I’m teaching the undergraduate capstone research seminar next semester. What works best to encourage students to share their research in class?

Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.

If you can’t make it to an independent bookshop to buy books for Christmas presents and have to buy online, buy them from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social. Free shipping ends tomorrow. uk.bookshop.org

Anyone else prepping for a Spring 26 senior historical methods seminar in the age of AI? Any ideas or success stories to share with us? I’m also in the market for articles/textbooks in migration/diaspora studies for the same class.

This is Idaho 💙

On our way San Diego

The landscape in higher ed is bleak right now, but here's a bright light at my institution: there's a new tenure track position at @davidsoncollege.bsky.social in Gender & Sexuality Studies. Please share widely!

We may have lost our minds in our household this morning m.youtube.com/watch?v=_FdY...

The very day that California passed the redistricting bill, we received an opposition mailer, and another the next day. Democrats need to step up their game.

You really don’t need nobody else to radicalize you. You read enough World History you’ll get to that conclusion your damn self…

The Trump admin made it official: they are coming after the University of California. What is at stake is not just research grant funding for UCLA, but the future of federal funding for the UC system, California’s political autonomy, and public higher education across the U.S. @ucaft.bsky.social

Each week, The Contrarian selects an undaunted individual working to defend democracy This week's spotlight: Former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown With his comeback bid now official, we celebrate Brown as an undaunted, unafraid, and unapologetic champion for working people.

Someone please remind me again why universities insist on paying so much money for external expertise that is usually inferior to that of the experts they already employ?

For more information on all these stories, check out my sub stack ariellaelm.substack.com/p/three-wins... Sources: www.kpbs.org/news/border-... governor.wa.gov/news/2025/go... omwbe.wa.gov/about/news/l... abc7.la/3J95oAh www.youtube.com/watch?v

We have all watched in horror as Israel crosses red line after red line in Gaza. If you agree please share this post on, help us send this message across social media, then contribute a picture to our powerful visual at bit.ly/3HW2ePI Let’s speak out, in our masses, right now. #RedLineForGaza #Gaza

if you’re not already supporting your local @npr.org affiliate, remedy that immediately. A $10 monthly contribution is all it would take to save our one and only source of public media.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Unconstitutional.

Blue state Govs (hopefully including Virginia after November) need to coordinate efforts & make a concerted pushback. Piecemeal resistance will not ultimately protect residents to the extent needed. IMO @governorwalz.mn.gov is the perfect Gov to lead that effort, but someone needs to step up.

The city of LA operates summer camps at over 100 rec centers, including the one where I send my kids. As I wrote yesterday, some parents I know are too scared to send their kids to camp in public parks or even use the playgrounds there, even before what happened on Monday

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you spread the word?

@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social -The bishop of San Diego appears to have performed a political exorcism.

Always, not just for #juneteenth, this exceptional work of Texas history is American history, family history is American history, Black history is American history!

"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."

Backstory on how U-T opinion editor Laura Castañeda was laid off Thursday — same day an ICE editorial was canned. timesofsandiego.com/business/202... @andrewdyer.bsky.social @voiceofsandiego.org

Good night Blue Sky. Let's make history tomorrow #nokings

The city of Glendale, in Los Angeles County, announced today that they're quitting an agreement with ICE thad allowed ICE to house its detainees at the Glendale police department. mynewsla.com/crime/2025/0...

Every Democratic Governor just signed on to a statement SLAMMING Trump for abusing his power and sending the National Guard in to LA. This is what unity looks like. Share this statement everywhere!

John Locke on the "Right to Resist": If a government becomes tyrannical and violates the people's rights, they have the right to resist. Only the people can judge whether resistance is justified, not the authorities against which they are rebelling. #Booksky bsky.app/profile/germ...

A group of San Diego-area Democrats Monday denounced Friday's federal raid on two restaurants in the South Park neighborhood, which saw armed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain four people.

ICE discharged 3 flash-bang grenades. The people, even more determined, then pushed ICE agents out of their neighborhood with anti-fascist slogans forcing them to retreat. This is the way it should be everywhere. #LaMigraNoSeFueElPuebloLaSaco

Unbelievable! Today, San Diego witnessed a government-sanctioned kidnapping. ICE stormed Buona Forchetta in military gear ripping workers away, then unleashing tear gas and smoke on the terrified community. Full on police state, fascism now used on American citizens. Stay aware. #OnYourSide

Phase 1 of cathedral finished (1163-1172).

Grades submitted. Opened my 60th birthday present and laying summer’s foundation.

So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need? Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law? This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.

🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨 TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts. MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here. Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️ OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid

World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

I am begging journalists to take this angle. We need cancer and computer science researchers to take social science and humanities courses, too. bsky.app/profile/kawu...

As we close the academic year, post a meaningful teaching moment you had this year.. I mentored a student in my Fall jr. writing seminar whose essay on women in the French Revolution was accepted to the College student journal. She is overjoyed to see her work in print & to have found a passion.

Looking to spice up your #histmed classes? Consider two new books coming out just in time for Fall 2025! Full of pithy and provocative essays, Do Less Harm (ed. me & @drkyliesmith.bsky.social) and The Nursing Clio Reader (@nursingclio.bsky.social) offer new perspectives to meet the moment. 1/2

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Great article on the bipartisan work that brought us this healing treasure.

History is under unprecedented attack from the Trump administration. We have made free access for one month this important article on the origins & vision of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, established in 2016. academic.oup.com/hwj...

today and every day

#KeepGoingCory Please Repost this and get it in the headlines