The SHA annual Classic Texts interview will be held October 8th at 2:30 ET featuring Gender and Jim Crow by @glendagilmore.bsky.social with comments by the author and Crystal Feimster and Elizabeth McRae. Pre-registration via zoom required. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Seeing the Danube for the first time reminded me of that joy of seeing a place I knew existed but had never actually experienced. The joy of learning. The joy of knowing very little about something and it sparking a childlike curiosity. May we all find more of that joy.

Roberts’ 2024 opinion without textual or historical legitimacy, granted Trump immunity for virtually all crimes ushered in reign of domestic terror, and now an unconstitutional and shameful war for oil. No one has done more to destroy the “rule of law” than Roberts. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

If We had a Functional Constitution, We Wouldn’t have an Illegal War

MAGA stooges destroyed the rule of law

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NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system. Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic.

The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...

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In intro courses we read our primary sources in class together and group discussion afterwards. Only way I can get some students to read a page or two.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last yr.

I've been teaching at Princeton over the same period and the drop-off in reading stamina has been staggering. I'm not sure of the cause -- some blame K-12 shifts to "chunk reading" while others pin it on COVID -- but it's undeniable.

Yeah this is the thing I'm told me and all my students need to uncritically embrace so they can get a job after college

Paul Waldman@paulwaldman.bsky.social · last yr.

Cool cool cool www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Excited to share I will be joining the history department at UMBC in the Fall. Looking forward to meeting new students and colleagues and getting back in the classroom.

Excited to share I will be joining the history department at UMBC in the Fall. Looking forward to meeting new students and colleagues and getting back in the classroom.

the White House's erasure of slavery (except for as something the founders sought to curb, which is weird since it didn't otherwise exist and wasn't otherwise bad) from its 250 materials is pretty bleak, a rewrite more reactionary than the 1876, 1926, or 1976 centennials.

Historic Places are the cornerstone of the National Park Service mission, and they (almost) always have been.

American Historical Association@historians.org · last yr.

How did the national parks grow from Yellowstone and Yosemite to include historic preservation? @ddmeringolo.bsky.social explains the early history of the NPS in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️

Every time I have tried to have an open mind and use chatgpt for academic research (finding new articles, etc), it has been entirely useless. The vast majority of citations are fake. Literally every single quote is made up. It's just a lie machine! I can't fathom how people have come to rely on it.

NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities. By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing

ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate ...

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Breaking News: The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on HIV vaccines, terminating a $258 million program critical to the research.

Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

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I know that the NEH Summer Stipend is being canceled but did anyone receive one this year? And did anyone receive their submission evaluations?

It’s not medical advice to advocate for vaccines when you head the nation’s largest public health agency and it’s your charge. Arguably, however it is (very bad) medical advice when you promote useless interventions such as budesonide, vitamin A, clarithromycin as a false equivalent to vaccines

🦋Dr. Natalia🕊🌻🪬@solnatamd.medsky.social · last yr.

RFK Jr, Secretary of HHS: "I don't think that people should take medical advice from me".

The president has covered the Oval Office in gold, is planning a massive military parade for his birthday, and is now accepting $400,000,000 luxury planes from foreign powers as personal presents. What the fuck are we doing here?

Major airspace closures for civil aviation announced by both Pakistan (all airspace) and India (along the border with Pakistan) in the last few hours. We're possibly about to witness the start of the most intense and broad-spectrum direct conflict between two nuclear-armed states ever.

Got the notification that I did not win an NEH summer stipend, which I assumed with the gutting of the NEH. But did anyone? Understanding the human experience is paramount in times like these. Humanities funding opportunities were already comically low, but the work must go on. Keep writing!

Framing the adoption of AI as an historical inevitability, rather than a way to do a thing you want or need done, gives the game away. Nobody selling it this hard cares whether it helps; they want it to be the thing you have to deal with, like it or not. Problems, solutions, what’s the difference?

Dr Keith 🎃 Wilson@keithwilson.eu · last yr.

Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷‍♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...

NEW: The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from. By @abrahm.bsky.social

White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On

Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.

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Anyone debating or analyzing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's life or record is doing a grave disservice. He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama. It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.

Insurance companies aren’t just players in the fight with doctors over money; they’re also the referees. They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions. By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take

This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.

Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · 2y ago

I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat

SoEx Spotlight: Sam Bisno, a Mitchell Scholar and MA student at Queen's University Belfast, will be discussing his thesis at SoEx on April 9! His work lies at the intersection of labor, technology, slavery and emancipation, and capitalism.