Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say

Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say

Study finds those who speak two languages have brains that appear around six years younger than those who speak one Learning another language could slow ageing in the brain by up to 13 years, according to research. People who speak more than one language seem to have younger brains and the more languages you speak and the earlier you speak them, the better, according to findings from a study being presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies conference in Barcelona. Continue reading...

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Before backyard barbecues and fireworks, Americans celebrated the Fourth of July with cannons, bonfires, and speeches that brought communities together. This Independence Day, we’re looking back at how holiday traditions have evolved over 250 years. → www.historicnewengland.org/the-glorious...

The Glorious Fourth | Historic New England

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I remain very enamored with this piece about a Black suffragette from my hometown of Tacoma, Washington

Contingent Magazine@contingent-mag.bsky.social · last mo.

I am delighted to be in historic Buffalo for #AAHM2026. I felt especially welcome when Emma Wathen mentioned #OurBodiesOurselves at the very first panel I attended (a session on Disability and Reproduction in the US). image: view of downtown Buffalo

The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas."

In the 'biggest book giveaway in history' WWII soldiers received pocket-sized reads

The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas."

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I think one thing the AI age has taught me is how many of my colleagues: 1. genuinely hate writing. 2. are bad at writing. 3. are bad at assessing writing. 4. really do not care about how the writing gets done. Which seems bad, because writing=thinking.

Do you have a favorite red? (Do you know its Pantone number?) Submit it for inclusion in The Second Color of Printing, an exhibition opening this fall in NYC: secondcolor.org All accepted entrants will receive an honorarium!

The Second Color Of Printing

Explore Memorial Exhibit Printing services honoring Michael Josefowicz, featuring the color red in unique designs.

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I’ve enjoyed eating at Clover Food Lab since it was a wee truck parked at lunchtime on a side street near my campus. It thrived & spread thru Boston. Bringing fresh farm-to-table to fast casual eating. Now the whole business is suddenly closing & leaving a hole in my heart & stomach.

Cambridge Day@cambridgeday.com · 2mo ago

Clover Food Lab will close Thursday Inflation, supply chain costs doom restaurant after 17 years. Founder "devastated."

🔥 “the encyclical importantly reframes technological power as part of a much larger struggle over who gets to define and control human lives… AI as a grave threat to human dignity and the latest point on a much longer timeline of domination,” dependent on a new slave labor to function. #mustread

Megan Goodwin@mpgphd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

an absolute delight to collaborate with @roopikarisam.bsky.social on this smart piece for @religiondispatches.org about the pope linking AI to histories of enslavement and exploitation check it out! religiondispatches.org/2026/05/26/l...

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I still sometimes can't believe this is happening

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ICE agents pepper-sprayed Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey.

Putting the call out to the Historians at the Movies community (& to all who love #cinema). Ideas re more female-led, female-centered films & shows we could watch on Sunday nites? Last nite's viewing of #SUFFS & the conversation were amazing. #HATM #skystorians @academic-chatter.bsky.social #movies

CAGirlinSF@cagirlinsf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

More women’s history movies please! Can I suggest “Iron Jawed Angels” with its star-studded cast of Hilary Swank, Margo Martindale, Angelica Huston, Frances O’Connor, Patrick Dempsey, Vera Farmiga, and Julia Ormond? 😁 #HATM youtu.be/raulPMuHkc8?...

I would be remiss not to note here that the violence suffragists faced from hecklers and the police was part of what motivated many (especially the suffragettes in Britain) to study jiu-jitsu and boxing. #HATM

Commenting on #hatm #suffs last night was so fun! Thanks again to @phdrachel.bsky.social for recruiting me to take part. I am writing a book on women's suffrage activism across U.S. empire, before & after 1920. I also co-direct the @maryelizaproject.bsky.social sky.social w @archifydd.bsky.social

