If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)? Hoover FDR Truman Eisenhower JFK LBJ Ford Carter And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏

Recommend this really moving piece by @bcgl.bsky.social on the challenging questions raised when representing the past with technologies like AI.

I guess my college no longer has access to an online meeting platform that can record a meeting. Sigh.

I guess my college no longer provides access to a video meeting service that can record a meeting. Sigh.

NJ PBS shutting down next summer. “15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.” newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...

I have been on the search for some sandals that can handle midwestern snow storms.

"Oxford becomes first UK university to offer ChatGPT Edu to all staff and students" - imagining a lot of staff there pretty upset about, but also it says much about OpenAI's education strategy that it's targeted Oxford as its first institutional capture in the UK www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

TFW you're ready to start the 2nd half U.S. history lecture that covers Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" & the creation of the FDA when the students tell you there are free hot dogs in the atrium for Constitution Day & you know you're about to ruin their free lunch for them... 🗃️

For those who are interested my university had a viral moment yesterday due to the conservative social media mob. My school put out a statement to explain the misunderstanding: ung.edu/news/article...

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

This morning I put on a suit because I’m talking about the history of men’s suits in one of my courses today. As I walked upstairs I ran into my wife, who was coming downstairs in a T shirt, jean shorts, a hat, and a backpack because at the college she works at it’s “dress like a student” day.

The humanities! Centuries of bringing the human back to the manatees!

Earth science departments are being gutted across the country, which is utterly bizarre given their relevance to our understanding of climate, hazards and disasters, the soils that feed us, the industries that drive our economies, and the importance of ancient life to understanding biodiversity.

TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...

People have identified overuse of the em dash as proof that a person has used ChatGPT to write their documents and I agree that it’s good evidence—evidence that ChatGPT was trained based on my writing.

Does your university have policies around students recording professors without consent?

No. But also recently told that FL has a specific bill passed in 2021 to let students record classes for educational purposes AND as evidence in civil or criminal proceedings. Fun times.

This Day in Labor History: September 10, 1897. Luzerne County sheriff deputies slaughtered 19 unarmed immigrant coal miners striking outside of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Let's talk about the Lattimer Massacre, one of the many uses of state violence against striking workers!

What have been the best/most effective/meaningful environmental changes in 20thC Britain, in your view? I'm writing a new unit & have lots of disasters, decline, and conflicts; but I don't think it's been all bad. Some egs. of positive changes - intro of National Parks; rise of green politics...

If you're an author and haven't yet signed up for the Anthropic settlement, do yourself a favor (and strike a blow against AI) by checking to see if any of your books were involved. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

My book and a bunch of my articles are in this data base. If you write, yours are likely here, too. Link to register for the settlement is in Kevin’s thread.

Here a gift from this Aggie with the attached article: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Seeking citations: Has anyone written on how "AI" systems can be used to shift/shirk accountability? This seems like an obvious through line in a lot of use cases (esp decision making by govt agencies & military applications), but I'd love to see a treatment tying these together.

Aaaaand the main business case for consumer LLMs is revealed. It's for gathering data on users, creating profiles, and targeting us with ads and propaganda. Hooray -- it's Web 2.0 with chatbots!

Nice that our daughter gave the cat another person to cuddle with.

"Pennsylvania is the latest state to adopt vaccine counsel from nongovernmental agencies in order to ensure access to COVID-19 shots this fall as health leaders with the Trump administration move to restrict or limit eligibility."

In retrospect, perhaps I should not have set the submission deadlines for both my performance review materials and a book manuscript on the same day as the first day of classes.

I'm teaching Ecocinema again in the Fall and I'd like to revamp my syllabus. Please send your most undergrad-friendly film and text recommendations my way!

I appreciate that Lee, unlike many owners of local newspapers, has done its best to maintain local reporting, but, I’m also a subscriber who recently switched to an online subscription because of yet another price increase 1/4.

