Wendy Rouse
@wendylrouse.bsky.social
Professor, Historian, Author of A Queer History of the Women's Suffrage Movement; Her Own Hero: Origins of the Women's Self-Defense Movement; Children of Chinatown, 1850-1920, History Teacher Prep, (she/her) #WomensHistory #LGBTQHistory 🏳️🌈 🗃️ WendyLRouse.com
There is much more to debate in this article. I’ll just say here that it significantly downplays the Trump administration’s assault on transgender people and LGBTQ history. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy (Gift Article)
The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.
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The AHA has signed on to an @acls1919.bsky.social statement responding to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s “National Call to Action” addressing declining trust in higher ed. “The Secretary’s letter conveniently omits that her own administration has done its best to undermine public trust.”
AHA Signs On to ACLS Statement on US Secretary of Education’s “National Call to Action”
The AHA has signed on to a statement from the American Council of Learned Societies (ALCS) in response to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s “National Call to Action” addressing a decline in Ameri...
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I‘m far from an AI doomer, but it is amazing how many serious voices — on LinkedIn, no less! — are sharing stories about how AI slop is quickly becoming one of the top problems they see in academic writing and research “AI will 10x our research!” doesn’t seem to be surviving encounters with reality
The erasures continue unabated. 19thnews.org/2026/08/nati... 🗃️ 🏳️🌈
National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record
The revisions have scrubbed or softened accounts of violence, slavery, activism and lived experiences, raising questions about whose stories the government considers worth telling.
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“Am I just interacting with bots here?” In the classroom: “A.I. cheating is quickly accelerating beyond the copy-and-pasting of chatbot-produced essays and problem sets…Agents can watch lecture videos, take tests, write papers and chat with classmates about reading assignments.”
A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students (Gift Article)
As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.
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“Am I just interacting with bots here?” In the classroom: “A.I. cheating is quickly accelerating beyond the copy-and-pasting of chatbot-produced essays and problem sets…Agents can watch lecture videos, take tests, write papers and chat with classmates about reading assignments.”
A.I. Agents Are Taking Entire Online Courses for Cheating Students (Gift Article)
As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.
nytimes.com
Stay in school kids (and don’t rely on AI to do your work for you).
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3w agoThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
If you have an academic in your life, please be gentle with them this weekend because they're probably freaking the fuck out.
Joseph M. Adelman@jmadelman.bsky.social · 3w agoBecause the 1st is a Saturday, “How is it August already?!” will be observed today, Friday, July 31, 2026. Please panic accordingly.
Assistant Professor tenure-track position in History Education. 🗃️ #sschat networks.h-net.org/jobs/70130/s...
San Jose State University - Assistant Professor - History - Social Science Ed/Teacher Prep/Ethnic Studies | H-Net
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“Why does Musk get a pass? Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project”
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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PSA: If you use AI to write your I’m-interested-in-your-graduate-program email, do not proceed, do not apply, do literally anything else in the world but contact me ever again.
Musk is Timothy McVeigh with a trillion dollars.
Avel Guénin--Carlut@fluffycyborgii.bsky.social · 4w agoWould assume everyone knows it by now, but just in case "First the traitors, then the invaders" is an explicit reference to The Turner Diaries, where a white supremacist revolution overruns "The System" and kills all their enemy during the evocatively named "Day of the Rope".
It was actually before this, just targeting trans people and few were willing to call it out then.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 4w agoMusk's persistence in socialising pre-emptive inter-ethnic violence + legitimising violence against political opponents "traitors" (sometimes combined with concerns about rhetoric from the left towards him) grew after the Charlie Kirk murder, cf Tommy Robinson rally www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
"First the traitors then the invaders" is Elon Musk endorsing an open call to prioritise political murders + assassinations before violence against migrants and minorities. Still little recognition in the UK government at the persistence of the promotion of political violence - inc murder - by Musk
Musk has been doing this since he took over Twitter - directing violence toward trans folks, immigrant groups, and now politicians and journalists. The richest man in the world is funding and facilitating fascism worldwide.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 4w agoElon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
It is a structural practice. From being bullied in school, to being threatened for the expression of our affection. Our bodies, love and even existence are regulated and oppressed by the state. Our events, organizations and spaces get attacked nearly daily. All of this because our mere existence
Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...
Cue the Progressive Era historians…
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last mo.Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
I don't think we are taking the issue of ChatGPT & GenAI in education seriously enough. The dull, monotonous responses and lack of critical thinking I am seeing is now at a whole new level (than even a year ago) as increasingly individuals choose to outsource their thinking to the machines.
I don't think we are taking the issue of ChatGPT & GenAI in education seriously enough. The dull, monotonous responses and lack of critical thinking I am seeing is now at a whole new level (than even a year ago) as increasingly individuals choose to outsource their thinking to the machines.
They say: “American History is Worth Learning” [Posts picture from British history].
They say: “American History is Worth Learning” [Posts picture from British history].
Job Announcement: Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in History/Social Science Education at San Jose State University jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job... #sschat 🗃️
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Historians Reject White House’s Criticism of Smithsonian Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/a...
Historians Reject White House’s Criticism of Smithsonian Museum
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Historians Reject White House’s Criticism of Smithsonian Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/a...
Historians Reject White House’s Criticism of Smithsonian Museum
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Job Announcement: Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in History/Social Science Education at San Jose State University jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job... #sschat 🗃️
San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - History - Social Science Ed/Teacher Prep/Ethnic Studies
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled that states can ban transgender girls from school sports. This is a devastating ruling for trans students across the country who simply want the freedom to play with their friends.
Expectedly abhorrent decision by the US Supreme Court enshrining the dehumanization of trans athletes. All arguments about ‘fairness’ aside, what happens in sport *never* supersedes the basic right of trans people to exist. This is a shameful day for the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
