Eddie Valentin

Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.

Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...

Snow falling in NC, travel dangerous, flights canceled at RDU, child falls through ice: Live Updates For the second week in a row, the ABC 11 Weather Team is tracking a winter storm that's bringing inches of snow across NC including the Outer Banks

When I was stationed at Fort Bragg in February 2014, we received a couple inches of snow, and we couldn’t go in to work for the whole week. The storm effectively shut everything down. This storm seems much worse than that!

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Book cover of “The Dead March: A History of the Mexican-American War” by Peter Guardino

Book 2 of 2026! Highly recommend this one for anyone interested in the Mexican-American War. It’s a great blend of social history and military history.

Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.

It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.

History & Public Policy - AHA AHA Advocacy at the Federal Level Supporting Robust Funding for History & the Humanities The American Historical Association is unique among history organizations with the breadth and depth of our adv...

The AHA supports the historians who work for the National Park Service and the hundreds of parks and national historic sites they preserve and interpret. Check out our #AHAPerspectives series on the historical work of NPS. 🗃️

The HIGH in Minneapolis today was -7 degrees. Amazing turnout and energy.

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

So you can't copyright anything you write with it, and if you use it to actually create something, they will own a piece.

This company and this entire business model is for Suckers and Dopes only.

I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

#24 for Miami is going to be in all the highlights.

Definitely worth a read!

That Caleb Williams play made me think of Tecmo Bowl on Nintendo. Run backwards with the QB and throw the ball as far as you can.

I am so humbled and thrilled to say that my first book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis, is a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social www.gilderlehrman.org/book-prizes/...

Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.

NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...

Hi, I’m John Marks, I’m a public historian and writer. I’ve been helping history museums prepare for the nation’s 250th anniversary for 9 years now. Despite everything else happening in history, I’m still excited about this anniversary—and you should be too. Here’s why. 🧵 /1

Previous scholarship on Black troops has often emphasized Black combat units, but in reality, 80 percent of the 1.2 million Black Americans who served in the military served in support units. A book focusing on these kinds of units was long overdue.

Book cover of "Building Bridges" by Douglas Bristol. The book cover shows two Black soldiers posing for a photo with some ammunition

Book 1 of 2026! This book focuses on the experiences of Black soldiers in U.S. Army service units during WWII. It's a great book if you're interested in the intersection of race, the military, and labor.

Hi all,

I rarely do this, but I'm posting that I'm back on the academic job market.

As a Californian, my partner and I are trying to stay on the West Coast. Any leads for jobs in History, American Studies, Cultural Studies, etc. in the Western U.S. are greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Nathan

If you really wanted to hear a particular song and you didn’t already own the artist’s CD, you called the local radio station and made a request to play it.

Terrible start.

Gotta show off that “access” to the readers.

FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers

FEMA Staff Bracing for Dismissal of 1,000 Disaster Workers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/c...

US factory sector contracts for 10th straight month in December U.S. manufacturing activity slumped to a 14-month low in December, with new orders contracting further and input costs grinding higher as the sector continued to bear the imprint of President Donald T...

U.S. manufacturing activity slumped to a 14-month low in December, with new orders contracting further and input costs grinding higher as the sector continued to bear the imprint of Trump's import tariffs.

Kickers, man. Loneliest position on the team.

it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'

If I had to rank the seasons of Stranger Things from my favorite to least favorite, nothing hits like those first two seasons.

Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5

Zohran Mamdani has yet to give a solo press conference since taking office.

!!!!!!!! And they know it, that’s why they fight so hard against a high speed train