Kathryn Tomasek
@kathryntomasek.bsky.social
Digital scholarly editing, TEI/XML.
Histories of women & gender.
Opinions my own.
My grandparents were children of immigrants—birthright citizens.
Against erasure.
For human rights, kindness, joy.
Protect immigrants.
Due process.
Histories of women & gender.
Opinions my own.
My grandparents were children of immigrants—birthright citizens.
Against erasure.
For human rights, kindness, joy.
Protect immigrants.
Due process.
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"The Revolution that failed is the Revolution [that this] Administration cannot bear for Americans to know and mourn. The Revolution that succeeded is the one some American institutions are determined to ignore."
The nation’s semiquincentennial is upon us. In a year marked by political violence and fear, the prospects for a peaceful anniversary appear remote. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/a2fJKz
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"The Revolution that failed is the Revolution [that this] Administration cannot bear for Americans to know and mourn. The Revolution that succeeded is the one some American institutions are determined to ignore."
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MA/ New England ancient historians: an international boarding school in Braintree is seeking a long term substitute teacher for high school world history, starting ASAP until mid March. Emphasis on ancient and medieval history. DM me if interested!
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
MA/ New England ancient historians: an international boarding school in Braintree is seeking a long term substitute teacher for high school world history, starting ASAP until mid March. Emphasis on ancient and medieval history. DM me if interested!
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)
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"should women work" but it really means "should men have to ever answer to or even encounter women who are not their wives, offspring, and/or other servile figures"
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"should women work" but it really means "should men have to ever answer to or even encounter women who are not their wives, offspring, and/or other servile figures"
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Explore Black History at the Almost Unknown Exhibition at Winterthur Museum www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article... This exhibition offers a rare chance to explore a gallery first imagined by William J. Wilson, a 19th-century Black journalist, educator, and visionary.
Explore Black History at the Almost Unknown Exhibition at Winterthur Museum - Travel And Tour World
Explore Black history through art at the Almost Unknown exhibition at Winterthur Museum, running from May 3, 2025, to January 4, 2026.
www.travelandtourworld.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Explore Black History at the Almost Unknown Exhibition at Winterthur Museum www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article... This exhibition offers a rare chance to explore a gallery first imagined by William J. Wilson, a 19th-century Black journalist, educator, and visionary.
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Remember when Grok was only something Heinlein readers knew about and oh.
I get it now.
I get it now.
November 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Remember when Grok was only something Heinlein readers knew about and oh.
I get it now.
I get it now.
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He looked white but wasn’t. Walter F. White was a Black journalist who used that “invisibility” to investigate 40+ lynchings across the Jim Crow South. He risked his life pretending to be what America pretended didn’t exist.
#VoicesFromHistory #AntiLynching
#VoicesFromHistory #AntiLynching
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
He looked white but wasn’t. Walter F. White was a Black journalist who used that “invisibility” to investigate 40+ lynchings across the Jim Crow South. He risked his life pretending to be what America pretended didn’t exist.
#VoicesFromHistory #AntiLynching
#VoicesFromHistory #AntiLynching
Just watched this. Highly recommended.
#Medicare #MedicareAdvantage
#Healthcare #JohnOliver #HBO #Humor
With his trademark mix of humor & relevant commentary, John Oliver delivers a lesson in government-run Medicare versus the insurance company-run alternative called Medicare Advantage.
Any American over 60YO should watch this episode.
#Healthcare #JohnOliver #HBO #Humor
With his trademark mix of humor & relevant commentary, John Oliver delivers a lesson in government-run Medicare versus the insurance company-run alternative called Medicare Advantage.
Any American over 60YO should watch this episode.
Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Just watched this. Highly recommended.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Tfw you just remembered buying a beloved sweater last fall and are wondering where it got to in all of this.
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tfw you just remembered buying a beloved sweater last fall and are wondering where it got to in all of this.
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I love that NYC has what amounts to a #DHmakes contest and exhibition! 🤩
This Data Through Design program looks really cool.
You can submit a proposal to make an art exhibition with data from NYC's open data portal. They give $900 stipends.
Proposals are due November 2.
datathroughdesign.com/2026
You can submit a proposal to make an art exhibition with data from NYC's open data portal. They give $900 stipends.
Proposals are due November 2.
datathroughdesign.com/2026
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I love that NYC has what amounts to a #DHmakes contest and exhibition! 🤩
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#BLM OTD Levi Coffin, referred to as "President of the Underground Railroad," was born in Guilford County, NC. He was named "President of the Underground Railroad" because of the thousands of slaves he helped escape slavery from the south to the Northern US.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#BLM OTD Levi Coffin, referred to as "President of the Underground Railroad," was born in Guilford County, NC. He was named "President of the Underground Railroad" because of the thousands of slaves he helped escape slavery from the south to the Northern US.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
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Zora Neale Hurston. MOSES, MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN.
October 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Zora Neale Hurston. MOSES, MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN.
