Ethan Healey
@ethanhealey.com
Historian of Early American New England. History Teacher. Constant Reader. Horror Enthusiast. Tolkien aficionado. New England native. Future ghost. TIME’s 2006 Person of the Year.
Footnotes: Annotating the Past - ethanhealey.com
Footnotes: Annotating the Past - ethanhealey.com
This Veteran’s Day, I returned to one of my favorite books and explored why it is so damn good at capturing the importance of rememberance and memory.
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Veterans and The Things They Carried
On Memory, Literature, and the Quiet Work of Carrying What Remains
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November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This Veteran’s Day, I returned to one of my favorite books and explored why it is so damn good at capturing the importance of rememberance and memory.
www.ethanhealey.com/p/veterans-a...
www.ethanhealey.com/p/veterans-a...
I am so proud, scared, and excited to announce that I’m publishing my first book! This is my first, and it certainly will not be my last. I cannot wait for this venture and for you all to meet my dear Eleanor.
Each copy is sold for $20 and you can message me if you’d like to purchase one.
Each copy is sold for $20 and you can message me if you’d like to purchase one.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I am so proud, scared, and excited to announce that I’m publishing my first book! This is my first, and it certainly will not be my last. I cannot wait for this venture and for you all to meet my dear Eleanor.
Each copy is sold for $20 and you can message me if you’d like to purchase one.
Each copy is sold for $20 and you can message me if you’d like to purchase one.
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
Check out my latest article on Mayor-elect Mamdani's victory and how it is similar to the other "Boy in New York City" from a century ago.
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The Boy Mayor in New York City
The city once trusted a 34-year-old reformer to rebuild itself. A century later, it’s doing it again.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Check out my latest article on Mayor-elect Mamdani's victory and how it is similar to the other "Boy in New York City" from a century ago.
open.substack.com/pub/ethanhea...
open.substack.com/pub/ethanhea...
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A New Image of the Red #Spider #Nebula Captures the Radiance of a Dying Star #Webb #SpaceTelescope
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A New Image of the Red #Spider #Nebula Captures the Radiance of a Dying Star #Webb #SpaceTelescope
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
Link for more info and photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/11/jame...
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The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
There is nothing like waking up to a strong progressive victory in the morning.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
There is nothing like waking up to a strong progressive victory in the morning.
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Be sure to check out this conversation with me and @holleysnaith.bsky.social on her podcast, Say It With History.
💼 Frances Perkins was a true trailblazer — overcoming personal struggles to shape America’s social safety net and dedicate her life to public service. Alycia from @civicspod.bsky.social says, she was “the perfect example of institutionalizing community care.” redcircle.com/shows/6092bd...
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Be sure to check out this conversation with me and @holleysnaith.bsky.social on her podcast, Say It With History.
I stopped writing fiction several years ago thinking that my stories were never worth telling. This year I wanted to change that, and so far this year I’ve written four short stories and one novella I’m proud to share that one of the stories is now published.
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The Contained Light by Ethan Healey – Freedom Fiction Journal
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October 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I stopped writing fiction several years ago thinking that my stories were never worth telling. This year I wanted to change that, and so far this year I’ve written four short stories and one novella I’m proud to share that one of the stories is now published.
www.freedomfiction.com/2025/10/the-...
www.freedomfiction.com/2025/10/the-...
I’m a bit late to the party, but WEAPONS is one of the best horror films I’ve seen in a long time. It’s gritty, packed with suspense, and some superb acting thrown in to the mix. If you only watch one horror film this season, watch this. You won’t regret it.
October 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I’m a bit late to the party, but WEAPONS is one of the best horror films I’ve seen in a long time. It’s gritty, packed with suspense, and some superb acting thrown in to the mix. If you only watch one horror film this season, watch this. You won’t regret it.
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If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
I just finished writing my first novella, and I’m terrified. It is fantasy, horror, and real life for many people. Let’s see where this takes me and keep on writing
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I just finished writing my first novella, and I’m terrified. It is fantasy, horror, and real life for many people. Let’s see where this takes me and keep on writing
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
United States: You can commit any crime, as long as you worship its leader.
