Joe Schmidt
@hsglobalhistory.bsky.social
Social studies/history educator in NYC. Comics, history, and history education. Opinions, typos, and grammatical errors are all mine. Shouting into the void or a gigantic stuffed animal amalgamation.
As part of our Day of Teaching the Grateful Dead professional learning event with @teachrockorg.bsky.social, the NYC Department of Social Studies & Civics released a collaborative lesson plan, Getting on the Bus with the Grateful Dead available here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
As part of our Day of Teaching the Grateful Dead professional learning event with @teachrockorg.bsky.social, the NYC Department of Social Studies & Civics released a collaborative lesson plan, Getting on the Bus with the Grateful Dead available here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...
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Learn more ancient history this weekend. It will put the present issues in perspective.
Every past was once a future. #afrofuturism
Every past was once a future. #afrofuturism
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Learn more ancient history this weekend. It will put the present issues in perspective.
Every past was once a future. #afrofuturism
Every past was once a future. #afrofuturism
What a fantastic way to open @nycschools.bsky.social’s Department of Social Studies & @teachrockorg.bsky.social five session Let The Music Play Professional Learning Tour, A Day of Teaching The Grateful Dead at Brooklyn Bowl. Truly one of the highlights of my 27 year career!
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
What a fantastic way to open @nycschools.bsky.social’s Department of Social Studies & @teachrockorg.bsky.social five session Let The Music Play Professional Learning Tour, A Day of Teaching The Grateful Dead at Brooklyn Bowl. Truly one of the highlights of my 27 year career!
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To get home to New York from Camelot, time lost baseball fan Danny Landau is going f---ing MEDIEVAL.
Issue #1 is out TUESDAY from me, @alexcormack.bsky.social @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social & @comixology.bsky.social Originals.
🔗 PREORDER: amzn.to/4nTBI9h
🔗 INFO: www.neilkleidbooks.com/books/medieval
Issue #1 is out TUESDAY from me, @alexcormack.bsky.social @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social & @comixology.bsky.social Originals.
🔗 PREORDER: amzn.to/4nTBI9h
🔗 INFO: www.neilkleidbooks.com/books/medieval
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
To get home to New York from Camelot, time lost baseball fan Danny Landau is going f---ing MEDIEVAL.
Issue #1 is out TUESDAY from me, @alexcormack.bsky.social @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social & @comixology.bsky.social Originals.
🔗 PREORDER: amzn.to/4nTBI9h
🔗 INFO: www.neilkleidbooks.com/books/medieval
Issue #1 is out TUESDAY from me, @alexcormack.bsky.social @sarahstarlitt.bsky.social & @comixology.bsky.social Originals.
🔗 PREORDER: amzn.to/4nTBI9h
🔗 INFO: www.neilkleidbooks.com/books/medieval
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Thinking about Jamaica and the future of freedom. #afrofuturism
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thinking about Jamaica and the future of freedom. #afrofuturism
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I'm sending my next newsletter tomorrow morning. This is the best way to get all the happenings in my neck of the woods, and photos I do not upload to social media feeds. buttondown.com/latinxpress
Latinx Press
Henry Barajas is the founder of Latinx Press. Barajas is a comic book author, editor, letter artist, and publisher. This newsletter is meant to keep his adoring audience up-to-date on everything he ha...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I'm sending my next newsletter tomorrow morning. This is the best way to get all the happenings in my neck of the woods, and photos I do not upload to social media feeds. buttondown.com/latinxpress
“[Portnoy] had considered Jersey City or Hoboken as alternative locations for Barstool HQ.”
Let me be tbe fist to say Jersey doesn’t want you, Dave!
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Let me be tbe fist to say Jersey doesn’t want you, Dave!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Dave Portnoy Threatens To Move Barstool Sports Out of New York City If Zohran Mamdani Becomes Mayor: ‘I Hate This Guy So Much’
Portnoy, 48, admitted that he has already asked his "finance guy" to begin looking at potential office spaces outside of the city.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“[Portnoy] had considered Jersey City or Hoboken as alternative locations for Barstool HQ.”
Let me be tbe fist to say Jersey doesn’t want you, Dave!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Let me be tbe fist to say Jersey doesn’t want you, Dave!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Donna had been contributing so much to the “The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast” podcast recently and I'm really gonna miss that too.
Her insights into the Europe 72 tour were so amazing.
www.dead.net/deadcast/eur...
Her insights into the Europe 72 tour were so amazing.
www.dead.net/deadcast/eur...
