Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’

I’ve got a lot of questions about this piece, but chief among them: what exactly about the “other hardcore technical disciplines” makes them “hardcore?” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Heading home for Thanksgiving to fight with your uncle about what the founders wanted? Check out "The Founders Didn't Want A Gerontocracy," the latest episode of Revolutions in Retrospect featuring @lynnprobbins.bsky.social's chat with @brannon.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uscw...

If you're going to be near Valley Forge on 2 December, come join us for a panel discussion about Ken Burns's "American Revolution." vista.today/2025/11/ken-...

I bet the AI “travel genius” advises taking Hammonds Plains Road at 3pm on a Friday.

"Shared geography has provided the unity that brings together in one program multiple disciplines, each one providing its own unique lens for viewing this region yet doing so in a sort of lingua Atlantica that (nearly) everyone can understand."

Nov. 23, 1775: The American privateers who last week raided Charlottetown, St. John's Island (Prince Edward Island) take more British prisoners off Cape Canso. They seize a ship, the Lively, and take prisoner its captain, the governor's priest, Theophilus Desbrisay, and a council member.

I’m not surprised.

Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other. Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

This is my favorite part of the series so far. Centering Black guides as form of power in Revolutionary South while traveling through the swampland was a great touch. #HATM

This episode has a lot more movement than Episode 3. The filmmakers' strategy to use the army's moment as a framework for telling the main and side stories is effective here. #HATM

After the conversation with Ken Burns, the University of Tampa did a quick interview with their resident historian of the Revolution for social media, which he doesn’t have. He hopes it turns out alright, and that people didn’t mind hearing a little bit more about the loyalists! 🇬🇧

Ken Burns’ documentary did mention Washington’s decision to inoculate the troops, but it missed a tremendous opportunity to talk about how inoculation, and public health generally, was being discussed as both a duty of government and a right of the people. It wasn’t just a smart tactical move.

This framing of Howe and Burgoyne's seperate strategies isn't quite right. The back story here is that some argue that Howe was given an explict order from Germain to join Johnny B, but as Julie Flavell argues in The Howe Dynasty, General Howe was given flexibity to decide how to act #HATM

We had a great group of students, majors and non majors alike, show up to learn more about the American Revolution documentary here at the University of Tampa! #HATM. Many thanks to @pbs.org for assisting us in our efforts to reach students!

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." We all know these lines. But let us make sure our countrymen know them too. As true today as it was then. #HATM

Why drop Adams' "remember the ladies" line and her husband's response, without analyzing it or explaining what's going on in that exchange? I'd recommend Holton's book! #HATM

We all have our gripes, but I'm loving these diagrams of the battles and explanations of the battles. Maybe it's just because I'm not into the military history of the Revolution, but I think the series is doing a great job on that front. I imagine it will only get better as the war expands. #HATM

Also, the Proclamation of '63 was also about trying to entice colonists NORTH into modern New Brunswick, PEI, and Nova Scotia and SOUTH into the Floridas. The British government spends A LOT of money advertising that land and settling disbanded soldiers on it. #HATM

If you want to know why the largest, bloodiest battles of the American Revolution happened in India- & how ordinary people and ambitious leaders all over the world took up arms for their own purposes during the Revolution-- this is the book for you! A great read- congrats @rickbell.bsky.social

Two episodes in, and I think the series is doing a decent job attempting diverse perspectives. However, there is very little effort to expand the geographic boundaries of the AmRev. A brief foray into Quebec & few glimpses to London. No Canadian Maritimes. No Caribbean. No Spanish borderlands. #HATM

I mean, the evacuation of Boston also created an absolute CRISIS at Halifax, which was entirely unprepared for the influx of tens of thousands of soldiers and refugees! This would repeat in 1783. NOVA SCOTIA WAS A COLONY TOO!! #HATM

Good things said about King George III. Huzzah! Time to break out my favoUrite shirt! #HATM

There are some *really dark* accounts of what life in besieged Boston. Jonathan Sewall describes starvation, disease, and a man killed when he fell off his roof. “For a month past, you meet as many dead folks as live ones,” he wrote in July 1775. Wish we got more! #HATM

