John O'Keefe

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Important thread.

If they can deny due process to some people, they can deny it to us all.

Which means we will have no way to prove our innocence or take legal action if captured.

After I read 250 immigration Judge legal opinions on gender-based asylum for research, I've got a pretty clear idea of why people flee. They made brutal calculation that staying is worse than the dangers of going. But our bureaucracy rejects them. Read our NSF funded research here:

Exile: The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots
Rosemary Goring
newbooksnetwork.com/exile #earlymodernhistory #refugees

Popular Protest and Ideals of Democracy in Late Renaissance Italy
Samuel Kline Cohn
newbooksnetwork.com/popular-prot... #protests #democracy #historyofcitizenship

some podcast episodes of interest

If you want to learn about married women’s dependent citizenship in the early 20th century & the birthright citizens who lost their citizenship by marrying an immigrant, check out “Forgotten America” on The Great Courses Plus or Audible. 🗃️

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Yeonsoo Go, daughter of Episcopal priest Rev. Kyrie Kim, was arrested by immigration agents in Manhattan Thursday following a routine visa hearing. A rally was held today at 26 Federal Plaza to call for her release, & in support of others detained there. Photos from the Episcopal Diocese of NY:

Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There “Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.

pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life

w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...

Women’s Histories in Historical Games | Historical Games Network There are staggering problems with historical games’ representation of women. Based on an analysis of games with identifiable protagonists from the HistoriaGames database, less than 7% of historical g...

New on the HGN blog: Gender panel guest speaker @katexe.bsky.social explores the widespread lack of engagement with “women’s histories” in historical video games, & discusses some examples that do represent women’s stories more meaningfully:

www.historicalgames.net/womens-histo...

Previous links came from the latest here!

She Helped Create America's Flag at 13. History Erased Her Name. Grace Wisher, a free Black girl in Baltimore, stitched herself into the nation's most sacred symbol, only to vanish from the story entirely.

A 13-year-old Black girl named Grace Wisher helped create the Star-Spangled Banner in 1813. #flaghistory #americanhistory #africanamericanhistory #materialculture #historiesofchildhood #womenshistory #skystorians historycanthide.substack.com/p/she-helped...

LA therapists are creating “whisper networks” to help immigrants during ICE raids Therapists are using password-protected lists and word-of-mouth referrals for clients too scared to seek help publicly, including naturalized citizens afraid to leave home because "as long as you look...

During the awfulness of everything going on with ICE, there are communities of care offering support to those affected. Please read my piece about the therapists who are creating whisper networks to help migrants at this very delicate time over on @lapublicpress.bsky.social
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On the Hunt for Nightcrawlers in the Worm-Picking Capital of the World | The Local Nearly all bait worms sold in North America are hand-plucked from farmland in this part of Canada. But with labour shortages and climate change, some worry we’re witnessing the final wiggles of a once...

@royinori.bsky.social spent a night worm picking and came back with so many mind-boggling facts. Nearly all bait worms are harvested in one small corner of southern Ontario? Today's worms aren't even native to North America?? #longreads thelocal.to/ontario-nigh...

YouTube video by Apple TV Chief of War — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=owdG...

‘Chief of War’ Review: Battleground Hawaii

Just read this review of #chiefofwar www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/a... and was wondering if #skystorians had any takes - #indigenoushistory #nativeperspectives #hawaiianhistory

Lots of (appropriate) outrage about the Brown student survey meddling but I’ve heard less nationally about what’s going on in Ohio (state inserting a required “bias” question into our surveys & requiring we be reviewed on it).

Screenshot of the website header for slavesinparis.org comprising a drawing of the Place des Victoires in 18th-century Paris

"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist

Very useful thoughts about both research and teaching here

In 1989 a fifth grade classmate humblebragged about not being able to have his jean jacket because it was in acid wash and I was totally jealous.

Honestly I LOVE these sweaters. Plus the whole ensemble on the right is great.

Two people model bold sweaters. On left sweater with large squares with acid washed jeans; on right oversize black and white geometric patterned sweater with white pants. Photos by Matt Zwick/Kim Shaff

Sweater weather? It will come again, we promise! #TBT
bit.ly/ou-ua-1986-s...

1986 yearbook spread: "Fashion: Trends ran from sweaters to sweats" "Angelo Guzzo and Pam Abbott model some winter fashion atop the College Inn"
#OHIOUniversity #archives #OHIOUniversityArchives #1980s

More than 80 Ohio high schools have Native-themed names and mascots • Ohio Capital Journal Four years after the Cleveland Indians announced they would change its name to the Guardians, many Ohio high schools have retained their Native-themed names and mascots.

More than 80 Ohio high schools have Native-themed names and mascots, according to an Ohio Capital Journal analysis of high school team names.
by Megan Henry
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/30/m...

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

NEW: We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT by the Trump administration.

Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.

All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.

Rising Waters by @scoutblum.bsky.social - This game seems like it would work well in the second half of the US history survey - a really great game for #environmentalhistory and #africanamericanhistory #historygames

Scout Blum, designer. Rising Waters: A Game Based on the 1927 Mississippi Flood. In the evolving landscape of historical pedagogy, Rising Waters, designed by Scout Blum, emerges as a notable attempt to bridge the gap between interactive

Rising Waters has been reviewed in the American Historical Review! This is one of the flagship historical journals - so cool to see board games getting a place alongside other scholarship. doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...

Episode 102 - Jason Cox on Five Hundred Year Old Vampire - Beyond Solitaire This week, Dr. Jason Cox joins the show to talk about his upcoming game, Five Hundred Year Old Vampire, a cooperative role playing game that is inspired by Thousand Year Old Vampire. It will be publis...

Jason Cox on Five Hundred Year Old Vampire beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com/1091807/epis... - haven't run this in a classroom setting but it sounds like a really fun engaging way to get students to write and engage with the past

Episode 144 - Verdis LeVar Robinson and Paul Otto on Gaming Bacon's Rebellion - Beyond Solitaire This week on the pod, Verdis LeVar Robinson and Paul Otto discuss their recently-published Reacting to the Past game, which gives students insight into the birth of structural racism and its relations...

Verdis LeVar Robinson and Paul Otto on Gaming Bacon's Rebellion beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com/1091807/epis... #rttp #reacting #ushistorysurvey #colonialhistory #baconsrebellion #raceandhistory LOVE this game and was a playtester. It's GREAT for the US history survey.

A few more history gaming podcasts - I regularly run Reacting to the Past Games so I've been focusing on those for podcasts - it's always interesting to hear from the game designers and experiences.

Direct link to Dan Pelzer's reading list what-dan-read.com #ohiohistory