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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 6h

Come check out our AMA on @askhistorians.bsky.social today with our guest @csschmitt.bsky.social for her new book The Predatory Sea

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 1d

We have an AMA today with @davidgreenberg.bsky.social on his book John Lewis: A Life. Come check it out!

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 3d

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

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BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct. 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights. ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association

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ACLU @aclu.org · 4d

Militarized federal agents raided a Chicago apartment complex and pulled men, women, and children from their homes and into U-haul vans, separating the children from their parents.

Some people were pulled from their bed naked and terrified in the dead of night.

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 7d

We have an AMA with @amyefarrell.bsky.social today on @askhistorians.bsky.social about the history of the Girl Scouts! Come check it out!
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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 8d

What a time to be teaching several classes on the Salem Witch Trials

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth's words seem especially chilling in light of his whitewashing of the Wounded Knee Massacre as a heroic "battle" only a few days ago. The message would seem to be that the Trump Administration is willing to forgive any atrocity US troops may commit as an "earnest mistake."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 8d

We have 9 AMAs (+2 pending) lined up for @askhistorians.bsky.social in October! We're covering the girl scouts, Julian Augustus, John Lewis, Caribbean enslavement, abortion after Roe, the Cuban Missile Crisis, South American Cold War dictators, the solar system, and manga! Be sure to check them out!

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations Brett Kavanaugh

Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 9d

Today I spoke with Greg Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol chief, as he led dozens of feds in military gear through downtown Chicago.

He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”

“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.

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Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 9d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 9d

This is now the second attempted terrorist attack on the LGBTQ community in a week as "revenge" for Charlie Kirk. This follows an attempted mass shooting of a gay bar in Arizona.

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Texas man accused of plotting Pride parade shooting as revenge for Charlie Kirk

Exclusive: ‘Come on bro let’s go hunting fairies,’ Joshua Cole wrote to a friend two days before the Abilene Pride Parade, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 10d

Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to endorse the Democratic Nominee for NYC mayor but has plenty of praise for Eric Adams who, left the party, openly supports Trump, & cut a deal with Trump to disappear the DOJ’s bribery & corruption charges against him. Can’t imagine why the Dem Party has 26% approval🤔

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 12d

We have @andrewhartman.bsky.social for an AMA on @askhistorians.bsky.social today! I'm sure Reddit will stay calm, cool, and collected for a very non-controversial topic like Karl Marx in America

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 15d

Come check out this AMA with Adrian Ciani today on American Catholics and Palestine in the early-mid 20th century!

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 15d

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 19d

Check out this great AMA today with @caitlinrwiesner.bsky.social!

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 19d

🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.

Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣

This is a must-watch. 🔥

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 20d

Saving to show my DH students when I explain that WiFi isn't the determining factor for shitty AI responses

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 20d

LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI

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Karen Weingarten @kweingarten.bsky.social · 21d

I love the questions I'm getting from the AskHistorians community on Reddit! It's been so much fun that I have to drag myself away to get other things done.

Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 21d

Come check out this fantastic AMA with @kweingarten.bsky.social we have going on today! (One of several @nursingclio.bsky.social appearances on @askhistorians.bsky.social in the near future!)

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 21d

Come check out this fantastic AMA with @kweingarten.bsky.social we have going on today! (One of several @nursingclio.bsky.social appearances on @askhistorians.bsky.social in the near future!)

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 24d

I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24d

Set aside Sen. Mike Lee's storm of lies and incitement here. Lee literally made jokes on Twitter about the fmr Speaker of the Minnesota state house being murdered in her home by a right wing extremist. Hard to imagine any more twisted and malicious person in public life.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26d

going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 26d

“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 26d

any outlet that reported the “pro-trans ideology on bullet casings” thing owes the public an apology and an explanation

if you are serious about turning down the temperature, start by showing some shame and regret for your role in turning it up in the first place by allowing yourself to be played

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 26d

Come check out @kallienebenjamin.bsky.social's fantastic AMA today on @askhistorians.bsky.social for Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal!

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