I'm a single issue viewer; however, I think the understanding that's developing of those opposed to the Revolution is both dated (see article from 1974) and flawed. It's fair to say "modern conservatives likely would have been loyalists," but not that contemporary loyalists were conservatives! #HATM

Nov. 17, 1775: American privateers carry out a wild raid on Charlottetown, the chief town on the British island of St. John (now Prince Edward Island, Canada). The New Englanders loot homes, steal the colonial seal and bundle away two British officials as prisoners. 1/7

I like the decision to feature a variety of lesser known voices. But correct me if I'm wrong, I think the only loyalists quoted in episode #1 were Mather Byles and Samuel Seabury? Far from understudied or representative. Hoping to hear others as we continue! #HATM

“The Loyalists are essentially the conservatives.” Ugh. #HATM

OH NO! Now Gage is just made Governor. WHERE IS HUTCHINSON AND HIS SUPPORTERS?!? This is setting us up to really misunderstand Loyalism… #HATM

They really rushed through the lead up to the Boston Tea Party. Where is Hutchinson?!? #HATM

Interesting that the Burns doc presents the imperial reforms beginning in 1763 as almost coming out of nowhere in response to Pontiac's Uprising and post-war debt. Some in the British government had been arguing for such things for years.

Where does this “26 colonies” figure come from? Holly Brewer counted around 40 administrative divisions: boston1775.blogspot.com/2021/10/brit... #HATM

I’ll get my grievance about the new Burns, Botstein, and Schmidt @pbs.org “American Revolution” documentary series now: I’d like to be in bed by 9pm!

Nov. 12, 1775: American Gen. Richard Montgomery, camped with his troops just outside Montreal, meets a delegation of civic leaders. They agree to surrender and will let him through the walls of the Canadian capital tomorrow morning.

No Loyalists?! Boooooo.

The AHA will partner with @nationalhistoryday.bsky.social for Revolutionary Ideals: Understanding 250 Years of American Principles, a virtual professional learning series for K–12 educators in April 2026. Applications will launch in January 2026, with 240 spots available for teachers nationwide. 🗃️

On the new episode of "Historians & Their Histories," Donald F. Johnson discusses his research on the experience of the American Revolution in local communities throughout North America. Listen on podcast streaming services or the MHS website: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...

The scholarship on @boston1775.bsky.social ‘s website is a must for historians of the Rev. So, it was cool to see him thinking about my work. boston1775.blogspot.com/2025/10/comp... I’m currently thinking about what it means that the right is attempting reappropriate the memory of the Revolution.

And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.

And me, who does not meet any of those criteria, but I’ll be there because I’m a patriot who loves America.

The keynote public lecture for the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Conference will be offered by Dr. Tom Peace @tpcanoe.bsky.social on the topic, "What is a Treaty?" Friday, October 24, 7:00 pm, at Université de Moncton, Bibliothèque Champlain. Open to the public; no registration required.

Canadian Mist > Jack Daniels any day of the week anyway, hoser.

Haven’t been able to visit Sacred Rebellion yet? Live too far from Boston to make it to the exhibition in person? Then mark your calendar for our next virtual exhibition tour on November 13th from 5-6 pm EST. Learn more and register at congregationallibrary.org/events/sacre...

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

The stage is set for the first exoneration of an executed person in Canadian history Morning File by me

When I’m president, I’m turning his ballroom into a public library. Trump’s Louis XIV Moment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...

Liz Covart hosts one of the first and most popular academic history podcasts (Ben Franklin's World) and presented at the first History Camp. You can bet I'll tune in for this talk on early attempts to unify the American colonies, long before 1776. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-first-...

The Department of Ethnic Studies at Western Washington University is inviting applications for an Assistant Professor in Black Studies, beginning Fall 2026. www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk...

Today, I got to take part in the “Pie a Professor” fundraiser. We had lots of students join in the fun, but the littlest participant was my favorite!

On Oct. 1, 1986, Canadian author Robert Munsch released his book Love You Forever. It became one of the most successful children's books ever written, selling 38 million copies. This is the story of how Munsch turned personal tragedy into a book beloved by generations. 🧵 1/10