Zachary Schrag
@zacharyschrag.bsky.social
Professor of History, George Mason University. Currently researching history of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. Views my own.
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“The fish is rotting from the head down,” said retired Brig. Gen. Martin France, a 1981 academy graduate who previously served as chairman of the school’s astronautical engineering program. [1/2]
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Air Force Academy’s accreditation under review after cuts to civilian faculty
Concerned alumni and former faculty told The Denver Post they believe the academy is losing too many civilian Ph.D.-level instructors without the ability to replace them with qualified military mem…
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November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“The fish is rotting from the head down,” said retired Brig. Gen. Martin France, a 1981 academy graduate who previously served as chairman of the school’s astronautical engineering program. [1/2]
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I'm looking forward to speaking about the 1844 Nativist Riots with the tour guides who bring Philadelphia history to the streets. phillyguides.org/event/nativi...
Nativist/ Bible Riots of 1844 - Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm, in person at the Great Hall of Christ Church Neighborhood […]
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November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm looking forward to speaking about the 1844 Nativist Riots with the tour guides who bring Philadelphia history to the streets. phillyguides.org/event/nativi...
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Road to Nowhere @ People’s Book in Takoma Park today at 2 pm! peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/road-t...
Emily Lieb for Road to Nowhere: How a Highway Map Wrecked Baltimore
In the mid-1950s Baltimore’s Rosemont neighborhood was alive and vibrant with smart rowhouses, a sprawling park, corner grocery stores, and doctor’s offices. By 1957, a proposed expressway threaten…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Road to Nowhere @ People’s Book in Takoma Park today at 2 pm! peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/road-t...
This showed up in a 1962 issue of Air University Quarterly Review. I have questions, especially concerning the Algeria-Hudson Bay corridor.
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This showed up in a 1962 issue of Air University Quarterly Review. I have questions, especially concerning the Algeria-Hudson Bay corridor.
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I've been waiting to comment publicly on this until the university made its announcement, but the Department of History at Princeton is devastated by the recent death of our wonderful colleague Alison Isenberg.
Alison Isenberg, distinguished urban historian and co-founder of Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, dies
A public memorial and celebration of Isenberg’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the University Chapel.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've been waiting to comment publicly on this until the university made its announcement, but the Department of History at Princeton is devastated by the recent death of our wonderful colleague Alison Isenberg.
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Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
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Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
New College of Florida shows soaring expenses as state targets 'woke waste'
A report by Florida DOGE found that Sarasota's New College is the most financially inefficient school in the university system.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
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The AHA will partner with @nationalhistoryday.bsky.social for Revolutionary Ideals: Understanding 250 Years of American Principles, a virtual professional learning series for K–12 educators in April 2026. Applications will launch in January 2026, with 240 spots available for teachers nationwide. 🗃️
National History Day Announces Partnership with AHA for 2026 Program - AHA
The American Historical Association will partner with National History Day for Revolutionary Ideals: Understanding 250 Years of American Principles, a virtual professional learning series for K—12 edu...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The AHA will partner with @nationalhistoryday.bsky.social for Revolutionary Ideals: Understanding 250 Years of American Principles, a virtual professional learning series for K–12 educators in April 2026. Applications will launch in January 2026, with 240 spots available for teachers nationwide. 🗃️
Next Wednesday in Philadelphia!
phillyguides.org/event/nativi...
phillyguides.org/event/nativi...
Nativist/ Bible Riots of 1844 - Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides
The Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides (APT) will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, November 12 at 7 pm, in person at the Great Hall of Christ Church Neighborhood […]
phillyguides.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Next Wednesday in Philadelphia!
phillyguides.org/event/nativi...
phillyguides.org/event/nativi...
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The beautiful cover for my new book: "The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self." Coming June 2026. (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...). @mitpress.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The beautiful cover for my new book: "The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self." Coming June 2026. (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...). @mitpress.bsky.social
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Major win in Arlington County Public Schools, with pro-trans Moe Bryant dominating the election. Arlington County Public Schools has made headlines for defying the Trump admin on trans kids in bathrooms.