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
United States: You can commit any crime, as long as you worship its leader.
The house was initially called the “People’s House.” Gold plated and $200 million dollars (that I helped pay for) is not my home.
Wow.
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The house was initially called the “People’s House.” Gold plated and $200 million dollars (that I helped pay for) is not my home.
My local city showed up!
October 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
My local city showed up!
Listen to “No Kings,” by Jesse Welles. The perfect way to celebrate the protests today. Listen to his other stuff, too. A modern Bob Dylan, in my opinion,
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No Kings by Jesse Welles on Apple Music
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October 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Listen to “No Kings,” by Jesse Welles. The perfect way to celebrate the protests today. Listen to his other stuff, too. A modern Bob Dylan, in my opinion,
music.apple.com/us/album/no-...
music.apple.com/us/album/no-...
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"and it is here that we are, in some pain and with no guarantees, working out our destiny."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
October 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"and it is here that we are, in some pain and with no guarantees, working out our destiny."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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Caity Weaver journeyed across New England and to Fort Ticonderoga to understand what a world of period-correct clothes, muskets, and an obsessive commitment to historical accuracy can teach everyday Americans.
Into the Breeches
What it takes to be a Revolutionary War reenactor
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October 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Caity Weaver journeyed across New England and to Fort Ticonderoga to understand what a world of period-correct clothes, muskets, and an obsessive commitment to historical accuracy can teach everyday Americans.
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Slight mash-up of Graeme MacKay's now-famed comic...
[There should also be a 'Fascism' wave in the middle]
[There should also be a 'Fascism' wave in the middle]
October 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Slight mash-up of Graeme MacKay's now-famed comic...
[There should also be a 'Fascism' wave in the middle]
[There should also be a 'Fascism' wave in the middle]
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Here’s a typical bundle of file papers from the Boston Municipal Court archives. It probably hasn’t been unwrapped since it was docketed in 1822. The organization of the sub-layers is significant, & I always photograph bundles so that I can put them back together as I found them. I love this work! 🗃️
October 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Here’s a typical bundle of file papers from the Boston Municipal Court archives. It probably hasn’t been unwrapped since it was docketed in 1822. The organization of the sub-layers is significant, & I always photograph bundles so that I can put them back together as I found them. I love this work! 🗃️
I used to write fiction a lot when I was younger. I stopped for a long time because of imposter syndrome and lack of motivation. I recently wrote two short horror fiction stories in the last two weeks, and I feel on fire! Rereading @stephenking.bsky.social’s ON WRITING helped me out of the hole.
October 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I used to write fiction a lot when I was younger. I stopped for a long time because of imposter syndrome and lack of motivation. I recently wrote two short horror fiction stories in the last two weeks, and I feel on fire! Rereading @stephenking.bsky.social’s ON WRITING helped me out of the hole.
One of the biggest advocates for political and environmental change, Greta Thunberg, is detained, mistreated, and illegally so.
It is a problem when detention is caused because she put her life on the line for the Flotilla and humanitarianism.
It is a problem when detention is caused because she put her life on the line for the Flotilla and humanitarianism.
October 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of the biggest advocates for political and environmental change, Greta Thunberg, is detained, mistreated, and illegally so.
It is a problem when detention is caused because she put her life on the line for the Flotilla and humanitarianism.
It is a problem when detention is caused because she put her life on the line for the Flotilla and humanitarianism.
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This position derives from the Revolutionary era argument that the press was a “bulwark of liberty.”
"It’s not the journalists’ burden to keep the government’s secrets for it," @seth-stern.bsky.social told @columjournreview.bsky.social. "That is the opposite of the press’s job, which is to tell the public what the government doesn’t want the public told."
The Pentagon press gears up for a fight.
“None of us are signing this pledge,” said one reporter.
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October 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This position derives from the Revolutionary era argument that the press was a “bulwark of liberty.”