I will be giving the 67th Harmon Memorial Lecture at the United States Air Force Academy this October. From the first lecture in 1959 given by Frank Craven to others by George Herring, John Blum, Roger Launius, and Rick Atkinson, I am humbled to join the list. @crownpublishing.bsky.social

NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR GRAD STUDENTS: “SMH (Grad Student) TALKS” at #SMH2026 Annual Conference! Submission deadline: November 15, 2025 www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...

In late June 1973 news broke that the Nixon admin had compiled an "enemies list." Among those listed were journalist Daniel Schorr & actor/activist Paul Newman. Hunter S. Thompson was disappointed he wasn't included. Here's Paul Conrad's editorial cartoon on the Nixon enemies list in the LA Times.

We published 10 articles about historians' work for, with, and on the National Park Service in #AHAPerspectives this summer. You can find them all here: 🗃️

Blown away yo have been honored in Atchison, KS this weekend at the Intl. Forest of Friendship (w the 99s) for "exceptional contribution to aviation." Thank you so much!!

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

The most powerful message I’ve seen

It's Saturday of Labor Day weekend. I sit marking a student's 70-pg thesis. If your Provost doesn't see you working,does it have any value? If it is not a data point does it count? How do we quantity the nights & weekends we labor for our students in a way the bean counters will recognize? We can't.

hey hey rfk how many kids did you kill today

The CDC is also discontinuing drowning prevention. It really is unfathomable how bad RFK jr is.

Here are some advocacy resources for public history from the NCPH. ncph.org/what-is-publ...

The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.” But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people. Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.

It's a very short walk from here to "Anne Frank died of typhus, thus there were no gas chambers."

Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin. Simply incredible.

Never imagined we'd have scenes reminiscent of the Bonus Marchers debacle (I know different target - you know what I mean) and Munich in one week in 2025. I am really not enjoying this timeline. I've seen this movie and know what's next.

My wife just shared with me, "The ABC of City Planning," a children's book Mayor La Guardia’s Committee on City Planning released in 1937. I have a feeling the urbanists on Bluesky are going to like this. chpcny.org/wp-content/u...

We are in serious danger of losing 40% of our history faculty (thru not filling 2 lines) despite growing our grad program etc.. Any advice from those who've been thru it much appreciated.

Very clear historians should all be worried about their jobs. Ugh. So ridiculous.

one of the most thoughtful, careful, and archivally fluent historians of the atomic bombings with a new book on Truman and the bomb. set aside today's "hot takes" and go read this book. at least that's my plan.

I'm in the midst of the most interesting and challenging publishing project I think I've ever undertaken, which, of course, I can't tell you about yet. Maybe by the time my fall book tour rolls around, I'll be able to share details. 🤞

Paying $50 or more for torn jeans is stupid. #unpopularopinion #oghater

This,of course, is because so few people actually understand what it is we do.

This is Trump working directly with Ghislaine Maxwell, as if she, Trump and Epstein we’re all in it together.

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

@velshimsnbc.bsky.social TX 13th district. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%2... In 2020 the Republicans reached that little finger down and snagged half of Denton, a left-leaning college town that is part of the DFW metroplex. Our Representative lives in Amarillo - 325 empty miles away. We are silenced.

Any of my academic friends have the CUPA salaries for history?

This past week, the 79-year-old president announced he’s ended six wars (some that have been going on for centuries), asserted that windmills drive whales insane, called for Beyoncé to be prosecuted, claimed Obama committed treason and complained a convicted pedophile “stole” teenage girls from him.

Folks, go give @texasobserver.org some $$, ferrchrissakes!!

Morning, America. This is what it looks like to have a President spend millions of taxpayer dollars to play golf in Scotland while his party guts healthcare and food programs. (And on a point of golf etiquette, only a galactic piece of shit walks off & refuses to get his own ball from the hole)

Emmett Till would be 84 today. Not 114. Not 104. 84. He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.

Good day at #EAA #OSHKOSH #OSH25 today. Looking forward to another good one tomorrow starting w museum talk at 830am!

It strikes me after 30+ years of attending #EAA #AirVenture at #Oshkosh I might have a few tricks up my sleeve I could share. Here is a good one. The Sacred Heart stand just outside the main gates near the Bus Lot. Cheap. Friendly. Plenty of places to sit.

Will be back at #Oshkosh again this year! Can't wait to see everyone! Author's corner Wednesday afternoon, Hilton theater Thursday morning, WomenVenture Thurs afternoon. Let me know where you'll be! #CAVU #BlueSkies

All flights lead to Oshkosh. ✈️ Track them all at airnavradar.com 📡 #OSH25 #Oshkosh #EAAAirVenture

#Oshkosh #AOPA Looks like the sweepstakes winner for the Aviat may have to wait for his/her plane. asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/528...

Just in case you were wondering what aviation people are doing or wish they were doing this week. I will be there and speaking on Wednesday and Thursday. Let me know if you will be there too. #Oshkosh #EAA

The U.S. Supreme Court just gave the Trump administration the go-ahead to slash the Education Department. I have been reporting on eduction for decades. If you have been impacted by this news, please reach out to me on Signal at jodireporter.88 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History of Science & Technology with a focus on Western Europe and/or its empires, starting August 16 2026. Apply by October 1, 2025 www.rensoc.org.uk/event/search... #Skystorians

This week, @texasmonthly.bsky.social’s reporting on the floods in Kerr County has been so purposeful and so deeply empathetic. It was personal. This first person account is so, so horrific and so beautifully written. You’ll cry very hard. (CW: Child death.) www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

If you're just learning about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton... In 2024, ProPublica and @texastribune.org found that he repeatedly used the state’s consumer protection laws to investigate organizations — including hospitals and LGBTQ+ groups — whose work conflicted with his political views.

The Smoot-Hawley tariff was passed less than nine months after the stock market crash, in June 1930. Its first full year of effect was 1931.

In this post I compiled a literature review of research about such gendered service disparities. These dynamics contributed to my resignation from a tenured full professorship last week.

Map of Ecosystems of North America Completed! @natureserve.bsky.social has released a first-of-its-kind map of ecosystems across the conterminous U.S. & nearby regions w/ a level of detail & consistency not previously available. 🧪 🌎 #GISchat geohub-natureserve.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/Natures...

The United States tried presidents who were smart, decent, and capable of empathy, but decided it wasn’t for them. It just didn’t reflect them.

Yesterday we released our cosmic treasure chest...and now it's yours to explore! With ✨~10 million galaxies✨ in the image, there's plenty to find. Pan, zoom, and hunt for gems in this treasure chest using Skyviewer - and be sure to share your favorites with us! 🔭🧪 ➡️ skyviewer.app/explorer

Many #NationalArchives researchers have expressed alarm about a NARA website post regarding restricted access to Archives II in College Park. NARA has clarified that research rooms will remain open to the public. For details see www.historians.org/news/update-...

DHS: “.. The likelihood of violent extremists in the Homeland independently mobilizing to violence in response to the conflict would likely increase if Iranian leadership issued a religious ruling calling for retaliatory violence ..”

“I think history is so important. Even from a former English teacher, if you don't have the history, you have a very hard time understanding the literature,” said Mary Werner, the lone member of the Mississippi State Board of Education to vote against axing the U.S. history assessment.

Another one, and there will almost certainly be several more over the next few hours www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Within 2 hours of breaking news and @askhistorians.bsky.social users ask about historical events to understand the present. If any #SkyStorians want to get involved with AH to help people with Breaking Historical Questions, reach out- we'd love to have you participate www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...