Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD
@learothawms.bsky.social
Professor of African American and Public History @TSUedu | Coordinator of the North Nashville Heritage Project | Historic Preservationist | Author | Foodie | Dude with a Camera | Wanderer | Memory Keeper
Website: learothawilliamsphd.com
Website: learothawilliamsphd.com
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Enjoying a sip of Georgia Moonshine while being bathed and anointed in Florida Moonshine.
Happy New Year, Fam.
#moonshine
#HappyNewYear2026🍾🎉
#cocktails
Happy New Year, Fam.
#moonshine
#HappyNewYear2026🍾🎉
#cocktails
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Enjoying a sip of Georgia Moonshine while being bathed and anointed in Florida Moonshine.
Happy New Year, Fam.
#moonshine
#HappyNewYear2026🍾🎉
#cocktails
Happy New Year, Fam.
#moonshine
#HappyNewYear2026🍾🎉
#cocktails
December 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Sad news.
As fine an actor as he was, Isiah was an even better spirit and the greatest gentleman.
‘The Wire’ actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. dies at 71
"The Wire" actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. died on Tuesday at age 71.
www.thebanner.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Sad news.
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Reposted by Learotha Williams, Jr. PhD
A new parade of classic characters and works is entering the public domain. www.npr.org/2025/12/26/n... Inc Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong’s "The St. Louis Blues," Armstrong’s "If I Lose, Let me Lose," Marian Anderson's "Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen," & José Clemente Orozco, “Prometheus."
The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew
The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A new parade of classic characters and works is entering the public domain. www.npr.org/2025/12/26/n... Inc Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong’s "The St. Louis Blues," Armstrong’s "If I Lose, Let me Lose," Marian Anderson's "Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen," & José Clemente Orozco, “Prometheus."
December 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Fort Bend looks to highlight African American history with new monument, Black cowboy museum www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new... "The whole point of this site is for every visitor who comes,... to feel connected to the stories that we're elevating there."
Fort Bend looks to highlight African American history with new monument, Black cowboy museum | Houston Public Media
The county recently unveiled a new monument in Kendleton, with plans to develop further educational spaces and memorials down the road.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Fort Bend looks to highlight African American history with new monument, Black cowboy museum www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new... "The whole point of this site is for every visitor who comes,... to feel connected to the stories that we're elevating there."
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"The study also found that the majority of the AI reports fooled the detection tools: ZeroGPT erroneously classified 60% as written by a human, and GPTzero concluded this for more than 80%." 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A serious problem’: peer reviews created using AI can avoid detection
Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.
www.nature.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"The study also found that the majority of the AI reports fooled the detection tools: ZeroGPT erroneously classified 60% as written by a human, and GPTzero concluded this for more than 80%." 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; She was one of the Clinton 12, a group of Black students who faced white mobs when desegregating a Tennessee high school in 1956 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
December 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson.
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson.
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
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Imagine a lawyer rips off your elderly loved one so hard it costs your loved one a great deal of money, the lawyer his ability to continue to practice law, and nearly costs his ex-wife her house and as far as anyone knows, that lawyer still needs to pay your loved one back and you open the paper and
December 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Imagine a lawyer rips off your elderly loved one so hard it costs your loved one a great deal of money, the lawyer his ability to continue to practice law, and nearly costs his ex-wife her house and as far as anyone knows, that lawyer still needs to pay your loved one back and you open the paper and
December 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Quitting smoking was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. NGL, I enjoyed every one I ever put in my mouth.
I quit cold turkey and have a nice 25 year streak going, but my craving for a cig has never really went away.
I quit cold turkey and have a nice 25 year streak going, but my craving for a cig has never really went away.
wrote about smoking and a new book on the philosophy of addiction
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/1...
Monster of 2025: Cigarettes
Is dying early really pro-social?
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Quitting smoking was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. NGL, I enjoyed every one I ever put in my mouth.
I quit cold turkey and have a nice 25 year streak going, but my craving for a cig has never really went away.
I quit cold turkey and have a nice 25 year streak going, but my craving for a cig has never really went away.
December 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Betty Reid Soskin, a National Treasure, Dies at 104 🗃️ #NationalParks open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Betty Reid Soskin, a National Treasure, Dies at 104
The next time you are told that the National Park Service is engaged in subversive or un-patriotic history.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Betty Reid Soskin, a National Treasure, Dies at 104 🗃️ #NationalParks open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
#FavoritePhotos2025
Goree Island. Senegal. 🇸🇳
I cans remember the name of the dish but it was delicious!😋
*Four of us polished this off
#food
#photography
#AfricanDishes.
Goree Island. Senegal. 🇸🇳
I cans remember the name of the dish but it was delicious!😋
*Four of us polished this off
#food
#photography
#AfricanDishes.
December 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#FavoritePhotos2025
Goree Island. Senegal. 🇸🇳
I cans remember the name of the dish but it was delicious!😋
*Four of us polished this off
#food
#photography
#AfricanDishes.
Goree Island. Senegal. 🇸🇳
I cans remember the name of the dish but it was delicious!😋
*Four of us polished this off
#food
#photography
#AfricanDishes.
#FavoritePhotos2025
January 2025. Dakar, Senegal. 🇸🇳
January 2025. Dakar, Senegal. 🇸🇳
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
#FavoritePhotos2025
January 2025. Dakar, Senegal. 🇸🇳
January 2025. Dakar, Senegal. 🇸🇳
Early 20th Century “Dear Santa” Letters from
#NorthNashville
#NorthNashville
December 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Early 20th Century “Dear Santa” Letters from
#NorthNashville
#NorthNashville
A Christmas Conspiracy and a Carnival of Violence in Dover TN, 1856
As we enter into the week of Christmas, I am always reminded of the story about a reported, conspiracy of enslaved men living in and around the iron producing areas of MiddleTennessee.
Real or imagined, the Christmas of 1856🧵
As we enter into the week of Christmas, I am always reminded of the story about a reported, conspiracy of enslaved men living in and around the iron producing areas of MiddleTennessee.
Real or imagined, the Christmas of 1856🧵
December 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A Christmas Conspiracy and a Carnival of Violence in Dover TN, 1856
As we enter into the week of Christmas, I am always reminded of the story about a reported, conspiracy of enslaved men living in and around the iron producing areas of MiddleTennessee.
Real or imagined, the Christmas of 1856🧵
As we enter into the week of Christmas, I am always reminded of the story about a reported, conspiracy of enslaved men living in and around the iron producing areas of MiddleTennessee.
Real or imagined, the Christmas of 1856🧵