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Meg Mulrooney
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1stGen Administrator/Scholar. #GenEd #Faculty #civicengagement #publichistory #RacePlaceandMemory #campushistory #IrishAmericanhistory. Views here are mine alone.
I’m sure there will be a new book to mark the parade’s 100th year in 2026, but here are some existing sources from LoC. guides.loc.gov/this-month-i...
Research Guides: This Month in Business History: Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
Compiled by specialists in Business Reference Services at the Library of Congress, this guide highlights stories about the people, places, and events that made their mark on business history.
guides.loc.gov
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This whole event can be seen as a celebration of US diversity
Waking up to the #Macy’s parade with my home-from-college kid. I’ve watched every year (I think) for as long as I can remember. #tradition
a bunch of stars are flying in the air
ALT: a bunch of stars are flying in the air
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Here is your annual #Thanksgiving reminder that "Over the River and Through the Wood" was written by Lydia Maria Child, a fierce abolitionist who waged a lifelong struggle for racial justice in the US. She loved her country; she recognized its faults; she fought to fix it. 🙏 🙏for her example!
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Waking up to the #Macy’s parade with my home-from-college kid. I’ve watched every year (I think) for as long as I can remember. #tradition
a bunch of stars are flying in the air
ALT: a bunch of stars are flying in the air
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What an uplifting account. So many admirable women who deserve to be known.
Bessie Blount Griffin--physical therapist, #inventor & forensic scientist--was born #OTD in 1914.

Many of her patients were #WWII vets who had lost their arms, so she taught them to write with their teeth & feet. Then, she invented an electric self-feeding apparatus for amputees (patent, 1948).
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Perfection
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look at myself in the mirror and cry
Lord, what’re doin’ doing to me?
I spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief Lord
Somebody (Somebody)
Ooh, somebody (Somebody)
Can anybody find me
Somebody to love
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
💀💀💀
Stephen Miller going into the white nationalist reading room only to discover Trump has replaced everything with feminist zines
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Smitten. He’s smitten.
We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.

It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Best justification for General education programs I have seen in a while. ⬇️
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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I am absolutely over the moon that my book “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” is officially published TODAY!

After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️

@uscpress.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
So timely! I will add to my must read list.
My book is available for purchase here: uscpress.com/The-Republic....

Use the code JSAVE20 for a 20% discount! 🗃️
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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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.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Submitted my claim today. They pirated three of my works, but only one met the settlement criteria, so check the database again if you aren’t sure.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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My colleague Lauren Duval has a new book coming out next month from @uncpress.bsky.social on military occupation and households in the Revolution. Lauren is real smart. Put it in your cart. #HATM
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Hahahahahahahahahaha
"we gotta make Virginia Tech the sexy and cool place to go"
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Thank you, student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The LoC is a national treasure! I’m so grateful for the expertise of specialists like Wanser. Just watch her in action.
In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 162 years ago today, President Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in American history, extolling the sacrifices of the men who died in the battle there. There are five known manuscript copies of the Gettysburg Address. The Library of Congress has two of those.
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Honor Tally: Larry Summers is no longer affiliated with the Hamilton Project or the Center for American Progress

👏
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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"ICE is grabbing people from the streets who aren't even undocumented or don't have criminal records at all" babe i don't think there is a group of people ICE should be grabbing people off the streets in the first place
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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every author in the class action, please file the claim.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This makes me smile. I read a Merriam-Webster dictionary for fun as a kid. The gazetteers in the back, the maps, all of it. Still have it in my office, but now think it needs a friend.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So many brands noted in this thread. Check it out and support them if you can!
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:

Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM