Lane’s nomination has received public support from Montana Sens. Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy and her former employer, Attorney General Austin Knudsen. Other elements of the legal community are questioning her experience.

The University of Prince Edward Island is hiring a historian in Atlantic Canadian history! Details below… www.upei.ca/hr/competiti...

Blueskis, my outfit matches the flyer! Perhaps I should make this a thing for future book talks?

One of my most visceral childhood memories is seeing Jesse Jackson speak during his ‘88 presidential run at a pow wow in Arlee, Montana. Not a lot of other presidential candidates showed up in Arlee.

The 2026 legislative session starts today — the first time the Minnesota House has convened since Melissa and Mark Hortman were killed. At noon, the legislature will hold a ceremony to honor their memory. We hope that you'll take a moment to remember them with us.

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation. Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements

Trump regime erasing more history---this time at the Little Bighorn Natl Monument. www.ktvq.com/news/local-n...

Folks: This is important. SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history. More at the link below.

A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account. A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech. New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social

Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.

"Feeding, Fuelling, and Building the Foundations of Toronto: Sources for Exploring Historic Urban Metabolism" by Andrew Watson is the 8th and final post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/01/29/f...

the @jcblibrary.bsky.social is ✨hiring✨ TWO Research Associates to conduct research and produce both general audience & scholarly publications. they'll undertake research and produce work on histories & legacies of religions & freedom in the early Americas jcblibrary.org/news/now-acc...

Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...

US officials have long overestimated western separatism. In 1877, the US Consul at Victoria wrote, "Nothing can conciliate [BC separatists]," and "many desire...the annexation of British Columbia to the United States." Spoiler alert: nope. Full text in alt-text. #cdnhist #bchist #cdnpoli

Wrote about the observers. The people standing by and filming and the risk they are taking to let the world see what is happening. It's crucial and its the only way to combat the lies and blatant propaganda. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Many, many thousands of people gathered in The Commons in downtown Minneapolis to march against ICE right now.

I think it's important to boost news of the general strike in Minneapolis today and it's possible to do it without the hyperbole that nobody in the media is covering it It may not be getting the attention it deserves! Posting links to reported stories is one way to combat that!

"No peaceful demonstrator should ever be killed for standing up to their government. Unless, of course, they’re a suburban mom in an SUV that’s driving away from law enforcement."

the great David Gutenfelder who’s photographed so many of the world’s most intense conflict zones in the past three decades now reporting from his home town www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

In essence, “Women should submit to authority. Always.” They hate when women know their rights. In fact, they don’t much like women overall.

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

"precisely because the evidence doesn’t support the self-defense narrative, MAGA is trying to shore up support by portraying Good as someone who deserved to die. This defamation of a murdered woman itself is proof of the moral depravity of MAGA."

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Attorney General Keith Ellison are asking for the public to share evidence in the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good. Written by Katrina Pross

On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.

Postdoctoral positions: Our team at the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public is accepting applications for up to two postdoc positions, starting in Fall 2026. Priority deadline is Jan 15. If you know someone who might be interested, let them know!

Right after the January 6 insurrection and in the years afterward, historians wrote about its echoes in the past and its implications for the future. Here is a roundup of their online articles, with links: megankatenelson.com/historians-c...

JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community. PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...

Happy holidays! Probably my favorite stop-motion from the past few years. Really enjoyed creating this one.

@ajhasocial.bsky.social Please spread the word about the Charles R. Eisendrath Fellowship at the Clements Library. The fellowship supports research on the relation of journalism to US history before 1900 in both pictorial and written reportage and commentary. See clements.umich.edu/research/fel...

"Under the Big Sky: The Montana Writers Retreat" June 12-15, 2026 at B Bar Ranch Sponsored by the College of Letters and Science, Montana State University. Open to all nonfiction and history writers. Join us and apply: www.montana.edu/lettersandsc...

Wrote about the Epstein Files. The redactions,the political point scoring, an administration that has long lost the benefit of the doubt, and why this very real conspiracy (with victims who deserve real accountability and transparency) won’t go away

Attention scholars: to mark the 20th anniversary of Patrick Wolfe's "Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native," SETTLER COLONIAL STUDIES is soliciting reflections/ critiques for a special issue on Wolfe and his influence. Details below. Please circulate widely!

“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“

Fort Peck Community College on Tuesday announced it received an $11 million donation from the MacKenzie Scott Foundation — the largest gift in the tribal college’s history.

Earlier this month, children planted native trees and shrubs along a newly opened fish passage at the Okanagan Lake Dam. The vegetation will help keep the water cool for migrating salmon as they bypass the dam. First published by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/syilx-childr...

The Epstein emails are a “skeleton key” for understanding a culture “in which the wealthy and powerful appear not as master operators but as bumbling sycophants, eager to cozy up to influence no matter how villainous or depraved,” @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.

The AHA's Vetted Resources compile materials that have been professionally vetted by historians, offering instructors access to high-quality accessibility guides, pedagogy resources, and materials specific to a range of places, eras, topics, and fields that meet professional standards.🗃️

“We owe it to our young people not to lie to them anymore. A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself.”

Position in Indigenous Literatures and Creative Writing and Practices, U of Calgary, Alberta: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1699885...

No Kings Bozeman, MT

"NO KINGS RALLY" in Bozeman, Montana

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread: I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong. So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

Great column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social (gift link)

Gartner calls what AI is going to go through next year (as people realize the tech has been broadly misrepresented by hucksters) the "trough of disillusionment"

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

I see a lot of utility for AI, but I’ve stopped using it entirely. It gets things wrong. It’s glib. And AI sorts information and people into preset hierarchies. It’s this latter point that’s giving me the most pause. The current iteration of AI is also a social engineering project.

Today in my "Age of Hamilton & Jefferson" course we discussed Jefferson's belief that Americans need to be educated because only by understanding their nation & its history can they recognize threats & defend it An educated public was a tool against tyranny. Yup. Thus current attacks on knowledge.