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Finally watching del Toro's Frankenstein and I gotta say, this has really put me off harvesting body parts and assembling them into a man and reanimating him with electricity.

YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT Magic Johnson, Rony Seikaly and a Hidden Act of Courage, Revealed | PTFO

The untold story of what Rony Seikaly did for Magic Johnson, behind closed doors, is incredible.

And the reason why Seikaly decided to do it — which he discusses on PTFO, with @foster.bsky.social, for the first time — is even more powerful.

Especially today: youtu.be/xdZvVMgSzTw?...

I love this advice:

Always volunteer to draft policy and other noxious documents. No one wants to write policy documents or other difficult and/or boring documents. However, the individual who creates the draft, thinks most deeply on the subject, does the most research, and has the most influence.

Jenny Lund is the literal best.

juvenileinstructor.org/legacies-in-...

Obama Presidency Oral History The Obama Presidency as told by 450+ officials, activists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life.

Over three years, we recorded interviews with more than 450 officials, organizers, activists, and extraordinary people from all walks of life to put together the most expansive presidential oral history in existence.

The Obama Presidency Oral History is now live!! obamaoralhistory.columbia.edu

Because, in my opinion, the greatest dilemma public colleges across the country face is that they NEVER receive enough state or federal funding. So they are forced to submit grant applications to the country’s philanthropic organizations to fit an ever-growing gap. THIS IS THE ENTIRE PROBLEM.

🗃️ Tyler Austin Harper’s insane Andrew Mellon Foundation hit piece, which of course @theatlantic.com was happy to print, has rightfully pissed off everyone in the Humanities.

As someone who works in higher education funding, here is a 🧵 on why this article is even more infuriating than you think.

Jonathan has some important things to say, ok???

Thank you for sharing! You two are so brilliant.

Episode 003: Writing About Your Own Family’s History with Blair L.M. Kelley and Kellie Carter Jackson In the red clay fields of Georgia, a man named Solicitor rose before dawn to tend the land he did not own. He was a sharecropper, a laborer, and a father. His name was passed down along with stories o...

Just in case you missed this amazing conversation I had with Kellie Carter Jackson about the intersection of family history and our historical work!
reunion-a-podcast-about-family-histories.ghost.io/episode-003-...

Thanks for sharing!

My amazing friend @jstuart.bsky.social runs this podcast called Reunion! And holycow they’re interviewing some of my fave scholars!

Can’t wait for this episode!!

Age verification? I only ford the river when it's less than 2.5 feet deep and can only carry 200 lbs. of meat back to camp.

Meet the host and panelists for the upcoming Religion & episode! Religion & the Promise of Career Readiness will air live on Thursday Feb. 19th from 3-4PM on Zoom!
Learn more about the panelists, their work, and register for the episode: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel...

Colleges need to stop trying to teach students how to use AI. Even in the theoretical use cases, genAI requires the expertise to know the process and outcome WITHOUT IT to be able to use it for shortcuts and then THOROUGHLY vet the product. EXPERTISE. Students don't have that, they're students.

I just submitted a peer‑review report for an article I truly hope will make it into print! The piece showcases remarkable historical detective work and is written with real beauty.

Thoughtful peer review takes time, and the time invested benefits everyone involved.

Nina Simone + writing a public talk on Baldwin's THE FIRE NEXT TIME is a great way to wake up the brain. And remind you of your many weaknesses as a public communicator 😅

Even more #beUtahful

#beUtahful

we're glad you're prioritizing the right things, Sarah. Please let us know how folks can help.

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test

Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)

Good tech.

Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)

Bad tech.

Tour | The Donner Party | Intermountain Histories Perhaps the most infamous group of pioneers in American history, The Donner Party’s journey in 1846-47 has been firmly planted in Intermountain lore. Of all the emigrants who traveled the overland tra...

A new 8-story tour on the Donner Party, researched and written by one of my Intermountain Histories project interns, Samuel Watson, is now available on the project website and mobile apps!

www.intermountainhistories.org/tours/show/81

Ayeeeeee! Happy Black History Month!

Want to start #BlackHistoryMonth off on a good note? Come listen to @kcarterjackson.bsky.social + @profblmkelley.bsky.social talk about researching their own family histories.

Catherine O’Hara Could Do Anything And she pretty much did everything. The only tragedy is that it feels like she was just beginning to get the recognition her decades-long career always deserved.

For The Ringer, I wrote about how amazing it was that the brilliant Catherine O'Hara finally became a superstar in her 60s, and how sad it is that she was taken from us just when we had all finally begun to appreciate her:

Annie May Ritchie died young, at age 25, just over a year after her marriage. She was the daughter of a formerly enslaved father and a white mother. Her parents were denied temple admission in 1909 because the family’s bishop

I just went to subscribe to the new Frakes/Spiner podcast only to find out it’s only available on YouTube. If I cannot experience it fully while washing dishes, it’s not a podcast.

I’ve been wondering about this.

Any historians of Christianity who'd like to do a panel for ASCH on archives and, perhaps, rightwing Christians and/or unsavory individuals? I want to talk about a very obscure person and whether I should just leave him dead. Are some ppl not worth "recovering?" Why or why not, how to decide, etc.