (WWII vet), Roger & Dorothy Malcom (7 mos. pregnant) National protests. No prosecution. See "Murder In Black and White" doc by @keithabeauchamp.bsky.social ⬇️

Shocked, I tell you, I am just SHOCKED

OMG South Park 💀

Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance. By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba

You know where lonely kids used to find solace and comfort in order to learn about themselves and the world? Books. AI “friendships” are yet another symptom of an absence of books in our schools. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/m...

Reflecting a LOT this summer about what it means to teach history right now. I keep landing on deep thinking as the entire point. The process IS the point. No one/program has convinced me that gen AI can do this for my students. "Doing history" isn't taking shortcuts; it's wrestling with the past.

This is one of the best resources out there for history teachers.

This belief that you can teach "patriotism" and "love of country" is fueled by a desire to return our classrooms to a memory of the 1950s that never existed. Whatever this program involves, it has nothing to do with teaching history. #sschat #historyteacher www.foxnews.com/politics/exc...

I have 48 hours in Athens in August (hot, I'll suck it up, lol). Got tix to Acropolis and Acropolis Museum, dinner on rooftop at Strofi. What else should I do and see and eat (no seafood, I know, I'm the worst) that's relatively inexpensive?

No thank you

#tdih July 4th stories beyond 1776 William Watkins' speech (1831), Frederick Douglass’s 7/5 speech (1852), abolitionist William L. Garrison burned copies of U.S. Constitution (1854), Hamburg S.C. Massacre (1876), protest at amusement park (1963), prisoner hunger strike (1976), & MANY more Read⬇️

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Keep reminding folks of this.

Me calling OH-7 rep Max Miller all morning to tell him to do the right thing and not go along with this absolute trash budget bill

Dachau in July 1933... reported in the New York Times timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...