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This is great news--these are amazing sources!

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Hey folks guess what GUESS WHAT? It's #BNPreorder time again! You can get 25% off any pre-order at @barnesandnoble.com from now till the 7th, including the TPB of NECROBANE and ADVOCATE! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/necrobane-... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/advocate-d...

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

In Fairfax County, Va: "The woman said the incident was so frightening to her 10-year-old daughter that she cried and asked to stay home from school Monday." "'She’s afraid that when she comes home from school, I'll be gone,'" the woman said." www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/n...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Why are university presses important? A thread 🧵

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

ProPublica might just be the most critical media outlet in the country. I am a financial supporter. You should be too.

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Very sad news today that the great Peter Kolchin, author of _Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (1987)_ and more recently _Emancipation: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom_ has passed away. RIP to one of the greats. 🗃️

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Lindsey Bestebreurtje is a curatorial assistant at Smithsonian’s NMAAHC. This interview is based on her new book, Built by the People Themselves: African American Community Development in Arlington, Virginia, from the Civil War through Civil Rights currentpub.com/2025/01/07/t...

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

VDOT urges drivers to stay off road as NWS bumps up snowfall forecast

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Well this is sure to help with my crippling perfectionism. (And, fittingly, deleted and reposted because of a typo in the alt text.)

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The History Department at UNC Chapel Hill seeks a Teaching Professor to teach a 3:3 load, including the American Revolution and early American history unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/294...

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

What are we DOING here? We're just meant to sit and act like this insane plagiarism and climate threat that requires more money than anything has ever cost is worth it? Are we meant to pretend that ChatGPT is worth this aimless, meaningless destruction of capital and our environment? For what?

submitted 57 days ago • 278 comments

It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️

submitted 57 days ago • 95 comments

Amazing work in local history from Annabelle Spencer, Shemika Curvey, the Center for Mason Legacies, and community collaborators including the Balch Library's Black History Committee: legacies.gmu.edu/articles/21551

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If there's anything Spurs defenders love more than recovering a ball and passing it directly back to the other team, it's stealing that ball from a better-positioned teammate in order to do so.

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Hey - Underground Empire is three bucks on Kindle for the next few hours amzn.to/3DiFSp8 - buy it or pass it on!

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

An excellent example of how history helps us understand the present—not so much by direct analogy as by comparisons and contrasts that help us better define questions and issues to consider.

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My goals for winter break: 1. Finish every writing project. 2. Lose ten pounds. 3. Bake and eat all the pies. 4. Work out everyday. 5. Prep for each meeting of every class for next quarter. 6. Catch up on emails. 7. Just chill and relax ya know? This is not at all a recipe for disappointment.

submitted 75 days ago • 10 comments

From Harry Litman, “Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times” — “I don’t want to continue to work for a paper that is appeasing Trump and facilitating his assault on democratic rule for craven reasons.” open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

submitted 80 days ago • 56 comments

This is a great point and a powerful and moving piece of art.

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Coming soon! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

submitted 98 days ago • 6 comments

I would appreciate my followers reposting this job ad. We are looking to hire an associate editor at the Papers of Martin Van Buren. Details about qualifications, salary, duties, etc., are at the link. www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning new followers! I'm Jim Ambuske, Co-Head of R2 Studios, the podcast depart. of @rrchnm.bsky.social at GMU. I'm a historian of the American Revolution and Scotland, and I make history podcasts for a living. Check out my own Worlds Turned Upside Down! www.r2studios.org/show/worlds-...

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