I just cannot get over the levels of all this theft.

Highlights of my day at the Alaska Native Book Fair: -Connecting with other Alaska Native writers & avid readers -Molly of Denali stopping by -An elder and friend came to visit and shared that she still has the keychain my son made her -My sister bringing my Grandma’s embroidered tablecloth

I laughed harder at this than I should have, I admit.

If y'all are wondering why I'm relentlessly posting about my book, it's because I have no publicist and my press didn't have it displayed at a major history conference. .🫠 Having sold 850 hardback/paperbacks combined by the day of publication, it would have been nice to see it there...

LOS ANGELES - URGENT! I'm heartbroken that my friend and neighbor has only a few days to live. We must find a loving forever home for her 2 kitties, Kit (F/grey/white) & Caboodle (M/black). Both 3-4yrs old, total sweethearts. Please ask around and send anyone interested my way, thank you ❤️

Dear Corps & Other entities: Hire a historian to explain things to you in advance of playing around in history. Please. Srsly.

Tell me how generative AI without regulations is a good thing, again?!?

Co-sign

Everything is bonkers. That’s the post. It covers ever.

Two newly released databases documenting the lives of more than 150,000 enslaved people in Cuba and Brazil are now available to researchers, offering an unprecedented empirical foundation for studying slavery in the Americas www.gc.cuny.edu/news/new-sla... @claclsgc.bsky.social

Car historians and enthusiasts, please help David if you can.

I’m sorry, but wha?????

Congrats to my old friend Aadam Jacobs, deservingly receiving international recognition from numerous press sites for creating probably the most important live music archive of the past 30 years, simply by being Aadam.

A GENTLE REMINDER THAT IXORA IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION OR FOSTER!!!!!!! she is so good girl-coded and she has to leave foster with me later this month when I travel. Ixora’s interests are Yard, Water from Hose (Biting), and Cheese www.adoptapet.com/pet/47504006...

Your students shouldn‘t be this afraid to tell you about their mental health shit, I know we all want to be dismissive of „the kids with their TikTok diagnoses“ or whatever but if you never struggled to make yourself a two ingredient salad maybe sit this one out

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BLUESKIS. If you love behind-the-scenes drama, you will love this episode of @draftingthepast.bsky.social! @katecarp.bsky.social and I talk about all the things: pitching ideas that fail, writing proposals, ditching protagonists, killing the darlings, production drama, all of it. Check it out!

Reposting In remembrance

Stolen Representation by Michael P. Olson This book uses a tremendous amount of new historical data to illuminate how voting rights shape legislative representation. 📚 https://cup.org/4tt9W6u

Could someone with access to Past & Present send me a PDF of this article, please? academic.oup.com/past/article...

Magnificent peacock

Reminder as we head into Easter weekend, Lilies are DEADLY to Cats!!! Even the smallest amount of pollen can make your cats very ill. So please do not give lilies to anyone in your family that owns cats!!!! If you are choosing to get flowers from a florist make sure they have cat friendly options!

This summary comment wins Bluesky today.

Especcially helpful if you have #ADHD. A clinical psychologist shares 3 smart strategies to start and complete tasks more efficiently: theconversation.com/for-adults-w...

#ResistanceRoots Augusta Braxton Baker was born on this day in 1911 in Baltimore. She was a librarian and master storyteller who transformed children’s literature by championing positive and authentic representations of Black life. She also spent nearly 40 years diversifying library collections. /1

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It was horrific to watch it live in our classroom. Then it just kept replaying on every news channel for what felt like forever. I’m pretty sure this is my earliest globally broadcast/news making/reported on disaster memory.

This thread is completely worth your time

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Interesting

I remember this

Nice. He should have ended that w/ “thank you for coming to my TED talk” 🎤

To read later

So very important

When enslaved people fled to British lines during the Revolution, the British expected men who could work. Instead, families arrived together. Women with children. Kin groups. People who refused to flee alone. They forced the British Army to protect people it had never planned to accommodate.

🚨 Tornado Warning issued March 31 at 5:14PM EDT until March 31 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Binghamton NY 🚨 Additional Details Here.

Bah-dump-dump 😂🤣😂

Sailor, merchant, writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano died #onthisday in 1797. Best known for his classic autobiography - which played a major role in the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807 - he was also part of Phipps's expedition to the Arctic, of which this is the official account (1773).

Well, what do you know—I’m trendy, lol.

No thanks.

Lol

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#OTD The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers in 1911. Pauline Newman helped shape the International Ladies' Garment Workers’ Union into a dominant force in industrial America, to prevent disasters like this. Learn more: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

A good excuse to share my younger son Kyle’s amazing National History Day exhibit on the fire.

This makes me ill

A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy. n.pr/4uXOx6X

Just 13 days until **THY WILL BE DONE** is released! So today's magic number is 13. It was Friday, December 13, 1799, when George Washington first started complaining of the sore throat that would kill him within hours. Despite the snow he made his usual rounds at Mount Vernon. /1

Here’s my “how to ask for more money” tip sheet! Most people are socialized to believe talking about money is rude and it’s a hard thing to unlearn. Also: don’t be afraid to lose the assignment. Once an editor has accepted your pitch, you have the leverage bc now you have something they want!

OMG—you all have to read this thread. I am gasping from Laughing so hard and thanking every molecule in the universe that I did not but this product out of curiosity when I saw them recently. I almost gagged a few times just from the descriptions, but laughing so hard keep me from it. Read & enjoy😂

Okay—now they are gamefying Linked In w/ puzzles & send even more emails about colleagues who have apparently solved said puzzles. Seriously…no. Absolutely not. This is ridiculous.