Come one, come all! George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and The Southern Yankee Doodle

Profs and Pints@profsandpints.bsky.social · 6d ago

Tuesday in DC. Details and tickets at events.ticketleap.com/tickets/prof... .

Read my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller

Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.

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Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · last wk.

GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

"I am fighting for abortion rights because I had access to it when I needed it the most. Everybody should have that access."

Access to Abortion Saved the Life of One Virginia Mother and Advocate

Reproductive freedom advocate Heather St. Amand is also the director of organizing and engagement for the ACLU of Virginia.

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Come one, come all — what did George Washington have to do with the Civil War?

Profs and Pints@profsandpints.bsky.social · 2w ago

August 4th in DC. Details and tickets at events.ticketleap.com/tickets/prof... .

Last thought. Pulling sources for historical work is dangerous because you don't want to cherry-pick what's readily available online. It is no substitute for mastering secondary sources and tracking down *all* known primary sources. Identifying secondary sources is probably a better use. /fin/

Look at the lot number. Does it start with TF? Don’t buy it!

John Breen@breen.tech · 3w ago

Btw, Wegman’s lettuce is from Taylor Farms. Since TF won’t tell you who they sell to

Remember what he did to women’s autonomy @billbramhall.bsky.social

What to the Colored Conventions was the Declaration of Independence? Normally we hear Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July. This year, we are trying something new. From now until Monday night, we are posting quotes every half hour from the Colored Conventions movement. coloredconventions.org

Today's Supreme Court ruling reaffirmed what millions of Americans have always known: The Constitution, and years of federal law protect our right to birthright citizenship.

Wow! Iran left a thank you note in their locker room thanking LA for its hospitality during the World Cup. Be sure you read the last line: “May peace, respect, and friendship prevail among all nations.” (Source: Reuters)

Fun fact: the last time the Knicks won the NBA Championship the President resigned in disgrace.

A university that does not understand the value of physical libraries staffed with real librarians is a university that does not understand how knowledge is kept.

eileen chengyin chow@chowleen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...

The only way to heal from the past is to lance the boil and clear out the infection.

Opinion | The Brutal History That France Prefers to Ignore Is Being Heard at Last

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No. No. No. No. wapo.st/4wrUolC

White House to host 9-hour prayer festival focused on Christian roots of U.S.

Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson will speak at the event, which centers on the idea that the founders wanted the U.S. to be explicitly Christian.

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We can’t make curiosity and the luxury of learning only available to rich people. State colleges are not corporations and 5 majors in French is fine.

Shameful

Ari Berman@ariberman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow

If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising"

This made my day!

Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find | CNN

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery.

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Dred Scott remains one of the very worst decisions of the Court and Taney's reign was marked by other insults, but no one has run the table, overseeing so many different radical decisions on so many different issues than John Roberts.

About last night’s scrambling from gun fire at White House reporters dinner .. Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD) makes a critical point on CNN: “This is happening in schools across the country.. the kids have no resources to process their trauma”

Teaching makes my research better and research makes my teaching better

I take my coffee with milk and sugar and the defeat of the Confederacy. www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...

We need more historians because history is one of the most powerful forms of knowledge. Just ask any autocrat why they want to control it! #TalkAboutHumanities

Mississippi is not afraid to confront its complicated, painful past. The Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson are so well curated.

Mississippi reveals its full history for America's anniversary year, a contrast to federal efforts

America’s history is being seen through different lenses as the country celebrates its 250th anniversary.

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They can't even do bread and circuses right.

Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed

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This is catastrophic.

Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization

A new analysis commissioned by The New York Times suggests that Google's AI Overviews are wrong an astonishing percentage of the time.

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Just taught the Lieber Code and emerged to this nonsense. To equate Trump's threats with Sherman's actions is to fundamentally misunderstand what Sherman did and did not do. He did not destroy a civilization, he was not a war criminal, no matter what the Lost Cause would have you believe.

MORNING GLORY: Will President Trump go full Sherman in the war on Iran?

From Sherman's march to Trump's Iran deadline, a historical argument emerges for why ruthless wartime measures can ultimately deliver lasting peace.

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Kevin is exactly right in this. As I argue in my book Through the Heart of Dixie, Sherman remained within the bounds of the laws of war. He destroyed property, not people.

Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Even General William Tecumseh Sherman Didn't "Go Full Sherman" on Georgia #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

In case you need something sweet to smile about: The Washington Post’s 2026 Peeps diorama contest winners wapo.st/3NM3nwF

The Washington Post’s 2026 Peeps diorama contest winners

What do Timothée Chalamet, President Trump and the Beatles have in common? Peeps!

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The juxtaposition of listening to the Birthright Citizenship arguments with Passover prep: Passover is a refugee story, and during the seder we are reminded to treat strangers with kindness because we once were strangers. Birthright Citizenship is one of the USA's great gifts and strengths