Erin Blakemore
@erinblakemore.bsky.social
Journalist, bookworm, feminist, historian, library school dropout, inveterate knitter, author of THE HEROINE'S BOOKSHELF. (She/her)
I used to be heroinebook on Twitter
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Erin Blakemore
@erinblakemore.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Hi to all you new folks!
I'm a journalist in Boulder, CO. History is my first love, and I'm lucky to be able to help translate the past for present-day audiences as a reporter and author.
When I'm not writing about yesteryear or obsessively knitting, I report on cool science/health stories.
I'm a journalist in Boulder, CO. History is my first love, and I'm lucky to be able to help translate the past for present-day audiences as a reporter and author.
When I'm not writing about yesteryear or obsessively knitting, I report on cool science/health stories.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
I am weirdly depressed about the demise of the penny. RIP, you coppery relic.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I am weirdly depressed about the demise of the penny. RIP, you coppery relic.
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A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network
Nature - A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.
go.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
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Read this community tribute at densho.org/catalyst/in-...
In Memoriam: A Community Tribute to Art Hansen - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
Art Hansen was a devoted scholar and beloved community historian whose commitment to documenting Japanese American experiences and voices reshaped the WWII incarceration narrative and inspired…
densho.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Read this community tribute at densho.org/catalyst/in-...
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For nearly seven decades, he kept mum about his life-saving role in America's deadliest nightclub fire. He shied away from revolving doors, which jammed with people fleeing the 1942 blaze. His son said they always sat near the fire exits in movie theaters. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...? #RIP
Bob Shumway, last known survivor of the deadly Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, dies at 101 - The Boston Globe
"The scene was indescribable, but it is still vivid in my mind," Mr. Shumway said of helping patrons escape one of the deadliest fires in the nation's history.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For nearly seven decades, he kept mum about his life-saving role in America's deadliest nightclub fire. He shied away from revolving doors, which jammed with people fleeing the 1942 blaze. His son said they always sat near the fire exits in movie theaters. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/12/m...? #RIP
Cry for help: Does anyone here have access to the Journal of the Geological Society? I need to look at two DOIs.
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Cry for help: Does anyone here have access to the Journal of the Geological Society? I need to look at two DOIs.
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My colleague @libbybrooks.bsky.social spoke to some of the knitters of Shetland about the fair isle and steeking controversies touched off by the competitive knitting show www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My colleague @libbybrooks.bsky.social spoke to some of the knitters of Shetland about the fair isle and steeking controversies touched off by the competitive knitting show www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Journalism friends, please share: @denverpost.com is seeking a Sports Editor to oversee the newspaper's sports staff and produce a sports section that has repeatedly earned national recognition for excellence. More details, including pay range, at the link below #journalismjobs
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November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Journalism friends, please share: @denverpost.com is seeking a Sports Editor to oversee the newspaper's sports staff and produce a sports section that has repeatedly earned national recognition for excellence. More details, including pay range, at the link below #journalismjobs
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Two years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration approached the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the original caretakers of the land, with an unheard of proposition: Would they like a piece of their land back?
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
19thnews.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Two years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration approached the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the original caretakers of the land, with an unheard of proposition: Would they like a piece of their land back?
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
I am sick and tired of being forced to relitigate and defend the basic human dignity of anyone. It is the year of our Lord 2025. WE DO NOT HAVE TO RELITIGATE THIS. "Debate me, bro" is not a pillar for a functional society. It's OK for us to just decide there are some settled tenets here.
as a thought exercise for everyone reading ross douthat's latest missive in the NYT, i want you to think about sending an email to your entire company with the subject line "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", then think about the over/under on the number of minutes/hours you would still be employed
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am sick and tired of being forced to relitigate and defend the basic human dignity of anyone. It is the year of our Lord 2025. WE DO NOT HAVE TO RELITIGATE THIS. "Debate me, bro" is not a pillar for a functional society. It's OK for us to just decide there are some settled tenets here.
Anyone who has been on the internet for...a bit longer than a minute is not surprised by this AT ALL. He is the epitome of That Effing Guy.
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
Dilbert creator taps Trump to get cancer drug. Others wish they could, too
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Anyone who has been on the internet for...a bit longer than a minute is not surprised by this AT ALL. He is the epitome of That Effing Guy.
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In 2022, the AHA launched the most comprehensive study of the national US history teaching landscape undertaken in the 21st century. We wanted to know what is actually happening in public school classrooms across the country. Find out what we learned. 🗃️
What Are American Students Learning about US History? - AHA
Since 2020, a contentious debate over history education has generated outrage, wild claims, and a growing sense of alarm in homes and communities across the country. State legislators, school board me...
www.historians.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In 2022, the AHA launched the most comprehensive study of the national US history teaching landscape undertaken in the 21st century. We wanted to know what is actually happening in public school classrooms across the country. Find out what we learned. 🗃️
I strongly suggest thanking your heroes if you can. It's good for you, it's good for them.
