Wooowwwww!!!! #Election2025

NYT map showing Virginia shifting BLUE statewide!!! #Election2025 #Spanberger

A FIGHTER JET buzzed the protestors in Williamsburg, & the crowd near me agreed it felt intentional & ominous. THEN I found out about the trump AI video. Did anyone else experience this - particularly locations near an airforce base? Little Rock?

No Kings Williamsburg, VA #NoKings

I think Spanberger was strong and demonstrated good leadership and good sense, but Earl-Sears was off the rails with her appalling behavior and irrational comments. #VaDebate

Interesting!! Now do FB & IG! 👀 Also interesting - no mention of the role US Gov't will have in this. The omission seems conspicuous and suspicious. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...

This is a great read!!! I never thought about all the services needed to support the people fighting forest fires. This was really enlightening on a lot of levels. I recommend this!!!

I'm looking forward to hearing from Dr. @kawulf.bsky.social the Virginia Museum of History and Culture this week! If you're in Richmond, I recommend this! #RVA #SkyStorians #HistorySky #Twitterstorians secure.virginiahistory.org/3934/4196?fb...

I worked on my research today at @thevalentinerva.bsky.social in #RVA!! They have great archives in addition to being a museum. I was in a rabbit hole on the portrait artist William J. Hubard. The museum has a newly renovated reading room for researchers, and it's great!! I recommend it!

“Papers, please”

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

Yikes!!

Mrs. Fish is so messy! But actually, she’s calling out the hypocrisy of Mrs Astor & the rules of high society. She’s the hero!! She’s advocating for Aurora Fain, Mrs Astor’s daughter, and sooo many other women. Three cheers for Mamie Fish!! 👏🤩😎 #TheGildedAge #GildedAge @ashlieatkinson.bsky.social

What?!?!??!!!? #TheGildedAge #GildedAge

#TheGildedAge #GildedAge

self-soothing by going further down a research rabbit hole, a tale as old as academia

𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝑨𝑨𝑯𝑨’𝒔 𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆. Each week we will post a selection of these records to feature the individuals listed, supporting our continuous #KnowTheirNames initiative.

Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟐-𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟏. ✦ Each week we will post a selection of these records to feature the individuals listed, supporting our continuous #KnowTheirNames initiative. ✦ You can find our complete database at www.aahafauquier.org/free-emancip...

Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟐-𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟓. ✦ Each week we will post a selection of these records to feature the individuals listed, supporting our continuous #KnowTheirNames initiative. ✦ You can find our complete database at www.aahafauquier.org/free-emancip...

Didn’t Mr. Russell pay the money in Gladys’s name only? She needs to take that money and RUN back to NYC. #TheGildedAge #GildedAge

Mrs. Fish is challenging the great Lina Astor on matters of society!! Who’s really in charge here?! I think it’s Mrs. Fish!! Actress @ashlieatkinson.bsky.social is outstanding in this role!! #TheGildedAge #GildedAge #HBOMax

Who else gasped out LOUD at the end of the latest episode of #TheGildedAge?! #GildedAge #HBOMax

Hey!! 👋 Is the history crowd going to watch Ken Burns’ American Revolution #HATM style? I want that crowd in my feed when that comes out this fall.

Hahahaha!!! Like I said… the best lines are reserved for Mrs. Fish! Season 3 of The Gilded Age does not disappoint!! #TheGildedAge #GildedAge #HBOMax #MAX

The Gilded Age gives Mrs. Fish the BEST lines and @ashlieatkinson.bsky.social always delivers!!! 🤩 She shines in every scene!! #TheGildedAge #GildedAge #HBOMax #MAX

Henrico County has posted on FB that they are investigating a water pressure issue in the Richmond area’s west end. #RVA

Hi!! Is anyone else in Henrico County, VA experiencing water pressure issues? I’m in the far west end south of Short Pump.

Historian of Reconstruction here the Supreme Court is behaving like its predecessor in the late 19th century when it gutted the Reconstruction constitution and federal civil rights laws. It refused to implement the 14th amendment against Trump and now he has a blank check to upend our constitution.

#Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom—and a reminder that justice delayed is still justice denied. We honor the resilience of those who waited years to learn of liberation. And we recommit to fighting for the freedoms still being denied today.

A big warm thanks to the Arkansas Razorbacks Baseball team for a great season!! Love y’all! #OmaHogs #GoHogs #WPS ❤️🐗

Levar Stoney for Lt. Governor Concedes race to Senator Hashmi bluevirginia.us/2025/06/demo...

Live shot of Richmond and the surrounding counties last night watching the Lt. Gov. primary in Virginia. That was stressful! I'm thankful Stoney lost, and I'm excited for Hashmi (who I voted for). #VaPrimary2025 #RVA

I'm claiming victory over the United States Army.

Hey #JaneAusten experts & fans!! What biographies do you recommend? I’m enjoying #MissAusten on @pbs.org, and I’m glad I knew a bit of her history going into it. But I want to know more. I’ve searched for a biography, but the results are overwhelming. Do y’all like Lucy Worsley’s? What others?

Did anyone else recently quit playing Wordle every day? Just randomly stopped playing? For no reason?

I’m going to be furious if they don’t use this as the theme m.youtube.com/watch?v=tuuc...

I felt the earthquake in Richmond's far west end at 1:09pm. It sounded like a truck or construction at first. It wasn't as loud as the last one, but it lasted a few seconds longer. It was short and mild where I am.

Hi #SkyStorians and former #Twitterstorians, let's welcome @clophillips.bsky.social to BlueSky!!!

Tonight I got to meet a #SkyStorian in the wild!! @ww2historygal.bsky.social and I attended a Board dinner for William & Mary Libraries. It was wonderful to hang out in person and hear about her WWII research!! #SkyStorians #HistorySky Y’all don’t judge my hair - it was humid and rainy!

AGAIN?!?! 👀 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

Stares in Katharine Hepburn in the 1930s and early 40s.

Hahahahaha! I thought immediately of Ja Far posing as an imprisoned hustler when I saw today’s post from orange voldemort.

Today, Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal resident of Vermont, walked into an immigration office to complete a final step for citizenship. Instead, he was arrested by plain-clothed, armed individuals with faces covered. This is immoral, inhumane, and illegal. He must receive due process and be released.

🧵 time!!!! This will be long so strap in!!! The TL;DR version is simple: if you are a naturalized citizen, you need to check your status at SSA immediately and if you aren’t listed as a citizen, you need to correct that. Immediately. Ok so here’s the news article we are discussing. Let’s go. 1/?

Hey Arkansas fans! I’ve donated to #1Day1UofA!! If you’re an alum or friend of the university, please join me in giving back. They have 21 featured projects, but you can donate anywhere you’d like (scroll to the bottom). fundrazor.uark.edu/g/oneday #OneDayOneUofA #WPS #GoHogs @uarkansas.bsky.social

For those who have read “James” by Percival Everett, had you read Huckleberry Finn recently? I started “James” and decided to check out Huck Finn to read alongside it. How are others doing this?

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.

Hey #SkyStorians! Swem Library at William & Mary (@wm.edu) has travel grants!!! $1,500: 100+ miles away $750: w/in 100 miles libraries.wm.edu/scrc/researc...

I want to watch "Becoming Katharine Graham," but it's only available on Prime. Anyone else find that entirely inappropriate considering what's happened to the Washington Post and by whom???