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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 20

As someone with a chronic illness that makes me incredibly sensitive to heat and thus my body cannot regulate temperature, I am not looking forward to this AT ALL.

Sean for Congress (VA-01) @subletteweather.com · Jun 20

Good (and zoomable) maps showing how the worst of the heat will march across the country over the next several days.

Takes into account heat, humidity, duration, and time of year to highlight where *impacts* will be the worst.

www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heatrisk/

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · Jun 19

On Juneteenth, a reminder that Commonplace has 25 years of free, open access articles on slavery and abolition up through this week's piece by Jayne Ptolemy about documents related to William Ansah Sessarakoo. Browse the Slavery and Abolition subject page here: commonplace.online/topic/slaver... 🗃️

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 20

Our Flag Means Death does an excellent job of dealing with tropes as well as being a strong story with diverse characters. Plus, it's bloody funny.

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is cool. I always explain to students that broadsides were kind of like an early modern blog post!

The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · Jun 17

Big news from the #ITPS! We are thrilled to share a new series with @uvapress.bsky.social! Here are more details about "From Pamphlets to Podcasts" and if you're working on relevant themes (this is an intentionally 'big tent' series), consider sending them our way upress.virginia.edu/news/new-boo...

New Book Series Brings the Spirit of Paine’s “Common Sense” and the Founding Era into the 21st Century

<p>The University of Virginia Press is pleased to announce “From Pamphlets to Podcasts: An Institute for Thomas Paine Studies Series,” a new series th

upress.virginia.edu

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 17

I cannot emphasize enough how much this reminds me of kidnappings and false arrests in the wake of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 17

Would love to have reporters dig into this incident, which is reminiscent of the Portland arrests of protesters in black vans.

My additional question: did these black vans even have government plates?

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jun 16

WE HAVE QUESTIONS…

This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they?

ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants.

How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?

Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 17

Very folk horror

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is a succinct version of the longer blog series 3/3

savingplaces.org/stories/why-...

Why Do Old Places Matter? | National Trust for Historic Preservation

How we answer the multi-faceted question: "Why do old places matter?"

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 17

I keep thinking, this emphasis on removing the “unseemly” parts of our shared past, it’s like playing in the shallow end of the swimming pool when we could/should be exploring the depths of the ocean. 2/3

Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 17

While reading some of Tom Mayes 2013 blog series “Why Old Places Matter” this morning I couldn’t help but think about how the current admin is attempting to reshape the narrative of American history at old places like those overseen by NPS. 1/3

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 16

Living in this timeline is exhausting.

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · Jun 16

Having read two NYT articles related to historical work this morning, this is the one that makes me optimistic about the future of our discipline.

At National History Day, Students Get Competitive About the Past

www.nytimes.com

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Mikki Brock @mikkibrock.bsky.social · Jun 16

I get why some people would want to use an LLM to gather, organize, or administrate. But what upsets me here is the suggestion that history can be written with a mere imitation of the human experience. Writing is personal—that is what makes it so hard and beautiful. What is history without heart?

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · Jun 16

“If history, per the adage, is written by the winners, then it’s not premature to wonder how the winners of the A.I. race might soon shape the stories that historians tell about the past.”

A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.

www.nytimes.com

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 16

This whole thread 👏

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · Jun 16

The author of this piece advocates getting AI to read for you because “the internet-era explosion of digitized text now mocks nonfiction writers with access to more voluminous sources on any given subject than we can possibly process” 🙄

David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is some bleak shit. Historians literally outsourcing the creative and research process to a thieving algorithm ripping off the IP of their own fellow-historians.

Says everything that they’re doing it from a Google office.

Hacks. They should be ashamed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 15

So jealous!! Was just listening to JLP yesterday.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · Jun 15

For those claiming protests don’t mean anything…

How do you think movements are built, fueled, sustained, & grown?

How do you prove the spirit of resistance is loud, proud, present, & powerful?

How do you prove democracy is loved, valued, & worth fighting for?

This IS what democracy looks like.

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Jun 15

Seeing all the social media posts of yesterday’s NO KINGS protests from so many small towns, including my own, across NC has really made my heart happy. 💙

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · May 13

Thanks Steve! I might email this archival source to you with more questions, if that’s alright?

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · May 12

Historians of Presbyterianism! Question: what would lead a woman in 18c America to sign a covenant? I’m guessing this was part of church discipline?

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Apr 30

This was a lovely project to be part of!

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · Apr 9

In a bit of good news, Scottish Loyalism in the British Atlantic World @routledgehistory.bsky.social arrived today, featuring essays by me, @kbsherman.bsky.social, Nicola Martin, @matthewcward.bsky.social, @kmccullo.bsky.social, & Graeme Morton. Thanks to Katie and Graeme for editing this project!

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · Mar 17

No kings.

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Katherine Crighton @katherinecrighton.bsky.social · Mar 9

Okay #histmed and #earlymodern folks: *Someone* out there has to be making replica wooden apothecary searces. TELL ME WHO.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 15

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same

When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state

www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...

USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks

The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...

www.wunc.org

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Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Mar 14

While our county is fairly blue, it’s not something we see every day.

Kim Sherman @kbsherman.bsky.social · Mar 14

It’s really hard not to be down about everything happening right now, but my sibling just informed me that, to their surprise, a large group of older residents were holding signs AGAINST Trump, Musk, et al at one of the city’s major intersections.

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