"On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, rode the full route of the M57, a crosstown bus that traverses Midtown Manhattan and is one of the city’s slowest, to remind New Yorkers that he wanted to speed up their commutes."

Yes, bring back manliness like the 1790s
- wigs
- tights
- frills
- powder
- filler
- rouge
- hips out
- legs crossed

I just learned that the number of children in the U.S. navigating life with Long COVID exceeds that of the number of kids with asthma.

Wow.

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Fuck Prime Day. PDFs of GHOST DAYS and IN THE SNOW, THE JUNGLE are on sale for just 3$ today, which means you can grab this fully illustrated short story collection AND its followup novella for just $6.

Get your Appalachian historical folklore/horror fix here!

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So what happens to public schools during a government shutdown?

You asked. @mcbride.house.gov answered.

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ICYMI: Important new open access publication ...

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology
tinyurl.com/2s3wsym6

The real goal of 'Make America Healthy Again'? Woo-woo treatments for the rich, shrinking healthcare for the poor | Alexander Avila

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

They should go bankrupt. This is appalling speech. Personally, I won't be spending any money there

It used to be that reflecting on life choices ‘Nobody wishes they’d spent more time in the office’ was the go to. Maybe we should move on to ‘Nobody wishes they’d spent more time shouting at people online who they’ve never met’. Spawned from this excellent @theguardian.com article on enshitification

We have two further Starter Packs, also updated for the new academic year, covering:

> Societies & groups for historians, international go.bsky.app/9T5F1Qc

> UK institutes and research centres for historians go.bsky.app/RbfRrhm

Again, recommendations for additional contacts are welcome 2/2

Please join us next week, 9th October 2025, at 13:00 BST, for our next seminar of the semester. We will be joined by @professorlacy.bsky.social, University of Delaware - more details 👇

If you'd like to join, please register here: liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We hope to see you there!

Jane Goodall showed tremendous courage in charting her own course as a pioneering researcher – and working to spread hope wherever she went.

Another call for sources: I'm reporting on pediatric Covid vaccine access. If you've had trouble finding pediatric doses in stock, or if your child was turned away, I'd love to hear from you: [email protected].

Thanks to those who replied to my pregnancy callout; that story will be out soon.

I am taking art/design commissions (but only 1-2 per month due to the terms of my unemployment). Please feel free to DM if you are interested. Also please share to spread the word. Info about services and rates can be found at my website: sites.google.com/view/wdspale...

Amidst the shutdown and the continued attacks on institutions, individuals, and communities, it's important that we document human toll.

To that end, here's a chance to share anonymously how you and your loved ones are faring in the wake of rapid social and policy change.

tinyurl.com/thehumantoll

Come hear me talk about how 3D modeling can help us recognise grave reopening and other funerary practices!

Who wants to read about the first woman keeper of insects at London Zoo, and how she cut her way out of a giant spider's web with her nail file? Evelyn Cheesman, the second of the five women in my book:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/03...

I hope you get better soon

Join our free open day: Saturday, 4th October 2025.
Location: Great Torrington Bowling Club.
All ages welcome. Perfect for tourists and local residents alike!
#northdevon #torringtoncavaliers #torrington #greattorrington #history #archaeology #heritage #openday

The world has lost one of the biggest figures in Anthropology, Biology, and Conservation to have ever lived. Science will be an emptier place without her, and I can only take solace in knowing that she has inspired entire new generations of researchers who will continue her work. Rest in peace, Jane

Your research ‘subjects’ have names, expertise, and intellectual contributions that deserve recognition.
Yet most ethnographic work still follows the colonial playbook, extract insights, publish under sole authorship, move on to the next community. #publicanthropology