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Karl Jacoby

@karl-jacoby.bsky.social

Professor of History at Columbia University; author of CRIMES AGAINST NATURE, SHADOWS AT DAWN: A BORDERLANDS MASSACRE AND THE VIOLENCE OF HISTORY; and THE STRANGE CAREER OF WILLIAM ELLIS. Working on a new project on the US-Mexico War (1846-1848).

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"Her office is also investigating federal agents’ shooting deaths of 37-year-old US citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti on 7 and 24 January. And she is “confident” they will be able to pursue charges. Moriarty’s office set up a portal where photos, videos & eyewitness accounts can be uploaded."

03.03.2026 14:07 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

An excellent step in the right direction. Here was my primer on state prosecution of federal agents in @newrepublic.com

03.03.2026 14:31 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

LFG

03.03.2026 15:52 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

1. Good.
2. Why didn't she do this two months ago?

03.03.2026 16:05 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

🤞

03.03.2026 17:42 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Minnesota launches investigation that could bring charges against US immigration officers US county attorney is ‘confident’ her office will be able to pursue charges in cases which led to criticisms of use-of-force policies

Hennepin county attorney Mary Moriarty reports that her office is looking into 17 cases that might result in charges against ICE officers, including Bovino

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

03.03.2026 14:01 — 👍 1649    🔁 310    💬 28    📌 21

Gotta love how academic books don't earn you money, but LLMs can make money off of stealing them in the aggregate and if you write enough, they can also profit from stealing your personality after you are dead.

03.03.2026 12:30 — 👍 472    🔁 180    💬 8    📌 5

Trump went from an obviously fake “No More Forever Wars” to “No! More Forever Wars” pretty fast

03.03.2026 12:51 — 👍 1422    🔁 203    💬 26    📌 7
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An enslaved potter left messages for the future, inscribed in clay Several groups lay claim to artisan David Drake: a museum, a county, and his descendants. His work serves to illuminate America’s fractured past.

An enslaved potter left messages for the future, inscribed in clay
www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...

03.03.2026 12:46 — 👍 46    🔁 22    💬 2    📌 2
Teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork

% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say they do all or most of their schoolwork with the help of AI chatbots

U.S. teens — 10

Household income
<$30,000 — 20
$30K–$74,999 — 15
$75,000+ — 7

Note: Those who did not answer or gave other responses are not shown.
Source: Survey conducted Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025.
“How Teens Use and View AI”

PEW RESEARCH CENTER

Teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork % of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say they do all or most of their schoolwork with the help of AI chatbots U.S. teens — 10 Household income <$30,000 — 20 $30K–$74,999 — 15 $75,000+ — 7 Note: Those who did not answer or gave other responses are not shown. Source: Survey conducted Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025. “How Teens Use and View AI” PEW RESEARCH CENTER

According to PEW, teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork. I read a comment on another platform that said this is amazing news because we are "finally going to close the achievement gap." That is not how I would interpret this data.

03.03.2026 11:33 — 👍 1017    🔁 206    💬 15    📌 79
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Welcome! You are invited to join the Alliance Webinar Series: Weaponizing Federal Student Aid to Control Higher Education. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the we... This spring, one of the most consequential attempts to assert ideological control over the nation will potentially be thrust upon colleges and universities: the weaponization of federal student financ...

Financial Aid is being positioned as a weapon to assert ideological control over higher education. The process is wonky and most of us don't pay attention to it. This year, we must. Consider attending. You will learn what is happening & what you can do.

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

03.03.2026 13:23 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 — 👍 11433    🔁 5788    💬 1119    📌 3865

This is not just cursed, its monstrous. The digital resurrection of a historian who died in January of this year, all so Grammarly can get some more clicks and engagement from students and/or scholars and/or others.

It feels so wrong on so many levels, these ghosts enslaved to AI forever

03.03.2026 13:15 — 👍 843    🔁 393    💬 19    📌 59
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Call for Proposals Immigrants in Challenging Times Edited by Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia A Call for Papers Since the early republic, advocacy has played a crucial role in shaping the contours of state ...

