Came home from my Thanksgiving trip to find this in the mail. Thanks to the North Carolina Historical Review for publishing my work!
Evan Bennett
@epbhistorian.bsky.social
I’m a historian of the American South who likes to study work and nature. Author of Tampa Bay: The Story of an Estuary and Its People (University Press of Florida)
Picked up something over the weekend. Thanks to the Florida Book Awards for recognizing my work.
Just saw an excellent show with the Violent Femmes and the Tallahassee Orchestra at the Word of South Festival. I have to say, though, some of Gen X men suck at concerts. Just talk, talk, talk. Shut up already.
Just finished this. Powerful work. Suggest it for all.
Feels like yet another thing we’re losing because a few greedy people won’t be happy until they vacuum up every last dollar.
Michael Oberg@michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 2y agoThere is almost no reason to fly Southwest any longer. www.cbsnews.com/news/southwe...
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
In case it needs to be said baldly..don't expect the university to protect you.
Opinion | This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare (Gift Article)
Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is a frightening sign of an authoritarian slide.
nytimes.com
The Tampa Bay History Center posted my talk from the Florida Conversations series. Had a great time back in September. youtu.be/sjUK1DAPdZw?...
Florida Conversations: The Story of an Estuary and Its People
YouTube video by Tampa Bay History Center
youtu.be
I saw a video on a Windows 98 machine booting the other day and that scan of the A: floppy drive in the boot sequence flooded my mind with memories of my corporate job.
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 2y agohad to rip a bunch of blu-rays for my job and the low whirring hum of an optical disk drive on my workstation desk is something i didn't realize i missed in my work soundscape until I got it back.
For a little sweetness in your feed: getting ready for the school dance.
Some in Florida are floating the idea of getting rid of property taxes, the main source of revenue for localities. I’m no fan of high taxes, but I think we need some slogans explaining why these are needed. I’ll start. Property Taxes: Because garden hoses aren’t good for fighting fires.
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual. cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
I’m traveling, but other than food and gas, I’m buying nothing.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2y agoA grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
Got to see the SS United States as it was towed past Boca Raton today on its way to be sunk off the coast near Destin. Like watching a ghost go by.
I would trust all the promises of AI more if the Facebook account for my book didn’t get the same spam message every day. Seriously, you guys can’t even develop a workable spam blocker for the exact same email? I report it every time.
Had a great time talking about Tampa’s African American Labor History for students at HCC today. Always honored to be asked to Black History Month events.
This hockey face-off tournament is good, but we have to admit it needs an asterisk until without being able (understandably) to have a Russian team.
I was already rooting for Canada because I love Jon Cooper, Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel, and Brayden Point, but ESPN’s coverage has made me more sure of my choice.
This is happening, right now. The great "arribada" (arrival) of mother Olive Ridley sea turtles on the Odisha coast, where they dig sand-nests & lay their eggs, driven by ancient instinct. Heart-lifting, magnificent, moving: part of a geography of hope. 🎞️ by Bivash Pandav via my friend Yuvan Aves.
We all know no one goes to work in some high rise to vacation at the Gulf of America.
I wore a sport coat to work today and I’ve been feeling more focused and productive than normal. Could it really be something or just my imagination?
I finished building my new shed over the weekend and I had the best time piddling around in it this evening. Now I need to find a hobby that will allow me to do that more often.
Every union should be echoing this statement.
Apparently he’s British. But one would think any self-respecting Briton would know about know about the guy who made sure he didn’t grow up speaking German.
m@keptsimple.bsky.social · 2y agoa good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.
I don’t want AI to ever write my grad students’ theses, but I wouldn’t complain if there was a tool to do the title and signature page formatting the grad college is so picky about.
This Day in Labor History: February 16, 1931. The Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association reduced wages for miners in that part of eastern Kentucky by 10 percent. In response, the United Mine Workers of America attempted to organize the miners. This started the Harlan County Coal War for 8 years!
