I think I’m going to have to just bite the bullet and buy a pair of prescription sunglasses.

Anyone have insights for Liz?

Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers)@lizlehfeldt.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm interested in the minor, but fascinating, figure of the steward (mayordomo). They seem pretty ordinary socially, not univesity-educated, etc but they have a valuable and vital skill set (collecting $, keeping track of contracts, etc). Looking for other insights about these #earlymodern guys.

LOOK. Y’all don’t know how obsessed I was with this movie.

ANNIE (1982): “Easy Street” Full Clip | Sony Pictures Kids Zone #WithMe

YouTube video by Sony Pictures KIDS ZONE

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Clue is one of my all time favorite movies. I love Muppet Treasure Island, RHPS, and even Disney’s 3 Musketeers. Tim Curry has been an icon for my whole life. I am heartbroken

Highly recommended reading from my wonderful former colleague at NEH, Molly Hardy. (Related aside: I once asked one of the DOGE boys "who would ever want to work here after what you've done?" To which he replied, "oh, NEH will be so much better soon." Yeah, fuck off.)

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

New at Can We Still Govern? Molly Hardy was the Employee of the Year at the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2024. She was fired as a result of DOGE cuts in 2025. Here, she writes about why, when given a chance to return, she chose not to do so. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/castles-ma...

Fred Rogers and Dolly Parton found in religion a torch to guide them on the path of righteousness. They never sought to use it to set anyone else on fire. That’s all any reasonable person could ask of another.

dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it

Flights of angels accompany thee in songs of rest. #Dolly

Does anyone know if there’s a vetted/safe roommate board for NCPH 2026?

Johns Hopkins + the AHA are hosting the AI and History Conference 2026 -- Oct 15-16 in Baltimore. Whatever your take on AI (excited, skeptical, curious, already using it), there's a place for you in this conversation. Learn more at: proflouishyman.github.io/ai_conferenc...

Really enjoying this talk. I am such a nerd for any sort of historical account book. I don’t think we can lay the blame solely on my MSc internship (transcribing an account book), but it definitely amplified it!

Ben Brumfield@benwbrum.bsky.social · 3w ago

I'm getting really excited about tomorrow's webinar. Not because I think it'll be our best--editing historic account books is pretty niche, and the presenter (me) is way out of his depth--but because it's on my own historical research. content.fromthepage.com/aug-2026-web...

I'm getting really excited about tomorrow's webinar. Not because I think it'll be our best--editing historic account books is pretty niche, and the presenter (me) is way out of his depth--but because it's on my own historical research. content.fromthepage.com/aug-2026-web...

Preserving Shakespeare: How DC’s Folger Library keeps 400-year-old volumes pristine 📜 wtop.com/matt-about-t...

Preserving Shakespeare: How DC’s Folger Library keeps 400-year-old volumes pristine - WTOP News

If you’ve ever wondered how historians and preservationists keep centuries-old books and plays looking pristine, look no further than D.C.’s Folger Shakespeare Library.

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Friday’s storm brought down a large tree near my building. I feel like I’ve lost a friend. One of the branches dropped low and I could stand under it and watch pollinators on a warm day.

I really enjoyed this discussion with @mebrett.bsky.social and @jenniferisasi.bsky.social and now I can't stop thinking about what it would look like to design an analog, semester-long lesson in digital maintenance that students have to keep alive for 16 weeks.

Brandon Walsh@walshbr.bsky.social · last mo.

Reading "DH Ghost Towns: What Happens When Makers Abandon Their Creations?" by @seagillicuddy.bsky.social for the #ByteSizedPedagogy hangout today and was fully not ready to relive my past experiences project managing for NINES. dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/8856784...

Once more for the Friday crowd: @katinalynn.bsky.social and I here on surprise and pleasure in reading and writing by way of our ongoing book-project-by-mail.

Brandon Walsh@walshbr.bsky.social · last mo.

Out with another co-authored post with @katinalynn.bsky.social about our ongoing project in which we mail a journal back and forth and reflect on lives spent reading and writing. The post here is about the surprises we are finding in the physical object. walshbr.com/blog/writing...

I grew up watching Mystery! on PBS (with my mom). In the last decade or so, I’ve started listening to the audiobooks of many of the Christie novels (often narrated by people who were in the shows). So many post-war details erased by setting Poirot solely in the 20s/30s!

Over on the blog: a quick roundup of Dublin’s most dog-friendly pubs: #SpeirGorm www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...

Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Best Pubs for Dogs - Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs

This month's Dublin pub round-up is one for which we've had more requests than just about any other topic - certainly, it out-ranks queries about basics like food (done it), 'the best Guinness in Dubl...

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I am always delighted when someone else in the building empties the dishwasher.* I do wish they wouldn’t mix the (small) saucers with the (larger) salad plates. So wobbly! *yes we have a kitchen with a dishwasher. There are about 3 of us who regularly empty it.

In this @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History column (one focused on the still-timely question of impeachment...), I made the case that the most radical part of the Constitution is the “no religious test” clause in Article VI: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/10/cons...

Considering History: Impeachment and the Radicalism of the American Constitution | The Saturday Evening Post

The founding fathers argued about keeping an impeachment clause in the Constitution. Ultimately, they decided it was necessary.

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This morning: explaining* “vocational awe” to people I knew in undergrad who went into tech and compsci fields. (*providing a link to some primary sources with a brief intro) Yay?

This is an important question! Does anyone know? Where are my food & economics historians at?

Sloane of Shadows 🏳️‍⚧️@sloanemactire.bsky.social · last mo.

One thing I agree with Rose Marshall about: I don't understand how milkshakes eclipsed malts. Malts are SO good. (If you don't know who Rose Marshall is, I highly recommend reading the Ghost Roads series by @seananmcguire.bsky.social)

Easy for me

Clue: What Do You Mean, Murder?

Alt: Clue: What Do You Mean, Murder?

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Jason Heppler@jasonheppler.org · last mo.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

The Forest Service wants to move ahead with a plan for a radioactive rare earth mine fourteen miles from Devil’s Tower, with no environmental impact statement or public hearings. You should tell them how you feel about that:

BREAKING: USDA Pushes Forward on a Radioactive Open Pit Mine Miles From Devils Tower

The Forest Service won’t publish a draft study and won’t let anybody object. Michael Boren signs the decision himself. You have until August 28.

morethanjustparks.substack.com

Hey Virginians: break up the boredom of a slow primary for an election official! GO VOTE!! Be the bright spot in someone’s 13-hour day!

I am on vacation this week (and trying to be less online/on screen). But please enjoy this tiny toad and this ladybug.

My undergrads get such an earful about this yes

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In my historical methods training, I was always taught “we start with a historical question.” I would never use “I’m testing a hypothesis” in my work. I might have a working theory or a working hypothesis, but I’m certainly never *testing* it. That’s ripe for cherry-picked, law office history.

Historic documents in limbo with proposed National Archives closure www.nichibei.org/2026/07/hist...

Historic documents in limbo with proposed National Archives closure | Nichi Bei News

The National Archives at San Francisco and Chicago faces closure, according to an e-mail sent to staff on June 23. With the closure and the process to move files out […]

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exCUSE me??????????? I take a week off and there’s a KIDNAPPING?!!?!????????

Job Polak@jobpolak.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

You saw that Schismwatch France is getting extra spicy @clairewillett.bsky.social? SSPX affiliated Monks abducted and assaulted an Abbot for two days in a coup attempt;

Shoutout to the guy at the Info desk at DCA. Who saw me looking at the map and asked if he could help, then recommended his preferred spot for coffee. This latte from Colada is amazing.