It’s not about national security. It’s about base metals, rare earth elements, and energy/industrial minerals.

Tomorrow on the 300th (!!!) episode of my weekly podcast "History Matters:" Five Years and Counting: What (TF) Have We Learned? A hell of a lot, actually. Join me--& the History Matters community--to see where we've been & what we know. Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

“Warrior Dividend” just hit my account. In a shock to no one, they didn’t tax it right. 🤦‍♀️

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times: Def Leppard Journey Dave Matthews Band John Mayer O.A.R.

Sometimes I think the Maudlin House vibe is just “books for people who’ve survived three implosions and turned it into a personality.”

Every day’s Halloween if you work in indie lit long enough…

These award-winning lit mags would be a crown jewel in any writer's bio *wink* Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/excell... #writing #writingcommunity

You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands

The Steady State has asked Congress to investigate reports of an “Interagency Weaponization Working Group” — a group allegedly using the IC and law enforcement to target political opponents. If true, it marks a slide toward a domestic surveillance or retribution mechanism—an American KGB.

Personal inflection takes courage. And publishing essays is just the start (and the necessary spark) to show the toxic bully pulpit that the pen WILL be mightier than the sword.

Maybe I’m just old school, but I think leaders should aspire to personal & professional conduct that motivates more people to attend a July 4th parade w/free fireworks than a protest on a chilly Saturday in October to shame your effigy. 🤷‍♀️ #NoKings

the US government has arrived on bluesky

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

2025 is letting us know it hates us and is punishing us for our stupidity. The universe is reaping all the good ones from Hollywood & Rock n Roll.

Finally posted my @writingbattle.bsky.social Summer Nanofiction, “Upright.” medium.com/@ebrockway/u... This one was… personal. 🫡💔 And I must be an Elder GenXer because I still cling to my Medium account.

Ada Lovelace used mathematics to design the world’s first algorithm intended for a machine. This was done decades before computers were even built! Who is a woman in STEM that inspires you? 👩‍🔬🧪 #AdaLovelace #WomeninSTEM #Science

Big news, friends: on December 3rd, I'll be launching a brand-new history show, "Past Lives." Every episode focuses on the life of a real person from history and tries to make sense of their experiences and their world. There will be weekly scripted episodes and tons of bonus content on Patreon.

Apparently the Rapture was a Microsoft Teams call and of course I missed it.

Zohran Mamdani thinks access to healthy food should be a public good. RFK JR.'s MAHA coalition thinks it’s a matter of personal responsibility. @rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:

"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate." Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Patrick Henry

“prove me wrong” no i will not be participating in that. you made a bullshit claim and i will be going about my day in reality

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...

Beyond humbled to make it to the Top 64 & the Final Showdown for this summer’s Nanofiction 250 Battle! Thanks for putting together another fabulous set of genres, @writingbattle.bsky.social My story, “Upright” www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...

Weekend at Bernie’s is on Hulu. How apropos.

Historian friends: tell me about your favorite research & writing tools. As a bonus, would love to know where you learned how to use them & if you'd be interested in sharing your knowledge w/ others.

It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️

Amid the fallout from the 2024 election, it hardly registered as news when Alabama’s education board proposed new social studies standards for the first time in 14 years. Few observers seemed to realize that profoundly undemocratic language was buried in the fine print. www.hnn.us/article/a-re...

I always look forward to this weekend in OCMD! open.spotify.com/playlist/07t...

FYI FAM: our free and expedited submissions open on September 1st, but our tip jar subs are open now. We're getting back into the swing of things a bit slowly this summer and want to give our reading staff time to catch up! Thanks for your patience 😘

Hi, Teddy 👋

Increase a band: Sixpence So Much Richer

Slightly diminish a band: Dirt, Breeze and Sparks

GPT-5 would like to answer your question but it just became department chair and between the new administrative responsibilities and building the tenure package it might be a while. GPT-5 can devote more time to you in 2029 when it goes on sabbatical.

DC feels dry lately. I think we need good soaking this weekend. You know, for the plants. 🪴

“War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.”

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

You do you, but only love lives here.

Do a quick Google search if you’re not already familiar with the Bonus Army of 1932. It’s an interesting page in our nation’s history we’d be smart to dog-ear and occasionally reference. www.newsweek.com/veterans-mar...

Revenue Cutter Service in the Mexican American War On 23 October 1846, the McClane and Forward joined a small amphibious fleet under Navy Vice Commodore Matthew Perry to capture the strategic city of Tabasco, Mexico.

This 👇

"Through his tweets and retweets, Prevost has waded into several hot-button topics in American politics — from gun control to the death penalty to climate change to the murder of George Floyd." #LeoXIV www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

I’m a proud Gen-Xer that resisted the urge to invite mom jeans back into my wardrobe. Some trends were meant to die and remain in the past. And I’m curious why mullets are now mainstream again…

Damn right we will! ❤️

I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...

Welcome to my new “this day in history” project, covering the news of exactly 250 years ago. Hoping to keep it up through all the events of the Revolutionary War.

War with Great Britain When the War of 1812 began, Revenue cutters were called to action. In 1814, the Eagle encountered the HMS Dispatch in Long Island Sound. Overpowered, the captain beached the Eagle, the crew hauled the cannons ashore, and the fight continued. (1/2)