Teaching the road to the Civil War. Some of the landmarks include a controversial war with Mexico, rising anti-immigrant (and anti-Catholic) sentiment, and the Supreme Court stripping citizenship from a vulnerable class of people.

If you’re headed to the OAH next week and have copious spare time, pre-circulated papers for our Early America session (feat. me and @chrisparsons.bsky.social) are now available to read: portal.oah.org/oah26/sessio... Come help @jlhill.bsky.social and Drew Lipman to ask good questions!

In the year of our Lord 2025 I just overheard a docent say “Back in those days, south of Jacksonville was no man’s land. There was nothing there. Just snakes, Indians, mosquitoes, stuff like that.”

Boards of Trustees ***LIKE*** the Trump demands. They ***AGREE*** with them. They like the idea of putting the screws on activist, lefty, and Muslim students. They like the idea of a whiter student body and conservative curriculum. They want these things and think $200 million is a fair price.

As an Indian, as someone who lived in Egypt, and who has, modestly, remained committed to my politics despite that, here are my rules for living under fascist regimes: 1) Focus on organizational structure. 1/

If you look closely, you can see the last shred of dignity exiting his body

Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.

Marta soloing down the field, taking on three outfield players and the keeper. That’s why she’s the GOAT.

Exhibit A of the Age of Enshittification brought to you by our tech and VC overlords: those “hotels” where everything is handled remotely and there isn’t a single person on site.

Dystopia is upon us.

@themaneland.bsky.social Responding to the Bluesky call. How do you think the impending arrival of Banda will change the team going forward? #askskopurp

The attacks on public higher education began decades ago across the board as state legislatures reduced support initiating a spiral of tuition increases, expansion of student loans, increasing uni dependence on grants and donors need for attendant admin. We are reaping the bitter crop.

Good — and by good I mean useful to the reader though it’s also v positive! — review in @thejerpano.bsky.social of James Hill’s new book on _Creek Internationalism in the Age of Revolution_. 🗃️