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@bryan8063.bsky.social

Presidential oral history. Worked at presidential museums. Avid reader/watcher of history, science fiction, and fantasy.

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The Experience of Wendy & the Lost Boys | The Lorehounds by Bryan8063 [Lorebrary Editor] β€œThere is no life I know To compare with pure imagination Living there, you'll be free If you truly wish to be” -The song Pure...

Experience for the brain matters. I look at this from Alien: Earth for the @thelorehounds.com thelorehounds.com/blog/the-exp...

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The Gilded Age S1–3 - Oneshot | The Lorehounds: Your Guides to Great Stories Elysia is joined by two Lore Masters – historian Bryan8063 (aka Usul) and his sister, fellow costume drama lover Lisa (aka RedZippy) – to look back on the first...

What a privilege to be able to go into the weeds on the history, drama, and character development of #TheGildedAge with @bryan8063.bsky.social ky.social and @redzippy330.bsky.social. 🫢

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RIP

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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

Wow. So much for academic freedom.

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

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Presenting the Past. 1865 - 1920s. Welcome to SHGAPE. The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is an organization of historians who study and promote knowledge of American history from the Reconstruction era through the aftermath of World War I. The society brings together academic, public, and independent historians, as well as scholars in other humanities and social-science disciplines interested in these decades and their issues.

Presenting the Past. 1865 - 1920s. Welcome to SHGAPE. The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era is an organization of historians who study and promote knowledge of American history from the Reconstruction era through the aftermath of World War I. The society brings together academic, public, and independent historians, as well as scholars in other humanities and social-science disciplines interested in these decades and their issues.

The Society for #Historians of the #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra is on Bluesky! We'll share Society news, opportunities, & blog posts from the SHGAPE Blog (blog.shgape.org). Check out our recently refreshed website (www.shgape.org) & give us a follow! #history #skystorians #historysky #historiansky

04.05.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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From the History Books President Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers, 1981

Thanks @zelizer.bsky.social for highlighting this important piece of federal labor history: substack.com/@julianzeliz...

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250 years after the American Revolution, lessons for preserving democracy abound The 250th anniversary is a wonderful opportunity to remember and reinvigorate those principles.

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Illegal attempts to access IRS data was an article of impeachment against Nixon.

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Humanity's Lifeboats | The Lorehounds: Your Guides to Great Stories by Bryan C (Lorebrary Editor) A striking scene from Wheel of Time episode 4 is when Rand’s ancestor in the Age of Legends meets Latra Sedai, and he is given a...

Great piece on the Lorebrary blog by @bryan8063.bsky.social about real-world examples similar to the treasures of trees and (sa'/ter')angreal the Aes Sedai entrusted to the Da'shain Aiel!

#TheWheelOfTime #WoTSkies

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Why the Trump Administration Canceled Me I was supposed to give a book talk about civil rights at the Jimmy Carter Library. I think I know why the invitation was rescinded.

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This is an America Last policy as researchers go somewhere else to train or move to another field. And it will cost lives

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Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

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Trump fires archivist of the United States, official who oversees government records President Trump has fired the nation's top record keeper, Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan.

Trump fires archivist of the United States, official who oversees government records

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William E. Leuchtenburg, Scholar of F.D.R. and the Presidency, Dies at 102 His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and shaped the postwar years.

William E. Leuchtenburg, a historian whose books cemented the place of Franklin D. Roosevelt among the greatest American presidents, died on Tuesday. He was 102.

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Severance: Reghabi's Questions | The Lorehounds: Your Guides to Great Stories by NevermindNichole Nichole from Nevermind the Music here.  I’m your friendly neighborhood psychology professor here to give some context on what specific...

Our very own Nichole, Psych. Prof & co-host of Nevermind the Music pod, wrote a great little blog post about the nature of Reghabi's question to Mark:
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Yet another great indication of how well written #Severance is!

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Welcome!

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Opinion | We like to think of the Constitution as eternal. It’s anything but. The entire run of American constitutionalism can be encompassed in three lifespans.

Is the constitution resilient? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Finally watching Say Nothing!

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He also held great music concerts at the White House: jazz, blues, country, and rock 🎡🎸

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Jimmy Carter was one of the key figures in the rise of conservatism How we should really remember our 39th president

Hot off the presses, my look at how Jimmy Carter was a great man, whose most notable political contribution was to damage his own party and fuel the rise of conservative Republicanism. Give it a read and subscribe. brianrosenwald.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...

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Jimmy Carter | Miller Center

RIP Jimmy Carter. I encourage people to browse our oral histories including one with Carter himself millercenter.org/the-presiden...

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Enslaved People’s Graves Discovered at Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage The burial ground at the former American president’s home in Nashville, Tenn., is the latest to be discovered at a presidential site.

Jackson’s Hermitage giving slave cemetery it’s due: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/u...

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Donald Trump Is the End of the Modern Era The post-WWII world order of American dominance is over. Donald Trump proves it.

The end of post-WWII world order? Some interesting insights: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

08.12.2024 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That podcast would be great

17.11.2024 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting! You are not alone on that. I am always juggling my state of mind and reading. Same author?

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And enjoyed the attention of being a key vote

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a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books . ALT: a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
15.11.2024 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I will pick this up. Thanks!

13.11.2024 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @aaronjk28.bsky.social and @nhledbetter.bsky.social, some cool reading tricks

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