I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

A peer-reviewed open-access anthology of original #MediaCriticism produced by my students! Each chapter applies critical methods to analyze how film, TV, and video games reflect, reinforce, or resist cultural anxieties about #ArtificialIntelligence. #OER openbooks.fitchburgstate.edu/critiquingai...

Wonderful event last night: great turnout for Roger K. ("Killer") Smith! Thanks to Roger and all who attended.

THE FREE AND HANSEATIC CITY OF BOSTON

RIP Barney Frank. The end of an era.

We will be closed a week from today May 25 for Memorial Day holiday.

We will be closed this coming Monday, Memorial Day....

Our newest email newsletter: secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/s...

Looking for something to do this week in #Fitchburg? www.fatv.org/bulletin-board

Coming up May 21.

5/7/58: Arthur Penn's 1st feature, The Left Handed Gun w/Paul Newman Gore Vidal in on screenplay #3 on Truffaut's 1958 T10 (#1: Touch of Evil, #5: 7th Seal) More: @nathanrabin.bsky.social: www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/... Namwene Mukabwa via Collider: collider.com/paul-newman-...

Join our Facebook discussion group, where we share lots more #Fitchburg history. It's the happenin' place: www.facebook.com/groups/21726...

Just love this late medieval water channel attached to city walls in Dubrovnik, Croatia, bringing clean water to the people. Thanks for the tip Scriptura245602, added Dubrovnik to the list! fakehistoryhunter.net/2023/07/29/l...

“If you’re passionate about something, stick to it, even if you’re bad at it,” retired MSU art professor Alex Bostic said. “You’re going to eventually get good, & that’s what I teach my students. … Success is when talent & opportunity meet, so work on your talent because opportunities will come.”

Good morning. One of the funnest facts there is. www.businessinsider.com/george-const...

Are you getting frustrated in your family history #genealogy project? Our volunteer experts can help answer your questions on possible next steps. Select Wednesdays in #Fitchburg 3 to 6 p.m., starting May 13: www.facebook.com/share/1HB4EK...

We are in the Fitchburg Cultural Alliance #events list: fitchburgculturalalliance.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents

My new book is out: LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation: The Rise of Epistemic Sabotage (Bloomsbury). It traces how LiveJournal became an early testing ground for influence tactics that later scaled outward. Please consider reposting to share! #misinformation #disinformation #mediastudies

Wow!

This is obviously batshit on so many levels, but something particularly dystopian about the “you must skip that chapter of history” part.

I hear drummers out on (or near) the Upper Common! Time to get away from my desk and out into this beautiful day....

Don't miss Declaring Independence: Then and Now on June 13 at 11 a.m. #Rev250 www.facebook.com/share/1JWMtS...

Coming to Ashby on May 2 at 2: a discussion of the American Revolution!

See you at our NEXT 01420 week event on Thursday: secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/s...

RIP Candelaria Silva-Collins. An extraordinary leader in the #Roxbury #arts community. Lost too young to darned cancer.

#History lovers in #Massachusetts mailchi.mp/masshistorya...

So much fun yesterday. So happy to be part of 01420 week!

See you tonight #poets of #Fitchburg!

Whoopsie! We mistakenly called Paul Harris Fellows by the name "Paul Davis". Rotarians caught the mistake right away!

Fitchburg's first woman mayor was Mary Whitney. Now, she's the namesake (and organizer) for community awards from Rotary Club of Fitchburg: secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/s...

Write poem, monologue, short essay, on our democracy or the Declaration of Independence. See you next Monday!

Our April 01420 week events in the newest email newsletter: secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/s...

Learn a little about #genealogy from this talk show, then come to our workshop on April 11 to learn more in person (sign up for that one!) u.peg.tv/s/ap9v1d

#Fitchburg native went down to Georgia (and then Arkansas): youtu.be/4iVPLlyVEIk?...

#History sleuthing to be done! In fact, going on now! secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/s...

Poets & prose writers: join our workshop, to prep for public event around 250th.

It's time to sign up for our free genealogy workshop. A few of the nuts and bolts for beginners, plus actual searching on your own computer or phone: www.facebook.com/events/27163...

The wonderful and talented Rita Parisi, here yesterday.

Give genealogy a try, with our one morning workshop: maybe you'll find your great grandparents, or more! April 11 starting at 10 a.m.: tinyurl.com/3ppv63xz

NEH's Media Projects grant program is accepting applications! Deadline to apply is June 25, 2026. Learn more: www.neh.gov/grants

join us this Sunday at 2!!

Love scanning our photos!

We love ours!

Annual meeting for those who do #genealogy: next Tuesday in Gardner, #Massachusetts: www.facebook.com/groups/19792...

Looking for sessions and #award nominations, deadlines by end of month for June #history conference: masshistoryalliance.org/what-we-do/2...

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