Larry Cebula
@larrycebula.bsky.social
"The Lightning Rod of Weirdness." Public historian, bicyclist, noted bon vivant. Taking a break from politics so if I unfollow you that's why.
We pulled into the grocery store parking lot and my wife BACKED INTO A PARKING SPOT like a total psychopath.
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
We pulled into the grocery store parking lot and my wife BACKED INTO A PARKING SPOT like a total psychopath.
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Anyone out there have access to old British newspapers that can help me track down an obituary for Major-General Thomas Blanshard, born 1789, died 19 June 1859? I suspect he’s the same Blanshard responsible for burning down the White House in 1814. I’m trying to find his birthplace.
January 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Anyone out there have access to old British newspapers that can help me track down an obituary for Major-General Thomas Blanshard, born 1789, died 19 June 1859? I suspect he’s the same Blanshard responsible for burning down the White House in 1814. I’m trying to find his birthplace.
I was channel surfing and tried watching that American Revolution documentary but I only got 10 minutes in before shouting FUCK YOU KEN BURNS and changing the channel.
January 24, 2026 at 5:33 AM
I was channel surfing and tried watching that American Revolution documentary but I only got 10 minutes in before shouting FUCK YOU KEN BURNS and changing the channel.
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Hey WWI peps, where can I find films by the German propaganda outlet American Correspondent Films Company?
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Hey WWI peps, where can I find films by the German propaganda outlet American Correspondent Films Company?
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
I have no small amount of cognitive dissonance at the contrast between the dire situations in the nation and at my university, and the fact that I am at the peak (and I guess nearing the end?) of my career.
I want to bask but goddammit there is work to be done.
I want to bask but goddammit there is work to be done.
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 AM
I have no small amount of cognitive dissonance at the contrast between the dire situations in the nation and at my university, and the fact that I am at the peak (and I guess nearing the end?) of my career.
I want to bask but goddammit there is work to be done.
I want to bask but goddammit there is work to be done.
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White Supremacy is running circles around people who don’t know or understand history!
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
White Supremacy is running circles around people who don’t know or understand history!
Do I know anyone at Wayne State University who could copy some documents in the archives for me? The archivists will only copy two folders, and I need more than that. I'd happily pay. I need folders 1-7 of IWW organizer Hagbard Edwards's manuscript autobiography: archives.wayne.edu/repositories...
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archives.wayne.edu
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Do I know anyone at Wayne State University who could copy some documents in the archives for me? The archivists will only copy two folders, and I need more than that. I'd happily pay. I need folders 1-7 of IWW organizer Hagbard Edwards's manuscript autobiography: archives.wayne.edu/repositories...
Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat https://theonion.com/ken-burns-announces-new-10-part-mr-biscuits-documentary-after-adopting-cat/
January 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
We had a department meeting today to discuss how to fine tune our course offerings to meet the needs of students. Every single ,one of my colleagues was willing to switch around their teaching loads and schedules or tweak their courses for the greater good. #academicsky
a man in a suit and tie is applauding with the words good job written below him
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is applauding with the words good job written below him
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:27 AM
We had a department meeting today to discuss how to fine tune our course offerings to meet the needs of students. Every single ,one of my colleagues was willing to switch around their teaching loads and schedules or tweak their courses for the greater good. #academicsky
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Another image that sums up the protest.
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Another image that sums up the protest.
Friends I won the snowblower battle this morning! My neighbor Jim and me compete to be the hero who clears the sidewalk to both ends of the block. Being retired and a morning person at that he usually wins. Which annoys me because I'm the one who started doing it, his is a stolen valor.
a young boy pushes a snow blower in the snow while wearing a name tag
ALT: a young boy pushes a snow blower in the snow while wearing a name tag
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Friends I won the snowblower battle this morning! My neighbor Jim and me compete to be the hero who clears the sidewalk to both ends of the block. Being retired and a morning person at that he usually wins. Which annoys me because I'm the one who started doing it, his is a stolen valor.
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This is a write-up of a project where I turned the AP DBQ into a skill-based quest structure, complete with levels and XP, and built around the rubric, revision, and real-time feedback. I even brought my old blog back to life to share it.
michaelkmilton.com/2026/01/06/l... #sschat
michaelkmilton.com/2026/01/06/l... #sschat
Leveling Up with the DBQ: A Skill-Based Approach to Teaching the AP DBQ
I wanted a different way to introduce the AP DBQ – one that made skills visible, feedback immediate, and revision part of the process. This post shares how the DBQ Guild came together, why a …
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January 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This is a write-up of a project where I turned the AP DBQ into a skill-based quest structure, complete with levels and XP, and built around the rubric, revision, and real-time feedback. I even brought my old blog back to life to share it.
michaelkmilton.com/2026/01/06/l... #sschat
michaelkmilton.com/2026/01/06/l... #sschat
Oh here's an interesting audiobook maybe I should -- wait 48 hours?! WTF RON CHERNOW?!