***Call for Proposals for New Edited Volume***

Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia are inviting IEHS members to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026.

More info and to submit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

02.03.2026 23:50 — 👍 6    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0
A Civil War battlefield driving tour map was also flagged for its inclusion of direct quotes about the cause of the war from secession documents and Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy. The quotes cite slavery as the cause

A Civil War battlefield driving tour map was also flagged for its inclusion of direct quotes about the cause of the war from secession documents and Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy. The quotes cite slavery as the cause

Quoting secessionists about why they seceded? Outrageous!

03.03.2026 02:40 — 👍 99    🔁 21    💬 4    📌 1
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We are the consequences We, collectively, are the condition that makes their defeat inevitable.

Another striking and defiant piece by @erikhane.bsky.social writing from besieged Minneapolis.

"I have come to believe something else too: we are the consequences. We, collectively, are the condition that makes their defeat inevitable."

www.welcometohellworld.com/we-are-the-c...

02.03.2026 23:58 — 👍 171    🔁 62    💬 1    📌 3
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My book has a cover! IN LATIN AMERICA YOU COULD BE FREE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY tells the story of the place and promise of Latin America in the political imagination of African Americans and of their movements to the region in the antebellum period.

Out on Basic Books, November 11, 2026! 🥳

02.03.2026 18:51 — 👍 198    🔁 72    💬 11    📌 6

Looks awesome! Have you seen the Off-Broadway show "Mexodus"?

02.03.2026 19:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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December 2025 through February 2026 was the 2nd warmest winter on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data. The widespread record to near record warmth in the west easily outweighed the cool temps in the east. 🔥🔥🔥

01.03.2026 16:39 — 👍 567    🔁 251    💬 20    📌 35
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Curator or Associate Curator of Maps & Geography - Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library

This is a really special map curator JOB working w/@en-dash.bsky.social at @bplmaps.bsky.social. Apply by March 30th. #glam #maps 🗃️

www.leventhalmap.org/about/jobs/c...

02.03.2026 11:49 — 👍 15    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 2

Look at this chart

02.03.2026 13:30 — 👍 464    🔁 190    💬 13    📌 10

And listening to the Caine/Hegseth briefing, it's really striking that Trump has not spoken live since he started this war.

02.03.2026 13:26 — 👍 170    🔁 63    💬 12    📌 2

The rules of engagement flow out of US military law. It is how our armed forces differentiate themselves from murderers and assassins.

02.03.2026 13:28 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Unless those Americans are Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

02.03.2026 13:11 — 👍 37    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
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Siding with the Constitution isn't siding with Iran.

02.03.2026 00:00 — 👍 2512    🔁 411    💬 85    📌 55

Just a reminder that @contingent-mag.bsky.social would absolutely love to run a mailbag on the dumbass arguments about "low enrollment majors" and other things contained in this nested thread if there's a NTT historian out there who wants to pitch it.

01.03.2026 22:55 — 👍 46    🔁 23    💬 3    📌 1
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UNC-CH Will ‘Scrap’ New Recording Policy, Chancellor Says The move comes less than three weeks after the controversial rules were enacted.

Congrats to @ncaaup.bsky.social & all who fought against this surveillance policy that would've allowed admin to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings.

This move would've chilled classroom discussion & suppressed students' willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks.

01.03.2026 01:33 — 👍 534    🔁 207    💬 8    📌 11
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Indoctrination isn’t happening at UT, despite what regents say UT professor argues claims of widespread campus indoctrination are unfounded, citing research showing students feel free to think independently.

Please share widely. I want everyone to know the truth about what’s happening at UT Austin. Faculty aren’t brainwashing anyone!

01.03.2026 14:55 — 👍 8    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

It’s unnerving for sure

01.03.2026 14:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The EPA issued reduction-in-force notices to 22 employees working on environmental justice efforts to address pollution in overburdened and underserved communities.

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