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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Meet Cleopatra Coleman, the Caroline County woman working to preserve a small Virginia town's (Port Royal) history www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Meet the woman working to preserve a small Virginia town's history
A broken-down building on King Street in Port Royal is standing on its last leg. But Cleopatra Coleman sees only beauty and potential.
www.wtvr.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Meet Cleopatra Coleman, the Caroline County woman working to preserve a small Virginia town's (Port Royal) history www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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Downtown Charleston’s International African American Museum will open 'Speaking Truth', an exhibit next week to serve as a national archive on family histories of slavery. www.live5news.com/2025/10/22/i...
International African American Museum to open national slavery archive exhibit
Downtown Charleston’s International African American Museum will open an exhibit next week to serve as a national archive on family histories of slavery.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Downtown Charleston’s International African American Museum will open 'Speaking Truth', an exhibit next week to serve as a national archive on family histories of slavery. www.live5news.com/2025/10/22/i...
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on this day in 1892 Ida B. Wells first publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
on this day in 1892 Ida B. Wells first publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
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Donna Rae Pearson, a museum specialist at the Kansas Historical Society, will give the talk, called “Civic Engagement 101: Mapping Inequality,” that will illuminate current impacts of historical racial discrimination through redlining in Kansas lawrencekstimes.com/2025/10/25/r...
Talk will illuminate current impacts of historical racial discrimination through redlining in Kansas
An upcoming presentation by a museum expert at the Lawrence Public Library will examine the history of redlining in Kansas and its modern-day implications.
lawrencekstimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Donna Rae Pearson, a museum specialist at the Kansas Historical Society, will give the talk, called “Civic Engagement 101: Mapping Inequality,” that will illuminate current impacts of historical racial discrimination through redlining in Kansas lawrencekstimes.com/2025/10/25/r...
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After 40 years of dedication and community support, the historic Banneker School in Parkville, Missouri, has been restored.
www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
140 years ago, the students and staff at Park College, now Park University, helped build the African American schoolhouse brick by brick.
www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
140 years ago, the students and staff at Park College, now Park University, helped build the African American schoolhouse brick by brick.
Platte County community helps restore historic African American schoolhouse after risk of being demolished
Students and staff at Park College helped build the African American schoolhouse 140 years ago. In 2025, Platte County assisted in restoring the schoolhouse.
www.kshb.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
After 40 years of dedication and community support, the historic Banneker School in Parkville, Missouri, has been restored.
www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
140 years ago, the students and staff at Park College, now Park University, helped build the African American schoolhouse brick by brick.
www.kshb.com/news/local-n...
140 years ago, the students and staff at Park College, now Park University, helped build the African American schoolhouse brick by brick.
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The Milford Museum’s American History Series will continue next month with a presentation on one of the lesser-known heroes of World War II: Dorie Miller, the Pearl Harbor hero. milfordlive.com/milford-muse...
Milford Museum to Highlight African American WWII Hero in Upcoming History Program - Milford LIVE! - Local Delaware News, Kent and Sussex Counties
MILFORD — The Milford Museum’s American History Series will continue next month with a presentation on one of the lesser-known heroes of World War II. On
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October 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The Milford Museum’s American History Series will continue next month with a presentation on one of the lesser-known heroes of World War II: Dorie Miller, the Pearl Harbor hero. milfordlive.com/milford-muse...
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In LA, four history museums and cultural centers issued a joint statement in response to the Trump administration's immigration policies. Historian and academic Mary Rizzo explores how the statement reflected these organization's understanding of the role of museums and cultural institutions.
No Going Back
Mary Rizzo examines how four LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
In LA, four history museums and cultural centers issued a joint statement in response to the Trump administration's immigration policies. Historian and academic Mary Rizzo explores how the statement reflected these organization's understanding of the role of museums and cultural institutions.
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Shifting Focus: Photography of Enslaved People in Tennessee
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
Shifting Focus: Photography of Enslaved People in Tennessee
Tennessee State Museum Curator of Social History, Tranae Chatman, explores the early photography of enslaved people.
tnmuseum.org
October 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Shifting Focus: Photography of Enslaved People in Tennessee
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
tnmuseum.org/Stories/post... The oldest images in the Museum’s collection were created between 1850 and 1900. These few images offer only a glimpse into the complex lives of the Tennesseans who lived during this period.
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Baltimore’s Black archives and museums are still standing tall baltimorebeat.com/the-importan... “It’s so important to preserve memory … If you don’t have archives, if you don’t have collections, if you don’t have the griots and the storytellers, who is going to tell the truth?”
The importance of preserving memory: Baltimore’s Black archives and museums are still standing tall
For decades, predominantly white institutions have minimized and refused to document or preserve the long legacy of Black stories and cultural experiences. Black archives and museums — spaces like the...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Baltimore’s Black archives and museums are still standing tall baltimorebeat.com/the-importan... “It’s so important to preserve memory … If you don’t have archives, if you don’t have collections, if you don’t have the griots and the storytellers, who is going to tell the truth?”
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A surprise donation of more than 3,000 African American quilts to a California museum is helping to rewrite history—and prompting a race to preserve it. news.artnet.com/art-world/ba...
The Incredible Story Behind the Largest African American Quilt Collection | Artnet News
Eli Leon's game-changing African American quilt donation stuns in "Routed West" at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).
news.artnet.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A surprise donation of more than 3,000 African American quilts to a California museum is helping to rewrite history—and prompting a race to preserve it. news.artnet.com/art-world/ba...