July 4th 2026 marked the 250th anniversary of the United States of America's Declaration of Independence. Felicia Gabriele @feliciagabriele.bsky.social explores how she approached teaching it in a Canadian university classroom and shares some of her students' projects. Read it below!

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For @activehist.bsky.social I wrote about what it was like teaching #America250 in Canada. But really, I just wanted an excuse to show off how brilliant my students are! Teaching in Interesting Times: America @ 250 in the Canadian Classroom  activehistory.ca/blog/2026/07...

Jared Kushner in Venezuela looking for property.

I dunno, maybe if the rest of the world also adopted historians' compulsive citational practices, and footnoted everything, we'd have a better information environment

The 250th anniversary of America is exactly what I thought it would be: with America losing wars constantly and the president arresting you for disrespecting his pool

“It broke me to realize that in the Hamptons, plants are covered for the winter while people are left outside in the cold with nothing.”

I hope Elon celebrates his win as the first trillionaire by remembering how lonely he is and how much everyone hates him.

"nearly 75% of instructional staff in American higher education now work outside the tenure system. Contingency no longer exists at the edges of academic life; it increasingly defines the structure through which the university teaches, adapts, + reproduces itself." working-mass.com/2026/06/04/i...

I have enjoyed the met gala in the past, but am having a hard time connecting to the theme of let’s party while the plebes lose their rights

“Each of us here has a story of generational struggle. Amazon is trying to erase that.” Warehouse workers, delivery drivers, and software engineers are organizing against America’s deportation machine.

The nineties were better in the sense of several extremely bad things not having happened yet

We’ll march day and night, by the big cooling tower. They have the plant, but we have the power. —Lisa Simpson

Feminist Killjoy cake!

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez welcomed the ceasefire in Iran but clarified, “this momentary relief cannot make us forget the chaos, the destruction, and the lives lost. The government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.”

Today is Primidi the 1st of Germinal in the year 234. Germinal is the month of sprouting. Today we celebrate primrose.#JacobinDay More information on primrose

What I find interesting about this line is that it’s an admission in order for this to happen, they need you to lose your ordinary intelligence that you already have. This is why they want to get into schools. They want kids to lose basic capacity so that they have to rent it forever.

If Timothee Chalamet wants to make being a reverse-snob part of his deal, whatever. Be a child, you know? But at a time when arts funding and support are so imperiled, it would be nice not to lead with your contempt for wide swaths of the arts during your campaign to have your own art recognized.

I think anyone with a heart would be truly against fuelling an economy of militarism and genocide if they actually understood the human and environmental costs of war.

Things that should have prevented any political career and sent the subject fleeing into the mountains.

Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening

imagine being so rotted that Bruce Springsteen writes a brand new song about how much you suck shit and announces it by saying “by the way I’m so fucking mad that I banged this out in 24 hours” how are you still up and walking around after being slammed like that

A man told me yesterday that it was important to "take emotion out of the equation“ when analysing the situation in the US, at which point I told him very calmly that "a woman who disagrees with you is not necessarily emotional". Ladies, it was a breakthrough. I should have done this years ago.

Me my whole life: Nothing is black and white. You have to consider nuance Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil

We’ve got filibusterers, a POTUS attacking a Latin American country, agents of the state seizing Americans in the streets… hey kids, now you, too, can experience the joys of Antebellum America!

“We envision a resistance that is a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises.” Universities are racing to AI in FOMO-like fashion. @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social & @cnygren.bsky.social look at ways to resist.

This entire weekend

I watch a lot of movies, and I’m picky - I don’t like a lot of the movies that ppl rave about. But what I’ve learned is that to make one good piece of art is a miracle, and Rob Reiner gave us so many miracles. How lucky were we to have him. How lucky are we still that he left those miracles behind.

Our longest yearly book list ever! Thirty six books by contingent historians for you to read, gift, and request for purchase at your library!

Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

It's heartbreaking what's happening in Alberta and trans youth. To invoke the notwithstanding clause makes it appalling - this is meant to be used as a last resort! Sign this petition if you are appalled by what's happening: transactionalberta.ca #abpolitics #transyouth

Since the start of this year, some 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE, according to government data — the highest number since recordkeeping began a decade ago. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"

I strongly endorse this, mostly for women. Most men don’t have this imbalance. But just try it out! It’s very useful.

The faculty who say we should use AI to grade/give feedback because it's a way for us to "reclaim our time." Line in the sand. It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit. Disrespectfully, the rest of us.

A reminder that we're collecting books, chapters, and journal articles by non-TT historians for publication in our year-end lists. Anything with a 2025 pub date is eligible and you can submit for your friends/colleagues! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death. adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

Just read the article and saw the photos and all I have to say is that there has to be a reckoning for this.

There’s a common feeling across the U.S. right now, a sense of helplessness. Many people want to do more but feel like they can’t. Remember: every action you take pushes the resistance forward.

It’s wild that there are people who are like “I’m scared my professor is anti-fascist”

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook. "Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

Italy’s largest union has announced another general strike on October 3rd in response to the treatment of the Global Sumud flotilla which has put out a statement confirming the “vessels are being illegally intercepted”.

Proud of my colleagues! 🗃 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

This @offshootjournal.bsky.social zine comes out of necessity. Take a firm stand against those romanticizing the ruling class of old because they donated some of the wealth they took in blood. It was hoarded by oppressing people throughout this country and the world. There are no good oligarchs.

ICYMI: I wrote a story about nostalgia and parties and the gorgeous wild unseriousness of this life and how sad and good it all is, and it has (almost) nothing to do with politics at all and I do really hope you read it because I wrote it for you ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/your-life-...

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