#MemorialDay The essential book to understand the last decade - and the next one.

Nominees for the worst decade in US history? #MemorialDay 1826-1836 1854-1864 1887-1897 1917-1927 1929-1939 1981-1991 2016-2026 The challenge? Rank them by severity. The only thing worse than the last decade is the next decade.

The essential book for the last decade and the next decade. #BookSky

Reminder: you can still purchase Dangerous Migration here using promo code S26UIP to save 30%: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0.... You can also find it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and several other retailers, of course!

It must be emphasized that we need powerful, robust ACADEMIC history IN universities to sustain history OUTSIDE universities. If we can’t employ people in higher ed to train future generations of public historians, we will not have future generations of public historians. 🗃️

Save the date! #Virginia

30-year bonds "reaching a level last seen on the eve of the global financial crisis." For those who forgot about that, that was 2008. Not a good year. Something a historian notices: when people (literally) put more stock in the distant future than in the present.

Today is Malcolm X Day Today remembers the birthday of the influential civil rights & human rights leader & honors his legacy of Black empowerment, self-determination & the fight for human rights. "Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today"

Malcolm X Day returns to Harlem on the Black liberation leader’s 101st birthday on May 19. While tributes span across the world, few places can rival the historic Black neighborhood’s importance when discussing the legacy of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.

Quote of the Day: "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone lays a hand on you, send him to the cemetery." (Malcolm X)

I've heard it said, "Why does King get a holiday, but not Malcolm?" Or "I'd prefer a Malcolm X Day over an MLK Day." And I'd tell you, there is a Malcolm X Day...it was May 15th. (and today) And if you believed in voting or running for office, you could make your local jurisdiction observe it

Existing and perceiving across scale is a clear sign of early onset academic retirement. #edusky

Anthropic co-founder to launch AI encyclical with Pope Leo: “His presence…in the Vatican event may offer an opportunity to discuss one of the central questions in AI safety: whether the most powerful systems can be understood well enough to be trusted.” 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As a legume connoisseur, I approve this, but : 1) yet another sign of a recession damn near depression because they don't gaf about our health 2) beans are becoming more expensive because agriculture, climate, tariffs, etc. Now add demand (yaay/booo). Also, follow #BeanSky & share bean thoughts. 🫘

Join us for the conversation at the #EsriUC2026 Science Symposium, July 14, 4–6:30 PM. This is your chance to connect with scientists, GIS pros & climate thinkers tackling the world's biggest challenges. Get more details on how to reserve your spot 🌐 ow.ly/7l4Z50YZQqq #gischat ⚒️ 🌊 🦑 🌎🌍🌏

"yOu eXpEcT eVeRy aUtHoR tO..." yes, fool wtf do they think the job is?

Oh. I didn’t have to do four years crawling through dirty basements and attics to find records that no one believed existed? NOW, you tell me. ONLY 30 YEARS LATE! #Blackademics

Need some relief from constant bad news? Here is one way to stay energized and learn about important new work. BLACK AND WHITE AND READ #ForeignPolicy

I don't normally ask so directly, but: This has been & will continue to be a very busy few days, driving down to Cville, seeing my Mom, traveling again tomorrow, & doing final grading for Spring 26 amidst it all. Finishing this thread wasn't easy, & I'd really love if it got more shares. Thanks! 🗃️

Thanks for sharing about A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE! Much appreciated.

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In the 1890s Fannie Barrier Williams founded a hospital, cofounded the National Association for Colored Women, served on the Chicago Public Library board & in the Chicago Women's Club (despite threats). A champion of voting rights, she was asked to eulogize Susan B. Anthony.

In 1855 Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole went to the Crimean Peninsula to care for soldiers in wartime. She & Florence Nightingale were honored in London for their service. Seacole wrote "I am proud of [my] relationship to those poor mortals whom you once held enslaved & whose bodies America still owns."

“Read Ben.” It’s always good advice.

Another Sunday, which means another great day for public scholarship thanks to @americanstudier.bsky.social 😍☕️

There’s a long list of reasons to boo this man.

Two white women seriously asking if having affirmative action for decades solved anything. Roll the tape!

Not sure this first clause is necessary.

We have a winner! Let me know what of your voluminous work I can shout out at the top of next week’s thread, please.

Short stories that depict the power of Japanese American baseball for a pre-war community & an incarcerated young man. A poem about baseball legends in the camps from a young boy’s perspective. & literary voices challenging the worst of our own moment’s prejudices. Welcome to the Eighth Inning! 🗃️

The rise of the tech oligarchy and its military entanglements: a platform approach www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Read more daily. #BookSky

Vital reading for understanding the US, especially in the UK. #BritishPolitics

The Unifying Role of Sporting Venues for Black Pittsburgh This is the fourth post in our theme series for May, Cities at Play. By Dan Holland This year’s NFL Draft, held in Pittsburgh from April 23rd-25th, attracted an estimated 800,000 fans over three days, a record reinforcing the importance of…

Wondering when disciplinary graduate programs led by cishet white men will systematically embrace the contributions of women, especially Black and Indigenous women, since 1970.

Detroit’s next and we keep thinking it’s impossible 😭

I shout out @claresears.bsky.social @rachelcleves.bsky.social @susanstryker.bsky.social @crileysnorton.bsky.social @candicelyons.bsky.social @wendylrouse.bsky.social @sjvider.bsky.social @aketchum22.bsky.social and a bunch of other amazing historians not on Bluesky (yet!)

The "return on investment" with tenured faculty is having accomplished experts who are experienced teachers there to teach the students. It's sort of a basic point about colleges, you'd think the people on a board of trustees would get that.

En Sabah Nur deserves a Doom/Magneto/Thanos level narrative upgrade. #comics AoA was a generation ago, and it did not showcase his depth appropriately. And I have the story to do it.

What does Afrofuturism mean to you? #BlackSky

AI companies are writing their own constitutions. Meanwhile, a shared vocabulary for contesting algorithmic power has been traveling across red and blue states, from legislatures to civil society. New from me in @science.org: "A Civic Grammar for AI Rights" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵

A starting point for the discussion of the next decade. #Skystorians

Teaching the Fourteenth Amendment and Birthright Citizenship harkeraquila.com/97160/featur...

Making better worlds every day. #MacalesterCollege

Like how, for all major world crises, @aljazeera.com makes use of interactive maps to not only show "where" but to explain "why the where" matters. All major news providers should do the same #geography #maps #media

[1/8] Luis López Vecino, professeur à l’université de Salamanque, analyse le Studio Ghibli comme une école du regard. Il montre comment ses films transforment forêts, maisons, routes et gestes ordinaires en paysages sensibles, où apprendre à habiter le monde. #geography #landscape #Ghibli

Geographer Ellen Churchill Semple died #OTD in 1932. A founding member of the Assoc. of American Geographers (1904), she was its first female president, 1921. Significant contributor to the early development of the #geography discipline (US) & a leading figure in #humangeography. #WomenInSTEM

[1/8] Le militant écologiste Gabriel Malek (Sc-Po & ENS Ulm), défend l’alimentation comme bien commun. Il explique qu’un besoin vital ne peut pas rester soumis aux seuls profits, car il engage santé, revenus agricoles, écologie et justice sociale. #geography #food #justice #agroecology #commons

On June 13, @nycplan.org is hosting a Library Propaganda Fair! Would you like to share your library related art and propaganda with other New Yorkers? Our tabling application is open: forms.gle/8yyADQGqV7jn... - We invite tablers to sell items AND also to share free items with the public.