Dr. Michael Feagan
@mfeagan.bsky.social
He/him. I am a Canadian PhD in History studying the history of technology and labour among Canadian and American telegraph operators.
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-> @mfeagan.bsky.social mentioned his 2020 @nichecanada.bsky.social article in a comment on a video game YouTube video and it has been read 2,000+ times in the past month.
Don't underestimate the potential of bringing up your work in non-academic spaces!
#envhist #academia
Don't underestimate the potential of bringing up your work in non-academic spaces!
#envhist #academia
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"Based on our website stats, quite a few! Glad that you enjoyed Michael’s research, Miqual." - @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory
"Based on our website stats, quite a few! Glad that you enjoyed Michael’s research, Miqual." - @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory
Electric Trees: The Constructed Nature of Utility Poles and Street Trees
Telephone poles and street trees overlapped in nineteenth-century cities, contested between aesthetics, technology, and regulation, blurring natural and built environments.
niche-canada.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
-> @mfeagan.bsky.social mentioned his 2020 @nichecanada.bsky.social article in a comment on a video game YouTube video and it has been read 2,000+ times in the past month.
Don't underestimate the potential of bringing up your work in non-academic spaces!
#envhist #academia
Don't underestimate the potential of bringing up your work in non-academic spaces!
#envhist #academia
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"The decision of what trees to plant on streets was a response to utility poles, and regulations managing utility poles were a response to street trees." - @mfeagan.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #urbanhistory #energyhistory
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #urbanhistory #energyhistory
Electric Trees: The Constructed Nature of Utility Poles and Street Trees
Telephone poles and street trees overlapped in nineteenth-century cities, contested between aesthetics, technology, and regulation, blurring natural and built environments.
niche-canada.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"The decision of what trees to plant on streets was a response to utility poles, and regulations managing utility poles were a response to street trees." - @mfeagan.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #urbanhistory #energyhistory
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #urbanhistory #energyhistory
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If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.
CFP: A Time of Monsters
The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...
contingentmagazine.org
October 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.
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lots of good info in here about the U.S. electrical grid circa 1899 if you’re interested!
Do Red Dead Redemption 2's Power Lines Connect to Anything?
YouTube video by Any Austin
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September 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
lots of good info in here about the U.S. electrical grid circa 1899 if you’re interested!
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
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#OtD 8 Aug 1883 over 3000 people attended a benefit ball and concert for striking telegraphers in NYC's Madison Square Garden. 800 of the strikers, fighting for equal pay for men and women and an eight-hour day, led the procession into the ballroom stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1077...
August 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#OtD 8 Aug 1883 over 3000 people attended a benefit ball and concert for striking telegraphers in NYC's Madison Square Garden. 800 of the strikers, fighting for equal pay for men and women and an eight-hour day, led the procession into the ballroom stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1077...
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The AHA has published Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education, offering a disciplinary approach to AI that focuses on the specific needs and challenges of history educators. 🗃️
Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education
These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.
www.historians.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The AHA has published Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education, offering a disciplinary approach to AI that focuses on the specific needs and challenges of history educators. 🗃️
So happy and proud to have finally walked across the stage to receive my PhD. I couldn't have asked for more love and support from my parents and beautiful partner.
June 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
So happy and proud to have finally walked across the stage to receive my PhD. I couldn't have asked for more love and support from my parents and beautiful partner.
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“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Happy Morse code day! Did you know when Morse code was originally patented it lacked codes for punctuation? Morse's collaborator Alfred Vail developed a system for punctuation in 1848. Using "STOP" as a period was rarely used for most of the 1800s. It only slowly became popular after WW1.
April 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Happy Morse code day! Did you know when Morse code was originally patented it lacked codes for punctuation? Morse's collaborator Alfred Vail developed a system for punctuation in 1848. Using "STOP" as a period was rarely used for most of the 1800s. It only slowly became popular after WW1.
Yesterday I successfully defended my dissertation and am now Dr. Feagan. It still feels unreal and I'm taking time this weekend to process it and relax. I have received many lovely comments from friends, family, and colleagues and I just want to say that your support made my day.
March 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yesterday I successfully defended my dissertation and am now Dr. Feagan. It still feels unreal and I'm taking time this weekend to process it and relax. I have received many lovely comments from friends, family, and colleagues and I just want to say that your support made my day.
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Please join us in congratulating Michael Feagan on successfully defending his PhD thesis on 'The Gilt-Edged Class: American and Canadian Telegraphers' Bodies and Work. @mfeagan.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Please join us in congratulating Michael Feagan on successfully defending his PhD thesis on 'The Gilt-Edged Class: American and Canadian Telegraphers' Bodies and Work. @mfeagan.bsky.social
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Join us on Friday, March 14th at 10:00am to support PhD candidate, Michael Feagan at his public lecture. Michael will be speaking on, "'The Gilt-Edged Class: American and Canadian Telegraphers' Bodies and Work." The public lecture will be both in-person and via zoom. All are welcome!
March 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Join us on Friday, March 14th at 10:00am to support PhD candidate, Michael Feagan at his public lecture. Michael will be speaking on, "'The Gilt-Edged Class: American and Canadian Telegraphers' Bodies and Work." The public lecture will be both in-person and via zoom. All are welcome!
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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history of technology, maintenance, and the kootenays all in one well-research blog post?
the kütne reader on the history of the cpr's telegraph service along kootenay lake, when it used barges and sternwheelers rather than tracks and locomotives.
#bchist #cdnhist
www.kutnereader.com/post/maintai...
the kütne reader on the history of the cpr's telegraph service along kootenay lake, when it used barges and sternwheelers rather than tracks and locomotives.
#bchist #cdnhist
www.kutnereader.com/post/maintai...
Maintaining the wire: The story of a forgotten telegraph line
Maintaining the telegraph service between Nelson and Kootenay Landing between 1898 and 1930 was not for the faint of heart.
www.kutnereader.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
history of technology, maintenance, and the kootenays all in one well-research blog post?
the kütne reader on the history of the cpr's telegraph service along kootenay lake, when it used barges and sternwheelers rather than tracks and locomotives.
#bchist #cdnhist
www.kutnereader.com/post/maintai...
the kütne reader on the history of the cpr's telegraph service along kootenay lake, when it used barges and sternwheelers rather than tracks and locomotives.
#bchist #cdnhist
www.kutnereader.com/post/maintai...
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January 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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