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Shirley Wajda
@stwajda.bsky.social
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Historian, curator, knitter of the American experience, daughter & granddaughter of immigrants, waiting for Lefty & CLE World Series win. American material & visual culture, museum studies, craftivism, women's history, everyday life. Too many projects.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 15h
When I was your age, searching for a phrase in quotes returned results for that exact phrase
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 53m
Mariners landing in Toronto like
Christopher and Paulie Walnuts from the Sopranos after wandering in the woods all night.
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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 18h
There is now an official historical marker for the Port Huron Statement!
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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 5h
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
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Amy J. Rutenberg @amyjay401.bsky.social · 2h
This should be required reading in every historical methods and social studies classroom. Something very important is being lost. 🗃️🗺️
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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 2h
Marian Wilson Kimber: It’s painful to realize the people in charge of Iowa’s history apparently have no idea how history works. If they did, they'd know there is no way to predict what parts of the collection will be of interest 5, 20, or 100 years from now. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/10/t...
The theft of history
Marian Wilson Kimber: I have wondered if the box of women’s club programs that changed my life will end up in the dumpster.
www.bleedingheartland.com
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🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 17h
Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.
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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 13h
I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.
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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 1d
Here’s a typical bundle of file papers from the Boston Municipal Court archives. It probably hasn’t been unwrapped since it was docketed in 1822. The organization of the sub-layers is significant, & I always photograph bundles so that I can put them back together as I found them. I love this work! 🗃️
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 1d
I called it.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d
“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
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Daisy Martin @daisymsc.bsky.social · 1d
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You will want to go listen to Honorable AG James words. 👑
May we all show the resolve and courage of AG Letitia James. This Trump indictment is an outrageous farce. Please pay attention. 🎥 @MSNBC
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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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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 1d
Y'all, this is a white supremacist regime intent on re-segregating the United States and removing Black people from positions of authority and access to opportunity. This must be stated as a simple 'matter of fact' and condemned at every turn.
Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration
www.nytimes.com
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 2d
But not selling these products, right?
Color image of variety of Fa body products, from soap and deodorant to body washes and body sprays.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d
Since we’re clearing the air, I might as well put out something I’ve been concealing for a very long time.

I’m the Vice President of Antifa (Western Continental Division)
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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d
OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 2d
Wait, wait. The guy I dated said he was the only founder of Antifa.
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d
a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement
Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift. Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 2d
Portland Frog gets Nobel Peace Prize. Trump invades Norway.
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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d
WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 2d
Congratulations!
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 2d
as the Founder™ of antifa i want to be clear that i am single
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 2d
Noem: “One of the individuals we arrested recently was the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Lullz
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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 2d
lest anyone think the girlfriend line was a hilarious joke I concocted...
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 2d
Women's studies minor!
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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 2d
I don't know if you remember but some time ago I said that we'd have something to share soon.

Anyway, it's this

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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 3d
Yes, there's drought, but Mother Nature still serves up beauty. Here's where I work.
Color photograph of the slim trunks of trees on the right and the left edges of the image, with green and yellow plants in the foreground and green-leafed trees beyond. At the center is a view through the trees to a body of water in which trees with orange and yellow leaves are reflected. Blue sky in the distance. Color photograph depicting a body of water in the middle distance, with two tree trunks framing the water in the foreground. The far shore is lined with trees of green, yellow, and red leaves. Blue sky in the background right. Even bare trees are beautiful against a clear azure sky. Color photographic image depicts brown and dry green grass in foreground and middle ground. Image taken from beyond two stone posts at lower left and right. Beyond the posts at the horizon line are trees of various heights, the tallest with green leaves and shorter ones with rust and orange leaves. Amid this, at center right rising from the horizon line are three bare trees bare of leaves, just thin trunks and branches, each looking like wisps of gray straw.
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 3d
SUBMIT TO BARNEY!
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 3d
Protest Prom.
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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 3d
Yes, there's drought, but Mother Nature still serves up beauty. Here's where I work.
Color photograph of the slim trunks of trees on the right and the left edges of the image, with green and yellow plants in the foreground and green-leafed trees beyond. At the center is a view through the trees to a body of water in which trees with orange and yellow leaves are reflected. Blue sky in the distance. Color photograph depicting a body of water in the middle distance, with two tree trunks framing the water in the foreground. The far shore is lined with trees of green, yellow, and red leaves. Blue sky in the background right. Even bare trees are beautiful against a clear azure sky. Color photographic image depicts brown and dry green grass in foreground and middle ground. Image taken from beyond two stone posts at lower left and right. Beyond the posts at the horizon line are trees of various heights, the tallest with green leaves and shorter ones with rust and orange leaves. Amid this, at center right rising from the horizon line are three bare trees bare of leaves, just thin trunks and branches, each looking like wisps of gray straw.
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