This is really worth your time if you're a nonfiction writer. Some good reminders of classic advice and some new tips too.

There’s no such thing as the history of science (and this is a blog post about it) (inspired by a great 2017 article by Lorraine Daston) williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/t... 🗃️

Important read for those in higher ed. Since it's behind an account paywall: archive.ph/PHqyF

My first peer reviewed article has just been published! If you had told me 8 years ago my first article would be about a video game that's being released next year and Moby-Dick I'd not believe it. Its open access and can be read along with the whole issue here: reference-global.com/article/10.2...

-> @mfeagan.bsky.social mentioned his 2020 @nichecanada.bsky.social article in a comment on a video game YouTube video and it has been read 2,000+ times in the past month. Don't underestimate the potential of bringing up your work in non-academic spaces! #envhist #academia

"The decision of what trees to plant on streets was a response to utility poles, and regulations managing utility poles were a response to street trees." - @mfeagan.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e... #envhist #urbanhistory #energyhistory

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

lots of good info in here about the U.S. electrical grid circa 1899 if you’re interested!

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

#OtD 8 Aug 1883 over 3000 people attended a benefit ball and concert for striking telegraphers in NYC's Madison Square Garden. 800 of the strikers, fighting for equal pay for men and women and an eight-hour day, led the procession into the ballroom stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1077...

The AHA has published Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education, offering a disciplinary approach to AI that focuses on the specific needs and challenges of history educators. 🗃️

So happy and proud to have finally walked across the stage to receive my PhD. I couldn't have asked for more love and support from my parents and beautiful partner.

“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”

Happy Morse code day! Did you know when Morse code was originally patented it lacked codes for punctuation? Morse's collaborator Alfred Vail developed a system for punctuation in 1848. Using "STOP" as a period was rarely used for most of the 1800s. It only slowly became popular after WW1.

Yesterday I successfully defended my dissertation and am now Dr. Feagan. It still feels unreal and I'm taking time this weekend to process it and relax. I have received many lovely comments from friends, family, and colleagues and I just want to say that your support made my day.

Please join us in congratulating Michael Feagan on successfully defending his PhD thesis on 'The Gilt-Edged Class: American and Canadian Telegraphers' Bodies and Work. @mfeagan.bsky.social

Join us on Friday, March 14th at 10:00am to support PhD candidate, Michael Feagan at his public lecture. Michael will be speaking on, "'The Gilt-Edged Class: American and Canadian Telegraphers' Bodies and Work." The public lecture will be both in-person and via zoom. All are welcome!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20/20

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history of technology, maintenance, and the kootenays all in one well-research blog post? the kütne reader on the history of the cpr's telegraph service along kootenay lake, when it used barges and sternwheelers rather than tracks and locomotives. #bchist #cdnhist www.kutnereader.com/post/maintai...

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I love the irony: a cpl students mention using AI to summarize Postman — "If I was a little confused abt what one of the Postman questions was asking I found it helpful to put in the ? and ask for it to be re-worded or something... “For Postman I would have it help summarize and explain chapters..."

It's actually happening. It's been a measely manner of existence for the last six years but it's finally happening. It's also already at 135 pages by the end of Chapter 2 oof.

Me for the last six years.

Just submitted my intent to defend my dissertation form a couple days ago. Hard to believe I'll be submitting the dissertation in a month and defending early next year. I feel anxious like some kind of catastrophe is going to happen to delay it. Feels unreal.

People of Bluesky. Let's get to know each other better. What is your favorite movie? Quote share your answer in gif form #filmsky 🎥

I think these starter packs are a great new feature. Here's one for Labour History. go.bsky.app/CUqdx9a

Scholars and students of Canada/northern North America! Here's a Canadian history starter pack. Please let me know if I've forgotten anyone! go.bsky.app/KVWtRgB

There's a preview of Richard Hofmeier's Cart Life update available for free, or you can give money. Get it while it's available before he takes it down and burns it to the ground! And maybe give him money, he's always on the edge. hofmeier.itch.io/danger-demo

@thejenna.bsky.social As a historian I loved your recent video on how we imagine people from the past. As an historian of technology the example of people's reaction to film is often one I cite to show how we often imagine past people as technologically ignorant.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyDY... Excellent video on the importance of historians and studying history and the dangers of repeating historical myths.