I had to come all the way to the Southern Historical Association meeting in Tampa and sit in a panel to hear the amazing work that @juliakbrock.bsky.social and other colleagues from the University of Alabama (my institution) are doing. The efficiency of academia is baffling

Shout out to my great & good friend, Tony Carlson, #Shaggy @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146969480...

“Listening carefully to how ordinary people remember their lives under socialism isn’t an endorsement; it’s an effort to understand what they valued and why.” Thoughtful, endlessly quotable, apropos essay, courtesy of our friends @dukepress.bsky.social

"Trump babies." But don't call them a creepy cult of weirdos.

We are living through the Alabamization of US politics. I have said this for a while. Here @warondumb.bsky.social says it better. www.al.com/news/2025/11...

Francisco Ortiz, originally from Santoña, was appointed as shipmaster of the Fort de Nantes by the Spanish charterer, Francisco Sánchez de Madrid. His personal archive, comprising more than 500 documents, reveals many details about his personal life and his social relationships.

Nativist Nationalist racism (and completely against the US Constitution) in full display here. This is so dangerous. www.al.com/politics/202...

Spare a thought for the people of Jamaica, who have a Cat. 5 hurricane barreling towards them.

Watched episode 1 of the new season of The Diplomat, and it’s riveting. How I missed competent people working at the government, even if I don’t like them. You know, in these days, pure fiction.

It's such a joy to read papers from undergraduate students that, despite whatever flaws they may have, show a deep and nuance understanding of the materials. For me it's these small moments that allow me to remain optimistic and force me to keep trying to reach them through the class materials.

Check who is in control of Congress for each of these, with one exception:

Another question for my colonialist colleagues. Can anyone tell me why so many people decided to be buried with the habit of the order of Saint Francis? I find it everywhere, and it's not only white Spaniards, but Afrodescendants too.

This is just shameful. What a disgrace www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Does anyone know of any reader of the conquest of Peru? For Mexico we have Schwartz and Seijas, but I am not sure there is one for Peru. Thank you!

Today I received the reviewers' comments (3 of them) for a book chapter I wrote. No revisions to do. This does not happen often!

Got an impressive package in the mail today. Books by @lhistorienne.bsky.social !! Super excited.

Remember: cruelty is the point. “High school ref hits 80th day in ICE detention: Alabama ‘will forever be my home’” www.al.com/news/2025/10...

One last post (for the moment!): Why the costumes? Authoritarians grab power with fear. They can’t STAND mockery. It weakens their hold. That’s why.

I wonder which one of the three I am. Maybe the three of them wrapped in one!! This lady is such a joke.

The Guardian has published an extract of Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir. While the headline mentions Prince Andrew, this excerpt begins at Mar-a-Lago and Donald Trump. And how Maxwell and Epstein preyed on her. Its a rough read, trigger warnings. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

1.4 million people forced to leave their homes due to Haiti violence, according to latest report from International Organization for Migration (IOM) www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?art...

Good and soulful mornings to everyone who needs one, and that is probably most of us. Here is one of my favorite videos, with two greats doing what they did best. youtu.be/KcksrDIxizI?...

Surprise! It turns out that these people are racist, sexist, and by their own admission, N💩zis. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Ah, the poison seed of Republicanism. The voting rights act. Some of those justices have probably been waiting their entire lives to overturn it.

The US government doing what the US government does best: extrajudicial killings across the world.

Today for the first time in my career I recalled an email. Thanks the technology gods for such a wonderful thing.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

"Ari" is working in the poblano chilis in Santa Clara County. He explains how workers harvest the chilis, then take their full buckets over to a conveyor belt & dump them on it. The conveyor belt goes up lifting the chilis & "Ari" then directs them into different bins. #WeFeedYou

And yet she is as M💩G💩 adjacent as one can be.

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

The Venezuela government is so oppressive and internationally disliked that even historically unlikable opposition leaders are getting Nobel prizes.

Can’t blame them. They are the few lucky ones who can.

The canaries are leaving the coal mine.

The History Department at The Ohio State University is searching for an assistant professor of modern Japanese history, check it out, share, apply! #OhioState #ModernJapan #history 🗃️ jobs.chronicle.com/job/37884726...

Still looking!!

The state of our generation is hoping that our family, a family of four with two adults, can someday make as much money as one of our Boomer parents in retirement. And if you belong to a later generation, things get much tougher.

This is so messed up.

Still going strong!

ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building newrepublic.com/post/201258/... via @newrepublic.com

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

This is not new. He has always done this. Just sugary calories with no nutritional content.

OUCH. "Academically, Richard’s running a Motel 6 on a Ritz-Carlton budget, and it makes no sense.”

Yesterday in a couple of hours I got BLA certified. It’s my first time, and frankly I can’t believe it took me this long to learn something so valuable.

If you or your kid wants to apply to UA, application fees are waived next week. Although UA has a reputation as a sports/Greek/party school, it is also a robust and beautiful university in good financial condition with a zillion majors and a lot of opportunities. news.ua.edu/2025/09/free...

I am sorry but if you are in team “you erase the boards when you come in, not before you leave,” you are sick. You make the mess, you clean the mess.

When herd immunity fails, the first one to suffer are the most defenseless, like babies who are too young to be vaccinated.

Before and after. Books are migrating and breathing!