Its Thanksgiving so I want to say thank you to the wonderful editors and peer reviewers who make excellent scholarship possible. Now that I'm a real PhD, I want to pay it forward by writing minimum 1 book review a year & peer-reviewing at least one article a year. So hit me up! #editing #Skystorians

Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content

A friend helps run a large food bank serving our state. Asked her how things look. For every 1 meal provided by a food bank, SNAP provides 9. They’re looking at a tenfold increase in need within days. There hasn’t been a threat of mass hunger in America like this in living memory. Help if you can 🍽️

#skystorians @shgape.bsky.social I need folks help. I'm teaching a 400 level courses on US history 1870s-1920 and trying to find a good synthetic book on the period to assign to accompany other readings. Any recs? Most I've found seem a tad outdated

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

so it's not just me then

specifically, the proposed rule would exclude borrowers from loan forgiveness if the Secretary of Education determines “by a preponderance of the evidence” that their employers “engage in activities that have a substantial illegal purpose” that seems...flexible! ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

#HATM I love that she gets to off him so much

super cool stuff in this thread!

Please help spread the word about our CFP? Id love to get a wide variety of posts for this series

Fantastic resource for historians: a spreadsheet of NARA's digitized microfilm, with links to the files in the Archives catalog. May it help you as much as it has helped me. www.archives.gov/files/colleg...

As is the case with any summer deadline, this is a last minute query. But if anyone is interested in putting together a panel or roundtable. for this conference, let me know. Deadline is July 18 #history #cfp #ohio #kentucky networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

i've finally finished that dang doctorate, so wall hat advice do you have about planning out a longer term research plan? How do you decide on which projects to pursue? Caveats: full-time teaching faculty, accelerated courses, no sabbaticals/course releases, little funding #scholars #historians

Students wanted extra credit, I need more eval responses. I offered students 5pts if 80% of class fills it out, 10pts if 90%, and 20pts if 100% - in a 200pt test category worth 50% of their grade After 4 days haranguing, we're at 67%. So 5 secs of work is still too much to get a free 10% boost

It's publication day for "Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military: 1861-1865"! Now available for purchase in hardcopy and ebook. It examines the experience of the c.250,000 Irish Americans who served in U.S. forces, making use of 100s of letters by enlisted men to wives and mothers.

okay #skystorians. I'm trying to decide to attend graduation or not. I took me 10 yrs to finish (long story) & only a few faculty know me. I'm afraid it will just be an awkward experience of people wondering who the heck I am. But ceremonies provide closure & its been a long journey. Should I do it?

A bit ago, a family member said I shouldn't get upset at things not affecting me. I pushed back & said this admin's politics were getting really darn close & closing in. Today, a nail hit. mhsarchive.org, a NPS archive is gone, vital for my work. So can I be mad NOW?!

🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...

Help save @nehgov.bsky.social! Use this handy link to write your representative. #Skystorians #History

ok y'all. The guidance at my dissertation institution about embargoing is lamentable. IN a humanities field, what are and are not acceptable reasons for embargoing a dissertation? Did you embargo, and why did you do so?

69 MILLION American women will be DISFRANCHISED by the SAVE Act. Married women who've changed their names will be forced to jump through hoops just to cast their ballots. This is a WAR ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/5eYYTpyI

After, what, 10 years now?...I'm pleased to announce that I passed my defense this afternoon. Phinished!!

This is a huge assault on the disabled Many social security recipients are bed-bound or disabled in such ways that moving them endangers their life. And there are lots of elderly patients who are not able to transport themselves nor necessarily understand what's going on. Do they have to go too?

Only a few days remain to put your book in for the Wiley-Silver Prize! First-time authors writing on the Civil War, please submit or confirm that your press is doing so!

My compilation of what you can do to fight the Trump agenda www.headsupnews.org/p/what-you-c...

Our group has been hard at work to release a new tool: The Data Rescue Tracker. The tool aims to provide a consolidated overview of who is downloading which dataset from which government websites. Please share! www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...

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This is just one of thousands of harrowing stories told about the U.S. Government abandoning Americans abroad in the USAID shutdown. This is Benghazi times a million. 1/

THIS IS IT. The special general elections for Florida’s 1st & 6th Congressional Districts are on APRIL 1, 2025. If we flip these seats, we can STOP Project 2025. No excuses! Mark your calendars! Show up!

I've had some fun in my 20th century US history survey showing them results from some of FDR and Reagan's elections, and going "that's what a mandate" and a blow-out election actually looks like. They're usually like, ok, I see what y'all mean now

How's your cursive? For many of us here - being able to read old script is a requirement. Well... the National Archives is looking for some assistance: #Ancestry #Genealogy www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Great work from @johanm.bsky.social, creating a resource connecting people to aid in LA. www.fireaid.info

SHEAR Dissertation Prize deadline extended! There is still time to apply for the SHEAR/UVA Press Dissertation Prize. The new deadline is January 20, 2025. More info here: shear.org/shear-book-p...

way back in ancient times, I asked my advisor if I could split my 4th chapter up into two. He didn't think that would be a good idea. BRAHAHA, I hope they are all ready to read this 63 pages and counting big-ass chapter.

i'm fucking tired of seeing all the back and forth bullshit when the important things are being drowned out. If you're in the US, care about the mutual aid for the fire victims right now. (And Helene from earlier the year). MALAN's list is a good mutual aid to start: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

so very sad, but this is always a problem. My sister was a wheelchair user in a multi-story campus dorm at a major university. They actually did not have an official evacuation plan for wheelchair users or other individuals with mobility disabilities during the whole time she lived in the building.

Encino, Brentwood, Tarzana areas under evac orders/warnings now: don’t panic but do move quickly. LA2050 has a safety & support guide with packing checklists, emergency contacts, shelter locations and more. Helicopters are making great use of the Encino Reservoir. la2050.org/blog/la-wild...

Since it's syllabus time again, I just wanted to say that if you are assigning An Unholy Traffic in your course: First, thank you! And second, I'd be delighted to discuss Zooming about it with your students! I spoke to several classes last fall and had wonderful experiences.

For the last day on my civil war & reconstruction course, we'll be talking about civil war and reconstruction memory and its relevance to today. What's your favorite pieces on this theme? Pretty open to any format, in fact more public and popular audience would be appreciated #skystorians #civilwar

For some bizarre reason, they aren't taking down the christmas decorations in my town until about 11pm each night. I wonder if they can charge over-time if they are working after 11pm? Just so strange

folks........the morgan library is the real deal! their current exhibit on belle da costa green is not to be missed and is worth the price of admission alone. what an astonishing american life. (also an ideal break if you need to recharge your conference batteries @historians.org)

not done yet, but this is...something

Hi, Bluesky! Are you a classroom educator (K-12 or college) or school administrator who has *feelings* (good or bad) about changes you've noticed related to generative AI, including but not limited to ChatGPT? email me, kate . cox @ theverge . com, if you're willing to talk my ear off about it.

Happy New Year Everyone! May you have peace, joy, health, and strong armor

ringing in the New Year working on my dissertation draft on Jackson. T minus 20 days until I have to send the whole draft to my advisor.

I've spent the whole year so far under a fuzzy blanket, let's see how long we can keep that going