Question for anyone who has gone through a PhD program (or other rigorous academic program): Did you get sick more often during your program?

Bolted awake last night realizing that 2026 is going to be the semiquincentennial of the time that Baltimore was the capital of the USA 🎉

Also the Battle of Trenton ❄️❄️❄️

And the time that William Aisquith probably got a sore throat. bsky.app/profile/larg... But most importantly(?), the 250th anniversary of Baltimore's US capital time 💪

Updated the website homepage 👀 fullstorybaltimore.tours

There are some activities outside.

Baltimore Beat photographers worked hard in 2025 to capture some of this year’s most important moments. baltimorebeat.com/the-year-in-...

Also going to give a plug/shout out for the Baltimore Beat if you’re looking to support a local newsroom next year!

If you leave a Waymo’s door partially open the company has to pay a human $20 to come close it, please use this information responsibly.

If you have an online store or prioritize buying from small businesses over Amazon, read this thread.

Baltimore hires engineering firm to report on cause of the city's underground fires

This is EXTREMELY relatable

OMGGGGGGG

*shouts* EVEN AS A JOKE

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This is really depressing

...are there any video games that do a non-terrible job of portraying the Haudenosaunee? #vastearlyamerica

Inspired by early scorebooks I found in my research, the Vintage scorecard design is now available for download (and custom books). I had so much fun figuring this system out and hope there's someone out there that will love this design. diamondscorecarddesigns.com/products/vin...

URGENT NATIVE #MUTUALAID💕💸 Cherokee family of 4 w toddler needs assistance with phone that will be cut off tomorrow please. They're late $154. 6 allies sending $26 keeps their service on. Mvto! Cashapp $fdanger Venmo/PayPal @francesdanger #settlersaturday #helpsky #helppeoplelive2025

Remember how during the pandemic masking eliminated an entire flu strain, well guess what ? Large health systems including mine are back to recommending masking for visitors + healthcare personnel in hospitals and clinics due to the very high levels of flu we are seeing currently & because it works!

STATE MORALE-BOOSTER OF MARYLAND

Tell me some things I should put on my Baltimore to-do list, no matter how big or small, for 2026.

YAY I FINISHED AND SUBMITTED IT

Dr. Marvin Dunn, a Miami-based Black historian, is working on creating a historic park in Rosewood right now. It is worthy of support and publicity. @dunnfiu.bsky.social www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=17707

This inventory lists several types of medium-sized glasses: medium-sized, more more medium-sized, more little medium-sized. It is like middle class in neoliberalism, everybody thinks they are in it so there are like 600 levels of middle class 😂 #skystorians

This worked by making Dee so angry that she bit Snoopy, and then Snoopy looked at me to be like “SEE, SHE STARTED IT” and then attacked Dee. What a friggin goblin. They are now resting together in the bed.

$200 can help ease Odai’s pain 💔 Odai has been injured by a quadcopter for over a year and is still suffering every day. I beg you to support him. Please consider him your own child. Don’t let him face this pain and cold alone. Your help can bring him relief and hope 🙏 gofund.me/77a751af7

Halp, I need it uncpress.org/978146968622...

My daughter had this and it did indeed suck.

My friend and her boyfriend are going to the giants cowboys game this weekend and I told her to bring her baklava because its gonna be cold af She's like..

We need to talk about how "not a drag queen/not a trans person" does some level of work to keep the negative association of trans people with SA in the broader discussion about our rights.

Randomly remembering the time in January 2025 when my favorite phd advisor came on the test run of my Walters tour and listened expectantly to my explanation of "why I can't talk about premodern 'class'" to another tour guest before nodding in approval

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. IN THE SNOW. WITH NO WARNING

The midnight withdrawal of Colts to Indianapolis (of all places) by Irs*y remains one of the great blights in the history of sport

Coming up in a couple of weeks!!

Full (lol) tour title is "Full Story @ the Walters: An Independent Museum Tour Centering Black History & Histories of Empire"

This is an AMAZING thread Horrifying yet well-written as usual

Watched Shōgun over Christmas? 📺 In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu became shōgun and issued a shuinjō after advice from navigator William Adams. The original document is now on display in Treasured. https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/70d882bc-a8d6-4741-adbb-8621ed0a73d6/ Shelfmark: MS. Jap. b.2

😍 📍 Charles Village

I miss this cat 😭 Haven't seen him since the weather turned wintry. I hope he's ok

Can someone please explain to me what "vegan" means for nail polish??

Yocheved in Rvfo Okholatte Fringe Earrings First pair in my New Year collection 🖤 🖤 Rvfo (Thuh-vo) - winter Okholatte (Ock-hoh-lah-tee) - turquoise • Materials: Glass seed beads Nymo thread Silver-plated findings Shop this pair → cvkvlv.com/products/rvf... More beadwork → cvkvlv.com

🚨Urgent appeal We are in Gaza, freezing to death. We are homeless & without a tent. The storm and rain destroyed our tent😭 📍We are appealing to you to donate so we can buy a tent that costs $150 ⛺️ Your donation will be our lifeline🤲 Help⬇️ chuffed.org/project/1580... Verified @mommunism.bsky.social

if you are feeling down today just remember: thistle wearing a hat

My latest article came out today in Issue 4 of the New American Antiquarian. naajournal.org/issues/

If you teach colonial Mexican/Church history, it's a transcribed/translated 1629 criminal complaint against the Dominicans of Coyoacan. It could be so fun for students to analyze in class. Let me know if you ever use it!!

Hey y'alllll bsky.app/profile/full...

One time I was eavesdropping on a Red Walking Tour (you know the ones) and the guy was talking about an underground tunnel connecting the Bodleian Library to the RadCam and a tourist scoffed at him and called bullshit and I got to swoop in like “no that’s real do you want to see photos”