Michael Kraemer
@taara535.bsky.social
PhD Candidate OSU
Alaska History
Tlingit History
Russian/American colonialism
Alaska History
Tlingit History
Russian/American colonialism
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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😮 A university without a library ceases to be a university. Full stop. I’m flabbergasted that a “determination” about a library’s future — besides FUND IT AND STAFF IT — needs to be made by an institute of higher learning.
"...the eventual plan is to close the library" #depaul #Chicao (Illinois) 📚📜
depauliaonline.com/80758/news/d...
depauliaonline.com/80758/news/d...
DePaul lays off over 100 staff members amid budget cuts
Joining universities nationwide, DePaul makes sweeping budget cuts amid enrollment decline and federal uncertainty.
depauliaonline.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
😮 A university without a library ceases to be a university. Full stop. I’m flabbergasted that a “determination” about a library’s future — besides FUND IT AND STAFF IT — needs to be made by an institute of higher learning.
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Purdue just announced that they are requiring all undergrad programs to have this as a core part of their education
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Purdue just announced that they are requiring all undergrad programs to have this as a core part of their education
Hot take - the main problem with this parking lot has nothing to do with parking spaces for cars. It's that the bike parking is way to far away from the store!
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hot take - the main problem with this parking lot has nothing to do with parking spaces for cars. It's that the bike parking is way to far away from the store!
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the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
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❌ learn to code
✅ learn to read
✅ learn to read
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
❌ learn to code
✅ learn to read
✅ learn to read
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Noah Smith's assertions here lie in the assumption that Indigenous nations are not truly nations, but rather, 'racial groups'. This is neither true nor demonstrates a complete understanding of Indigenous nationhood.
www.thefp.com/p/no-you-are...
www.thefp.com/p/no-you-are...
No, You Are Not on Indigenous Land
No, you are not on Indigenous land, argues Noah Smith. Pieces of territory belong to institutions, not to racial groups.
www.thefp.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Noah Smith's assertions here lie in the assumption that Indigenous nations are not truly nations, but rather, 'racial groups'. This is neither true nor demonstrates a complete understanding of Indigenous nationhood.
www.thefp.com/p/no-you-are...
www.thefp.com/p/no-you-are...
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It also opens the doors to further attempts to delegitimize connection to land, because it leads to definition of Indigenous nations at the genetic level, which then leads to the very tired arguments of "Actually, Native Americans are from Siberia, so they're immigrants too".
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It also opens the doors to further attempts to delegitimize connection to land, because it leads to definition of Indigenous nations at the genetic level, which then leads to the very tired arguments of "Actually, Native Americans are from Siberia, so they're immigrants too".
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Traffic deaths are policy choices.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Traffic deaths are policy choices.
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guys… we only have to suffer through 13 more months of this if we play our cards right, register to vote, donate, canvas, and vote in the primary and general
alaskans: we need a 2/3 majority in the senate to do this—so dan sullivan has got to go next year
alaskans: we need a 2/3 majority in the senate to do this—so dan sullivan has got to go next year
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
guys… we only have to suffer through 13 more months of this if we play our cards right, register to vote, donate, canvas, and vote in the primary and general
alaskans: we need a 2/3 majority in the senate to do this—so dan sullivan has got to go next year
alaskans: we need a 2/3 majority in the senate to do this—so dan sullivan has got to go next year
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We need to separate facts from fiction when it comes to what is — and isn't — an electric bicycle.
PART I: The E-Bike 'Problem' is an E-Moto Problem — Streetsblog USA
PeopleForBikes separates fact from fiction to protect the future of e-bikes in America in this new series. This is Part I.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We need to separate facts from fiction when it comes to what is — and isn't — an electric bicycle.
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becoming increasingly convinced that the best way to push back against AI slopification of everything is via BOOKS. Physical, paper books. An object you can trade, gift to people, carry around, stick your nose in and smell, and generally attach yourself to.
nowadays, "having read more than one book ever" is an incredibly effective way to be an absolute pain in the ass to people on both ends of the ideological spectrum, and i for one have always treasured that
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
becoming increasingly convinced that the best way to push back against AI slopification of everything is via BOOKS. Physical, paper books. An object you can trade, gift to people, carry around, stick your nose in and smell, and generally attach yourself to.
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That picture above was taken at noon.
This event was one of the most important toxic events in the postwar period that sparked the rise of the environmental movement and groundbreaking legislation to protect Americans from the worst impacts of industrialization.
This event was one of the most important toxic events in the postwar period that sparked the rise of the environmental movement and groundbreaking legislation to protect Americans from the worst impacts of industrialization.
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
That picture above was taken at noon.