Europe '72: Lyceum Ballroom | The Official Grateful Dead Podcast
The Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast is the first official Grateful Dead podcast. New episodes Thursdays. Tune in everywhere.
www.dead.net
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Donna had been contributing so much to the “The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast” podcast recently and I'm really gonna miss that too.
Her insights into the Europe 72 tour were so amazing.
www.dead.net/deadcast/eur...
Her insights into the Europe 72 tour were so amazing.
www.dead.net/deadcast/eur...
I am a huge fan of NYC voting signage! Taken at 52 Chambers, NY NY (right behind City Hall).
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I am a huge fan of NYC voting signage! Taken at 52 Chambers, NY NY (right behind City Hall).
Had a great time with Bill Carbone of TeachRock talking with @dgans.bsky.social & Gary Lambert on Tales From the Golden Road about NYC’s Department of Social Studies & Civics & @teachrockorg.bsky.social’s Day of Teaching The Grateful Dead, coming up this Friday at Brooklyn Bowl!
November 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Had a great time with Bill Carbone of TeachRock talking with @dgans.bsky.social & Gary Lambert on Tales From the Golden Road about NYC’s Department of Social Studies & Civics & @teachrockorg.bsky.social’s Day of Teaching The Grateful Dead, coming up this Friday at Brooklyn Bowl!
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Thanks @losangelesblade.bsky.social & Joel Medina for this wonderful article about the Queer History 101 Book Club that @peppermint247.bsky.social and I run for Allstora books! www.losangelesblade.com/2025/10/30/p...
Peppermint and Hugh Ryan on their new podcast: ‘Queer 101’
These queer historians break down why their podcast is premiering at the perfect time.
www.losangelesblade.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thanks @losangelesblade.bsky.social & Joel Medina for this wonderful article about the Queer History 101 Book Club that @peppermint247.bsky.social and I run for Allstora books! www.losangelesblade.com/2025/10/30/p...
Hanging out for Halloween with Snoopy & Bernie!
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hanging out for Halloween with Snoopy & Bernie!
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At Comic Con, @peppermint247.bsky.social and I talked with icon @georgetakei.bsky.social about his "two incarcerations" - the internment he suffered at the hands of the US Gov't during WWII (for the "crime" of being Japanese-American), and his decades in the closet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yQL...
Ep. 5: Queer 101 Peppermint & Hugh Ryan | George Takei's Legacy: Internment Camps to LGBTQ+ Activism
YouTube video by Miss Peppermint
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October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
At Comic Con, @peppermint247.bsky.social and I talked with icon @georgetakei.bsky.social about his "two incarcerations" - the internment he suffered at the hands of the US Gov't during WWII (for the "crime" of being Japanese-American), and his decades in the closet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yQL...
Still a few seats left for NYC Ts for NYC’s Department of Social Studies & Civics & @teachrockorg.bsky.social for A Day of Teaching The Grateful Dead! This PL, 11/7, at Brooklyn Bowl is first stop in our Rock & Roll Classroom 25-26 Tour! Register: nycdoesocialstudies.eventsmart.com/events/day-o...
October 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Still a few seats left for NYC Ts for NYC’s Department of Social Studies & Civics & @teachrockorg.bsky.social for A Day of Teaching The Grateful Dead! This PL, 11/7, at Brooklyn Bowl is first stop in our Rock & Roll Classroom 25-26 Tour! Register: nycdoesocialstudies.eventsmart.com/events/day-o...
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Death to Pachuco #1 is now in stores! Go to your local comic shop and demand a copy! BTS: we started recording right before the NYCC artist alley floor closed! Preorder 👉🏽 bindings.app/read/2Ff3kNs7
#noir #comicbookart #truecrime #imagecomics #topcow
#noir #comicbookart #truecrime #imagecomics #topcow
October 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Death to Pachuco #1 is now in stores! Go to your local comic shop and demand a copy! BTS: we started recording right before the NYCC artist alley floor closed! Preorder 👉🏽 bindings.app/read/2Ff3kNs7
#noir #comicbookart #truecrime #imagecomics #topcow
#noir #comicbookart #truecrime #imagecomics #topcow
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New updates added this week -- because we keep getting more bad news about AI tools.
I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
New updates added this week -- because we keep getting more bad news about AI tools.
