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B. Erin Cole
@berincole.bsky.social
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historian, museum professional, and cartoonist. Currently working on a graphic history/memoir about nuclear Colorado. Comics: http://www.littlebraincomics.com Merch: http://littlebraincomics.etsy.com
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B. Erin Cole @berincole.bsky.social · Nov 27
Hey new followers! I'm a historian of the modern American West, a freelance exhibit developer/museum consultant, and a cartoonist.

I'm currently working on a graphic history/memoir about nuclear Colorado and a graphic memoir about recovering from brain injury

here's some links to my work:
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magpie.tips
The city of los angeles is such a strange and wonderful place that has been through some absolutely terrible shit this year. And I am so glad they get to celebrate a world series win.
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
berincole.bsky.social
wishing all self-employed people a less-enraging start to open-enrollment season than we are all imagining
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
berincole.bsky.social
new comic about the best season!!!
Hello, Fall!
(a few weeks late, but it's still October and still fall)
www.littlebraincomics.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
berincole.bsky.social
it's fall. that means soups and stews. more importantly, that means BEANS: our most amazing food...

this sticker will help you show your love of legumes and spread their goodness further into the world.

www.etsy.com/listing/1336...
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
berincole.bsky.social
how #WHA2025 is going so far….
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
berincole.bsky.social
Now that the new semester is underway, time to give yourself l a little treat with my research stickers! I Love History, I Love Footnotes, and Archives! are here to improve your laptop, water bottle, office door, and overall well-being. #skystorians

littlebraincomics.etsy.com/listing/1494...
September 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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thianun.bsky.social
Alas, special collections at Leeds doesn’t allow social media posts of their holdings but my first day of three at the archives lived up to @berincole.bsky.social’s sticker- so much dust, so much fun!

Yes my inky hands are in both pics but it’s the only way I get my hands dirty in this job!
My dirty hand on the back of my laptop next to the sticker that says “Archives! So much dust, so much fun”. Other stickers say “Someday we’ll all be dead” and “I ❤️ history - That thing you thought was bad? Turns out it’s way worse than you thought!” My dirty hand again on an incredibly dusty book cradle. As gentle as I was with these late 18th and early 19th century books, some are just crumbling no matter what.
September 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
berincole.bsky.social
my soulmate
mondomascots.bsky.social Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · Aug 11
Yarukinashio is an unmotivated rice cake guy who appears in stickers on the Line app.
A minimalist white mascot made of mochi stands among a crowd in a park and waves to the camera.
September 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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nsousanis.bsky.social
my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.
August 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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erikloomis.bsky.social
Hey everyone, my new book is released today! Check out ORGANIZING AMERICA: STORIES OF AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE. 20 quick stories of real Americans who changed the world. No hero worship here--these are stories of people who can help us out of this mess today!

thenewpress.org/books/organi...
Organizing America - The New Press
From the acclaimed author of A History of America in Ten Strikes, a sweeping account of the impact of organizers on United States history We are living through a time when real social change seems to...
thenewpress.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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renatakeller.bsky.social
What a haunting reflection on nuclear destruction and human imagination 🗃️
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hiroshima and the End We Refuse to Imagine
Eighty years after the city’s destruction, we seem to be blundering into a new age of nuclear perils. It is time for culture to rediscover “the courage to be afraid.”
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
berincole.bsky.social
STICKER MUSEUM
darthbluesky.bsky.social darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 2
if u could open your own museum what would it be about what are u going to devote your life to curate
darthbluesky.bsky.social darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 1
what is the most unique museum u have visited
for me possibly the ramen museum
August 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
berincole.bsky.social
someone turns 149 today….
August 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
This just means the general public doesn't understand what "history" is as a field.

History isn't memorized dates and names.

History is interpretation and thoughtful analysis. It requires humans asking questions and innovating ways to answer them and combing through ghost stories for reality.
brendandavey.bsky.social Brendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · Jul 30
Yo, historians, what the actual ****?

I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.

🗃️
July 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
berincole.bsky.social
I just restocked my Research Pack of three stickers: I Love History, I Love Footnotes, and Archives!

They are perfect for anyone who appreciates archive boxes, citing things properly, and history. Start your fall semester off right with some new stickers!

www.etsy.com/listing/1494...
July 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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evansmithhist.bsky.social
4. Every other discipline thinks they can do history but they often cannot
July 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
berincole.bsky.social
Today I am highlighting my #1 best-selling sticker of all time. Whether it’s at comic shows or online, few can resist the My Butthole is Magnificent sticker

(created in honor of my favorite furry little butthole haver)

littlebraincomics.etsy.com/listing/7571...
July 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
berincole.bsky.social
Have a lot of new followers who are unaware of my stickers…

the I Love History is the best sticker for anyone who has actually read history and understands the special flavor of cynicism that comes from focused study of the past…

Order one at: littlebraincomics.etsy.com/listing/1508...
July 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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atomicanalyst.bsky.social
80 years ago this morning—at 5:29 AM (Mountain War Time)—about 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, the nuclear age began with a big bang. Contrary to widespread assumptions, the area surrounding the remote Trinity test site was not uninhabited, and the fallout did not drift away harmlessly.
A black and white, high-speed photograph of the Trinity explosion at 0.025 seconds, showing what looks like a very large, slightly irregular bubble with a curtain of dust all around its bottom edge against a pitch dark sky. A scale indicating “100 meters” shows that the fireball was already approximately three times that size. Another black and white photograph of the Trinity explosion a few milliseconds later, showing an almost ghostly mushroom cloud with glowing tendrils rising from the ground above the very bright fireball. Another black and white photograph of the Trinity explosion with the same 100-meter scale, this time at 60 seconds post-detonation, showing a very large and billowy mushroom cloud rising into the sky. Another black and white photograph of the Trinity explosion taken some minutes after the previous photograph and showing the ominous looking mushroom cloud at a distance, its top spreading out and merging with regular clouds.
July 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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jennyhozier.bsky.social
God bless whoever put up this pro-upzoning poster in Edgewater, please put up more
A flier taped to a streetlight pole that reads: “I also have access to a printer, And I say Upzoning is cool and good and it is my friend Let ‘em build some housing! What're you worried about, people with jobs and homes using the Red Line? Atraid of density? then why did you move to the big city my good friend [emoji making a ‘this guy’s nuts!’ gesture] ‘But I wanna drive my car!’ The bus is better because you can read a book on the bus Dear ‘Save Edgewater’: If I ever see you again claming that increasing supply increases prices I will spank your bottom and enroll you in an econ class at Loyola Say YES to proposed Upzoning in Edgewater Email: Leni@the48thward.org Call: (773) 784-5277
July 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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neilaglet.bsky.social
🚨 🚨 🚨 EXCELLENT NEW STAMP ALERT 🚨 🚨 🚨
July 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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teekayee.bsky.social
Some new bird ive seen this year: black oystercatcher
July 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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fluxblog.bsky.social
Other Music opened 30 years ago in NYC - my new issue celebrates their impeccably cool curation with 3 playlists showcasing their staff picks 2000-2004 fluxblog.substack.com/p/fluxblog-5...
Fluxblog 548: Other Music retrospective 2000-2004
3 playlists covering staff picks from the iconic ultra-cool NYC record shop
fluxblog.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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liliuhms.com
if you're in colorado i am teaching a drawing class at my favorite stationery shop about simplifying the world around you when drawing!!

art supplies are included!!
July 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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effinbirds.com
Thank you, random Denver vending machine, for the greatest fucking pin I've ever seen.
A pin featuring a photo of a clownfish and the text "where the fuck is my son?"
July 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM