No matter how good the dataset, this remains: “If no actual human wrote it, no human edited it, no human signed off on it, then what right does it have to tell me, a human, anything about my and our collective human history, art or culture?” @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social in Naomi Rea's piece. Gift.

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Just more horrors. Cops kill another dog while searching for someone not even at the home they were at. A highly trained service dog was not a threat to police but that doesn't matter, they killed her anyway. Why do cops do this? Less paperwork then killing people? www.wsbtv.com/news/local/c...

#OTD in 1875, Mary McLeod Bethune was born. An educator, civil rights leader and founder of Bethune-Cookman University, she believed education was the path to opportunity and equality. Her legacy continues to inspire generations. #TheMarchContinues

"A recent $45 million budget shortfall had just contributed to 28 academic majors being cut and hundreds of people losing their jobs."

What is wrong with all these university admin types? They are really a parasite class.

We are living in a time where students and faculty are demanding that their universities not cave to authoritarianism. Any deal with Trump is a loss for universities and higher ed. 🧪 www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

"every student defend their SRP in an in-person oral discussion with their supervising professor — either one-on-one or as a workshop-style class presentation — answering questions that probe the paper’s reasoning and implications."

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

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BREAKING: A federal court permanently blocked Governor DeSantis’ classroom censorship law, the "Stop WOKE Act," from taking effect. The law would've restricted students and educators in Florida from discussing things like race and gender in higher ed classrooms.

Yep. No attempt at persuasion.No acknowledgment of good faith reservations. Just force.

"The Declaration’s significance extends far beyond the aims of the American Revolution or an expression of American nationalism," writes Robin D.G. Kelley in Issue No. 11. hammerandhope.org/article/robi...

What to the Colored Conventions was the Declaration of Independence? Normally we hear Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July. This year, we are trying something new. From now until Monday night, we are posting quotes every half hour from the Colored Conventions movement. coloredconventions.org

“Thus, this institution rules everything at the South. It has given to the South its laws, its morals, its social code, its interpretation of the Bible, its definition of the Declaration of Independence, its understanding of the Constitution of the United States."—Frederick Douglass” +

hammerandhope.org/article/robi... "The Declaration’s significance extends far beyond the aims of the American Revolution or an expression of American nationalism. For Black thinkers, captive and fugitive, it was a referendum on the definition of the human," 1/

A first day of school reading by the great Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley hammerandhope.org/article/robi... (Not able to add alt text for some reason but image is a black and white photo of Frederick Douglass against the backdrop of a black and grey Declaration of Independence and a wash of orange and red

James Forten heard the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776; he participated in the American Revolution & fought for its ideals long after the war. A skilled entrepreneur & ardent abolitionist, his wife & daughters founded the 1st interracial antislavery society for women.

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-Notice News 1/ "YES: Mamdani's administration just funded New York City's first-ever pet food pantry program.

The air conditioning at the Delaney Hall concentration camp failed today, so now people are roasting inside as temperatures rise above 100 degrees. It's so hot they can't breathe.

This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong. Please share if you think it is helpful to others.

www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u... #WMQ #OI

At least 3.3m people were victims of Dutch enslavement, research claims

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NEW: The Supreme Court has decided that Title IX and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment do not protect trans girls from state sports bans. 💔

An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride

Thanks, John. Should have thought of that: bookshop.org/p/books/char...

First up are the transgender student athlete ban cases. Justice Brett Kavanaugh has the opinion. SCOTUS holds that schools can determine eligibility for women's and girls' sports teams based on biological sex.

I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”

Love these pieces by @kathleenduval.bsky.social on Mercy Otis Warren and @marthasjones.bsky.social on Elizabeth Freeman. 🎁https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/22/magazine/american-revolution-the-adulateur-mercy-otis-warren.html?unlocked_article_code=1.slA.W9TX.qWqimXlx3rxg&smid=url-share

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A reminder on Father's Day that the history of the American Revolution is about more than Founding Fathers. IOW Dad Books can be about moms, daughters, sisters, aunts, wives, friends, and compatriots.

#tdih 1964 James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, & Andrew Goodman were tortured & murdered 💔 by KKK w/ deputy sheriff's help in Neshoba Cty, Miss. They had investigated burning of a church which bravely had allowed a Freedom School for #VotingRights education 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ch...

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AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.

"Nashville community members, Fisk alumni, and current students are protesting the university’s plan to build a local data center. So far, an online petition has generated 6,000 signatures and community members are calling on the university to halt its plan..." www.theeduledger.com/campus-clima...

For more on the Hooks Brothers Studio in Memphis, check out: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/a...

For #Juneteenth: 70+ years after the Civil War, the WPA's Federal Writers' Project began interviewing elderly Americans who remembered being enslaved. These moving narratives & photos are now held here at the Library. Narratives: www.loc.gov/collections/... Photos: www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...

New from @beaconpress.bsky.social today -- "The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad, A Graphic Novel" by @marcusrediker.bsky.social, David Lester, & Paul Buhle. Great resource for high school, with Africans fighting for their own liberation at center ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

This is Chootie. He looks like a dog, but from one of those 15th century paintings done by someone who had only ever heard about dogs. 12/10 (IG: chootieboy)

The Carter Center’s fall internship application deadline is less than a week away! If you’re an undergrad, grad student, or recent grad, click the link and tell us why you’d be a great fit. And yes, our internships are paid! Apply here: bit.ly/3Qah757

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"I remind myself always that the collapse of repressive systems is almost always precipitated by the overreach of those who believe that they will always be in power."

I'm telling you: if you like someone's book or article, straight up email them that. It'll make their day. There are not enough compliments in academia.