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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 1d

In 1857, Thomas Howland became Providence, RI's first Black elected official.

Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport.

Thomas Howland, 1856
John Blanchard

Portrait of a distringuished Black man from the 19th centrure wearing fine clothes, including high collar and tie of the day.
Museum Text:
Thomas Howland, the subject of this unusually expressive portrait, was a dock worker in Providence, Rhode lsland, In 1857 he became the city's first Black elected oficial when he was amed warden of its Third Ward. However, that same year he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wite and daughter, perhaps in response to the recent Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case that denied African Americans the protections of U.S. citizenship. Because of this decision, Howland's application for a passport was denied, despite his status as a free man with the right to vote in his home state (he did eventually make it to Liberia). Howland's confident posture echoes that of the earlier Portrait of a Gentleman shown nearby, the fashionable attire of both sitters serving to reinforce thelir self-possession.

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Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 1d

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History of Communism @historyofcommunism.bsky.social · 1d

#competition
The Estonian Institute of Historical Memory invites researchers up to the age of 35 to participate in an international competition aimed at encouraging academic research on the history of communism.
Deadline: 3 november 2025
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Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 1d

Here are some wild asters in North Conway, NH, last week.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1d

Rape and torture in Assad's prisons: Syrian women break their silence

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Rape and torture in Assad's prisons: Syrian women break their silence

During the brutal 13-year Syrian civil war, Bashar al-Assad's regime imprisoned women for their real or presumed links to the “terrorist” opposition. Many endured rape, sexual violence, and torture du...

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Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 1d

Die Obdachslosigkeit, die ich in Deutschland in den 80er Jahren gesehen habe, hat mich als etwas blauäugiger Amerikaner überrascht.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 1d

Check out this free, open access article of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ) available as part of Polish American History Month:

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Achieving Their Goals and Adopting New Norms: Polish Immigrant Women and American Institutions in Early Twentieth-Century and Interwar Chicago

Abstract. This paper examines paradoxes and ambiguities in the interactions of Polish immigrant women with American institutions in early twentieth-century and interwar Chicago. I argue that these int...

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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 1d

This Portland Police officer is now my hero! 🔥👊🏼

#StopTheMadness

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight in “war ravaged” Portland… a frog brigade standing guard outside the ICE facility.

Trump says there’s “nowhere worse than Portland”… and the frogs magically multiply.

They’re showing that he’s not only a liar, but Portland is still safe, still weird and still full of people resisting.

Three people in frog costumes stand outside the Portland ice facility at night. They’re holding a sign that says frog brigade

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Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 1d

#OldPhotos #PastAndPresent #UShistory #FoodAid #GreatDepression

Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 1d

This image stems from a federal food aid program during the Great Depression. For me, the quoted recipient of aid represents a familiar story about pride, dignity, shame, and fear that the self-righteous who reject the provision of such aid fail to grasp. 1/2
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Text Shot: Hayward, California [1940]. Youth on Relief. Looking in his pocket for his surplus commodities card. 'Not having a job is bad enough, but you keep goin' down and purty soon you're here and the spirit is gone. I turn my face when somebody I know real well comes along the sidewalk. It takes the spirit when you're in here and then you haven't anything left.'

Black and white photograph of three men and one woman at the front of a food bank line. The man at the very front is looking in his pocket. One arm and one shoe of a man behind the desk is visible, also a small box of some kind and some forms and ink stamps.

Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 1d

Photo and caption by Rondal Partridge for the National Youth Administration, April 17, 1940, from the series Study of Youth Photographs, Record Group 119: Records of the National Youth Administration, National Archives Catalog, catalog.archives.gov/id/532121 2/2

The online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records.

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Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 1d

This image stems from a federal food aid program during the Great Depression. For me, the quoted recipient of aid represents a familiar story about pride, dignity, shame, and fear that the self-righteous who reject the provision of such aid fail to grasp. 1/2
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DC History Center @dchistorycenter.bsky.social · 1d

📣 This Weekend: Walks That Give Back! From October 10 to 13, during Indigenous People’s Weekend take a walk through history—and give back while you do it. Join Washington Walks for a special weekend of guided tours that bring DC’s neighborhoods and stories to life. 🌆

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 1d

"Many fields now under attack...insist that truth-telling is political, that the solution to omission is not inclusion but decolonization and liberation. They are tools to remember what oppressive regimes want us to forget."

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They Cancelled My Lecture on Arab Americans. Here’s the Part That Matters.

A committee at a nation-wide organization made up of people of color asked me to give a lecture on Arab American identity. They let me know that this would be the first time their organization create...

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

For context: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

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Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social · 1d

The October 2025 Crash — the economic crash is happening. Russian equities lurched downward in their sharpest one-day drop in three years. MOEX (Moscow Exchange) index plunged 4.05%, the lowest since December 2024. Key state-linked giants were hammered. youtu.be/fX0CBTgYUI4

BREAKING: It's Happening - Russian Stocks Collapse as Peace Hope Extinguished

YouTube video by Silicon Wafers

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Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 1d

Better than one sentence or one word at time, but I hear you.

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

This edition of Silicon Curtain with Pekka Kallioniemi is both worthwhile and unsettling: “The Golden Age of Populism Brings with it Division, Chaos and Conflict” (YouTube).

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Mark Stoneman @blogfeed.markstoneman.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I’ve now got this blog posting directly to the Fediverse and Bluesky within certain limits set by my host, Micro.blog. Whether or not this makes my life easier remains to be seen, but it is pretty cool.

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MWilson in DC @mattiewilsondc.bsky.social · 6d

From @anntelnaes.bsky.social : #chicago #iceraids

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MWilson in DC @mattiewilsondc.bsky.social · 1d

Signs of autumn in the neighborhood:

#dupontcircle #dc

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Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 1d

Yes! And this reply? Do you see it?

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder: Spiro Agnew resigned OTD in 1973. His ethics and criminal lapses were risibly petty compared to what we see from Trump with each passing day. Consider just today's disclosures about the Trump family payoffs connected to TrumpRx.

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