Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD

Prof Jacoby was my honors thesis advisor and Gordon Wood was one of the additional readers. I’ll have to dig up his comments later and post them, 18 years on and I’m not sure if anyone besides my parents and senior year roommates ever saw them. I always appreciated his attention to my work

Karl Jacoby@karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Terrible news about my former colleague Gordon Wood.

So sad to hear this news, I took his class my sophomore year of college. Not many historians have the name recognition to get a shout out in a Damon/Affleck film, not to mention his impact in the field. What a tragic way to go out

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3mo ago

Gordon S. Wood, whose books helped shape modern thinking on America's founding, died after being struck by a car. He was 92.

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

My latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode is live, feat. Amelia Acker talking about her excellent book “Archiving Machines” out now from @mitpress.bsky.social with an OA version as well! newbooksnetwork.com/archiving-ma...

“Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent.” – Common Sense (1776) 250 years later, Thomas Paine’s words still resonate. Explore the pamphlet that lit the fire of independence: 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/431 #ThomasPaine #CommonSense #Revolution250

Call me Ishmael.

From dial-up days to now, travel through Wikipedia's history. #wikipedia25 I got started editing in my dorm room in 2006, still here! wikipedia25.org/en/which-wik...

What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, All Quiet on the Western Front, Betty Boop & More

What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, All Quiet on the Western Front, Betty Boop & More

Though it isn't the kind of thing one hears discussed every day, serious Disney fans do tend to know that Goofy's original name was Dippy Dawg. But how many of the non-obsessive know that Mickey's fai...

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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂 💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹 Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

“Most of us live off Hope” Ever true 💔

My latest episode on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Library Science channel is live! newbooksnetwork.com/preserving-g... it was a pleasure having @freegovinfo.bsky.social on the program to talk about the government information landscape past, present, and future

Some music worth listening to this afternoon #bmfs youtu.be/WgqaxMOKfnI?...

Billy Strings: Tiny Desk Concert

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I’m at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Crystal City, VA the next few days and presenting a paper tomorrow afternoon. If anyone I follow on here is around get in touch! Glad to be back #ASIST25 #ASIS&T

In "Archiving Machines," Amelia Acker tells the story of the rise of networked data through the evolution of archiving and digital storage, providing a critical look at data archives and access to information. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255324...

Hath the Count all this intelligence?

"Kathy, Ich am lost," Ich seyde, thogh methoughte she was sleepinge, "Ich am hollowe and hurtinge and knowe not wherfor" Countinge the cars on the Newe Jersey Turnpyke Thei have all come to looke for America

Going to listen to this song 810 times in a row open.spotify.com/track/6n6EXI...

The General

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Happy first day of autumn!!! (In the northern hemisphere at least... and those west of UTC-02:00). ⁠ Pictured here: Maple Trees at Mama (1857) by Utagawa Hiroshige. More works by Hiroshige → https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/utagawa-hiroshige-last-great-master-of-ukiyo-e

walter's hot dog stand sign, mamaroneck, new york, 1982

corn palace, mitchell, south dakota, 1987

My HS biology teacher had a laser disc set with all these science videos about things like mitosis, photosynthesis, etc that I remember watching. Also watching Gladiator in Latin class and having to point out historical inaccuracies, fun times

Utopia District@utopiadistrict.bsky.social · last yr.

Name something you remember watching in this!

The hip-hop duo delivers its best live performance ever recorded and one of the hardest Tiny Desks of all time.

Clipse: Tiny Desk Concert

The hip-hop duo delivers its best live performance ever recorded and one of the hardest Tiny Desks of all time.

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The new Clipse album dropping alongside their Tiny Desk concert speaks to my white boy suburban millennial soul on a very deep level. So happy to see these guys back together and making music #grindin

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Georgia Librarian Fired After Kid Chooses LGBTQ Book For Summer Reading - GO Magazine

Lavonnia Moore says she was just following the library’s mission to serve everyone—but it wasn’t enough to save her job.

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Tiny pet dog credited with helping to save hiker trapped in Swiss glacier

Tiny pet dog credited with helping to save hiker trapped in Swiss glacier

Dog stayed by his master, who was wedged in an 8-metre-deep crevasse, and was spotted by helicopter crew A small pet dog is being hailed as a “four-legged hero” for helping to save his owner’s life after he fell down an icy crevasse in the Swiss Alps. The Air Zermatt helicopter company credited the pint-sized pooch with drawing their attention to the location of the hiker, who he was extracted and taken to hospital. Continue reading...

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@usnatarchives.bsky.social post on X:

I've never met a more disappointing group of people, and our fate rests in their hands www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | I testified at a congressional hearing on the JFK files — that was a mistake

As a historian invited to speak before Congress, I expected to converse with serious people. That's not what happened.

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How profoundly sad. The kids deprived of reading Calvin and Hobbes are the kids who need them the most. My brother put it best: "We know we’re fucked when they come for your cartoon stuffed tigers." Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed." pen.org/magic-tree-h...

‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America

The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.

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