I talk about moderating (banning) Holocaust denial on AskHistorians in all my courses to help students see why historical literacy matters in a real world context. Last semester, a student stuck around to office hours to share that he's seen denial points online
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Please do not do this we have already exceeded our ulcer-based casualty allowance for 2026.
But where has the rum gone? To AskHistorians! Today we're hosting an #AMA with Dr. Jordan Smith, author of The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Commodity, & all #Skystorians are welcome to enjoy this #FoodHistory! Bring all your best questions!
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did a foremast hand write this ama
Today on AskHistorians (@askhistorians.bsky.social), "The Invention of Rum" author Jordan Smith answers all your pressing questions on where rum comes from!
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Today's AMA on @askhistorians.bsky.social! Come check it out!
Fun fact: there was one (1) member of the mod team who once preferred using new rather than old Reddit, but even they have reluctantly embraced the old.reddit bandwagon with the coming of shreddit.
In Ghostbusters, Rick Moranis goes on an improvised monologue about a couple of his clients, Ted & Annette Fleming, and one of our users is asking the key question: Are Ted & Annette really doing okay? The fittingly named Daemonic_One tackles this fascinating question!
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For today's AMA on AskHistorians, we have Stephen Neufeld discussing Mexican necropolitics, animal death, and blood sports! Come check out some bull fighting history! @unmpress.bsky.social
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All jokes aside, DID people expect the Spanish Inquisition? Ummmbacon carefully details the historical context & how this popular Monty Python joke engages with the historical irony that the Spanish Inquisition was among the more anticipated institutional developments of its time!
Sometimes, life is about grabbing the bull by the horns! #Skystorians can find out just how perilous that can be in todays #AMA with Dr. Stephen Neufeld, author of Perilous Beasts: Mexican Necropolitics, Animal Deaths, and Blood Sports, 1870-1920!
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AskHistorians, bringing you the very best in history! Connecting the public to the uni presses is an incredible resource to have acceess to, and its great to see how many on both sides take advantage of it!
the best history forum on the internet. because ... it's extremely well moderated to keep it appropriate and focused. That's the whole trick. I love it.
What is time, anyway.
This is specifically Dan's outreach push over the past 12 months - prior to his taking over this portfolio, we eagerly accepted people contacting us and sporadically reached out to people, but he has done an outstanding job of turning our haphazard inclinations into a well-oiled machine.
We're just better at keeping them under wraps.
10. Million. Views.
If our AMAs were a museum, it would have more visitors than the Louvre.
If you're a historian with a new book and a dream of more than a few dozen people ever reading it, @dhowlett1692.bsky.social is lowkey one of the best people on this website you can follow and be nice to.
As one of the university presses lucky enough to work with Dan on these: WE LOVE ASKHISTORIANS!
Our historians genuinely have a wonderful time doing it & the reach & depth of engagement is A+. Grateful to Dan & the @askhistorians.bsky.social team for helping great history find a big audience.
We would really, really like to highlight the scale of Dan's achievement here. We've always hosted some great AMAs, but Dan has been single-handedly responsible for a huge outreach campaign to authors and forging ongoing partnerships with scholarly presses.
This has been fun! Come check out the chatter about the suburbs!
Today's #AMA isn't the only great thing #Skystorians should check out. We also have a thread to vote on the BEST #History answer of February 2026! Come browse the nominations, and cast your vote to help decide.
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A fantastic new #AMA is happening RIGHT NOW #Skystorians! @m-r-glass.bsky.social , author of Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America, is here to answer all questions about the suburbs, housing policy, redlining or the history of the American Dream!
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Get hyped #Skystorians, because todays #AMA is blasting off again! We're joined by Dr. Subodhana Wijeyeratne, author of The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan's Space Programs, to talk about Japan’s space/rocketry history, “big science” institutions & more!
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Mark your calendars #Skystorians, because tomorrow we have an #AMA with Adam Cohen, author of Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History! Everyone is welcome to come ask all their questions on this incredible topic!
Join us today for an #AMA with Jake Lundberg of @theatlantic.com !
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Today on @askhistorians.bsky.social we have an Ask Me Anything with Jake Lundberg, in-house historian for @theatlantic.com, on media, politics, and culture! Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
Not new #AMA coming in! We're joined by Dr. Tine Van Osselaer, author of Apparition Fever: Observing the Virgin Mary in Belgium! #Skystorians can ask all their questions about this fascinating topic! There's also a coupon for 25% discount on the book!
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Absolutely top-tier AMA answers are getting handed out like candy in here, come ask more questions so @historybrian.bsky.social never gets to leave.