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I first interviewed @tourmaliiine.bsky.social about her work bringing focus to Marsha P. Johnson A DECADE AGO, and I have learned so much from her ever since. I'm excited to continue this conversation tonight at the Center for Brooklyn History www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
CBH Talk | Tourmaline and Hugh Ryan Discuss “Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson” | Brooklyn Public Library
Join Black transgender luminary Tourmaline for a conversation about her definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson. Moderated by Hugh Ryan.Rumor has it that after Marsha P. J...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I first interviewed @tourmaliiine.bsky.social about her work bringing focus to Marsha P. Johnson A DECADE AGO, and I have learned so much from her ever since. I'm excited to continue this conversation tonight at the Center for Brooklyn History www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
Join NYC’s Department of Social Studies & Civics & @teachrockorg.bsky.social for A Day of Teaching The @grateful-dead.bsky.social! This PL, November 7, at Brooklyn Bowl, for NY Teachers is the first stop in our Rock & Roll Classroom 25-26 Tour! nycdoesocialstudies.eventsmart.com/events/day-o...
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Join NYC’s Department of Social Studies & Civics & @teachrockorg.bsky.social for A Day of Teaching The @grateful-dead.bsky.social! This PL, November 7, at Brooklyn Bowl, for NY Teachers is the first stop in our Rock & Roll Classroom 25-26 Tour! nycdoesocialstudies.eventsmart.com/events/day-o...
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Kiyoshi Kuromiya. Pauli Murray. International Chrysis. This week, @peppermint247.bsky.social & I talk all about trailblazers - the identity that links our Sept book (MARSHA, @tourmaliiine.bsky.social) with our Oct book (IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI, @georgetakei.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MEC...
Ep. 4: Queer 101 w/ Peppermint & Hugh Ryan | Queer Trailblazers You Need to Know!
YouTube video by Miss Peppermint
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October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Kiyoshi Kuromiya. Pauli Murray. International Chrysis. This week, @peppermint247.bsky.social & I talk all about trailblazers - the identity that links our Sept book (MARSHA, @tourmaliiine.bsky.social) with our Oct book (IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI, @georgetakei.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MEC...
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Friends in D.C. area.
Join us tomorrow eve to hear from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about his timely @haymarketbooks.org book on reparations & climate justice.
Order dinner & drinks from menu while learning in good company at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social.
www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...
Join us tomorrow eve to hear from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about his timely @haymarketbooks.org book on reparations & climate justice.
Order dinner & drinks from menu while learning in good company at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social.
www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...
Reconsidering Reparations: Author Talk with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò - Teaching for Change
Join us on October 22 at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) to hear from author Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, in conversation with Jenice L. View, on his book, Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice ...
www.teachingforchange.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Friends in D.C. area.
Join us tomorrow eve to hear from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about his timely @haymarketbooks.org book on reparations & climate justice.
Order dinner & drinks from menu while learning in good company at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social.
www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...
Join us tomorrow eve to hear from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about his timely @haymarketbooks.org book on reparations & climate justice.
Order dinner & drinks from menu while learning in good company at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social.
www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...
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“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” -- Steve Biko, South Africa
Defend the #FreedomtoLearn #NoKings
Defend the #FreedomtoLearn #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” -- Steve Biko, South Africa
Defend the #FreedomtoLearn #NoKings
Defend the #FreedomtoLearn #NoKings
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"Access to books decreases recidivism. . . .
[Yet] U.S. prisons remain the institutions where the most censorship occurs.
This has not changed, even as school and public library book challenges have skyrocketed in numbers since 2021. . .
Why? bigotry, racism, and profit motive."
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[Yet] U.S. prisons remain the institutions where the most censorship occurs.
This has not changed, even as school and public library book challenges have skyrocketed in numbers since 2021. . .
Why? bigotry, racism, and profit motive."
Read ⬇️
Reading and resources for Prison Banned Books week, which runs all week next week.
That, plus this week's lengthy book censorship news roundup: bookriot.com/reading-and-...
That, plus this week's lengthy book censorship news roundup: bookriot.com/reading-and-...
Reading and Resources for Prison Banned Books Week: Book Censorship News, October 17, 2025
Next week is Prison Banned Books Week. Here are some readings and resources in preparation.
bookriot.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"Access to books decreases recidivism. . . .
[Yet] U.S. prisons remain the institutions where the most censorship occurs.
This has not changed, even as school and public library book challenges have skyrocketed in numbers since 2021. . .
Why? bigotry, racism, and profit motive."
Read ⬇️
[Yet] U.S. prisons remain the institutions where the most censorship occurs.
This has not changed, even as school and public library book challenges have skyrocketed in numbers since 2021. . .
Why? bigotry, racism, and profit motive."
Read ⬇️