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I strongly suggest thanking your heroes if you can. It's good for you, it's good for them.
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“I haven’t seen violence like this since Rwanda. The velocity and ferocity of the RSF killing civilians since Sunday is unlike anything I’ve seen in 26 years of doing this work, and HRL [Yale Humanitarian Research Lab] has been reporting on the RSF and the Sudanese war for a while.”
Incredibly grim
Incredibly grim
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“I haven’t seen violence like this since Rwanda. The velocity and ferocity of the RSF killing civilians since Sunday is unlike anything I’ve seen in 26 years of doing this work, and HRL [Yale Humanitarian Research Lab] has been reporting on the RSF and the Sudanese war for a while.”
Incredibly grim
Incredibly grim
I'm going through some of my past writing for Reasons, and I have to say—I kind of feel bad for my professors back in the day. I came in SWINGING and READY TO ROLL. I thought it would feel embarrassing to read my past academic work, but it's making me just love on Young Me so much.
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I'm going through some of my past writing for Reasons, and I have to say—I kind of feel bad for my professors back in the day. I came in SWINGING and READY TO ROLL. I thought it would feel embarrassing to read my past academic work, but it's making me just love on Young Me so much.
As usual, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social is THE person to follow if you are interested in the legal aspect of today's modern horrors. He has a Substack, too, Law Dork. I don't think anyone can afford to be misinformed these days, and his coverage is just consistently awesome.
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
As usual, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social is THE person to follow if you are interested in the legal aspect of today's modern horrors. He has a Substack, too, Law Dork. I don't think anyone can afford to be misinformed these days, and his coverage is just consistently awesome.
Being a freelance history writer means getting assignments like "please summarize the entirety of the 19th century in 400 words," and this is why I am slowly losing my mind
October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Being a freelance history writer means getting assignments like "please summarize the entirety of the 19th century in 400 words," and this is why I am slowly losing my mind
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From January to 28 September 2025, over 518K cholera cases and 6,508 deaths have been reported across 32 countries. The deaths have already surpassed last year’s toll.
Read more: bit.ly/432IFwT
Read more: bit.ly/432IFwT
Multi-country outbreak of cholera, external situation report #31 -29 October 2025
Edition 31
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October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
From January to 28 September 2025, over 518K cholera cases and 6,508 deaths have been reported across 32 countries. The deaths have already surpassed last year’s toll.
Read more: bit.ly/432IFwT
Read more: bit.ly/432IFwT
Someone really should scoop up Karen Ho while they can. Just saying.
Things I might do now that I am unemployed and cannot freelance:
-watch all of the Lord of the Rings movies
-get really into weightlifting
-build Lego sets I bought in 2019
-go to Coney Island or the Cloisters
-write my book proposal
-move back to Toronto
-try stand-up comedy
-learn to darn socks
-watch all of the Lord of the Rings movies
-get really into weightlifting
-build Lego sets I bought in 2019
-go to Coney Island or the Cloisters
-write my book proposal
-move back to Toronto
-try stand-up comedy
-learn to darn socks
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Someone really should scoop up Karen Ho while they can. Just saying.
Went for the big chop ahead of major surgery in three weeks. I think I needed to get used to the idea of part of my head being shaved ahead of time so I can focus on recovering instead of mourning all that hair.
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Went for the big chop ahead of major surgery in three weeks. I think I needed to get used to the idea of part of my head being shaved ahead of time so I can focus on recovering instead of mourning all that hair.
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I am finally sitting down this morning and starting in on the page proofs, and oh, my heart. This #Newsies book is really going to be real! It's been four years, and it's GOING TO BE REAL. ❤️🗞️🥹
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I am finally sitting down this morning and starting in on the page proofs, and oh, my heart. This #Newsies book is really going to be real! It's been four years, and it's GOING TO BE REAL. ❤️🗞️🥹
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8 children were killed in domestic violence incidents across Colorado in 2024 — the highest number since the state began tracking annual domestic violence deaths 8 years ago. In total, 72 people died in domestic violence incidents statewide in 2024. That’s up 24% from the year before.
Record-high 8 children killed in Colorado domestic violence incidents last year is ‘a wake-up call’
Seventy-two people died in domestic violence incidents statewide in 2024. That’s up 24% from the 58 domestic violence deaths in 2023.
www.denverpost.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
8 children were killed in domestic violence incidents across Colorado in 2024 — the highest number since the state began tracking annual domestic violence deaths 8 years ago. In total, 72 people died in domestic violence incidents statewide in 2024. That’s up 24% from the year before.
I had a ton of fun whipping this up this weekend after the jaw-dropping Louvre heist. Anyone seen some crown jewels or priceless paintings in a shopping bag, suitcase, or artist's hovel recently?
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
The Louvre has a wild history of being robbed in broad daylight
One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso numbered among the suspects.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I had a ton of fun whipping this up this weekend after the jaw-dropping Louvre heist. Anyone seen some crown jewels or priceless paintings in a shopping bag, suitcase, or artist's hovel recently?
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...