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I dislike that I knew who and what you were talking about from the introductory phrase.

Well-worded. The wording amused me, and sickened me, because it's so accurate.

Here's hoping 2027 is different.

I swear 2026 will be the year that this millennial learns how to use social media.

Tonight is my first night of homework for a Constitutional Law course I'm taking, courtesy of Yale.

If anyone had ever told me *this* is where my life would ever be, I'd have laughed.

I love being wrong about myself. 💗

2 kindergartners in 'extremely critical' condition after Northern California school shooting Two young boys were critically wounded in a shooting at a Christian elementary school in Oroville that may have been religiously motivated, officials say.

Two kindergartners who are “extremely critical” after a man opened fired at a school in Northern California. The Sheriff’s Office said they believe the gunman targeted the school due to its affiliation with the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Rediscovering the Corps of Discovery A Childhood Adventure, a Homework Assignment, & a Going Out Trip

Despite this familiarity with the story of Lewis & Clark, however, I'd never stopped to wonder how the Corps of Discovery manifested.

That is, I'd never considered any of those things until I read Jefferson's letter to Meriwether Lewis, penned in June of 1803.

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In the 3rd grade, when we were learning about local history & had to dress up one school day as members of the Corps of Discovery, I turned a set of beige bed sheets into a makeshift Lemhi Shoshone dress, modeled in the image of what I pictured Sacagawea wearing as she led the explorers westward.

Growing up along the Ohio River, just a few miles from the launch site of the Corps of Discovery at the Falls of the Ohio in Clark County, Indiana, the tale of Meriwether Lewis & William Clark was one I heard often throughout my childhood, the way some children know the story of Cinderella.

It is sickening to see how many reproductive rights we have lost in just the six years since this documentary was made.

It's one thing to be aware as it all unfolds.

It's another to see where we were just a few years ago.

I'm currently watching the 2018 @netflixus.bsky.social documentary Reversing Roe.

i.e., I've got a bad winter cold and cannot stop my initial dive into my current research project.

The stunning new rose window in Notre Dame Cathedral is revealed.

It's not that I've lost interest in the murder/attempted murder/suicide I've been researching from 1905 lives in the preceding decades.

It's that my energy - my hope - needs to put that history on hold to endeavor to effect change, provide safety, & protect people with uteruses right now.

Okay y'all, I've decided to table my Victorian women's mental health research until at least summertime.

With the state of things now, and the harrowing prospects on the horizon in the US, I'm turning my full attention to #reproductiverights and #abortion history. 💪🏽

Oh, I'd love to read this! I only vaguely recall this event... I was in high school at the time.

#AcademicSky, #HistorySky,

I'm new here & need to ask:

Do you ever get burnt out on a research project & feel the need to table it & pick something else for a season?

I'm closing year 3 of my research on #Victorian women and, given current US events, feel an urge to switch to #abortion history.

I get so excited when my pen matches my notebook which matches the book I'm reading for a research project/potential next book 🤗

#RoevWade #womensrightsarehumanrights #abortion #reproductiverights

This is college while parenting.

And I love this journey.

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Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

As an educator, I understand when fellow educators are swamped with assessing work.

As a student, it drives me bananas NOT to get any feedback on an essay, just a score.

As an educator, I feel some sort of commentary is our obligation to our students.

What say you, #educationsky?

#Education

Okay, I just laughed so abruptly there is now coffee coming from my nose. Thanks for this 😂 Excellent comparison.

All about New Albany Executive creative director at Lucasfilm Dave Filoni once said, “I love my hometown. It really forged who I am in a major way.”

Executive creative director at Lucasfilm Dave Filoni once said, “I love my hometown. It really forged who I am in a major way.” Speaking of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Filoni succinctly expresses how many of us feel about the towns from which our stories began.

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Headed to my local library for some holiday reading options!

#HistorySky, what should I try to grab for the holiday season?

The ecosystem of writers, editors, copyeditors, illustrators, book cover artists, and agents that AI could harm is mind-boggling. Please continue to buy books by real authors, and art by real artists. We are going to need your support.

Oh yes, that's awesome!!

Currently working my way through no less than a thousand cemetery photos from this year.

New writing project on the horizon? Of course.

#cemeteryphotography
#writingcommunity

25 November 1942 | A transport of some 2,000 Jewish men, women, and children deported from the ghetto in Grodno arrived at #Auschwitz.

After the arrival selection, 305 men and 128 women were registered in the camp. The remaining Jews, probably 1,567 people, were murdered in gas chambers.

the “living room” included a mirrored and stained glass back bar, circa 1910; there was a Philco record and radio player for music… The list goes on, each item a reason I believe influenced my love for history.

#History #Histsky

There was period-correct furniture in the formal and informal parlors (yes, we had 2!) that I wasn’t allowed to sit in, the claw-foot bathtub in the primary bedroom was original to the house, the Christmas decorations were a mixture of Victorian and early 20th-century ornaments and garlands; ...

I’ve often joked that I grew up in a #Victorian museum. Although the house was, in fact, just a residence and didn’t offer tours, so perhaps the comment is hyperbolic, it certainly was furnished like a museum.

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Inside Project Esther, the right wing action plan to take down the Palestine movement The Heritage Foundation’s “Project Esther” claims to combat antisemitism but in fact, aims to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement as a first step in a crusade against all domestic dissent in the...

Do you know what Project Esther is? It’s a plan to crush Palestine solidarity, smear activists as terrorists, and revive McCarthyism—wrapped in the guise of fighting antisemitism. mondoweiss.net/2024/11/insi...

Use phrases (2-3) like "I don't remember if I've said this before..." and "As I may have mentioned previously..."

We're living in a weird period of semi-familiarity because of social media. It's okay.