G. Patrick O'Brien
@gpatrickobrien.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tampa. Sharing my own thoughts on loyalism, loyalist refugees in Nova Scotia, teaching, and college basketball.
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For more than a century, Canadians have seen something of themselves in the sport of hockey. Canada's Game by Andrew C. Holman looks at hockey's ability to reflect Canadian identity.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
For more than a century, Canadians have seen something of themselves in the sport of hockey. Canada's Game by Andrew C. Holman looks at hockey's ability to reflect Canadian identity.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Douglas Hildebrand of @ubcpress.bsky.social provides an overview of the UP landscape in Canada for #FeedingTheElephant. "It’s a business that makes absolutely no business sense but is crucial to national conversations on various subjects and in exporting Canadian ideas to the world," he writes.
Varieties of University Press Business Models: Canadian Presses | H-Net
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February 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Douglas Hildebrand of @ubcpress.bsky.social provides an overview of the UP landscape in Canada for #FeedingTheElephant. "It’s a business that makes absolutely no business sense but is crucial to national conversations on various subjects and in exporting Canadian ideas to the world," he writes.
The NYT discovers the theory behind reading historical texts: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/m...
Don’t Keep a Diary. Embrace the Fragments of Real Life Instead.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The NYT discovers the theory behind reading historical texts: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/m...
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I'm quoted in this in-depth story about how Trump uses history to support his authoritarian agenda and to go after his enemies. As I put it, the "enemies that matter [to Trump] are in the present: us, history professors, journalists." tinyurl.com/32n7948b
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I'm quoted in this in-depth story about how Trump uses history to support his authoritarian agenda and to go after his enemies. As I put it, the "enemies that matter [to Trump] are in the present: us, history professors, journalists." tinyurl.com/32n7948b
While living in FL, I often forget how the real world works. So, please help me out:
Does anyone else regularly (like 2-3 times a week) have college-age kids (mostly young men with those silly haircuts) knock on their door trying to sell them solar panels, security systems, etc.?
Does anyone else regularly (like 2-3 times a week) have college-age kids (mostly young men with those silly haircuts) knock on their door trying to sell them solar panels, security systems, etc.?
February 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
While living in FL, I often forget how the real world works. So, please help me out:
Does anyone else regularly (like 2-3 times a week) have college-age kids (mostly young men with those silly haircuts) knock on their door trying to sell them solar panels, security systems, etc.?
Does anyone else regularly (like 2-3 times a week) have college-age kids (mostly young men with those silly haircuts) knock on their door trying to sell them solar panels, security systems, etc.?
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"Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner also may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm."- James Otis on general warrants by the Crown (1761).
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
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January 31, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner also may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm."- James Otis on general warrants by the Crown (1761).
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Opening February 11! "The Road to Revolution: Massachusetts and the Independence Movement" exhibit at the Old State House, presented by Revolutionary Spaces and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Learn more here: revolutionaryspaces.org/explore/exhi...
Learn more here: revolutionaryspaces.org/explore/exhi...
January 30, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Opening February 11! "The Road to Revolution: Massachusetts and the Independence Movement" exhibit at the Old State House, presented by Revolutionary Spaces and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Learn more here: revolutionaryspaces.org/explore/exhi...
Learn more here: revolutionaryspaces.org/explore/exhi...
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1) My contribution to #America250: an analysis of the multiple, competing narratives of American history we have today, and why we are so divided over our past. @revolution250.bsky.social @historians.org @oah.org
Re-Enchanting American History | Critical Historical Studies: Vol 12, No 2
Abstract Around the world, citizens and leaders seek to realign collective identities with political boundaries. These aspirations are reshaping the ways we discuss—and divide over—US history. This ar...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
1) My contribution to #America250: an analysis of the multiple, competing narratives of American history we have today, and why we are so divided over our past. @revolution250.bsky.social @historians.org @oah.org
Did you tune in for Ken Burns' documentary series "The American Revolution"? Submit a reflective essay for consideration in "Remembering the American Revolution at 250."
Read the full call for papers here: networks.h-net.org/group/announ....
See Vol 1 here: journals.h-net.org/America250/i...
Read the full call for papers here: networks.h-net.org/group/announ....
See Vol 1 here: journals.h-net.org/America250/i...
January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Did you tune in for Ken Burns' documentary series "The American Revolution"? Submit a reflective essay for consideration in "Remembering the American Revolution at 250."
