Kathryn Gehred
@katyghistory.bsky.social
Women's historian of early America and slavery. Liberty, Liberty for ever Mother, while I exist
Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much. n.pr/3UmXwR2
Some disabled people want to advance their careers. They say Medicaid rules stop them
Medicaid will have new work requirements next year. But some people with disabilities, who already work, say they'd like to work more, but risk losing their Medicaid coverage if they earn too much.
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God it must have been thrilling to be a catty male historian in 1910.
This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
Good lord an ad for a Button Gwinnett biography? On MY election results page?
Just your regular reminder that: 1) Almost everyone has an underlying health issue if you look hard enough 2) People with underlying health issues don't deserve to die for eating lettuce 3) We should be strengthening, not weakening our regulatory processes. And properly funding them.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.
I keep beating this drum, but for a reason; most of the information in the world is not on the internet, but most people think it is. We have been told for over two generations that the internet does or will soon hold all human knowledge. This is not only false, it is far from the truth.
Nice guys finish last has been around since at least 1738, sorry to report
As soon as a work from 1947 uses the word "Sappho" when describing a female friendship I've gotta say my ears perk up
September 1776: The town of Reading, Mass. calls all free men over age 21 to a meeting to discuss giving consent to the current MA legislature and Council to draft a state constitution. They are called, "In the Name of the Independent States of America." www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2356923...
Democratic candidates in competitive races are hoping that anger over labor and delivery unit closures will prompt voters to reject the Republican lawmakers who helped enact President Trump's tax-and-spending law, which contained nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid.
As maternity wards close, community outrage rises in key battleground states
Millions of women of childbearing age live in counties where there's no place to give birth. Nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts could devastate labor-and-delivery services in already struggling hospi...
19thnews.org
“As a librarian, I think it’s important to see this as…helping people reclaim their autonomy over whether they want to use AI tools,” Bailey said. “It’s important, especially when it can be so difficult not to use them, and when the design seems to force adoption” Librarians to the rescue (again)
Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
techcrunch.com
Featuring in our current exhibition "Londoners on Trial" is eighteenth-century pick pocket Jenny Diver, so named for her ability to quickly snatch belongings from unsuspecting victims. Follow the link in our bio to read our blog about the eighteenth-century pickpocket!
Reading John Adams writing about who should get the vote and going on a journey. "Such is the Frailty of the human Heart, that very few Men, who have no Property, have any Judgment of their own." Hm. I disagree with you there, John. But wait!
📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.
Jesse Locker@jessemlocker.bsky.social · last mo.Giving myself a headache in the archives
Martha Wells Craig Thompson Caroline Cash N.K. Jemisin Naomi Novik Yes fine I'm a nerd it's FINE
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · last mo.five living writers that you've read five books by each Rita Dove Tasha Suri Courtney Milan Grant Morrison Tom Perrotta
"He tried to weaponize his vehicle" is the new "He was reaching for his waistband" which was the new "He made a furtive movement" which was the new "He matched the description"
Jennie Coughlin@jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · last mo.Federal agents have fired on at least 21 people, many in their cars, as part of President Trump’s deportation crackdown. At least five people were killed, including three U.S. citizens.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's son: I am calling for a full investigation into the events that transpired on July 7. He did not deserve to be reduced to a headline of Mexican man shot and killed by ICE. He deserved to live a quiet life as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a husband, a father, and a job creator.
At special collections with some folks who are clearly amped to be seeing some original 18th century documents and it's actually really delightful
Team: Check out this special episode of Nichole Hill's "Our Ancestors were Messy: A Black History Comedy Podcast" about the Black Loyalists who went to Nova Scotia in the wake of the Revolutionary War. Honored to play a role behind the scenes on this one! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
The Revolutionary Black Loyalists! Live with Tressie McMillan Cottom
Podcast Episode · Our Ancestors Were Messy · S1 Bonus · 1h 39m
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This just captures it, doesn't it? Sending all the positive vibes in the world to this woman.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last mo.“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com
Out now! "Perceived in Print: Indigenous American and French Ideas of the Other" by Sharon V. Salinger A fresh look at the conversations and interactions of Native Americans and French as recorded in writings from the New World www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10207/ #skystorians #booksky
LaNier is the sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson… He is also a direct descendant of Sally Hemings, who was enslaved by Jefferson and bore several of his children. The exploitative relationship began after she joined him in Paris at the age of just 14 (Jefferson was 44) and lasted for decades.
‘I wish he had done more to free enslaved people’: Thomas Jefferson’s descendant on his family’s complex legacy
Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth great-grandson, reflects on his lineage and the role of African Americans in the nation’s founding
theguardian.com
During the fight over slavery, criticism of Washington's slave owning and praise for his emancipation were being referenced in public discourse by both abolitionists *and* proslavery southerners to justify their respective views, part of a long tradition of manipulating Washington's legacy. /3
#Skystorians, head over to Reddit and @askhistorians.bsky.social today where @emilysneff.bsky.social is answering questions about the Declaration of Independence! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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OMG I can't believe I forgot it's John Adams' independence day. The better one!!
King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · last mo."The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.—I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival." - John Adams, 3 July 1776 founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...
