Rachel Tamar Van

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Early Americanist. I’d rather be outside. Views my own.

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Heading out to SHEAR2024 this week in Philly? Interested in pitching a piece or finding out more information about Commonplace? Production Editor Jordan Taylor @publiusorperish.bsky.social will be around to chat. Reach out to me or him to set up a meeting. 🗃️

I am shocked (shocked!) (/s) — Robert Putnam, of Bowling Alone, on who does the bulk of the connective labor for his family:

Here's the money quote: Int: Can you describe your own social life? What clubs are you in? Putnam: That’s a really embarrassing question. [Laughs] I write about and talk about the importance of connections, but my wife actually does it. She is actually the one who joins everything.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Articles of Impeachment against Justices Thomas and Alitoyoutu.be Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY): "I rise today to introduce Articles of Impeachment against Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr." She adds, "Justices Thomas and Alito's year's long pattern of misconduct and failure to recuse in cases bearing their clear personal and financial involvement represents an abuse of power and threat to our democracy fundamentally incompatible with continued service on our nation’s highest court." https://www.c-span.org/video/?536883-4/house-session-part-2 Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: https://donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video_Description&utm_campaign=Donations&utm_content=Donate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cspan/ Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ Newsletters: https://www.c-span.org/connect/ Visit the C-SPAN Shop: https://c-spanshop.org/ #cspan

I regret my decision not to drink during that debate.

The reacting to the audience are the best. “Oh no! You don’t want to pass another $2T tax cut? Good to hear it.”

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Historian/ humanist colleagues pls read. This is so insightful and important on AI and how scientists are imagining & projecting its significance--& exactly why we always need more HSS perspectives on STEM work. Bc science is human- powered w all that entails.🗃️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research - Naturewww.nature.com The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools in scientific research risks creating illusions of understanding, where scientists believe they understand more about the world than they actual...

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Interested in the works of art & culture that will enter the public domain in 2024? 🎶🎞️📚 Check out the newly published list from Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain: web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...

Public Domain Day 2024web.law.duke.edu Tweet January 1, 2024 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1928 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1923! By Jennifer Jenkins Director, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.0

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Heya sky historians! 🗃️ A colleague & I are recruiting for a panel on the business history of national patrimony (broadly construed) for the Business History Conference 2024 meeting, set for March in Providence, RI. Panelist, chair, or commenter wanted (& we’ll also gladly take suggestions!)

Loved Art of Prophecy—can’t wait to read this!

The Art of Destiny is out today! Many extremely talented people worked hard to bring this fat little fantasy book to life. If you enjoyed The Art of Prophecy, please consider picking up book 2 today! First week sales are incredibly important. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652833...

The Art of Destiny by Wesley Chu: 9780593237663 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Bookswww.penguinrandomhouse.com A hero once believed to be the chosen one must find a new path with the help of a band of unlikely allies in the sequel to The Art of Prophecy, an epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic from...

Compelling to see how varied the paths -

(Pls repost) Folks who majored in history, english, or something else “useless,”what was your first job out of school? What are you doing now? I know there are plenty of online resources about jobs but I’m trying to show my students that careers are often not straight lines.Thank you!!!!

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Friends! Please tune in to this great program organized by the Brennan Center at NYU and co-sponsored by SHEAR. "A Supreme Fact-Check: How the U.S. Supreme Court Gets History Wrong" is a follow-up to the plenary session at the SHEAR conference in July. www.brennancenter.org/events/supre...

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Since Commonplace doesn't have an account, I will be reposting for them: It is the time to check out the new article by Allyson LaForge on Commonplace! She tells how we can use community-engaged methodologies to recover histories of Indigenous material culture.🗃️ commonplace.online/article/trac...

Tracing Material Culture Histories: A Miniature Mokuk within Networks of Indigenous Resistance - Com...commonplace.online Even before the miniaturization of mokuks as souvenir items, these folded birchbark baskets served as trade items that also facilitated diplomacy between Native and colonial nations.

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NEH's Office of Digital Humanities is seeking a Program Officer (AKA a Humanities Administrator.) Apps are due Sept 26. We have to re-run our previous search, so if you applied before, apply again. More detailed instructions are in the announcement. www.usajobs.gov/job/748496600

Humanities Administratorwww.usajobs.gov NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

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My institution, Cal Poly Pomona, is hiring an Assistant Professor of #History for Chinese History to start in Fall 2024. Please re-post & spread the word! careers.pageuppeople.com/873/po/en-us...

Chinese History friends! And friends of friends - please spread the word: Cal Poly Pomona is hiring: careers.pageuppeople.com/873/po/en-us...

Jobs - Job Details - History, Assistant Professor careers.pageuppeople.com

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New Yorkers who like Hawaii, hula, or Hawaiian food: Queensboro in Jackson Heights is doing a fab Maui aid fundraiser. Chef Tony, one of the owners, is from Hawaii. www.thequeensboro.com/events

EVENTS | The Queensborowww.thequeensboro.com

Dodger Island sounds like a Dickens novel, no?

Still looking for something for your fall syllabus for early 19th c. markets & industry? Try this game (& tell me what you think): http://commonplace.online/article/the-peculiar-game-of-the-yankee-peddlers

The Peculiar Game of the Yankee Peddler—Or what do you buy? - Commonplacecommonplace.online Part of the utility of the game is how many intersections can be addressed, a Choose Your Own Adventure of lesson planning.

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