Read the full call for papers here: networks.h-net.org/group/announ....
See Vol 1 here: journals.h-net.org/America250/i...
Read the full call for papers here: networks.h-net.org/group/announ....
See Vol 1 here: journals.h-net.org/America250/i...
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Great to see @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social's Write to Return (2025) on display at the @historians.org book exhibit in Chicago! Please make sure your library has it!
January 11, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Great to see @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social's Write to Return (2025) on display at the @historians.org book exhibit in Chicago! Please make sure your library has it!
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Last year, Ask Me Anything posts received 10m views! If anyone at #AHA26 is interested in being an AMA guest on @askhistorians.bsky.social, I'm constantly scheduling on all topics!
January 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Last year, Ask Me Anything posts received 10m views! If anyone at #AHA26 is interested in being an AMA guest on @askhistorians.bsky.social, I'm constantly scheduling on all topics!
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From farming to forced removal, the story of Île Saint-Jean is one of hope, hardship, & heritage.
Join Ben Franklin’s World on a journey through 300 years of French settlement
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/365
#FrenchHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Canada #CanadianHistory #AcadianHistory
Join Ben Franklin’s World on a journey through 300 years of French settlement
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/365
#FrenchHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Canada #CanadianHistory #AcadianHistory
January 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
From farming to forced removal, the story of Île Saint-Jean is one of hope, hardship, & heritage.
Join Ben Franklin’s World on a journey through 300 years of French settlement
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/365
#FrenchHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Canada #CanadianHistory #AcadianHistory
Join Ben Franklin’s World on a journey through 300 years of French settlement
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/365
#FrenchHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Canada #CanadianHistory #AcadianHistory
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Anne Marie Lane Jonah on Epekwitk / Île Saint-Jean / Prince Edward Island!
From farming to forced removal, the story of Île Saint-Jean is one of hope, hardship, & heritage.
Join Ben Franklin’s World on a journey through 300 years of French settlement
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/365
#FrenchHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Canada #CanadianHistory #AcadianHistory
Join Ben Franklin’s World on a journey through 300 years of French settlement
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/365
#FrenchHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Canada #CanadianHistory #AcadianHistory
January 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Anne Marie Lane Jonah on Epekwitk / Île Saint-Jean / Prince Edward Island!
Go Friars!
The Black Studies Department at Providence College invites applications for a full-time open-rank, tenure-track, faculty position, with consideration for appointment with tenure, beginning August 2026.
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Providence College Job Opportunities | CAREER PAGE
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January 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Go Friars!
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So check out the column if you would, share it widely if you’d like, & solidarity as we continue to fight for a nation in which the law is king, & we have no other. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Considering History: Common Sense, Loyalists, and the Fight for American Ideals | The Saturday Evening Post
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet can offer a perspective on the overlooked Revolutionary community known as the Loyalists, who demonstrated that the Revolution was fought not by or for a particular culture or ...
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January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
So check out the column if you would, share it widely if you’d like, & solidarity as we continue to fight for a nation in which the law is king, & we have no other. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/01/cons...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/01/cons...
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♫ they’ll say it’s her fault instead, for getting shot in the head ♪
Good vs. Ice
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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January 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
♫ they’ll say it’s her fault instead, for getting shot in the head ♪
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Post the cover of a book you love from the 90s. (Any century!)
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
January 8, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Post the cover of a book you love from the 90s. (Any century!)
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
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Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
Where are my medievalists at? I’ve got a newborn, so last night during his contact sleep I started “King and Conquerer.” What’s the collective opinion??
January 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Where are my medievalists at? I’ve got a newborn, so last night during his contact sleep I started “King and Conquerer.” What’s the collective opinion??
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It’s 1990, I’m 1 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
January 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
It’s 1990, I’m 1 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state
Anyone from Marblehead, MA? Where exactly in town was "Training Hill" and what was considered "at the bottom of Training Hill"? I know it's where the militia trained, but I'm trying to find which hill it was because I want to locate a historic property. MACRIS is great, but very dense in town!
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Anyone from Marblehead, MA? Where exactly in town was "Training Hill" and what was considered "at the bottom of Training Hill"? I know it's where the militia trained, but I'm trying to find which hill it was because I want to locate a historic property. MACRIS is great, but very dense in town!