Greg Koos
@gjkoos.bsky.social
Irish immigrants in the 19th century Midwest, local history museums, not-for- profit boards, historic preservation, cooking, vegetable gardening, golden age Hollywood, omnivorous reading.
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Greg Koos
@gjkoos.bsky.social
· Mar 31
In Vol. 117, Iss. 4 of Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, @gjkoos.bsky.social studies New Orleans as a key point of entry for Irish immigrants who moved up the Mississippi to Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and other midwestern states. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/ar...
Midwestern rural Irish study.
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📽️ Michael Burlingame reviews “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” in Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association Vol. 46, No. 1, #OpenAccess. cc: @ala1809.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📽️ Michael Burlingame reviews “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” in Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association Vol. 46, No. 1, #OpenAccess. cc: @ala1809.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jala/art...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jala/art...
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
As a descendent of two of the one million Irish famine refugees, I know this to be a hateful fallacy.
Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
As a descendent of two of the one million Irish famine refugees, I know this to be a hateful fallacy.
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📚 In Journal of American Folklore 138.549, @gurotekopp.bsky.social reviews "Digital Legend and Belief" by Andrew Peck (@uwiscpress.bsky.social) and @loriwatson.bsky.social reviews "Jock Duncan: The Man and His Songs" ed. by Peter Shepheard. On @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55307
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
📚 In Journal of American Folklore 138.549, @gurotekopp.bsky.social reviews "Digital Legend and Belief" by Andrew Peck (@uwiscpress.bsky.social) and @loriwatson.bsky.social reviews "Jock Duncan: The Man and His Songs" ed. by Peter Shepheard. On @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55307
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🧵Ecstatic + GRATEFUL to share the cover of my first book, The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in A Segregated Nation (HarperCollins June 2026). I can’t wait to share this in community with you. Pre-orders are available today, wherever books are sold : bookshop.org/beta-search?...
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🧵Ecstatic + GRATEFUL to share the cover of my first book, The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in A Segregated Nation (HarperCollins June 2026). I can’t wait to share this in community with you. Pre-orders are available today, wherever books are sold : bookshop.org/beta-search?...
Trumpublicans are now a Know-Nothing movement.
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trumpublicans are now a Know-Nothing movement.
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Using the metaphor of the Finnish woven ryijy @friederikelupke.bsky.social symbolizes the dynamic multilingualism of Finland. Read more in Journal of Finnish Studies Vol. 28, No. 1, part 2 of a special issue series on "Multilingual Finland." scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jfs/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Using the metaphor of the Finnish woven ryijy @friederikelupke.bsky.social symbolizes the dynamic multilingualism of Finland. Read more in Journal of Finnish Studies Vol. 28, No. 1, part 2 of a special issue series on "Multilingual Finland." scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jfs/arti...
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The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
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November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
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You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
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Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.
Legal Theory Blog
Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!
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October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.
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𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦: 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆
𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱)
Edited by Julia Lewandowska & Araceli Rosillo-Luque
More info: bit.ly/4rk4LVU
#Women #Gender #WomensStudies #Religion #ReligiousHistory #History
𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱)
Edited by Julia Lewandowska & Araceli Rosillo-Luque
More info: bit.ly/4rk4LVU
#Women #Gender #WomensStudies #Religion #ReligiousHistory #History
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦: 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆
𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱)
Edited by Julia Lewandowska & Araceli Rosillo-Luque
More info: bit.ly/4rk4LVU
#Women #Gender #WomensStudies #Religion #ReligiousHistory #History
𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱)
Edited by Julia Lewandowska & Araceli Rosillo-Luque
More info: bit.ly/4rk4LVU
#Women #Gender #WomensStudies #Religion #ReligiousHistory #History
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In American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 46.1 on @projectmuse.bsky.social , Anne Guillard argues that theology has a role to play in public reason, but only if theology is understood as a form of critical rationality and not a set of truths
muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 46.1 on @projectmuse.bsky.social , Anne Guillard argues that theology has a role to play in public reason, but only if theology is understood as a form of critical rationality and not a set of truths
muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
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Happy Pub Date to BECOMING ST. LOUIS: Family, Faith, and the Politics of Citizenship, 1820-1920 by Sharon Hartman Strom!
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
#AfricanAmericanStudies #AmericanHistory #LaborStudies #Midwest #Religion #UrbanStudies #WomensStudies
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#AfricanAmericanStudies #AmericanHistory #LaborStudies #Midwest #Religion #UrbanStudies #WomensStudies
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy Pub Date to BECOMING ST. LOUIS: Family, Faith, and the Politics of Citizenship, 1820-1920 by Sharon Hartman Strom!
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
#AfricanAmericanStudies #AmericanHistory #LaborStudies #Midwest #Religion #UrbanStudies #WomensStudies
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
#AfricanAmericanStudies #AmericanHistory #LaborStudies #Midwest #Religion #UrbanStudies #WomensStudies
How SCOTUS works to suppress democracy.
Crucial analysis from @kevintmorris.bsky.social. Required reading, really, for anyone who works / opines on recent US history and the current political moment - and for anyone who seeks to understand the Right's assault on elections.
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
How SCOTUS works to suppress democracy.
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Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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tbf, this is Trump's entire schtick
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
tbf, this is Trump's entire schtick
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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First day of the @aarweb.bsky.social & @sblsite.bsky.social annual meeting!
Visit our virtual exhibit and take 50% off all religion books with code AARSBL at checkout!
www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/aa...
#AARSBL2025
Visit our virtual exhibit and take 50% off all religion books with code AARSBL at checkout!
www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/aa...
#AARSBL2025
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
First day of the @aarweb.bsky.social & @sblsite.bsky.social annual meeting!
Visit our virtual exhibit and take 50% off all religion books with code AARSBL at checkout!
www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/aa...
#AARSBL2025
Visit our virtual exhibit and take 50% off all religion books with code AARSBL at checkout!
www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/aa...
#AARSBL2025
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
As a scholar, whose work is heavily based on access to digital collections, this movement is welcome.
!!! Three more organisations have joined the global #OurFutureMemory movement!
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
As a scholar, whose work is heavily based on access to digital collections, this movement is welcome.
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Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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November 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
I have no words
I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I have no words
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The Great War Meeting of August 1862 is a heretofore unappreciated part of the president's strategy to mold public opinion for the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Learn more from Jeffrey Boutwell in Journal of the @ala1809.bsky.social 46.1. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jala/art...
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Great War Meeting of August 1862 is a heretofore unappreciated part of the president's strategy to mold public opinion for the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. Learn more from Jeffrey Boutwell in Journal of the @ala1809.bsky.social 46.1. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jala/art...
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Visit www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
to pre-order!
to pre-order!
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Visit www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
to pre-order!
to pre-order!