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Black-and-white photograph of German soldiers during the invasion of Poland in 1939. In the foreground, armed soldiers are riding horses, while in the background soldiers are marching along a cobblestone street. A border post can be seen on the left side of the image.

#otd 1939 the German Wehrmacht invaded Poland. This occupation was the fruit of a long-term strategy and marked the “start of the internecine war”. In the occupied territories the Nazis started their racially motivated program of economic exploitation and mass murder.

The Trocadero Theatre’s reopening has been rumored for years. But its future is unclear. The theater at 10th and Arch that we lovingly call The Troc closed in 2019.

“A very handsome place of amusement” indeed: The Trocadero Theatre’s reopening has been rumored for years. But its future is unclear. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Southeastern PA Wants our Tax Money Back to Fund SEPTA The debate over funding SEPTA has led Chester County state Rep Melissa Shusterman to suggest a radical approach to PA tax distribution

The debate over SEPTA funding has led to at least one local legislator to suggest a radical approach to state governance. 

Baseball is much better on the radio anyway @franzkela.bsky.social

With McGlinchey’s impending closure, Center City marks the end of an era — or several, really In McGlinchey's heyday, the dive bar was packed every night with customers clamoring for 80-cent Rolling Rocks and 25-cent hot dogs. Former staffers reflect its legacy as last call looms.

RIP #McGlinchey’s, one of the first bars that ever served me 🫡 With McGlinchey’s impending closure, Center City marks the end of an era — or several, really www.inquirer.com/food/mcglinc...

@golod.bsky.social Die Vernichtung des Zettelkatalogs der Berliner Staatsbibliothek droht: Nicht nur als Historiker bin ich überrascht und entsetzt wie man überhaupt auf eine solche Idee kommen kann. Das wäre eine kulturhistorisch nicht wiedergutmachende Zerstörung. (FAZ 19.8.25)

Dear @joshshapiropa.bsky.social : toll the Schuylkill, fund mass transit

Amtrak’s Keystone line, connecting NYC, Philly, and Harrisburg, may get axed under SEPTA cuts U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle said Amtrak's Keystone Service line is at risk because the railroad could lose $71.1 million in annual payments from SEPTA.

Crisis? What crisis? Amtrak’s Keystone line, connecting NYC, Philly, and Harrisburg, may get axed under SEPTA cuts www.inquirer.com/politics/sep...

I've now been allowed and asked to share more details about what's going down at the University of Oregon, which involves imminent announcement of firings, among others, of tenure-track and tenured faculty. Given the units impacted (see below), please share this with your professional networks in related disciplines and start getting ready to put pressure (or begin putting pressure already) on the University of Oregon upper admin to abandon this alleged plan before they finalize it. It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously-consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- upper administrations of several universities across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the context of Trump attacks on higher ed to dismantle the humanities. Faculty at OU won a faculty union not long ago; this may be, in part, a retaliation for that, I've been told. The union is working with AAUP, etc.; my understanding is that the maximum spotlight is needed at this point.

A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.

RIP Terence Stamp
The Limey’s ending is beautifully melancholic & all the more poignant today as Soderbergh uniquely uses footage from Ken Loach’s Poor Cow where Terence Stamp played a tender yet violent criminal thus linking the 2 films in a loop that plays on the themes of memory, regret & ageing.

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New schedules reflecting service cuts due to a lack of additional state funding are now online: wwww.septa.org/fundingcrisi.... The schedules are effective 8/24 for Bus & Metro and 9/2 for Regional Rail. On 9/1 fares will increase by 21.5%. #ISEPTAPHILLY #HowWeRoll #FundSEPTA

No matter what some lawmakers think, SEPTA is not a burden — it’s an opportunity | Opinion As a visitor from Berlin, what strikes me most about the fight over SEPTA funding is how public transportation is looked at by some as a vexatious budget item, when it's the exact opposite.

The tender feelings of upstate PA Republicans matter more than good policy, but hey, one can still hope…No matter what some lawmakers think, SEPTA is not a burden — it’s an opportunity www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.

"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively ...

That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"

Holding SEPTA Funding Hostage Republicans who want money to fix and build new roads throughout PA — even in areas with no traffic woes — are holding up SEPTA funding

thephiladelphiacitizen.org/pa-leaders-p...

Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?

www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Sheet music for Tom Lehrer, “We Will All Go Together When We Go”

Thank you, Tom Lehrer, for blowing my 12-year old mind #RIPTomLehrer

The future of Philly music stations WRTI and WXPN is unclear as Republicans defund NPR and PBS “Music stations are collateral damage in all this,”WXPN general manager Roger Lamay said after Republicans voted to defund NPR and PBS.

The future of Philly music stations WRTI and WXPN is unclear as Republicans defund NPR and PBS www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Opinion | Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...

Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.

Could start with What Have I Done to Deserve This? 😉 #vivaDusty

This is the paper I gave to historians about “AI” last week. I was at Queen Mary University in London last week at a charming conference that turned out to be mainly about modern British history. I…

This is a really thoughtful piece from @davehitchcock.bsky.social on the threat that AI presents to history and historians alike:

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