In today's Muster, we congratulate Amy Murrell Taylor for winning the @richardscenter.bsky.social Prize for the best article published in the @jcwe.bsky.social . Congratulations Dr. Taylor! www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/anno...

Announcing the Winner of the 2025 George and Ann Richards Prize - The Journal of the Civil War Era

Amy Murrell Taylor has won the $1,000 George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2025. The article, “More Than a ‘Pile of Rude Boards’: Space, ...

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I am starting to get the sneaking suspicion the Confederacy was insufficiently punished

Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi...

They took this down. Would be a shame if a lot of people saw it and reposted

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country, we have 50 states, all these people, we're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things

Grateful for this positive review of Opium Slavery in Emerging Civil War. First book review in the books! emergingcivilwar.com/2026/02/03/b...

Book Review: Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis - Emerging Civil War

Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis. By Jonathan S. Jones. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Softcover, 412 pp. $39.95. Reviewed by Tim Talbott...

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PSA: The Marshall Foundation in Lexington, VA is hiring. You would not believe what they have in their archives. networks.h-net.org/jobs/69739/g...

Amidst all the tragic news a bright spot: @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social has named the finalists for the Lincoln Prize and among them are some fabulous historians including @jgiesber.bsky.social @amarshall.bsky.social Doug Egerton and @jonathansjones.bsky.social -- a Binghamton U. PhD. Congrats!

Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 9mo ago

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes.

Former advisee and Binghamton PhD @jonathansjones.bsky.social publishes his amazing book OPIUM SLAVERY on the opioid crisis after the Civil War. A must read for all students of US history.

Congratulations to Binghamton University grad student Youngin Jang who received the Holmes Award at the meeting of the Southern Historical Assn for the best paper given by a graduate student or junior faculty member. Her dissertation is on working class children families in antebellum Baltimore.

#NoKings #Antifa 🇺🇸 👊🏻

No kings in Binghamton NY. 4000 strong.

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I think I'm just as excited as Jonathan!! Congratulations, Jonathan! I can't wait to get a copy in my hands!

Jonathan S. Jones@jonathansjones.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Look what came in the mail today, @uncpress.bsky.social @simpsonvos.bsky.social @profsommerville.bsky.social! 🗃️

We've got a cover and a publication date (April 3, 2026).

New AP history prompt: Did Father Coughlin do politics right? Discuss.

Tis the season to make plans to reclaim and cherish your book-life balance! See my 10-step handout “How to Read a Book” @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social #skystorians #gradstudents #howtoreadabook #bibliophiles #selfcare commonplace.online/article/how-...

How to Read a Book: The X-Ray Method for Achieving a Sustainable “Book-Life Balance” - Commonplace

This is why you need a plan: to read attentively but efficiently, and sustainably, without surrendering your book-life balance.

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Here's the map of violent crime rates. Before you ask what the dots are blah blah, just click through and use the interactive version!

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MIT study found that AI overuse causes measurable brain damage. “Cognitive atrophy.. like a muscle that’s forgotten how to work” MIT Publication - arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088... Time Magazine - time.com/7295195/ai-c...

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

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100 years ago today a Tennessee grand jury indicted science teacher John Scopes for violating the state’s law making it a crime “to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.”

Oklahoma is forcing the Supreme Court to choose: Either the justices can allow more religious control of public schools, or they can respect the wishes of the Founding Fathers, writes Adam Laats.

Oklahoma Is Asking the Supreme Court to Ignore History

The Founders had disagreements about the role of religion in America’s public schools, but there was always one line they would not cross.

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Binghamton New York. Drenching rain, 500 democracy loving peeps #HandsOff

Your tariff rate is your star sign divided by the number of boys you've kissed, multiplied by one

DOGE Demands Deep Cuts at Humanities Endowment www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/a...

DOGE Demands Deep Cuts at Humanities Endowment

The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums, scholarship and historical sites, could see grants curtailed and staffing slashed by up to 80 percent.

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Do you feel bewildered by the current state of the nation? In a thoughtful new piece in @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social, @rparkinson.bsky.social provides some historical context from 1770s PA to explain how bewilderment and chaos agents are not new in America. 🗃️ commonplace.online/article/bewi...

Bewilderment as a Way of Understanding America’s Present – and Past - Commonplace

Circumstances in which people are feeling extreme disorientation are potent breeding grounds for people who are willing to exploit it to take advantage in moments of crisis.

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Y'all, listen to this glowing review of Last Seen by @jgiesber.bsky.social on @nprfreshair.bsky.social! Congratulations Judy!!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... 🗃️

The AHA and the OAH have released a joint statement condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources that include essential data. 🗃️

AHA–OAH Joint Statement on Federal Censorship of American History

The American Historical Association (AHA) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have released a joint statement condemning federal censorship of American history.

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The Pentagon has turned Medal of Honor recipient, Sgt. William Carney, who served in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, into a 404-Error. 🗃️ taskandpurpose.com/news/soldier...

Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie 'Glory' erased from Pentagon website

Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him for DEI reasons.

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