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Just back from my first trip to Tennessee. Here is some photo evidence. (1/2)

My hot take that no one cares about is that someone taking a penalty kick should not be able to pause their run up in any way.

Name a song with girl in the title but replace with squirrel: Pretty squirrels make graves

Slightly increase a band: La tenemos

Looks like the food truck scene in Nashville has gone all in on Bluesky.

It is John Brown's birthday, so I am thinking about Harper's Ferry. It reminded me of this odd advertising note for a hotel that includes a rough Henry Clay sketch to the left and man stuck in a globe with the text "Help Me Through The World." Carrell's United States Hotel, Harpers Ferry, VA, 1844.

Today’s #caturday photo features Artemis and me in a staring contest.

It is John Brown's birthday, so I am thinking about Harper's Ferry. It reminded me of this odd advertising note for a hotel that includes a rough Henry Clay sketch to the left and man stuck in a globe with the text "Help Me Through The World." Carrell's United States Hotel, Harpers Ferry, VA, 1844.

Got an opportunity to visit the shuttered medical library in the old Los Angeles General Hospital (opened in 1933) before the building is fully decommissioned. Here is a postcard of the facility and a cool sign for the library curved around a corner. The hallway corners are all rounded for gurneys.

Got an opportunity to visit the shuttered medical library in the old Los Angeles General Hospital (opened in 1933) before the building is fully decommissioned. Here is a postcard of the facility and a cool sign for the library curved around a corner. The hallway corners are all rounded for gurneys.

You heard the man! The Almighty Dollar is available for pre-order! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502...

Heading to Nashville next week. Any recommendations?

I am glad my daughter is learning about what happens when Canvas is down during finals in high school, so she doesn't have to wait for college for the experience.

Today is my daughter's birthday 🎈and she requested for me to post a waterfall bank note for her. Here is one with an expansive waterfall coming off of a river as it moves through a lovely village scene. I threw in the portrait of the grumpy guy as well. Phenix Village Bank, RI, $1, 18--.

Today is my daughter's birthday 🎈and she requested for me to post a waterfall bank note for her. Here is one with an expansive waterfall coming off of a river as it moves through a lovely village scene. I threw in the portrait of the grumpy guy as well. Phenix Village Bank, RI, $1, 18--.

It's wild that a current events newsletter written by a historian of 19th century America, Heather Cox Richardson, has more subscribers (~3 million on Substack) than the Washington Post does(~2.5 million). Some thoughts on what this all means. rightlandia.ghost.io/slow-knowled...

OTD in 1776, Rhode Island became the first colony to declare independence from Great Britain about four years after the HMS Gaspee was looted and burned by the Sons of Liberty after it ran aground. It is commemorated in this bank note vignette. RI Agricultural Bank, Johnston, RI, $3, Sept 20, 1839.

OTD in 1776, Rhode Island became the first colony to declare independence from Great Britain about four years after the HMS Gaspee was looted and burned by the Sons of Liberty after it ran aground. It is commemorated in this bank note vignette. RI Agricultural Bank, Johnston, RI, $3, Sept 20, 1839.

Shoutout to the one random dude by himself on a corner in Pasadena waving a homemade Impeach Trump sign at cars going by.

Advertise your account with a Simpsons image.

Look what's here! Just in time to order for your fall classes! It's the affordable paperback version of *Plantation Goods* from @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Slightly diminish a book Southeast of Eden

If you're interested in the challenge of history and jpournalism pls follow the @jcblibrary.bsky.social project for 2026 on History & Journalism: When History is News. Our Youtube inc interviews w excellent historically-focused journalists- here's @jamellebouie.net. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xih1...

I am remaking Back to School where the Rodney Dangerfield character is replaced with a tech billionaire who dropped out of college and is now returning with his son. He tries to half ass his way through with AI, fails, and ultimately learns the value of humanities classes, so he donates billions.

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only-- The Young Ones Veronica Mars Twin Peaks Leftovers Simpsons Brooklyn 99 West Wing MST3K Doctor Who The Expanse Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Blackadder The Tick (Animated) Stranger Things Great British Baking Show

Happy Birthday Elias Boudinot, congressman, President of the Confederation Congress, President of the American Bible Society, and Director of the US Mint. He and his receding hairline appears on the left of this insurance bank note. Augusta Insurance & Banking Company, GA, $20, 18--.

Happy Birthday Elias Boudinot, congressman, President of the Confederation Congress, President of the American Bible Society, and Director of the US Mint. He and his receding hairline appears on the left of this insurance bank note. Augusta Insurance & Banking Company, GA, $20, 18--.

