Erika Bsumek
@embsumek.bsky.social
Historian of the US West. Supporter of Digital humanities and creator of digital timeline software called ClioVis. Austinte.
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The entire budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities (which has been devastated by Trump & Musk) is 3% of this.
SpaceX gets up to $5.9 billion in new DOD launch contracts...more than it's competitors, United Launch alliance and Blue Origin.
April 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The entire budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities (which has been devastated by Trump & Musk) is 3% of this.
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Lee Zeldin, the new head of the EPA, announced plans to take a broad swipe at this bedrock law that protects people across the U.S. from harmful pollution. Here’s what you need to know: vitalsigns.edf.org/story/clean-...
The Clean Air Act — and your family's health and safety — are under attack
The Clean Air Act is under attack from the Trump administration and its EPA chief, Lee Zeldin.
vitalsigns.edf.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Lee Zeldin, the new head of the EPA, announced plans to take a broad swipe at this bedrock law that protects people across the U.S. from harmful pollution. Here’s what you need to know: vitalsigns.edf.org/story/clean-...
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I was on my first podcast! The latest episode of The Gilded Age and Progressive Era Podcast is out today, featuring a round table with myself, Cathleen Cahill, and Boyd Cothran on the field of Native American History. You can find it on Spotify, Apple, Acast, etc.: open.spotify.com/episode/4ycp...
Roundtable: Native American Studies Today
The Gilded Age and Progressive Era · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I was on my first podcast! The latest episode of The Gilded Age and Progressive Era Podcast is out today, featuring a round table with myself, Cathleen Cahill, and Boyd Cothran on the field of Native American History. You can find it on Spotify, Apple, Acast, etc.: open.spotify.com/episode/4ycp...
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Assistant Professorship in Digital History
University of Aarhus - Department of History and Classical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA099/a...
University of Aarhus - Department of History and Classical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA099/a...
Assistant Professorship in Digital History at University of Aarhus
An academic position as a Assistant Professorship in Digital History is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Assistant Professorship in Digital History
University of Aarhus - Department of History and Classical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA099/a...
University of Aarhus - Department of History and Classical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA099/a...
We are only a month into 2025 but I already feel the word of the year is clear.
February 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We are only a month into 2025 but I already feel the word of the year is clear.
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Congratulations to editors Mary E. Mendoza & @tracibrynne.bsky.social and all the contributors, including @embsumek.bsky.social, @colinfisher.bsky.social, @arikelman.bsky.social, & many, many more!
January 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Congratulations to editors Mary E. Mendoza & @tracibrynne.bsky.social and all the contributors, including @embsumek.bsky.social, @colinfisher.bsky.social, @arikelman.bsky.social, & many, many more!
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NEW 📗: If you're interested in race, justice, & environmental history, then I highly recommend NOT JUST GREEN, NOT JUST WHITE, a collection out this week from @univnebpress.bsky.social. #envhist
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
January 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NEW 📗: If you're interested in race, justice, & environmental history, then I highly recommend NOT JUST GREEN, NOT JUST WHITE, a collection out this week from @univnebpress.bsky.social. #envhist
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
A good example of how students can use ClioVis to, as the student in the video says, ‘crush their coursework.’ Click on the link and check out our non-AI digital tool. :)
Struggling with managing your coursework? Learn how ClioVis can help you master organization, teamwork, and success in the classroom! Watch now and take your studies to the next level.✨
YT Link: youtu.be/hIQ9k9suhgw?...
#knowledge #technology #timeline #visualization #mindmapping #education
YT Link: youtu.be/hIQ9k9suhgw?...
#knowledge #technology #timeline #visualization #mindmapping #education
January 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A good example of how students can use ClioVis to, as the student in the video says, ‘crush their coursework.’ Click on the link and check out our non-AI digital tool. :)
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Thanks to Scott Tong and NPR’s Here & Now for a chance talk about birthright’s past, present, and future. News was fast breaking yesterday with welcome change out of Seattle by midday! www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
What Trump's order means for birthright citizenship
President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship is an attempt to change the longstanding interpretation of the 14th Amendment. It's already facing major legal challenges.
www.wbur.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Thanks to Scott Tong and NPR’s Here & Now for a chance talk about birthright’s past, present, and future. News was fast breaking yesterday with welcome change out of Seattle by midday! www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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Introducing the ClioVis Syllabus Generator—your tool for effortless course planning! Enter course details to create, customize, export, and update polished syllabi with ease—no IP mining here! Click the link below to check out our tool yourself!
