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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 6d

Glad to be Ved vaxxed.

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 7d

@skpawlicki.bsky.social was, until the Trump administration canceled the program, working as a Mellon fellow for the National Parks Service. She created the most incredible women's history programming, and now, she's recreated it entirely separately: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...

Women's History Illuminated

Women's History and the National Historic Landmarks Program

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sr_toliver @srtoliver.bsky.social · 8d

🔵 FACULTY POSITION 🔵

U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!

💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25

For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies

Please boost! 🚀

College of Education: Professor (Open-Rank) – Secondary Literacy

Duties and Responsibilities

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 8d

CHICAGO / SUBURBS

If you want to know what it's looked like at the ICE facility in Broadview (Chicago), this brilliant photo essay from @almacampos.bsky.social & @pgoyette.bsky.social at @southsideweekly.bsky.social is a very good place to start.

We Want Them Back: Protest and State Violence at Broadview ICE Facility

Hundreds protested outside Broadview ICE in Illinois, resisting Operation Midway Blitz and denouncing raids, deportations, and state violence.

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Will Thomas @williamthomas.bsky.social · 8d

After a long hiatus, AIP's postdoc position for historians of the physical sciences is back!

3 years, $77,500 per year + benefits. Work in the Washington, DC area, close to Univ of Maryland. Open to US citizens/permanent residents. Apply by Nov. 15! #histsci

workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

A green space with bushes and trees and a helix sculpture next to a beige building.

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 11d

In Wisconsin with the kids (lol both adults) and of course I'm having a brunch sandwich that is stuff with hash browns...when in Rome yada yada....

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 14d

Successful yearly PW change at a University....

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk in front of a bookshelf .

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 15d

Autumn, day 2.

Tree with red leaves all along the trunk, climbing upwards.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20d

Alright I have something useful for you to do.

Think of any teachers and librarians you know. Do they know about Skype a scientist? Our program matches classrooms & other groups w/scientists for virtual Q&As. It’s free!

They can sign up here!
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

#Edusky #StemED

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 21d

Chicagoland notes: shoutout to the Niles West Cross County team - y'all look great and impressively making your coach work hard ! To the cars in Golf Road - y'all need to stop running red lights - there's a lot of trail traffic - please watch out 👀🦻🏼

a close up of a bald man making a funny face in a room .

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 23d

battle doom scrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

Homemade cherry plum jam
Crickets humming at dusk
Yellow daisies
Coffee in bed
Texts from my kids that contain deadpan commentary

Mark Alan Mattes / Hot Brown Press @markalanmattes.bsky.social · 23d

battle doom scrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

totinos pizza rolls
saying "Dino DNA"
strong iced tea
kids' drawings
staring at the hummingbird feeder

Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 23d

battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

the bus
toddler giggles
opening the mailbox
very cold very bubbly water
found poetry

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 23d

I just want to say --this is the best crop in years (constant battle with critters eating green tomatoes) 😊😆😇

Image of five cherry tomatoes sitting on a spoon.

Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 25d

Making salsa and enchiladas verdes

Image of roasted tomatillos and jalapeños. All green in color.

Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 25d

No puede resiste hoy! Conchas !

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 28d

Here's what we are up to in Chicago....baking veggie pot pies.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Mexican Independence Day Parade in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood went on as planned today despite concern of disruption by federal immigration agents. While parade festivities were underway, volunteers patrolled the area for on lookout for federal agents.

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · Sep 6

No I'm NOT ready for the windbreaker -😢😁 #savesummer #septembersummer
Ps yes I know we've been invaded here in my beloved Chgo but best to ignore the bully, yes? Got to keep showing up?!

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · Sep 5

Rockstar panel, IMO. I hope they air it on CSPAN.

www.historians.org/event/histor...

History of Vaccines – AHA

The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on vaccines. The briefing will take place on Wednesday, November 5, at 3:00 p.m. ET in Ray...

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · Sep 4

Surely a real Chicago airport pick up is your Uber driver being sweet on the phone with someone that they are trying to date?

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · Aug 29

TFW a paragraph of a history article you are attempting to write becomes a footnote.

a man with long hair and a beard is saying " i am ares god of war "

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · Aug 29

TFW a paragraph of a history article you are attempting to write becomes a footnote.

a man with long hair and a beard is saying " i am ares god of war "

ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is saying " i am ares god of war "

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Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · Aug 25

👉🏼 Rare Books Job Alert: Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western is hiring a director of rare books and university archives. 👈🏼

Pros: Cleveland rocks; our collections are fab, esp in history of print and science; you get to work with me 🥰

Cons: 🤷🏻‍♀️

employment.case.edu/psc/ERECRUIT...

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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · Aug 25

Delighted to see the latest article in special issue @genderandhistory.bsky.social ed. [email protected]; Lisa Hellman, Rachel Jean-Baptiste and me out! 🌟 Greg Downs investigates the experiences of Black rural working women at elections in South Carolina 1874-1895 doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Armed Women at the Polling Grounds: Black Rural Working Women's Struggle Again Election‐Day Segregation in South Carolina, 1874–1895

This article examines testimony about Black rural women's physical, sometimes violent, interventions in Reconstruction era South Carolina elections to illuminate the relationship between race, space ....

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · Aug 21

When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · Aug 17

Papas ala Mexicana y pollo verde también (no en la foto)