Radical idea: Instead of contorting ourselves and our society to the technology that the tech oligarchy thinks will make them the most money, why don't we instead ask—What is the world we want to live in?—and create/adopt the tools we need to make that world? 🤯

This January, @danieljstory.bsky.social, Alexandra Levy, and I are once again co-leading @historians.org's Sinclair Podcast Workshops. Do you have a history pod idea you want to vet with a small group? Pitch us for Developmental Conversations! Deadline 12/1/25. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...

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I'm excited to kick off a new season of #HistoryInFocus with a miniseries we're calling "State of the Field for Busy Teachers." In four brief episodes, we survey the fields of African History, Native American History, LGBTQ+ History, and Graphic History. @historians.org @detroittoaccra.bsky.social

Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars. This is a good article, worth reading. Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat

Oh, how I love Chicago. 💕

Expert historian of the Constitution: “Once a constitutional crisis becomes an endemic condition, the term no longer usefully describes our collapsing system….we live in an era of constitutional failure when the relevant institutions cannot fulfill their responsibilities.” Fr @jrakove.bsky.social

New vibe for a new world—the current one we must resist and the one we're working toward. ✊🏼

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

Hey @historians.org, #historypodcast folk, and other academic podcasters... I'll be at the inaugural Higher Ed PodCon this July in Chicago to talk about the power and potential of the limited series podcast. Even if you can't make it, good to have this new conference on your radar.

"AI, like a gun, is a responsibility." — Tom Sachs

For this final episode of season 3 of #HistoryInFocus, I had the pleasure of talking with @katecarp.bsky.social , creator and host of the podcast @draftingthepast.bsky.social, about the craft of writing history and about Kate's own area of research, the history of storm chasing. @historians.org

In this final episode of History in Focus season 3, @danieljstory.bsky.social talks with @katecarp.bsky.social from the podcast @draftingthepast.bsky.social to explore history writing and question what a closer look at this aspect of historians’ work illuminates about the discipline. 🗃️

This fall, I'll probably take a "harm-reduction" approach to LLMs in the big 1st-year lecture course I'm co-teaching. The course requires us to teach writing, and I don't think it's possible to eliminate AI use, so I'll combine measures to discourage or mitigate it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Good news, the rail trail to the beach is officially open. 🚲 #railtrail

Excited to speak alongside hotshot librarians @edrabinski.bsky.social, @mkahn.bsky.social, @roxanneshirazi.bsky.social about "Libraries in Higher Education: How Can We Meet the Moment?" Monday, May 12, at 1pm EST/10am PST. litwinbooks.com/libraries-in...

In the latest episode of #HistoryInFocus, UCLA historian Nile Green discusses a new AHR History Lab forum titled "Big Asia: Rethinking a Region" with producer @syrussolojin.bsky.social. @historians.org #historypodcast

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Well, the family ebike got stolen yesterday from out front of our kids' high school. It was not a super expensive one, so there's that. Plus, we were chancing it with a less secure lock, so that's on us. Still, a bummer. And since it is basically our second car, a new one is on the way post haste. 😞

More "mist" than expected on my extended commute this morning...

AHA member @danieljstory.bsky.social (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz), host of the American Historical Review podcast, History in Focus, was a guest on the Continuing Studies podcast, where he discussed the roles that narrative storytelling and podcasting can take in history and education. 🗃️

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)

Don’t remember where I saw this library flyer a while back but it’s great

So OpenAI is actively marketing ChatGPT to students during college finals season in the U.S. We've talked many (many) times before about the kinds of harm that can come from giving over too much epistemic and heuristic authority over to these systems, but additionally, there's been at least three…

TODAY on #HistoryInFocus: We explore what its like teaching the Vietnam War, now fifty years after its conclusion. Producer @syrussolojin.bsky.social speaks with Thy Phu, David Biggs, Wen-Qing Ngoei, and Jana Lipman, AND stops by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. @historians.org

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Amazing news!

The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

"The days go numb, the wind sucks the world from your senses like withered leaves. Through the empty branches the sky remains. It is what you have." Rilke, "Onto a Vast Plain"

Well worth a watch—especially you, @nytimes.com.

I was a guest on the Continuing Studies podcast this week, talking about many different aspects of my podcast work. For anyone interested in higher ed podcasting, this is a great podcast to follow. I really enjoyed my conversation with Jennifer and Neil.

Rally at the Department of Education in DC! 9am on March 11. @momsrising.org @neatoday.bsky.social @votersoftomorrow.org #SpeakUpForEd #ProtectOurKids

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New from #HistoryInFocus: We explore friendship and loss in the work of doing history with historian Lily Pearl Balloffet. Narrative by Lily, sound design by me, working with great ambient recordings done by Lily on her many research trips to Argentina. @historians.org #historypod #podcast

Rough day on many levels. Thinking tonight about all of the amazing, beautiful, generous people that are still existing through all of this. I know which crew I'm throwing in with. 🫶

ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Solidarity with all workers demanding full funding for public research and protecting jobs. ✊ www.berkeleyside.org/2025/02/20/r... @ucaft.bsky.social @uaw4811.bsky.social @berkeleyside.bsky.social

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I was at #AHA25 talking with K–12 history teachers and exploring sessions related to history pedagogy. February's episode of #HistoryInFocus recaps that experience. @historians.org #historypod #historyteaching

Day out in San Diego with the college kid...

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” -Angela Davis Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis. "If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory." --Angela Davis

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

From today's ride... #bikes #bikelife #solarpunk

New today from #HistoryInFocus: My long form conversation with @joguldi.bsky.social on text mining, AI, and the broader #DH landscape. @historians.org #history #historypodcast #digitalhistory #textmining #ai

A kid in their first year of college, a kid applying to college, and a kid getting ready for their driver's permit test. Exciting (aka stressful) times! 😀😟😰