Freaking finally . . .

To mark Lesbian Visibility Week here is a selection of articles from our queer history archive 🌈🗃️ First up is @sexhistorian.bsky.social discussing the slippery history of the dental dam and lesbian health activism.

Hegseth's repeal of universal flu vaccines is nonsense on so many levels, but his claim vaccine mandates were an "era of betrayal" irked me as a historian. Here's my response, in @thebulwark.com this morning; www.thebulwark.com/p/george-was...

STOP THE “WAR” THE WAPO IS A PARTISAN REPUBLICAN PAPER.

Bingo.

Ya think?

Virginia! Today is the last day to vote in the redistricting referendum. Make sure to vote YES. You can find your polling location at IWillVote.com/VA.

clairgeau x howell pears, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1911

Hi VA voters 👋🏻💙 Please take your mail-in ballots in by 7 pm to ensure counting

This is your reminder that it's been ten months since the assassination of Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, and there hasn't been even a hint of justice for her family, friends or colleagues.

Also, Citizen K$H Patel upon hearing what current FBI Director K$H Patel has been up to.

“Why do we think the tech bros are doing this?” Because, as we know so well, some men will do anything instead of seeking therapy.

Let them fight.

"We are pleased to share more than 125,000 U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs. These materials which span nearly two centuries of American law are now freely accessible online." "Includes records and briefs spanning cases from 1830 through 2019."

New job: Visiting Assistant Professor, History of Science and Medicine University of Scranton jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69973

JEWELL That's right, we've got @katejewell.bsky.social coming to Louisiana Tech tomorrow to talk about college radio and rock in the 1980s. If you're in or around Ruston, join us at 4 pm in Wyly Auditorium to kick off the annual College of Liberal Arts HOOTENANNY

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Before Elvis, she made it a hit. But he got the credit. Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog” sold over a million copies before Elvis became a household name. Singer. Pioneer. A voice that shaped rock and roll. #SheShed

My column this week. State Republicans last week said if elected governor, Tommy Tuberville would send the National Guard into Montgomery. It would be an expensive and thoroughly impractical move, less a viable policy than a reflection of a political party that's out of ideas.

I agree that Petey’s likely to be fired, but if he isn’t fired from a cannon into the sun, we’re missing a real opportunity.

Professor Pacheco-Vega's website is one of the best places to access academic writing resources. Highly recommended for early career scholars, and oldtimers like me, too!

🎶He’s caught in a trap He can’t walk out Because he loves booze too much, Baby🎶 (My apologies to Elvis)

Funded PhD Opportunities!

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It's also worth being clear about who's doing the arguing. Palantir sells operational software to defence, intelligence, immigration & police agencies. These 22 points aren't philosophy floating in space, they're the public ideology of a company whose revenue depends on the politics it's advocating.

That Yale report on what's wrong with U.S. college saw some trees (high cost, unfair admission, etc.) but missed the forest: the 60-year right-wing crusade to undermine higher ed, from slashing budgets to stifling speech How to really fix college. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/yale...

I NEED HELP! Please take this quick, meaningless 19 question survey so I can get data for my students to learn stats! I did a similar version a few months ago but missed an important question type. Even if you did the old one, please do it again! Please circulate widely!

K$H doesn’t have a problem drinking. He has a problem stopping.

Also good advice for everyday living.

I’d like to stay online, obsessing over whether Armageddon comes or not, but if it doesn’t come today, my wife will kill me if I don’t finish fixing the toilet in our 3/4 bathroom . . .

I’ve long joked that NYT Pitchbot’s day job was NYT Assignments Editor. Today I hope it’s true.

You can now pre-order my next book at 30% off direct from @uncpress.bsky.social. Just use the code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout. #CivilWarMemory uncpress.org/978146969717...

Happy 80th Birthday to the legendary Tim Curry! 🖤

Mamdani “still getting royalties.” Yeppers, that “still” stuff is how royalties work. (Not a swipe at Erin Fogg)

I've been working as a freelance professional academic editor for over 15 years and have finally got around to creating a website. If you're an academic writer seeking experienced editorial help on a writing project (e.g. book, chapter, journal article), get in touch! And please spread the word ✏️📖

19 April 1943 | Groups of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began the uprising against Germans. Their heroic battle lasted 27 days. Today we remember the bravery & sacrifice of people who chose to resist against impossible odds to die in dignity & save the human spirit. More: https://t.co/OoVGtqwWPu

We are in the "almost as if" times. During GWOT it was "almost as if" the length of that war and profiting off of the war were causally linked. I'm beginning to wonder if the on-again-off-again diplomacy are "almost as if" they are deliberate so that Trump's cronies can profit off of the swings.

mccroskey apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1912

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

A House Divided Against Itself: Virginia's East-West Crisis of 1861 #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Well, THIS sucks, as usual.

“The Roberts Court, supine and submissive as it is to its Caesar of choice, will suddenly rediscover its constitutional role again the moment the White House changes the color of the drapes.” www.liberalcurrents.com/break-up-the...

Never let the truth get in the way of a sales pitch.

If a judge excoriated me like Kusubhai does RFK Jr here, I’d never show my face in public again.

Link to the opinion. The first paragraph is fire. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Final Fairfax numbers today Almost matched 2025 Expect good turnout on Tuesday across Virginia too!

The Lost Cause is not gone from Mississippi, but it has been exiled from the public square to the margins where its remaining adherents quietly celebrate and its official sponsors quietly comply. kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/confederat...