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jameslonghurst.bsky.social
college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.
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yeah me too buddy, me too

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For your mental health I present: Plum’s paws

submitted 11 hours ago • 197 comments

Email was a mistake. Let’s cancel that whole thing. If it’s not important enough to be typewritten, mimeographed and circulated into physical inboxes, it doesn’t need to be said.

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

My financial planner said my investments took a little “dipsy doodle” and I suddenly feel like I’ll never be able to retire.

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States? We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

John Cusack & Minnie Driver in George Armitage's Grosse Pointe Blank, which was released 28 years ago today 📷 Melinda Sue Gordon, 1997 #filmsky @johncusack.bsky.social

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The White House recently directed the termination of thousands of grants from federal agencies that serve the history field, including NEH, IMLS, and NPS. We are asking history orgs that received cancellation letters and emails to send us copies of these notices. Read more at tinyurl.com/479x3r2f.

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Artist: Innocent Chikeze

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A zombie apocalypse story where everyone still has to keep showing up for work and paying bills the whole time

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

hey, uh. college textbook publishers: where, exactly, in the world, are your textbooks printed? Is it outside of the United States? Are those textbooks we just ordered for Fall 2025 going to have tariffs added between the time that they were chosen for classes and when they're ordered?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Here's something you can do right now. Let's all become members of the National Museum of African American History and Culture! support.si.edu/site/Donatio...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

It doesn't help my professional life that I still cannot tell the functional difference in our organization between Onedrive and Sharepoint.

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there is something in my life making a new sound. I don't know what application or app; I don't know what device -- phone? ipad? laptop? desktop? -- it's too faint to place. But it's some sort of occasional notification sound, a random distant trill. AND IT'S DRIVING ME MAD.

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BREAKING: China raises tariffs on all US goods from 84% to 125% with effect from April 12

submitted 1 day ago • 455 comments

I spent five minutes in class today explaining who Johnny Carson was.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Current mood

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

The AHA is compiling resources developed by historians in response to recent actions by the federal governments. We welcome submissions from our members about op-eds, media appearances, or other resources they've contributed offering historical context and insight to the public. 🗃️

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Here it is, your moment of Zen.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

This is insanity and any university president with a modicum of self-respect, wisdom, or integrity would publicly object to it happening on their campuses

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Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx

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