Abigail Swingen
@abigailswingen.bsky.social
EM British & Atlantic history. Competing Visions of Empire (Yale, 2015). Now: Britain's Financial Revolution & Moral Crisis. She/her. New Englander (usually) in Texas. Views my own. Latest article: https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2023.74
Sorry for the screenshot, but here's info about how to donate to the Community Aid Network of MN, which distributes food and other necessities to folks in the Cities. Got this from my favorite bookstore in St Paul, Next Chapter.
January 19, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Sorry for the screenshot, but here's info about how to donate to the Community Aid Network of MN, which distributes food and other necessities to folks in the Cities. Got this from my favorite bookstore in St Paul, Next Chapter.
Last night someone asked for more food content, so here's huevos rancheros with Christmas chile in Santa Fe today. 🌶️🎄
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Last night someone asked for more food content, so here's huevos rancheros with Christmas chile in Santa Fe today. 🌶️🎄
City of Lubbock Public Health Department's Facebook page is reporting an unvaccinated child in the city has tested positive for measles. Screenshot below.
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
City of Lubbock Public Health Department's Facebook page is reporting an unvaccinated child in the city has tested positive for measles. Screenshot below.
Every once in a while I'm reminded that maybe my research still has some resonance, if I consider myself a historian of "The Long Grift."
January 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Every once in a while I'm reminded that maybe my research still has some resonance, if I consider myself a historian of "The Long Grift."
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Happy New Year!
But I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie.
November 29, 2024 at 3:12 AM
But I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie.
What does this even mean? If a student turned this in, I would send it back covered in question marks with instructions to CLARIFY.
September 10, 2024 at 9:17 PM
What does this even mean? If a student turned this in, I would send it back covered in question marks with instructions to CLARIFY.
Spotted outside one of the neighborhood bookstores here in St. Paul.
September 7, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Spotted outside one of the neighborhood bookstores here in St. Paul.
Found this piece of paper amongst my mom's stuff announcing a student protest of the Kent State massacre from May 1970 in Defiance, Ohio. My parents went to Defiance College. Reverse side is a note from my mom to her mother, explaining the experience. Read Alt text for transcriptions. 🗃️
August 19, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Found this piece of paper amongst my mom's stuff announcing a student protest of the Kent State massacre from May 1970 in Defiance, Ohio. My parents went to Defiance College. Reverse side is a note from my mom to her mother, explaining the experience. Read Alt text for transcriptions. 🗃️
"Harvey, a retired trade unionist, said she felt Merseyside police had underestimated the threat from the far-right and were partly responsible for the disorder getting out of hand in Liverpool on Saturday." Let's hear it for Nans Against Nazis! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
August 7, 2024 at 6:57 PM
"Harvey, a retired trade unionist, said she felt Merseyside police had underestimated the threat from the far-right and were partly responsible for the disorder getting out of hand in Liverpool on Saturday." Let's hear it for Nans Against Nazis! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
Texas Tech Department of History now has an online MA program, specifically with K-12 teachers in mind. Deadline June 15 for Fall 2024 admissions. 🗃️ #history
May 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Texas Tech Department of History now has an online MA program, specifically with K-12 teachers in mind. Deadline June 15 for Fall 2024 admissions. 🗃️ #history
It's snowing in northern Connecticut! Ack!
November 22, 2023 at 3:11 AM
It's snowing in northern Connecticut! Ack!
We put the spring in Springfield!
October 10, 2023 at 1:03 AM
We put the spring in Springfield!
Me, staying out of the way as the last minute dorm packing has started to drive me nuts 😬.
August 29, 2023 at 10:46 PM
Me, staying out of the way as the last minute dorm packing has started to drive me nuts 😬.