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Major win in Arlington County Public Schools, with pro-trans Moe Bryant dominating the election. Arlington County Public Schools has made headlines for defying the Trump admin on trans kids in bathrooms.
I am now all the more determined to live long enough to see Linklater’s Merrily We Roll Along bluemoonfilm.com
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November 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I am now all the more determined to live long enough to see Linklater’s Merrily We Roll Along bluemoonfilm.com
Catesby Leigh asks, "Did [due process] forestall erection of brutalist eyesores like the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Building?"
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Opinion | The original Trump ballroom design was good. The expansion? Less so.
A big tent might be great politics, but it is an inadequate setting for large presidential gatherings.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Catesby Leigh asks, "Did [due process] forestall erection of brutalist eyesores like the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Building?"
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Thanks to @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for making my history of protest in England's public spaces into a beautiful, well produced book with a fab cover.
Buy it here reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Buy it here reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
October 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thanks to @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for making my history of protest in England's public spaces into a beautiful, well produced book with a fab cover.
Buy it here reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
Buy it here reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...
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I'm launching a blog series to chronicle my work with Claude to build AcadiMeet (acadimeet.org), including the strategic methods and communication patterns I used to launch the app.
The first post argues that the best way to begin is to focus on vision, not code.
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The first post argues that the best way to begin is to focus on vision, not code.
foundhistory.org/2025/10/ai-c...
AI Coding Collaboration for Digital Humanists (and Other Competent Imposters) – Part 1
Author’s note: This post is the first in a series on AI Coding Collaboration for Digital Humanists (and other competent imposters). The series chronicles the development of AcadiMeet, a sched…
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October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I'm launching a blog series to chronicle my work with Claude to build AcadiMeet (acadimeet.org), including the strategic methods and communication patterns I used to launch the app.
The first post argues that the best way to begin is to focus on vision, not code.
foundhistory.org/2025/10/ai-c...
The first post argues that the best way to begin is to focus on vision, not code.
foundhistory.org/2025/10/ai-c...
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I construct this whole syllabus about post 1945 US history and then they just tweet it out like this
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
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October 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I construct this whole syllabus about post 1945 US history and then they just tweet it out like this
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‘Amazed they lasted as long as they did’: What we know about the SEPTA trains that caught fire
For more than 50 years, the Silverliner IV has been a regional rail mainstay. After five fires this year, SEPTA is rushing to inspect every train.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Linking verbs are fine—in moderation. Here's a Word macro that will highlight all the linking verbs in your document, helping you (and your students) spot opportunities to convert some to action verbs. 🗃️
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Highlight linking verbs in a Word document
This Word Macro turns all linking verbs blue. I use it to help myself and my students spot opportunities to replace linking verbs with action verbs. I gave it a title starting with “aa”…
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October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Linking verbs are fine—in moderation. Here's a Word macro that will highlight all the linking verbs in your document, helping you (and your students) spot opportunities to convert some to action verbs. 🗃️
historyprofessor.org/code/highlig...
historyprofessor.org/code/highlig...
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I made my students a little “book” (just using Google slides) to show them how you all answered my question about how you take notes for research. Just to show the variety.
How Do Scholars Take Notes?
How do scholars take notes? I like seeing examples of different people’s notetaking, so I asked scholars to show me how they take notes for research.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I made my students a little “book” (just using Google slides) to show them how you all answered my question about how you take notes for research. Just to show the variety.
What can you do with a PhD in history? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Arthur Waskow, 92, Influential Rabbi and Activist for Social Justice, Dies
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October 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
What can you do with a PhD in history? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
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Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!
BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the University of California's request that it block the release of a 28-page, $1.2-billion fine Trump administration UCLA settlement offer. UC is required to give a faculty group the document today. www.latimes.com/california/s...
UC must publicly release Trump administration's $1.2-billion settlement proposal
The California Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from the University of California to block the release of a roughly $1.2-billion Trump UCLA settlement. UCLA is required to share the document...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM