Same. Crypto is exactly the same as Beanie Babies, but without the Beanie Babies.

Norwegian photographer, women's suffragist Marie Høeg (1866-1949) made late 19thc and early 20thc photography including self portraits which challenged how women were expected to be portrayed #WomensArt

I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school. Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.

How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here

what a terrible loss to the commonwealth www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?! Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

Why? Why? Why?

The Strong National Museum of Play has put together a lovely online exhibit on Black dolls designers since the 1950s. Enjoy. artsandculture.google.com/story/MAUx6p... #BlackDolls #Play #Toys #ToyDesigners

This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025

Collaborative artwork, 2019 by the senior Indigenous women artists of Amata in the APY Lands of Australia #WomensArt

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...) Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.

AI is a war on Christmas. Spread the word.

YES INDEED

This summer I was in Toronto for the Graphic Medicine conference & on the path called Philosopher’s Walk, I found this memorial & grove of trees planted for the 14 women killed in the Montreal Massacre in 1989. "It is not enough to look back in pain. We must create a new future."

Yes. Yes. Yes. Sob. Yes. @huffpost.com #AI #teaching www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...

Does #FunHome pass the #BechdelTest? I asked this question in the program notes for the @huntingtontheatre.bsky.social's production of this amazing musical. Hope you'll take a peek at my answer! It's on p. 10. And do check out this show! www.huntingtontheatre.org/whats-on/fun...

Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process — theonion.com/not-sure-how...

Today I had a phone call with a repairman. He called me Carol. I just let it slide. After we hung up, he called me back. Repair Guy: I just realized I called you Carol. I'm sorry. Me: That's OK. I've been called worse. Repair Guy: Thanks for understanding, Robin. Me: No problem, Carol.

I think it’s super weird that Americans normalized spotlighting individual social media posts as “news” and then responding by harassing and doxxing people because of them Gamergate should have been a show stopper, not a starter

A question for you: who is an author who has written more than 5 books, and you have read every book the author has published? My answers in the first comment.

Thank you, @draftingthepast.bsky.social! Kate Carpenter interviews #historians about how--and why--we do what we do. I loved talking with her about what I call the "disco ball of integrity." draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis... And now she's sent me this awesome swag! Thanks for this awesome podcast.

a very easy thing you can do right now if you're worried about the SNAP freeze and don't know how to help is Google "community fridge [your location]" and then drop stuff off at that fridge

WDC met with Dr. Robin Bernstein from Harvard to talk about her latest book, non-fiction account of the earliest for-profit prisons in NY. She's fascinating! www.writersdrinkingcoffee.com/posts/podcas...

On Saturday after the rally in Boston, I took a very crowded train. At one point, a man in the train became agitated. "I have to get out," he repeated. (1/4)

Or, as @lornab.bsky.social put it, don't let UT Austin succeed in its bid to become the University of Austin

If a shooter’s politics are hard to pin down, he’s a leftist If a shooter’s politics are right wing, he’s hard to pin down

OMFG www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

1) Nicholas Fesette's essay take on recent titles by Orisanmi Burton, Robin Bernstein, Holly M. Karibo, Melanie Newport and Doran Larson doi-org.pitt.idm.oclc.org/10.1353/aq.2... 2/3

Many congratulations to historian Robin Bernstein, whose book FREEMAN'S CHALLENGE was named a nonfiction honoree by the Massachusetts Book Awards! Read more about the award and the book here: buff.ly/U5dy7fM

The Raisins of Wrath

Thanks for reviewing Freeman's Challenge, Nick! I can't wait to read this review.

I'm thrilled to announce that Freeman's Challenge has received Nonfiction Honors for the Massachusetts Book Awards. I'm incredibly grateful. @uchicagopress.bsky.social #BookAward #MassBookAwards #prisons

Backyard rabbit nest! Their eyes are still closed, but they're very active.

Swoon, US mixed media artist known for her street art and who specializes in life-size prints and paper cut-outs of human figures #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

I edited a book where the author, without checking first, had an AI application "tidy up" her notes. What it in fact did was redo them entirely, changing real citations to fictitious ones. It made a lot of extra work. AI has no concept of fact, only of probability, and has no place in scholarship.

Seriously considering using this whole thread as an object lesson in why not to use Chat GPT on the first day of classes this semester. Sheesh.

I honestly can’t believe there are still any AI skeptics out there. This tech is obviously revolutionary

By contemporary US artist Martha Rich #WomensArt

🗃️ Submission to “Student AI use is inevitable so let’s lean into it” BY HISTORIANS is confounding. Thought we all knew about contingency: nothing is inevitable, the past, present, or future. AI is not a foregone conclusion. As present day historical actors, we can make choices, incl not using AI.

“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception." www.mellon.org/voices/human...

Years ago, a friend who is an expert in tea said something that's stayed with me. She said, "There is no bad tea." Then she explained that the cheapest, mass-produced, commercial black or green tea is still good tea. Artisanal tea is better, sure, but the cheap stuff is still good. Here's why:(1/6)

Setting aside the ethical and environmental concerns of AI, I'm really offended by a bunch of elite dudes telling us our minds aren't good enough when they've had to steal everything human minds have created to create their pretend mind and it doesn't even work right!

“Thorpe is part of an experimental program in the Maine state prison system that allows incarcerated people to work remote jobs from custody. Though unconventional, these opportunities have proven immensely rehabilitative.” Way to go, Maine! 👏🏾

RIP to Malcolm Jamal-Warner, who reportedly has died after drowning in Costa Rica at the age of 54. For many of us, he was the brother we never had on The Cosby Show. He later appeared on shows like The Resident. He leaves behind a wife and daughter. This one hurts. variety.com/2025/tv/news...