Link: cliovis.com/syllabus-gen...
Link: cliovis.com/syllabus-gen...
January 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Introducing the ClioVis Syllabus Generator—your tool for effortless course planning! Enter course details to create, customize, export, and update polished syllabi with ease—no IP mining here! Click the link below to check out our tool yourself!
Link: cliovis.com/syllabus-gen...
Link: cliovis.com/syllabus-gen...
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
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Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: www.latimes.com/california/l...
January 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: www.latimes.com/california/l...
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Get to know us!
Meet Clio, the muse of history and guardian of knowledge. We've teamed her name with "Vis," symbolizing visualization. Together, ClioVis embodies our mission to empower students to conquer their studies through the power of visualization.
Meet Clio, the muse of history and guardian of knowledge. We've teamed her name with "Vis," symbolizing visualization. Together, ClioVis embodies our mission to empower students to conquer their studies through the power of visualization.
December 8, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Get to know us!
Meet Clio, the muse of history and guardian of knowledge. We've teamed her name with "Vis," symbolizing visualization. Together, ClioVis embodies our mission to empower students to conquer their studies through the power of visualization.
Meet Clio, the muse of history and guardian of knowledge. We've teamed her name with "Vis," symbolizing visualization. Together, ClioVis embodies our mission to empower students to conquer their studies through the power of visualization.
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Only 0.1% of patients formally appeal denials. But when they do…
UnitedHealthcare tried to deny coverage to a chronically ill patient. He fought back, exposing the insurer’s inner workings.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Only 0.1% of patients formally appeal denials. But when they do…
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Great post-doc opportunity at the JCB!
Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!
December 6, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Great post-doc opportunity at the JCB!
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If you're a reporter writing about these bathroom protests, you should reach out to Bryant Simon at Temple, as he's currently writing a really fascinating history of public restrooms.
Let today’s Capitol Hill bathroom sit-in spark an era of radical defiance. Trans folks refuse to bow to hate and bigotry. We demand dignity and respect. We will fight like our ancestors. We are building with our elders and peers. And trans youth will inherit a better world.
📸: Alexa Wilkinson
📸: Alexa Wilkinson
December 6, 2024 at 1:21 AM
If you're a reporter writing about these bathroom protests, you should reach out to Bryant Simon at Temple, as he's currently writing a really fascinating history of public restrooms.
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Finding relevant papers for literature review takes a lot of time.
So, MIT researchers built Undermind, an AI-powered search engine.
It can generate well-researched overviews on any topic and is 10-50 times better than Google Scholar.
Here's how to use it:
So, MIT researchers built Undermind, an AI-powered search engine.
It can generate well-researched overviews on any topic and is 10-50 times better than Google Scholar.
Here's how to use it:
November 20, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Finding relevant papers for literature review takes a lot of time.
So, MIT researchers built Undermind, an AI-powered search engine.
It can generate well-researched overviews on any topic and is 10-50 times better than Google Scholar.
Here's how to use it:
So, MIT researchers built Undermind, an AI-powered search engine.
It can generate well-researched overviews on any topic and is 10-50 times better than Google Scholar.
Here's how to use it:
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Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!
December 5, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!
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Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2024, Part 3 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/04/c...
Chefs' Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2024, Part 3 - The Scholarly Kitchen
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 3 today.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
December 4, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2024, Part 3 scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/04/c...
Hot take: one of the essential skills we need to teach our grad students is how to schedule a meeting that includes a calendar invite.
December 3, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Hot take: one of the essential skills we need to teach our grad students is how to schedule a meeting that includes a calendar invite.
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The slush pile of L.Powell at its lowest level in almost 60 years, back ends of canyons breathing once again.
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 PM
The slush pile of L.Powell at its lowest level in almost 60 years, back ends of canyons breathing once again.
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Alright *cracks knuckles* let's do this!
Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:
What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects
Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:
What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects
November 25, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Alright *cracks knuckles* let's do this!
Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:
What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects
Today I'm inaugurating an episodic Monday series titled History of Islamic Art in 100 Objects. But we have to ask the most important question first:
What is Islamic art? Also, why is this even a question? 🧵 #IslamicArt100Objects