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This is fascinating:

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"No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State" - U.S. constitution abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

submitted 8 days ago • 189 comments

Too good not to share…

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Learned last night that we’re getting a Netflix miniseries on the Garfield assassination with Michael Shannon as Garfield and Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur, and how are we not all talking about this? www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

submitted 20 days ago • 176 comments

I don’t read much political science, but this is an insightful book that shows how peripheral actors commonly drive territorial expansion, along with the geopolitical risks in assuming that expansion is always controlled, planned and organized by presidents, the center, etc. 🗃️ #skystorians #booksky

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In honor of May Day 🚩, we've scoured our archives to bring to you some of the best pieces that explore the history of labor struggles in the US. We've also linked to timeless advice pieces about how to find balance and joy in our work as academics. Give us a follow if you like what you see. 🗃️

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Thoughtful piece connecting the Bracero era to Trump’s immigration regime. 🗃️

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In late April, 1970, Texas Rangers appeared in Uvalde, pointing rifles at students who walked out of school in protest at discrimination. This #OTD thread explores the Ranger’s role in the Anglo establishment’s effort to stop this protest. /1

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

There’s something about owning a dog that turns someone into an amateur photographer. Our dog Dolly (the Doodle at right) with her best friend Ella earlier today. #dogs #dogsofbluesky

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A little ambient/avant-garde music for a Sunday afternoon. #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #metalsky

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Disturbing for many reasons, one being that this reporting hasn’t come out sooner… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

submitted 27 days ago • 268 comments

#nowspinning #vinylcommunity #metal

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Not good…

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“The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.”

submitted 28 days ago • 910 comments

INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 32 days ago • 285 comments

There is no good reason why this couldn’t have been put to a public vote.

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This monstrosity was also banned in Texas in the early 80s, long after most historians argue that labor/working-class activism was a viable force in the United States. I have an article coming out about this soon, which I’ll share here. #skystorians 🗃️

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I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.

submitted 33 days ago • 4243 comments

The Senator will be my guest tonight on @allinwithchris.bsky.social

submitted 34 days ago • 440 comments

Historians: can anyone recommend me good studies of Mennonites in northern Mexico after 1920? Asking for a student. English or Spanish is fine. #skystorians #history #mexico 🗃️

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Texan here. More of this, please.

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So by paying our taxes, we pay for a Central American dictator who runs the 116th-richest nation in the world to build five more supermax concentration camps slated to be filled with our countrymen and wholly innocent legal permanent residents of the United States? Is that right?

submitted 35 days ago • 714 comments

This amazing/catchy song from one of the most underrated bands of the 21st century has been stuck in my head since yesterday… #metalsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=d-FK...

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Saturday afternoon grading/book manuscript editing soundtrack. #nowspinning #vinylcommunity 🗃️

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Really interesting piece on “pseudo-claims” and federal benefits/unemployment fraud. I didn’t think it was possible at this point for anything to come out that would make Musk and Doge look even worse, yet here we are. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Liberty and academic freedom are on the line here in TX… #AcademicChatter #skystorians 🗃️ www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/t...

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"The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the deletion of two research collections that might violate state law, a memo obtained by Mississippi Today shows. "One of the now deleted collections focused on 'race relations' and the other on 'gender studies'...” mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...

submitted 39 days ago • 253 comments

Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death

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Getting to the stock market crash and Smoot-Hawley tariff in my modern US history survey today. There are…a few…parallels to today. I will be severely disappointed if class discussion is anything less than robust. 🗃️ #skystorians

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I’ve often told my students that I wished I had an image of the US Army marching against the Bonus Army in front the US Capitol or White House in the summer of ‘32. I’ve seen plenty of images of the camp, but I’d never seen the image below until today. I find this chilling. #skystorians 🗃️

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