This event was one of the most important toxic events in the postwar period that sparked the rise of the environmental movement and groundbreaking legislation to protect Americans from the worst impacts of industrialization.
This event was one of the most important toxic events in the postwar period that sparked the rise of the environmental movement and groundbreaking legislation to protect Americans from the worst impacts of industrialization.
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This Day in Labor History: October 27, 1948. An air inversion trapped the pollution spewed out by U.S. Steel-owned factories in Donora, Pennsylvania. The Donora Smog killed 20 people and sickened 6000 others. Let's talk about this horrible moment and how it spurred pollution controls!
October 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This Day in Labor History: October 27, 1948. An air inversion trapped the pollution spewed out by U.S. Steel-owned factories in Donora, Pennsylvania. The Donora Smog killed 20 people and sickened 6000 others. Let's talk about this horrible moment and how it spurred pollution controls!
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Amos Lawrence memorably said:
"We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, compromise Union Whigs & waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Stuff like this can be radicalizing.
"We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, compromise Union Whigs & waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Stuff like this can be radicalizing.
When Anthonhy Burns was kidnapped in Boston in 1854 under the auspices of the Fugitive Slave Act, thousands of ordinary white and Black Bostonians responded with outrage like this and stormed the jail in an unsuccessful attempt to free him.
October 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Amos Lawrence memorably said:
"We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, compromise Union Whigs & waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Stuff like this can be radicalizing.
"We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, compromise Union Whigs & waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Stuff like this can be radicalizing.
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When Anthonhy Burns was kidnapped in Boston in 1854 under the auspices of the Fugitive Slave Act, thousands of ordinary white and Black Bostonians responded with outrage like this and stormed the jail in an unsuccessful attempt to free him.
October 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
When Anthonhy Burns was kidnapped in Boston in 1854 under the auspices of the Fugitive Slave Act, thousands of ordinary white and Black Bostonians responded with outrage like this and stormed the jail in an unsuccessful attempt to free him.
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That last sentence should be the story on Sunday front pages and news shows.
October 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
That last sentence should be the story on Sunday front pages and news shows.
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Intolerable. Americans are being treated like citizens of a conquered territory
A friend of mine in Chicago just shared a video on IG of an ICE operation near her house. The operation happened just minutes before the neighborhood Halloween parade. ICE used tear gas and multiple parents had to wash their kids' (including toddlers) eyes out.
October 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Intolerable. Americans are being treated like citizens of a conquered territory
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its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
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Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.
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The MLS playoffs start today in full — and your team probably won't win it all.
@joeclowery.bsky.social and @benwright.bsky.social examine each team's biggest weakness to find out why they'll fall short 🏆
West: www.backheeled.com/haters-guide...
East: www.backheeled.com/haters-guide...
@joeclowery.bsky.social and @benwright.bsky.social examine each team's biggest weakness to find out why they'll fall short 🏆
West: www.backheeled.com/haters-guide...
East: www.backheeled.com/haters-guide...
Hater’s Guide to the 2025 MLS playoffs: Why each Eastern Conference team won’t win MLS Cup
Your favorite team? They'll crush your hopes. At least we're letting you down easy...
www.backheeled.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The MLS playoffs start today in full — and your team probably won't win it all.
@joeclowery.bsky.social and @benwright.bsky.social examine each team's biggest weakness to find out why they'll fall short 🏆
West: www.backheeled.com/haters-guide...
East: www.backheeled.com/haters-guide...
@joeclowery.bsky.social and @benwright.bsky.social examine each team's biggest weakness to find out why they'll fall short 🏆
West: www.backheeled.com/haters-guide...
East: www.backheeled.com/haters-guide...
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one of the consistently interesting things about ACA criticism since it was signed into law is how critics discount or ignore the medicaid expansion
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
one of the consistently interesting things about ACA criticism since it was signed into law is how critics discount or ignore the medicaid expansion
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"A crop we call manomin. A crop we plant. A crop we harvest. But, 'wild' rice encourages us to see this Anishinaabe crop as an incident of nature." - Brittany Luby
niche-canada.org/2018/12/10/k...
#Indigenous #foodstudies #agriculturalhistory #cdnhist #envhist
niche-canada.org/2018/12/10/k...
#Indigenous #foodstudies #agriculturalhistory #cdnhist #envhist
October 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"A crop we call manomin. A crop we plant. A crop we harvest. But, 'wild' rice encourages us to see this Anishinaabe crop as an incident of nature." - Brittany Luby
niche-canada.org/2018/12/10/k...
#Indigenous #foodstudies #agriculturalhistory #cdnhist #envhist
niche-canada.org/2018/12/10/k...
#Indigenous #foodstudies #agriculturalhistory #cdnhist #envhist