I’m afraid to say this is very attractive. Got to love a passionate nerd. He knows his shit.

Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads theconversation.com/studying-phi...

I curate the history series at public media's journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR & PBS, educational, community, and affiliate stations. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate! current.org/series/rewind/

I keep seeing the media say crime is down but people feel like it is up without mentioning the role of phone notifications and social media like Nextdoor, Ring Alerts, and Facebook Groups that not only make people more aware of any crime nearby they wouldn’t have known about in the past… (1/3)

@historians.org, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social celebrate Judge McMahon’s decision for @authorsguild.bsky.social, putting a stay on the cancellations of awarded NEH grants. We remain steadfast in our efforts to stop the unlawful dismantling of the NEH. 🗃️

Just a typical morning in the Nevins household: reading a dissertation about the introduction of chickens into Scandinavia during the Viking Age and how all the things people wanted out of chickens (docility, loss of seasonal reproductive patterns, and early onset of egg-laying) were the result of

Around half of NPR's member stations are affiliated with a college, sometimes even based on campus or run by communications staff members. So what happens when budget-strapped college face national cuts to public broadcast media? www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...

One of my favorite #histmed #histstm scholars @thomasschlich.bsky.social has just joined Bluesky. Check out his and @brunostrasser.bsky.social’s latest work on the history of the mask: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Walking is really, really, really good for you. Conclusion of a new meta-analysis that reviewed 57 studies on walking & health: "Compared with 2,000 steps per day, 7,000 steps per day was associated with a 47% lower risk of all-cause mortality." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The real problem with all of these companies like the Gap selling fake vintage T-shirts is that nose no one is impressed when I wear a shirt that is actually 25 years old. That’s why I’m making sure that they have vintage stains.

This Day in Labor History: July 17, 1944. A munitions explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California killed 320 soldiers, mostly African-Americans loading munitions onto ships. This spurred them to demand improved conditions. The military charged them with mutiny!!!

Hard to pick a fave from this list of UK Tree of the Year finalists: "A cedar tree climbed by the Beatles, an oak that may have inspired Virginia Woolf and a lime representing peace in Northern Ireland are among those shortlisted for tree of the year 2025." www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🌍

Going to be co-editing a book series for Boydell&Brewer on "The Medieval Urban World." Open to proposals c. 800–1600, covering urban life, societies, and/or cultures in Europe, Mediterranean, and/or Islamic world. For more info, plz email [email protected]. Happy to hear from first-time authors.

Historians - as you think about the new semester, consider this first-day exercise as a way to get conversation going about what historians *actually* do, and the context within which we do it. catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...

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This Day in Labor History: July 12, 1917. Mining capitalists and their bought and sold police in Bisbee, Arizona and politicians rounded up anyone they thought might be an IWW member (or if they looked Mexican) and deported them in one of the worst civil rights violations in American history!!!!!

character.ai got sued for its irresponsible chatbots targeted at kids and teens. The company promised to clean up its act. Yesterday I convinced Anne Frank to trust in the goodness of human nature and leave her hiding place. Here's how easy it was. A 🧵. #AI #history #education #academicsky

@rlifset.bsky.social @sarahthestan.bsky.social and I are excited to announce the CFP for the Energy History working group at the CHSTM. Priority deadline for working paper submissions is August 15th! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

@rlifset.bsky.social @sarahthestan.bsky.social and I are excited to announce the CFP for the Energy History working group at the CHSTM. Priority deadline for working paper submissions is August 15th! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Once humanities professors start quoting ChatGPT generated notes about theory in grad classes, this thing that we do is completely over. Either we're modeling lateral thinking for future professors or the humanities should be shut down.

This is very sad news. Pineapple Street was a real pioneer, a dominant force in what I guess in retrospect was the golden age of narrative podcasts. It was also, in my experience making Wind of Change, just a wonderful company full of decent, creatively brilliant people. variety.com/2025/digital...