Heather Ewing

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

Large brick wall with a tiny white signat the base of the wall that says "Slavery was real"

"Slavery was real"

Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.

Presidents House, Philadelphia.

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

Holy hell, what an obituary

Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti.

Mattia sips on an espresso during his.

Truly the heroes we need during these times.

Shoot this right into my veins.

I started this thread because some folks had suggested that Historians could do their research using LLMs, and anyone who disagreed was ignorant. I wanted some stories that illustrated why that's not true. The results exceeded my expectations. Most of the replies are in the form of quote-skeets.

Cabbage!

Her website suggests reaching out directly 😊

@book-historia.bsky.social has got beautiful handmade snake weights and book rests on her website!

Love that Depero picture that illustrates it 😍

As someone who is still here five years later and had this type of chemotherapy for BC, and has looked (through my fingers) at the stats, in a very real sense ET IN ARCADIA EGO - an absolutely wonderful letter about how the human mind makes creative connections

a screenshot of the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writing Chairship. Includes the required qualifications: an MA, MFA or PhD in Creative Writing, English or related field with degree in hand by 8/25/2025 a minimum of one volume of work published by a national press in literary nonfiction (a book under contract is acceptable, provided the pub date is before position start date) College or university level teaching experience Preferred qualifications: Evidence of potential for continued success as a published writer Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...

Additionally and infuriatingly, if you sign out or get signed out, it defaults AGAIN to AI on. You have to check and turn this off every time.

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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Understanding the Revolutionary Era: Recommended Reading List As many of you know – and are no doubt really excited for – next years begins the semiquincentennial of the Revolutionary War here in the United States. Or, for those of us who have tro…

Lots of people been asking for book recommendations for help with background context for the Ken Burns RevWar documentary, so I’m very grateful to my past self for putting this together so that my current self can be lazy:

angrystaffofficer.com/2024/08/22/u...

I want to uplift the women who were girls who were raped by Epstein & Maxwell & Trump & ex-Prince Andrew & abandoned by everyone who's been scrambling lately to say that they didn't know of course they didn't know but they did know & some of them knew because they'd done it too.

Blogpost excerpt from curator at Fitzwilliam Museum saying she had reconnected with Catherine O’Neill “a brilliant and much loved English teacher at St Paul’s School Hammersmith.”

I had the same question!! Was annoyed enough at omission to go digging. She went on to become a teacher in London and is still alive. She should have been interviewed.

I did not know either about Redford's polio episode or his involvement in making this film about the Salk Institute. #PublicHealth is embedded in all our lives.

This is a beautiful read.

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NYC peeps: This will be 💯 amazing!

Order them online! Not easy to find in your local PO.

Grangerizing or “extra-illustrating” a book was a passion of bibliophiles and collectors in England in late 18c and 19c. ✨

Just read (+ blurbed) the galleys of this book! It's 🌟🎉🪴🔥💕!! A thrilling, moving, heartening text, given shape through @dorothyjberry.bsky.social's + @wehere.bsky.social's clever play on bibliographic + bureaucratic form. Such a ✨ mix of protocol + improvisation. Can't wait to see this out in the 🌏

FYI if you're in LA this fall into next spring, two art spaces—MOCA & The Brick—will be hosting a show built around decommissioned Confederate monuments & contemporary artists' responses to them. Co-curated by Hamza Walker & Kara Walker. I think it'll be fascinating & timely the-brick.org/monuments

What a great thread!

I never thought to see something like this in my lifetime, what a profound joy

Outbreak DIY

2018 Outbreak exhibit curated by Sabrina Sholts at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History— they created a DIY toolkit: naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits/diy...

Absolutely love this

Rainer Ohliger in Berlin?