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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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a significant difficulty in teaching public history college students how to write newspaper op-eds is that they have never held a physical paper newspaper in their lives and so "opposite the editorial page" has zero meaning to them.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

Again, where are the university presidents & why is it not “collectively in front of microphones in DC raising hell about this”? bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 10 hours ago • 10 comments

Text “STOP” to stop the world and melt with me.

submitted 62 days ago • 8 comments

Perorin (the mascot of Shimoda, Japan) is a mix of Commodore Perry and a penguin. Here he is wearing a fish costume.

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

JOIN. US. USAC #Gravel Nationals, 9/20/25 in La Crescent #MN. #driftless #gravelnats #minnbike #bikesky

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"All I want to do is scream at the top of my lungs. But I’m trying my best to keep it together for my students—to try and be the hope for them that sometimes I struggle to have for myself." higher-ed leaders, researchers and students on the last few weeks: www.chronicle.com/article/what...

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In many ways it's fitting that the showdown between monarchy and democracy ends up being over NYC congestion pricing. Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space. The cameras are staying on!

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

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Canadian wartime patriotism … INCREASING

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The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has threatened to annihilate 60 years of advancements in equal opportunity by eliminating all federal funding for schools that support and celebrate students from diverse backgrounds. 🧵 1/

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

I am disappointed in the way that history continues to occur. we don’t need any more events right now, we have enough. plenty even. stop eventing.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

U.S. media: Interviewing retired Democrats about whether taking over Canada would help them electorally Canadian media: Interviewing retired counterinsurgency advisors on what a campaign of resistance against an armed invasion would look like

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

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