American Conversations: Representative Teresa Leger Fernández YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Good convo about Women’s Democratic Caucus. @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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My “America at 250” class—taught with David Blight and Beverly Gage — can be found here.

New lectures and podcasts put up every week.

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Thought this might make you laugh.

Wait: so the President of the United States shared a video of a fake news report, rooted in a conspiracy theory, that features an AI-generated version of himself promoting a policy that…doesn’t exist?

What noise does a fish make? New underwater tool lets ecologists ID fish from their sounds Researchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater sound recording and 360° video to pinpoint the sounds made by individual fish.

A new underwater acoustic camera enables ecologists to identify and attribute sounds to individual fish species, offering a powerful tool for monitoring coral reef biodiversity and health. doi.org/g945gx

Do you ever feel like somebody's watching you? This goosefish — with a wide, flat head, gaping mouth, and an abundance of patience — belongs to the family Lophiidae, which are ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. #uruguaysub200

Magnificent bryozoan: What are the giant blobs floating in US waters? It might look like a giant gummy bear, or a brain shaped blob...like something from another planet maybe? But actually this blob was found on Earth floating in a U.S. lake...

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So Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s killer, is neither a Democrat, nor transgender, nor an immigrant, but instead a 22-year-old white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loves guns and wore a Donald Trump costume on Halloween. — Did I get that right?

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Smithsonian Responds to Trump’s Demand for a Review of Its Exhibits

Smithsonian Responds to Trump’s Demand for a Review of Its Exhibits www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/a...

The same group of people and organizations who previously organized #NoKings has scheduled another #NoKings peaceful protest for October 18, 2025!!

We are expecting protests in every state and territory!!

Mark your calendars now and get ready to protest by the millions!!

October 18, 2025!

Offshore wind turbines constitute benthic secondary production hotspots on and around constructions In response to climate change, the expansion of renewable energies leads to an increasing number of offshore wind farms in the North Sea. This comes a…

New study led by members of the @awi.de #Deepsea Group suggests "Offshore wind turbines constitute benthic secondary production hotspots on and around constructions".
BUT: "Altered benthic energy flow may affect food-web dynamics across the ecosystem."
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Thank you on this labor day!!

@lartist.bsky.social

For those asking, my American Revolution lecture course is free online here:

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I don't want to say Trump ain't lookin too good, but the Secret Service just changed his code name to "Daisypusher".

HE. IS. NOT. A. DOCTOR.

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Authoritarians have no friends, only pawns that they sacrifice as it suits them. If they ever respect anyone, it is NEVER those who bow down before them but rather those who stand up to them. This is for those who did not know and those fools who have forgotten.

Trump: You know I'm bad. I'm bad.

Plain spoken Tim Walz. Love it.

@mackaycartoons.bsky.social

South Park continued their war on MAGA this week. This stuff has to be driving Trump crazy right now.