This entire story is amazing in every way www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

Hiker Trekked 10 Miles to Safety After Impaling Himself on Pole

David Cifaldi was hiking up Granite Peak, Montana’s tallest mountain, last week when he slipped and fell on one of his trekking poles. A wound nurse, he went into survival mode.

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A year ago (almost). And here we are now...

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11mo ago

CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?

Happening right in front of us. The world's richest man.

Anyone with access to the International Journal of Maritime History able to do me a favor and send a copy of this review? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This is a very thorough, generous review of THE DRIVER’S STORY from Matt Childs for H-Early-America. networks.h-net.org/group/review...

Haitian migrants in Ohio fled a dangerous country to carve out a life in the U.S. doing shit work (factories, home health care, etc) that actual "Americans" refuse to do. it's the story of our nation's immigration patterns dating back 150 years and yet b/c of their skin color, they are vilified

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last mo.

After SCOTUS ruling, Stephen Miller said: "We can finally remove these Haitian migrants." If so, Springfield Ohio, in deep red Clark County, will now face major ICE raids. Springfield is the cite of the "pet eating" lie. There are up to 15,000 Haitians there: newrepublic.com/article/2124...

“Watergate pales in comparison to what we’re doing” is quite the thing to imply

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."

Our 2026 Supplement (#18) "Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850" Edited by @hsmurphy.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social) Has now been published by @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...

Very cool piece in the NYT by my Xavier colleague, Karim Tiro. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Native Leader Who Tied His People’s Fate to the Patriot Cause

For the 250th anniversary, the Times Magazine asked leading historians to profile founding-era Americans whose roles in the drama have been often overlooked.

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Man, Iran really took Trump to the cleaners. Eh?

Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat.

London people, please join us and/or help spread the word about this Voices in Slavery's Archive workshop on July 1 in Brixton. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-v...

Workshop: Voices in Slavery's Archive Project

The 'Voices' project works closely with descendant communities to understand potential uses of the reports of the 'Protector of Slaves'.

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Stories of enslaved Africans return to Guyana through ‘Voices’ archive, check these news about this new amazing project by historian Diana Paton, Randy Browne and other dear historians newsroom.gy/2026/06/10/s... #slaveryarchive

Stories of enslaved Africans return to Guyana through ‘Voices’ archive project

“These individual stories, we think, are very precious,” Professor Diana Paton said, as a project seeks to make slavery-era testimonies accessible in Guyana.

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Glad to see this, @caseyjohnston.bsky.social! Congrats!

Penn Press@pennpress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to author Casey Schmitt, whose book THE PREDATORY SEA has won the John Lyman Book Award in World Maritime History from the North American Society for Oceanic History! https://bit.ly/3QIXP7n

Congratulations to author Casey Schmitt, whose book THE PREDATORY SEA has won the John Lyman Book Award in World Maritime History from the North American Society for Oceanic History! https://bit.ly/3QIXP7n

Good article about our Voices in Slavery’s Archive project, focused on our work this week in Guyana. newsroom.gy/2026/06/10/s...

Stories of enslaved Africans return to Guyana through ‘Voices’ archive project

“These individual stories, we think, are very precious,” Professor Diana Paton said, as a project seeks to make slavery-era testimonies accessible in Guyana.

newsroom.gy

Nice to see this review of THE DRIVER'S STORY in @thejerpano.bsky.social. Linda Noel praises "its clear prose, informed observations, and brevity," & its "in-depth analysis of the workings of the system of slavery and the lives of individuals caught up within it." muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...

WILD shot in the electronic dark: does anyone know the population of Fort-de-France and Saint-Pierre (Martinique) in 1860? Preferably urban vs. whole municipality? 🗃️ I WILL THANK YOU FORMALLY!

As an impatient person, having a manuscript under review for nearly six month is...character building?

The annual Academic Jobs Report by the AHA is here. For me, the two big takeaways are (i) a roughly 15% drop in the total number of History faculty since 2010, and (ii) a 20% drop from the previous year in tenure/tenure-track job ads in last year's hiring cycle. Not irreversible, but pretty grim.

The 2025 Academic Jobs Report – AHA

The latest available data on higher education hiring proves that history departments are shrinking.

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My university is going all in on an initiative to make sure all students learn how to "ethically" and "responsibly" use AI.

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A whole university can’t even write a fucking horrible tweet about AI without AI.

Nice to see this very positive review of THE DRIVER'S STORY in the German journal, sehepunkte, by Stephan Conermann. www.sehepunkte.de/2026/05/4126...

Favorite Early America/Atlantic/Caribbean history books in Spanish? I have a (non-academic) friend who asked for suggestions but most of what I'd recommend to him I can't find in Spanish. Thanks for any suggestions.

Tired: suspecting a student work was done w/ ChatGPT Wired: suspecting an admin email was done w/ ChatGPT

NPR announces it has secured philanthropic gifts totaling more than $110 million -- including the largest by a living donor in NPR's history -- as a strategic investment in its future. This comes after Congress chose to eliminate federal funding for all public media. https://loom.ly/B71nWB8

Historic $113M investment catalyzes NPR's strategic push for digital growth and network sustainability - Editor and Publisher

NPR has received philanthropic gifts totaling more than $110 million — including the largest by a living donor in NPR's history — as a strategic investment in its future. These gifts will be used to expand audience connection, accelerate digital transformation and increase the sustainability of the national NPR Network.

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"Hampshire, in Amherst, Mass., joins an epidemic of college closures over the past two decades. More than 300 U.S. colleges and universities closed from 2008 to 2024, according to an analysis by The Hechinger Report."

Hampshire College Will Close Amid Student Enrollment Declines

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Choice selected THE DRIVER'S STORY as one of five Outstanding Academic Titles in History, Geography & Area Studies. www.choice360.org/choice-pick/...

Could someone with access to Past & Present send me a PDF of this article, please? academic.oup.com/past/article...

Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trade Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920*

Abstract. A new survey of ‘Liberated Africans’ exposes how global calculations of involuntary African indentured labour after 1800 have been significantly

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Excellent news for the field www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

UCL History Secures $575k Grant for Caribbean Enslaved People Database

A $575,000 grant from a North American funder will support the development of a database of enslaved people at the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS).

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