Jake Breadman

The purpose of austerity budgets is always to transfer public wealth into private hands. And in a country like Canada that always means a transfer to the same handful of domestic oligarchs and resource extraction multinationals.

The place where the Legislative Assembly and Council once stood before it was burnt down by an Anglophone mob in response to the passing of the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849. Nearby you can see the faint glimmer of a gas lamp on Rue Sainte-Helene.

The McCord Stewart Museum this past weekend.

Does anyone out there have leads for research fellowships at universities, archives, or museums in New York State? I'm looking into fellowships at the New York State Library and Fort Ticonderoga; I've missed the date for the NYPL. It would have to be available to an international (Canadian) student.

Good call. I had the Beinecke and JCBL on my list. I hadn’t thought about Princeton, but that’s a great shout.

Does anyone out there have leads for research fellowships at universities, archives, or museums in New York State? I'm looking into fellowships at the New York State Library and Fort Ticonderoga; I've missed the date for the NYPL. It would have to be available to an international (Canadian) student.

I am fully obsessed with Mexican history and want future histories to be cross-continental, emphasizing Canada as a node with a larger network, thinking beyond the Atlantic, borderlands, etc. and moving towards histories of Canada-America-Mexico. Alan Taylor does this somewhat in American Republics.

Finally, the ruins of Teotihuacan, a city and civilization that flourished and collapsed centuries (c. 100 BC to 550 AD) before the Mexica built Tenochtitlan. Views from the top of the Pyramid of the Moon, then of the Pyramid of the Sun. The most astounding historical site I’ve ever seen.

London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting ‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic wars

I enjoyed working with the National Army Museum to interpret this remarkable portrait of a black military bandsman. I'm glad it's now on display and making news.
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The ruins of Tenochtitlan, the Mexica altepetl upon which the Spaniards built Mexico City. Nearby is the piazza where Winfield Scott marched into the city in 1847. Like their Canadian friends, Mexicans also had to deal with Scott, Wool, Taylor and other War of 1812 veterans invading them.

Relatively hidden gem, at least compared to the Frida Kahlo Museum: Leon Trotsky House Museum. Attached are photos of his office where he was assassinated in 1940. Fascinating museum in a really lovely neighbourhood (Coyoacán).

Chapultepec Castle and the National Museum of History were fantastic too. I think there’s a lot of comparison to be made with British North America. I’d love to see how Spanish-Mexican conservatives aligned with British North American conservatives, same with liberals, republicans.

Highlights from the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. This is a must-go for anyone studying Indigenous history.

I was just in Mexico City and wondered how much of the language is influenced by Nahuatl, Mayan, etc.

Reading Fingolfin’s Wikipedia page (as one does) and came across this pleasant surprise @barootes.bsky.social :)

Join us on Oct. 9 for our upcoming seminar on environmental history, "Cultivating Legitimacy: Soldiers, Civilians, and Environment in the Revolutionary Hudson Valley." Author Blake McGready with comments by @mkn.bsky.social. Register here: www.masshist.org/eve....

I wrote an essay about historical authenticity and representation of Indigenous peoples in Red Dead Redemption II. Trying to think of where to get it published because I think it’s fun. Any ideas?

You know, I would've thought that I was getting close to tapping out the entire market for video game infrastructure, but our latest video (RDR2 power lines) was not only our best performing video of all time in terms of views, but also gave us our two highest single days of subs ever. (last pic)

YouTube video by Any Austin Do Red Dead Redemption 2's Power Lines Connect to Anything?

lots of good info in here about the U.S. electrical grid circa 1899 if you’re interested!

My third peer-reviewed article is now out with the journal Ethnohistory! It is about Powhatan sovereignty in the early 17th century. My thanks go to a number of friends and colleagues who provided feedback on this article over the past three years. It wouldn’t be possible without so much support!

I’d like to bring the Finger Lakes into this equation: Lord Conesus or Lord Skaneateles (5/5?)

Lord Eerie: holy shit. you guys are you seeing this. this is clearly an evil autocrat name. 5/5 great lakes I won't settle for less

Thank you, Chris!! Much appreciated.

Working on a script to do this, keep you posted

I’m using the RG 8 C index, archived online by LAC. Unfortunately, you can only save each page individually as a PDF rather than the entire microform, usually around 6000 pages. Any ideas on how to save these microforms as a PDF en masse? Link: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-di...

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‘Ludicrous’: Kingston MP rails against VIA’s new direct route service that bypasses eastern Ontario – Kingston News (Kingston, Ontario) VIA Rail is introducing new schedules for some of its most popular train routes, but stops in Kingston won't be on the roster.

#ICYMI
“Four #trains will do a direct link, bypassing #Kingston and all the other stops along the way. Apparently this is an effort to compete with air and car travel,” said MP Mark Gerretsen.
Mayor Paterson shared the MP's frustrations.
More: www.kingstonist.com/news/ludicro...

Becoming Green Gables: The Diary of Myrtle Webb and Her Famous Farmhouse - Champlain Society Nicole O'Byrne speaks with Alan MacEachern about his book Becoming Green Gables: The Diary of Myrtle Webb and Her Famous Farmhouse.

Just dropped! The Champlain Society's "Witness to Yesterday" podcast convo between @nobyrne.bsky.social & me about "Becoming Green Gables."

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Wilno, Ontario, one of the first and oldest Polish settlements in Canada, established in 1864. Sadly, the museum was closed but ate at the Wilno Tavern, which has apparently been in operation since 1899. I’d like to know more about how Canada was advertised to Kashub immigrants.

On this day in history, September 3rd, 2014, I walked into my first classes at Brock University. Still remember my first courses:

Empires and Revolutions; Medieval and Renaissance Civilizations; Myths of the Greek and Roman Gods; Biology: A Human Perspective; and Introduction to Political Science