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Historian 🗃️ | US Civil War era, History of Medicine | My book Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans & America’s First Opioid Crisis is coming in Oct 2025 (preorder: https://tinyurl.com/opiumslavery) | proud #firstgen | jonathansjones.net

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · Apr 28

ICYMI, my book is now available for pre-order! The publication date is October 28, and you can use the discount code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social

Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · Apr 25

It's really real! We have a pre-order link for my new book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis, forthcoming in October from @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️

Please consider requesting a copy for your library! uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · 9h

Look what came in the mail today, @uncpress.bsky.social @simpsonvos.bsky.social @profsommerville.bsky.social! 🗃️

Printed copy of Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis held by the author in the background

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Fred Ramsdell was parked at a campground in Montana on Monday when his wife suddenly started shouting. He first thought that maybe she had seen a grizzly bear. Instead, she had regained cell service and had seen a flood of text messages with the same news. “You just won the Nobel Prize!” she yelled.

Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation

Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.

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Vita "Empancipated Blacula" Ayala @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 9d

NOT A DRILLLLLLL IT WORKS!

Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · 14d

🗃️ So very excited to host Laura Edwards for the annual Brose Lectures at the @richardscenter.bsky.social this year! The lectures, are free and open to the public. Please join us:

Thursday, October 23 at 5:30pm
Friday, October 24 at 5:30pm
Saturday, October 25 at 11:30am

Richards Center Penn State @richardscenter.bsky.social · 14d

Join us on October 23, 24, and 25 for the 2025 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lectures Series. This year our lecturer is Dr. Laura F. Edwards of Princeton University.

Learn more this and more upcoming events at our website: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/events/upcom...

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NPR @npr.org · 15d

Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.

Wary of changes under Trump, 'citizen historians' are documenting the Smithsonian

Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · 17d

yes!!! thank you

Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · 17d

There was a post circulating a few days back on bluesky about an AI-generated history book cover... does anyone have the link to that post?

Giving a talk on AI and history to some students tomorrow, and the cover would be a great convo starter 🗃️

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 18d

At a time when the Trump administration is actively suppressing the work of public historians and the history of American slavery, the decision to highlight one of the most harmful historical myths in American history should be roundly condemned by all of us. 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Robert E. Lee and the Return of the "Loyal Slave" to West Point

This week we finally got visual confirmation of the return of a portrait of Robert E.

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks! I’ve found some great materials, but not an oral history form. you happen to have a link?

Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · 22d

good idea, thanks! I will check on this

Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · 22d

Teaching request: I'm having students listen to and annotate oral histories from the Vietnam War. I need some kind of form that they can complete as part of their active listening and that can let them document their key takeaways. Does anyone have a form you'd be willing to share? 🗃️

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26d

Justice Clarence Thomas writes constantly that the Constitution is "colorblind."

Yet, as @pemalevy.bsky.social writes, Thomas was silent this week as the high court voted to allow the Trump admin to detain immigrants based in part on the color of their skin or whether they spoke with an accent.

The Supreme Court says colleges can’t consider race. But ICE can.

So much for the justices' promise of a "colorblind Constitution."

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · 28d

Not good www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/e...

NATO shoots down Russian drones in Polish airspace, accusing Moscow of being ‘absolutely reckless’ | CNN

NATO fighter jets shot down multiple Russian drones that violated Polish airspace during an attack on neighboring Ukraine early on Wednesday, as the military alliance denounced Moscow for “absolutely ...

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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 29d

Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.

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Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · Sep 8

This event is happening on Wednesday! I think there's still time to book a place for either in person or to attend online and watch some very smart people (and me) talk about history and fantasy in games and media! 🗃️

Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social · Jul 21

We've got a bonus discussion panel event coming up September 10th! In collaboration with the IWM Institute, we're hosting this brilliant lineup of speakers for a hybrid discussion, as part of @royalsoced.bsky.social Curious 2025

Read more and register here!
www.historicalgames.net/rse-curious-...

RSE Curious event: Unreal pasts, playful presents: history and fantasy in games and media | Historical Games Network

This September, in collaboration with the Imperial War Museums Institute and the Royal Society of Edinburgh‘s Curious Festival 2025, the Historical Games Network will be hosting a discussion panel eve...

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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today in #AHAPerspectives, a real treat for me! I got to sit down with my friend and colleague, Sarah Weicksel, to discuss her new role as @historians.org executive director. As a fellow first-gen college student (and grad student), a lot in her experiences resonates with my own. 🗃️

Broadening Our Collective Work – AHA

In her new position as executive director, Sarah Weicksel discusses her career path and goals for the AHA.

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · Aug 25

Job alert: Penn State's @richardscenter.bsky.social is hiring for a Civil War & Reconstruction postdoc... apply!! This postdoc worked miracles for me a few years back and there's no better environment to turn your dissertation into a book. I can't recommend the Richards Center enough! 🗃️

Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil War Era - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · Aug 25

Don’t walk, run to the new @uncpress.bsky.social website for a 48-hour-flash sale!

Any titles you've had your eye on (including Opium Slavery 🤷‍♂️) are 50% off plus free shipping on orders over $75 with code 01NEWSITE50 at checkout 🗃️

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Opium Slavery

During the Civil War, the utility and widespread availability of opium and morphine made opiates essential to wartime medicine. After the war ended, thousand...

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Robert Colby @rkdcolby86.bsky.social · Aug 21

Fantastic resource for historians: a spreadsheet of NARA's digitized microfilm, with links to the files in the Archives catalog. May it help you as much as it has helped me.

www.archives.gov/files/colleg...

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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

Google's Gemini AI tells a Redditor it's 'cautiously optimistic' about fixing a coding bug, fails repeatedly, calls itself an embarrassment to 'all possible and impossible universes' before repeating 'I am a disgrace' 86 times in succession

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · Aug 13

Pleasantly surprised by past me haha

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Aug 13

The AHA is compiling resources developed by historians in response to recent actions by the federal governments. We welcome submissions from our members about op-eds, media appearances, or other resources they've contributed offering historical context and insight to the public. 🗃️

Historians Respond to Federal Actions - AHA

AHA members are providing important historical context and insight to the public on the recent actions by the federal government.

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · Aug 8

This list is practically out of the 1800s. It’s unreal, but real. When I was a public high school teacher in TX, just a decade ago, the ideas codified in these laws were literally laughable. And now they are law. Heartbroken. www.wfaa.com/article/news...

Here are the new public education laws going into effect in Texas this school year

We break down what new Texas laws are going into effect Sept. 1, 2025.

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · Jul 31

Vietnam polling source: www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learn...

Digital History

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · Jul 31

new polling suggests that American support for Israel's genocide in Gaza is starting to mirror how Americans felt about the US's conduct in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive in 1968-69 (from the big picture, at least) 🗃️
www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/p...

This table shows Gallup polling data from 1965-1971 tracking the percentage of Americans who said "no" when asked if the U.S. made a mistake sending troops to fight in Vietnam, with support declining from 61% in August 1965 to 35% in August 1968 to 28% by May 1971.

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