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Oh here's an interesting audiobook maybe I should -- wait 48 hours?! WTF RON CHERNOW?!
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Fellow US History teachers, as we head back tomorrow I wanted to share a fantastic simulation about American imperialism and the Spanish-American War from National Museum of Am. Diplomacy. It’s consistently a hit with my students! #sschat 🗺️
diplomacy.state.gov/teacher-reso...
diplomacy.state.gov/teacher-reso...
Spanish American Conflict of 1898: Treaties and Self-Determination - The National Museum of American Diplomacy
The United States sent the USS Maine battleship to Havana Harbor to protect its citizens and interests in the Spanish-Cuban conflict. On the night of February 15, 1898, an explosion rocked the ship wh...
diplomacy.state.gov
January 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Fellow US History teachers, as we head back tomorrow I wanted to share a fantastic simulation about American imperialism and the Spanish-American War from National Museum of Am. Diplomacy. It’s consistently a hit with my students! #sschat 🗺️
diplomacy.state.gov/teacher-reso...
diplomacy.state.gov/teacher-reso...
This account is about Trump but won't admit it.
this whole enormous boneless mass is as one wad
January 7, 2026 at 1:53 AM
This account is about Trump but won't admit it.
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@tonichelle.bsky.social
The cub obviously wants to be frens. 100% would hug
The cub obviously wants to be frens. 100% would hug
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
@tonichelle.bsky.social
The cub obviously wants to be frens. 100% would hug
The cub obviously wants to be frens. 100% would hug
Brilliant posts.
“Alas,” he said, “this will kill that…. The book will kill the building.” (Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris)
![The archdeacon silently contemplated the gigantic building for a while, then sighed as he stretched out his right hand towards the printed book lying open on his table and his left hand towards Notre-Dame, and looked sadly from the book to the church.
"Alas! he said, 'this will kill that.'
Coictier, who had eagerly come closer to the book, could not help exclaiming it: 'Well! but what is so awesome about this: GLOSSA IN EPISTOLAS D. PAULI. Norimbergae.
Antonius Koburger, 1474 [Gloss on St Paul's Epistles, Nur-emberg]. That's not new. It's a book of Peter Lombard, the Master of the Sentences. Is it because it's printed?' That's right, Claude answered, apparently absorbed in some profound reflection, standing with his index finger bent against the folio volume from the celebrated presses of Nuremberg. Then he added these mysterious words: 'Alas! alas! little things overcome great ones; a tooth triumphs over a whole body. The Nile rat kills the crocodile, the swordfish kills the whale, the book will kill the building.' Curfew rang in the cloister just as Doctor Jacques was repeating to his companion in a very low voice his eternal refrain: 'He's mad. To which his companion this time replied: "Yes, I think so.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3pbwguskoq5efzi67w3npq2z/bafkreied3os2jbzzrklul772ef5zhucsex3ctzorzvlpqu2oijss4ojxra@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Brilliant posts.
Them: "Oh you're a public historian? What do you know about ghosts in our town?"
Me: "You know what is really interesting about ghosts?" *pauses dramatically, looks both ways as if to make sure no one is listening in* "There. Is. No. Such. Thing. As. Ghosts."
#ConversationKillers #publichistory
Me: "You know what is really interesting about ghosts?" *pauses dramatically, looks both ways as if to make sure no one is listening in* "There. Is. No. Such. Thing. As. Ghosts."
#ConversationKillers #publichistory
December 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Them: "Oh you're a public historian? What do you know about ghosts in our town?"
Me: "You know what is really interesting about ghosts?" *pauses dramatically, looks both ways as if to make sure no one is listening in* "There. Is. No. Such. Thing. As. Ghosts."
#ConversationKillers #publichistory
Me: "You know what is really interesting about ghosts?" *pauses dramatically, looks both ways as if to make sure no one is listening in* "There. Is. No. Such. Thing. As. Ghosts."
#ConversationKillers #publichistory
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At 3:20pm today, I got a text from my neighbor telling me there's a snowy owl about ten minutes away from me. After driving nearly a mile over a sheet of rutted ice, I joined a crowd of fellow birders and just bathed in joy. It was everything.
December 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
At 3:20pm today, I got a text from my neighbor telling me there's a snowy owl about ten minutes away from me. After driving nearly a mile over a sheet of rutted ice, I joined a crowd of fellow birders and just bathed in joy. It was everything.
Current status: Drinking Chicago Handshakes and buying the bartender shots.
Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.
Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Current status: Drinking Chicago Handshakes and buying the bartender shots.
Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.
Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.
I love me some good public library marginalia. #libraries #academicsky
December 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I love me some good public library marginalia. #libraries #academicsky
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One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
December 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.