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Sam Spurgin
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PhD student at the University of Missouri studying 19th C British Empire in Asia. Posting hot takes on history, linguistics, sexuality, and religion.
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theatlantic.com
Many historians "have come to see colonizers as oppressors and colonized peoples as oppressed," Sarah Bilston writes. But Victorian orchid hunters are not easy to place in this dichotomy:
How Orchid Hunters Complicate Colonial Narratives
They were sent to exploit foreign lands, but they were victims of exploitation themselves.
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May 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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brandanrobertson.bsky.social
Thrilled to share that my new book “Queer & Christian” is in the "Top 10" of Publishers Weekly's Spring 2025 Preview of books on religion & spirituality!

Read more here: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
January 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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thejerpano.bsky.social
Check out the Early American Tracker!

The #JERPano invites academic historians, public historians, federal workers, teachers, and concerned citizens to submit evidence of changes made to the Early American historical record.

Visit The Panorama at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
"Visit the Early Republic Tracker" "Keep History Accessible!" The Early Republic Tracker is now live! The #JERPano is launching a public initiative to document efforts to erase or distort historical interpretation at national sites, museums, websites, and other public venues. We invite academic historians, public historians, federal workers, teachers, and concerned citizens to submit evidence of changes to the Early American historical record on the Panorama. The Tracker serves as a record and tool for historical accountability. We will respect requests for anonymity. Please help us ensure these changes do not disappear down the memory hole by visiting and contributing to the site
April 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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hilaryagro.com
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz
Glad to see we’re addressing the root cause of all of this: Luther’s heresy
A screen cap of an article hed with a photo of a chef in a stainless steel kitchen, peaking potatoes. There are 6 additional chefs working in the background. The headline is “Diet of Worms will help us survive climate change, say top chefs”. The post is a play on the famous Edict of Worms, issued by the Diet of Worms, which condemned Martin Luther as a heretic.
April 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
sbspurgin.bsky.social
Well… I guess on the bright side I could be trying to retire right now…RIP to the ones who had almost made it to their 401k goals.
April 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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drhonor.bsky.social
Cory Booker: "I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America."

Historians, crawling back into daylight from the depths of despair: "Did somebody somewhere ask for some wretched truth?"
a polar bear cub is laying in a pile of hay
ALT: a polar bear cub is laying in a pile of hay
media.tenor.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
sbspurgin.bsky.social
Pancakes this morning at the Kinder Institute! #pancakesforrodger
February 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM