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Hey #skystorians, what advice can we give young historians about where to look for grants for public history projects, now that NEH is devastated? I'm working on a resource on this at the moment, but also I think it's a conversation we need to have. #historians #publichistory

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This is a subject I have been brooding about for some time. I am grateful to the Washington Monthly for posting this piece. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...

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#skystorians, if you want to write about the constitutional history of the federal judiciary as part of check and balances, reach out. [email protected] 🗃️

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the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does

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Important news for the #envhist crowd: We are hiring an Associate Professor of Environmental History! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Application deadline is August 7. Some tips for those interested from abroad in thread 👇

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Superb analysis of the hyperaccelerated backlash against civil rights in the 1st months of Trump’s second term by @nhannahjones.bsky.social. When Heritage’s Mike Gonzalez describes Trump as “on the warpath against the radical `60s,” he could easily mean 1860s as well. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

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A terrific mini-documentary on wolves, cattle, and modern day range riders.

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Grape Nuts (holding me back): Whoa whoa whoa, hey man, just let it go! This asshole isn't worth it!

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PhD stands for “posting here daily”

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The passing of a legend: Bill Moyers, a former press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson who turned into a longtime broadcast journalist and champion of public media, has died at age 91. His son tells me Moyers died of complications from a long illness.

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It’s totally normal to start writing another book when you’re already working on a different one. Right?

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Absolute Units returns!!! In this ep, we speak to environmental historian @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social about her research into pigs in medieval England. Topics include: taking your hogs for a walk, the Hapsburg chin of domestic pigs, Babe 2, and so much more. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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We are hiring! Fully tenured associate professorship in environmental history! We are looking for someone who can be a strong contributor to the history group, to a new #envhum related MA program (if all goes well), and to @greenhouseuis.net. #envhist

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If you are visiting #nationalparks this summer, you can: — tell park rangers that you support them and the great work that they do — post your photos to social media with hashtags in support of parks and their staff — donate money to nonprofit organizations that support parks

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This may only make sense to a certain generation of Minnesotans, but I see a LOT of parallels between Mamdani's campaign and Paul Wellstone's run for Senate, including - savvy outsider putting in huge ground game and careful coalition-building - embrace of liberal politics - innovative design

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@usnatarchives.bsky.social post on X:

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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place before all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

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Protecting sources is the most important part of my work. So I'll post, in images I created, most of the text from the original internal communication NARA staff received yesterday about visitor requirements, bus services, and parking.

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The dismantling of the research apparatus that made America the science and tech giant it's been over the past century is the greatest own-goal in history. We haven't even begun to calculate or feel the losses

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Just two weeks until this fantastic double book launch event, featuring two brilliant authors in US environmental history - Pollyanna Rhee & Rebecca K. Wright. See poster for details and the link below to register. 📚 buff.ly/83uWXH4 Thursday 26th June, Zoom

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This kind of claim would lead you to fail in my classes.

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The GOP sell-off of our public lands might be out of the budget bill for now, but don't lose sight of this.

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PALLONE: With regard to vaccines, are you just afraid to receive public comments on proposals? There's been no public process RFK JR: We have a public process for regulating vaccines. It's called the ACIP committee. PALLONE: You fired the committee!

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Preorder now!! Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums Coming out with @uchicagopress.bsky.social in October 2025. Only $20 in paperback for a full color book with 80 pictures of dead things. It’s beautiful! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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The GOP sell-off of our public lands might be out of the budget bill for now, but don't lose sight of this.

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Public land selloff is OUT of the Big Beautiful Bill, as the parliamentarian rules it not compliant with the Byrd rule. Several other sections also killed:

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Thankfully we have good news on something. But Mike Lee will try this again.

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This is an excellent & insightful thread on how we got to where we are (especially how Peter Thiel got to be who he is—read the whole thing):

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This is an outrageous attack on the public lands.

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My response to the GOP’s efforts to sell public lands as Trump Interior Secretary Doug Burgum arrives in New Mexico.

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With the mobile chicken coop project done I can finally get back to the Farmall H project.

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Just bottled up my first ever batch of dandilion wine. We’ll know in about four to six months if it was worth all the work.

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Matthew has been doing yeoman’s work creating a local backup of Chronicling America, just in case—for himself & Viral Texts—& documenting his processes for other scholars to learn from/imitate In this new post he outlines how he added search functionality to his local copy of ChronAm

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In brighter news, I had no idea James McMurtry released a new album.

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Camels spent the first forty million years of their evolution exclusively in North America.

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Now let’s get the public lands out of there.

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