The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

New from History in Focus: A look at the recent special edition of the AHR's History Unclassified—"Mistakes I Have Made." I talk with HU editors Kate Brown and Emily Callaci, plus we hear from the nine contributors to the issue. @historians.org #historypodcast

Thinking about the Jill Lepore “students got difficult in 2016” thing: there’s a point for all of us when “youth opinion,” such as it is, no longer feels intuitive. It happened for me in the last few years. To understand where they’re coming from, you might have to do a little research.

Riding home from work today, I was close passed at high speed on a side street, just before a stop sign, and as an oncoming car came by. I, by the way, was going near 20 mph on my ebike. The Age of Cars could not end soon enough. 🤬 #thewaroncars

Bikes ≠ automobiles ❌Weigh 2-3 tons ❌Encased in a steel box ❌Kill thousands of people every year Bikes shouldn’t be treated as vehicles and shouldn’t be required to follow the same laws. Idaho stops are a perfect example. The increase safety when preformed correctly and make cycling safer!

As the 36th anniversary approaches, consider listening to my podcast project on the 1989 earthquake and its effects on Santa Cruz County...

Brief history of local earthquakes, to inspire preparation.. October 17, 1989 - MM 6.9 Epicenter near the ghost town of Loma Prieta in the Forest of Nisene Marks; 67 people died in California. Quake shifted Earth’s crust as much as 7.5 feet! There were 51 aftershocks >3.0 during the first day.

Our first major storm yesterday. Predictably, this morning all of the car lanes were neatly cleared of debris, throwing into stark contrast the bike lanes where much of said debris now resides.

If you see me riding on the edge of the bike lane, it is very likely because I am trying to avoid getting doored. Indeed, bike lanes that run along lines of parked cars are more accurately "door zones."

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal "Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport." www.economist.com/internationa...

OPINION: Santa Cruz could lead the nation in safe, active transportation — yet city leaders keep stalling, writes local bike enthusiast Brooke Secor. While e-bikes boom and collisions rise, officials have not added even basic protections for cyclists and pedestrians.

Today from #HistoryInFocus — We revisit one my favorite episodes, "Soil and Memory," a look at the collaboration between historian Alexis Dudden and graphic artist Kim Inthavong as they explore history, memory, and activism in Okinawa, Japan. @historians.org

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