Morning re-reading: Stephanie Syjuco, ‘The Unruly Archive’ 🤓

She actually only used the name Ruza Wenclawska (or Ruza Wenclaw) when she started acting and publishing poetry. During the suffrage movement she used the Americanized version of her name, Rose Winslow. The musical probably uses her Polish name to emphasize her status as an immigrant. #hatm

Wilson's racism makes the cross-race casting of Malone jarring (for lack of a better term). I think one needs to know about Wilson's actions and legacy for it to work--and know more than perhaps most people do #HATM #Suffs

The idea of Wilson who famously segregated the fed govt having a Black chief of staff is laughable. But Dudley Malone is a fascinating character who would go on to be part of the Clarence Darrow defense team in the #ScopesTrial #HATM #Suffs #PBSGreatPerformances en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...

Dudley Field Malone - Wikipedia

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After her husband died in 1905, Catt was with Mollie for 38 years. They were buried together. #HATM #SUFFS

#hatm if you love #suffs history, check out the @maryelizaproject.bsky.social, a digital humanities project researching the *54k women* in Boston who rushed to register to vote between August & November 1920. Their stories will surprise & delight you! And our dataset is there for YOU to explore!

Mary Eliza Project@maryelizaproject.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We have a website [sites.google.com/view/maryelizaproject/]! Our website brings together all of our work and resources: links to the dataset and research materials, the story of our project and our team, and maps and data visualizations. We'll also update the site with any upcoming events!

Suffragists kept marching on after 1920: Women in Puerto Rico could not vote until the passage of legislation in 1929, and even then suffrage was limited to literate women until 1935. Image: labor & suffrage activist Luisa Capetillo www.oah.org/process/prie... #hatm #suffs

You wouldn't know from #suffs or most published suffrage histories but 1920 was not the end of the suffrage movement in the U.S. The 19th Amendment simply did not apply to the colonial possessions of Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. #hatm www.oah.org/process/prie...

You can learn about the queer history of the suffrage movement here. #HATM nyupress.org/978147981394...

Public Faces, Secret Lives

Honorable Mention for the 2023 Francis Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize2023 Judy Grahn Award-Publishing Triangle FinalistRestores queer suffragists to their ri...

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"Lifting as we climb" was the motto of the National Association of Colored Women, long led by the elegant Mary Church Terrell (photo portrait below). "Nice dress." #hatm #suffs

Wearing white was another conscious political, visual suffragist tactic. It not only invoked feminine purity but – as I learned from @allisonklange.bsky.social and her book "Picturing Political Power" – it was a savvy choice because it showed up vividly in press photos. #hatm #suffs

Picturing Political Power

Lange's examination of the fights that led to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 reveals the power of images to change history. For as long as women have battled for equitable politi...

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It wasn't a telegram but a letter. One of the most important in women's history. Febb Burn wrote to her son, Now Harry be a good boy and let your mother have the right to vote. Don’t underestimate what can result from one person taking a stand. msmagazine.com/2025/08/22/w... #hatm #suffs

Black women *did* vote in states like Illinois, NY, and California even before 1920. And some Black women successfully wielded the 19th Amendment to vote in other states despite all the obstacles that white supremacists concocted. Let’s be careful not to erase that. #hatm #suffs

@michelleduster.bsky.social raised the funds for and coordinated an incredible mural commemorating Ida B. Wells and other Illinois suffragists #Suffs #HATM www.chicagowomenshistory.org/suffrage-mural

Suffrage Mural — Chicago Women's History Center

We are thrilled to partner with Michelle Duster, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and Columbia College to support the Suffrage Mural project in downtown Chicago created by the ar...

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"Jailed for freedom" - they later toured the country from Charleston to NY on a special train named the “Democracy Limited,” speaking to crowds while wearing their prison uniforms. They wore special jaildoor pins as a badge of honor. #hatm #suffs

Very appropriate companion reading to the coven vibes in the choreography as the radical #suffs "let the fire rage" #hatm

Allison Lange@allisonklange.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Not a history book, but I loved Once and Future Witches, which is a fantasy witches+suffrage novel! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-once-a... #suffs #hatm