Bobby Lee

From abolitionists to fundamentalists: the transformation of the Wesleyan Methodists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries This article analyzes the cultural trajectory of a small, but influential denomination that formed in 1843. Wesleyan Methodism first emerged as an abolitionist protest against the Methodist comprom...

On this day in US history (1784), John Wesley chartered the first Methodist church in the United States. For more on how Wesleyan Methodism developed in the long nineteenth century, why not check out this OPEN ACCESS article by @randalljstephens.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Discussed in this excellent book

YouTube video by Rick Davi "Custer" US TV series (1967) intro / lead-in

ABC’s Custer series from 1967, which the Tribal Indians Land Rights Association and NCAI protested for promoting stereotypes, is on YouTube. Gives a pretty clear picture of what organizers were dealing with back then. Went on for 17 episodes before getting cancelled
m.youtube.com/watch?v=AmnA...

This has been the longest year. This app used to be a bunch of nice little waterfall pics

Get ready to see about a million screen shots of that confidently incorrect twitter guy on trump not sending people to die in wars in the Middle East

Congrats!!!

More than 900 companies sue US over Donald Trump’s tariff regime Also in today’s newsletter, the US president offers first glimpses of how Washington would justify an attack on Iran

Are class actions on behalf of corporations a thing? If not, they might be soon
www.ft.com/content/15a4...

Well worth a read. It seems there are a few database projects trying to document Indigenous slavery - saw this one about a project at Brown last year
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

Is there a more disappointing historical site than Plymouth Rock?

New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000

$31k deductibles
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/h...

Had my age harshly revealed when asked what grocery stores I went to as kid. Knew I was toast the moment the A&P and Grand Union left my lips

Never heard of em

Is the plural of hydrox hydrox or hydroxes?

🎧🎤 The season finale of Western Edition Season 5 is live!

Our last episode considers the future of the Colorado River and how our predictions and priorities for water management, specifically in Southern California, must shift in an era of climate change.

www.buzzsprout.com/1837352/epis...

Less than a week left to apply for this 🗃️

You paid for tariffs — but you won’t get a slice of tariff refunds | CNN Business The government is on the hook to refund $134 billion – and counting – worth of tariff revenue collected from President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, which were rendered illegal by the Supreme ...

This one issue could sweep the midterms.
edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/e...

Seen this multiple times now and something about the combination of the content and delivery makes it hard to convey just how chillingly misanthropic it is

Didn’t know this database existed

Interesting story lurking here

Last slave ship to arrive in the US, deliberately sunk, has been rebuilt The last slave ship, Clotilda, resurfaces in 3D in New York after more than a century sunk and hidden underwater.

The Clotilda deserves a Vasa-style museum
www.earth.com/news/clotild...

Trump administration is removing history and science from Bent's Old Fort and other Mountain West parks, lawsuit alleges At Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, a sign describing a family's "ownership" of enslaved people was flagged.

References to slavery at Bent’s Fort targeted for censorship
www.cpr.org/2026/02/22/t...

This is great news!

Denmark evacuates US submarine crew member off coast of Greenland It came as Trump announced plans to deploy a hospital ship to the island

Manifest Density
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

EU lawmaker urges delay to US trade deal vote after tariff upheaval A senior EU lawmaker proposed on Sunday postponing a vote on the EU-U.S. trade deal that had been planned for this week, arguing that the terms and legal basis on which the deal was struck had changed...

EU now views US as a chaos agent
www.reuters.com/business/eu-...

Port Townsend historian appointed to Smithsonian board - Peninsula Daily News Woman brings underrepresented perspective, scholarly expertise

Susan Ferentinos, a specialist in LGBTQ+ history, appointed to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History board
www.peninsuladailynews.com/2026/02/21/p...

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✈️ Calling international scholars! Apply by March 2 for APS short-term fellowships, including the David Center for the American Revolution Research Fellowships for International Scholars.

🔗 More info about fellowships: https://bit.ly/4rqmXwY

These look like great fellowships! Doesn't look like there is a residency requirement. 🗃️

Farmer explains turning down $15m from data center developers Mervin Raudabaugh was offered more than $15 million to sell his farm to developers, and refused.

Pairs well with this
www.newsweek.com/farmer-expla...

Very interesting article on the (new) financialization of farmland: “Today, however, farms are becoming assets swept up into global financial channels—converting from repositories of agrarian ideals into paper playthings for the very rich.”
yalelawjournal.org/article/trad...