Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

Happy Mother's Day (You don't need to be blood to be family)

I knew a guy who had read William Shirer's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" once before and was in the process of reading it a second time, AND YET he still confidently said the Nazis were leftists / communists. While reading is important, so is reading comprehension. Don't neglect it, kids.

People are always getting mad at kids for being kids, and it's one of the greatest tragedies born of the pressures our society puts on caregivers. Until we prioritize the needs of children, the most vulnerable and precious people in our society, none of us will know freedom.

ok i got a lot of replies to this on tumblr but this is the best one ^^

Since the dawn of time, humanity has yearned to invent strategic geography, but it was only in our own era, barely 2 months ago, when that dream became a reality.

Don’t run universities like a business run it as a public good

Since the “Boston accent” Odysseus has now entered the discourse, let me remind you: this is a ridiculous and colonial debate.

Give me your favorite Non-Trek performance from a Star Trek actor. This is a bit cheating, as it's a twofer. Or, IYKYK, a threefer.

Using the rules of linear perspective to combat ai slop can I get a hell yeah

For more than 25 years, people have asked, "What does it cost to bring Matt Damon safely home?" In 2026, the answer is: a boatload of dead Greeks.

If any historians want to suffer through the Florida Man Version of AP History, here's the document:

I just finished @theradr.bsky.social 's excellent "On Repentance and Repair." Now, getting back to John Keats' poetry. After that, @robertrath.bsky.social 's "The Infinite and the Divine" is in the queue.

Slightly diminish a book: Le Tired D'Arthur (For those who were on the internet before YouTube existed, IYKYK)

This could be business casual if we even gave a shit

Slightly diminish a book: "Some Theology" by Thomas Aquinas

Slightly diminish a book: "I know I left Paradise around here somewhere"

Chicago made it so every public school student can use their school ID as a #LibraryCard 📚. No forms, no extra steps. It gives over 300k students instant access to #books, #tutoring, and online resources 🙌

Joan is unimpressed by this shit.

And the winner is...

Good 🧵 I follow Tara for non-cat related reasons, but the cat stuff is certainly a perk. Recommend you read this in any case. Nice little bit of joy for your day.

Hey, my book is 40% off! Who doesn't need some light spring time reading??? upittpress.org/intersection...

Pray that those bastards to the east stay over there and don't bring their problems to Ireland.

I'm starting to fear that 1877 and 2025 will one day commonly be spoken of together and in much the same way regarding American civil rights.

Spare a thought for public school teachers. Right now in many districts, American history classes are reaching the post-WWII stuff, or soon will be. Many teachers augment lessons with relevant current events. And, fuck, the Voting Rights Act now?! Pray for your local teachers. Or buy them coffee.

Lovely Ursula Le Guin. ❤️

Good news, investors! We've finally adapted the classic cautionary sci-fi novel "Don't Create the Torment Nexus" into a for-kids movie called "Who Loves the Torment Nexus? I Do!"

For #InternationalDanceDay — pages from a 1700 dance manual depicting a revolutionary dance notation system invented at the court of Louis XIV. More pages from the manual here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dances-in-beauchamp-feuillet-notation

I'm not saying anything nice about the British king. You can't make me. But also I'm not saying anything else, you feel me?

notably his cure is from CAR-T therapy, which is so new I didn’t even learn about it in med school THIS is why we invest in science

Villain-Protagonist: Works late. Co-Protagonist: Picks up the (^their^) slack. Third Protagonist: Team-player.

Hey, y'all want a good reason to read "Hekate"? This guy makes it sound kickass! Seriously, it just jumped up several rungs on my to-read list.

I'm attempting one last long, slow round of edits/revision for a 100k story before starting submissions. 🤞🙏🫂🫣

I'm reminded of the voyage of the S.S. St. Louis in 1939 and our (USA) refusal to accept the hundreds of Jewish refugees onboard. The ship eventually returned Europe, where the passengers were let off at several different ports, some of which were subsequently occupied by Nazis.

I watched an old documentary about the Progressive Era today (as a middle school substitute). It had *very* bad auto-generated captions. My favorite: Actual audio: "Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family." Captions: "Roosevelt was born into a wolf." But, you know, I'd believe it about Teddy.

I wonder if it was Lee Harvey Oswald or someone much earlier who rewired American brains into thinking assassins *had* to be politically opposite their target rather than, often, fully aligned until something made them think, "Nope, that's too far. You lost me. [shank!]"

Check out this little manuscript of music and prayers! It mostly contains brief chants for the liturgical cycle, but it ends with a diagram of a Guidonian hand, a tool for teaching sight-singing attributed to the 11th-century musical theorist Guido d'Arezzo #medievalsky 🔗: https://bit.ly/4t2ZDpW

In the same way that *I* cancelled my trip to hang out with Keanu Reeves because *I* didn't think it was worth my time. But I'm not stingy! He, too, can call me whenever he wants. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

this account is run by a human at NASA JPL who only posts real images with their receipts. it only has 11k followers compared to the 200k the ai slop space account has

Right Enabling Press "The RE-press" for short.

I'd rather hear my son cackhandedly and tunelessly strum open guitar strings than listen to AI slop music I want art to demonstrate the humanity that created it AI is not art

A, that's not what he said to Sen. Warren. B, that's still wrong. C, that's middle school math that both men got wrong. D, one of those men wants the US to stop using the most life-saving invention in human history. E, the other has codes to nuclear weapons.

This, but for education, too!

It's Friday again and Trump says the war is going well actually... It's Friday again and Trump says the war is going well actually... It's Friday again and Trump says the war is going well actually... It's Friday again and Trump says the war is going well actually... It's Friday again and...

We've finally reached "2+2=5."

Grow up and start caring about something.

You might wanna know that you can get @sarahebond.bsky.social's phenomenal Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire in hardcover for 72% off ($9.95) by clicking this link. amzn.to/4vYTYmC

After officially joining World War One 109 years ago this month, this adminitration has chosen to surrender to the last enemy still inflicting casualties: the flu.

It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.