Happy Birthday to R&B singer Mabel Smith aka Big Maybelle. My grandfather produced and wrote some of her music in the 50s and also came up with her stage name. Here is a great one of hers that he co-wrote in 1956: That's a Pretty Good Love. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv7r...

It is International Workers' Day, so here is a cool orange bank note from the Artisans Bank with a central vignette of a proud standing blacksmith in a workshop next to some of his tools of the trade. They threw in a creepy kid as well. Artisans Bank, New York, NY, $1, October 20, 1856.

Hi @kenmartin.bsky.social! Here's a free idea I hope you'll consider seriously. Gavin Newsom has had success holding a mirror to Trump's degeneracy, and you can too. 🧵 www.offmessage.net/p/dnc-sue-cb...

Happy Birthday to R&B singer Mabel Smith aka Big Maybelle. My grandfather produced and wrote some of her music in the 50s and also came up with her stage name. Here is a great one of hers that he co-wrote in 1956: That's a Pretty Good Love. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv7r...

It is International Workers' Day, so here is a cool orange bank note from the Artisans Bank with a central vignette of a proud standing blacksmith in a workshop next to some of his tools of the trade. They threw in a creepy kid as well. Artisans Bank, New York, NY, $1, October 20, 1856.

Reading about Louisiana Republicans suspending a primary election after ballots were already mailed out and I was thinking about the 2022 election where Alabama continued to use an illegal electoral map because of the Purcell Principle.

New from Josh Marshall on the Supreme Court: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/you-c...

As we watch SCOTUS destroy civil rights legislation, today's bank note features a portrait of John McLean (on the left) who as Supreme Court Justice (1829-1861) was the only dissenter in Prigg v. Pennsylvania and one of two in Dred Scott v. Sandford. State Bank of Ohio, Marietta, $10, 18--. 🗄️

As we watch SCOTUS destroy civil rights legislation, today's bank note features a portrait of John McLean (on the left) who as Supreme Court Justice (1829-1861) was the only dissenter in Prigg v. Pennsylvania and one of two in Dred Scott v. Sandford. State Bank of Ohio, Marietta, $10, 18--. 🗄️

I really want him to drop a Mount Vernon/War of Jenkins’ Ear reference.

It is James Monroe's birthday, so here is a note featuring a portrait of Monroe from the Bank of Monroe in the town of Monroe, Michigan. For more on Monroe's chaotic 1830's paper money world, like when the Mormon Church took over the Bank of Monroe, see my book. Bank of Monroe, MI, $4, May 6, 1836.

People, it is PUBLICATION DAY for Stealing America!! It is officially available to purchase online or in your favorite local bookstore. Come snag your own book cover cookies at RiffRaff in Providence this evening! I'll be joined by my friend and colleague, Mack Scott @ 7 pm.

Today is the official release date for my new book about free people of color in the Civil War era. My first book events are coming up next month in the Boston area. I’ll be at the Cambridge Public Library on 5/13 and the Museum of African American History on 5/14. Both events start at 6 pm.

Today @ 4 (EDT) Kathleen Duval talking about Indepedece Lost --her book about how Indigneous people of the southeast lost literal ground in the American Revolution. Part of our online series! Resgistration link here: jcblibrary.org/events/kathl...

It is James Monroe's birthday, so here is a note featuring a portrait of Monroe from the Bank of Monroe in the town of Monroe, Michigan. For more on Monroe's chaotic 1830's paper money world, like when the Mormon Church took over the Bank of Monroe, see my book. Bank of Monroe, MI, $4, May 6, 1836.

It is the birthday of painter, inventor, anti-Catholic writer, and NYC mayoral candidate of the Native American Democratic Association, Samuel Morse, so here is a Civil War shinplaster payable in postage currency that included the Morse Alphabet. S.W. Chubbuck, Utica, NY, $.03, July 1, 1864. 🗄️

It is the birthday of painter, inventor, anti-Catholic writer, and NYC mayoral candidate of the Native American Democratic Association, Samuel Morse, so here is a Civil War shinplaster payable in postage currency that included the Morse Alphabet. S.W. Chubbuck, Utica, NY, $.03, July 1, 1864. 🗄️

Posting both an iconic blonde AND a movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs

The big diff. between now and Jackson’s era is, ofc, that specie is no longer required for the creation of US money, or any real public purpose. The Mint is buying smuggled cartel gold to make coins bc it wants to make a profit selling them to conspiracy-minded gold-bugs and grifting speculators.

ICYMI: A new semi-regularly series from @kawulf.bsky.social over @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social! #ReadMoreBooks