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Jay Shaw
@nacahistorian.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Researching how NASA, Gemini, and the USAF worked together during the Cold War. Early Space policy/ Foreign Relations/history of science and technology/Dad. USAF Retired.
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · Apr 13
A highlight of my life was eating lunch with Fred Haise today.
Fred Haise Fred Haise eating lunch.
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 13h
Yay! Finally some good news from Missouri.
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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 13h
oh damn, Trump is gonna invade Oslo bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Then I digress on the egress.
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 1d
When the car stops…egress!
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 1d
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 1d
Yup. Christian’s being awarded horse ranches in heaven is totally normal.
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 1d
I predict his end will be in a bunker. No, wait. Sorry, wrong guy.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch." That, Taher says, "is a lie."
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 2d
Making matters worse, his new university president is Bill Tate, who has no record of defending faculty.
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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 3d
This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2d
Our annual PhD recruitment process @api.uva.nl is open!! Details of the process and projects are here, deadline November 3! 🔭 #astronomy #astrophysics

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD Positions in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Are you passionate about astronomy and cutting-edge research?Join our dynamic team and explore the universe through multiple PhD positions now open! Work on a range of exciting research topics in a co...
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 3d
RFK Jr. is worse than cigarettes.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3d
Six former U.S. Surgeons General have issued a joint warning saying RFK Jr.’s actions “are endangering the health of the nation.”
Surgeons General Unite to Torch RFK Jr. in Unprecedented Warning
Six agree Kennedy is a “profound, immediate” danger to the health of Americans.
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Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 3d
Episodes two weeks in a row?! That should tell you how much great stuff there is. I was so happy to get to talk to @andrewhartman.bsky.social about KARL MARX IN AMERICA (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and how he keeps going in the writing "grind." Listen here: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
Podcast episode graphic featuring a smiling man in a blazer and glasses in front of a bookshelf. The text on the right reads "Drafting the Past episode 69: Andrew Hartman."
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 3d
Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!

How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?

Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy
Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.
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Andrew Hartman @andrewhartman.bsky.social · 3d
Kate Carpenter's podcast @draftingthepast.bsky.social is fantastic. It was an honor to be a guest.

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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 4d
@drchrisdeutsch.bsky.social just checking on you because of the shutdown. I don’t know if it’s affecting your work or not, but let me know if you need anything.
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 4d
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H-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 4d
New job:

Historian

International Spy Museum

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Zach Bigalke (he/him/his) @zbigalke.bsky.social · 4d
May you all have the fortitude of Wizard Frog today...
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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d
wizard frog is insane
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 5d
Nope!
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Steve Saidemonster @smsaideman.bsky.social · 5d
a few more
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Steve Saidemonster @smsaideman.bsky.social · 5d
Great week for memes in my Civ-Mil class. The topic of politicization may be inspiring?
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 5d
Post someone who looks good in black…..
Cash
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Jay Shaw @nacahistorian.bsky.social · 5d
I’ve read all the books and haven’t had any desire to watch it.
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Sunny Fighter 🫶🏽🩵🌻🌵🌴🇺🇦🇹🇹🇺🇸 @sunnyresist.bsky.social · 6d
This photo should make you fume. ZIP tying a toddler. WHY?? What could be the reason???
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