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Seth Rockman

@sethrockman.bsky.social

Historian at Brown University: https://history.brown.edu/people/seth-e-rockman Author of _Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery_ Nov. 2024, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo237040605.html

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Seth Rockman@sethrockman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Scholarly folks who have ever received federal funding: today is the deadline for public comment on proposed revisions that will decimate our national research capacity and replace expertise with political whim. Please consider throwing in your 2¢. See below for some useful links and encouragement.

Marcus Rediker@marcusrediker.bsky.social · last mo.

July 4th from below! How rebellious sailors, enslaved people, and the motley crew propelled the American Revolution, a condensed chapter of *The Many-Headed Hydra*, written by Peter Linebaugh and me, now published in *Economic and Political Weekly*, based in Mumbai. www.epw.in/journal/2026...

A Motley Crew in the American Revolution

In October 1765 a mob of sailors wearing blackface and masks, armed with clubs and cutlasses, visited the home of wealthy Charleston merchant Henry Laurens. Eighty strong and warm with drink and anger...

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝙻𝚊𝚋@stamplab.bsky.social · last mo.

The Americana Series. Not a single president was portrayed in the series. Nixon had resigned '74. The inherent meaning of the Bicentennial was to the fore. And my hope this 4th? ...may this also be the light of genuine accountability. The final block of the Americana series; America's Light:

I would imagine the symbolism behind America's Light could have any number of meanings to many Americans. Personally, "...we hold these truths to be self evident", comes to mind.
Seth Rockman@sethrockman.bsky.social · last mo.

Really sorry to be learning about this here. Doubly sorry to learn that my university's upper administration has no guidance or response.

Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown University: ‘Academic integrity is at risk’

The renowned economist Roberto Serrano has ‘overwhelming evidence’ that his students cheated. He thinks the time has come for an in-depth debate so the technology does not signal the end of higher edu...

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Seth Rockman@sethrockman.bsky.social · last mo.

Attended a beautiful bat mitzvah on Saturday, which included a reading of Emma Lazarus's New Colossus (1883). It felt like a radical act. It shouldn't be. This is our superpower. This is the secret sauce. This is what makes America great.

The New Colossus BY EMMA LAZARUS Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last mo.

John Roberts' Constitution forbids any attempt to proactively ameliorate racial discrimination and racial inequality, but permits open racial discrimination as long as there is a facially neutral explanation available, even if it isn't remotely plausible. This, my friends, is "Colorblindness."

Kara N. Slade@karanslade.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I think part of the reason people are reacting so strongly to Magnifica Humanitas is that most of us are longing for someone with power, anyone, to stand up against the soul-crushing machinery (and with regular people) and say "no, this is wrong, and I am on your side."

Seth Rockman@sethrockman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

First faculty meetings of Fall 2026 must involve amending departmental standards and criteria to guarantee an AI-free evaluation to all candidates for tenure and promotion.

S.J. Pearce@homophonous.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Oh my god I almost fell out of my chair when a senior colleague told me he was using ChatGPT to evaluate a tenure file as an external reviewer because he wanted to help the candidate but didn’t have the time to read all the work.

Seth Rockman@sethrockman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

First faculty meetings of Fall 2026 must involve amending departmental standards and criteria to guarantee an AI-free evaluation to all candidates for tenure and promotion.

S.J. Pearce@homophonous.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Oh my god I almost fell out of my chair when a senior colleague told me he was using ChatGPT to evaluate a tenure file as an external reviewer because he wanted to help the candidate but didn’t have the time to read all the work.