Abigail Swingen
@abigailswingen.bsky.social
EM British & Atlantic history. Competing Visions of Empire (Yale, 2015). Now: Britain's Financial Revolution & Moral Crisis. She/her. New Englander (usually) in Texas. Views my own. Latest article: https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2023.74
City of Lubbock Public Health Department's Facebook page is reporting an unvaccinated child in the city has tested positive for measles. Screenshot below.
January 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
City of Lubbock Public Health Department's Facebook page is reporting an unvaccinated child in the city has tested positive for measles. Screenshot below.
Every once in a while I'm reminded that maybe my research still has some resonance, if I consider myself a historian of "The Long Grift."
January 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Every once in a while I'm reminded that maybe my research still has some resonance, if I consider myself a historian of "The Long Grift."
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Happy New Year!
But I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie.
November 29, 2024 at 3:12 AM
But I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie.
What does this even mean? If a student turned this in, I would send it back covered in question marks with instructions to CLARIFY.
September 10, 2024 at 9:17 PM
What does this even mean? If a student turned this in, I would send it back covered in question marks with instructions to CLARIFY.
Spotted outside one of the neighborhood bookstores here in St. Paul.
September 7, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Spotted outside one of the neighborhood bookstores here in St. Paul.
Found this piece of paper amongst my mom's stuff announcing a student protest of the Kent State massacre from May 1970 in Defiance, Ohio. My parents went to Defiance College. Reverse side is a note from my mom to her mother, explaining the experience. Read Alt text for transcriptions. 🗃️
August 19, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Found this piece of paper amongst my mom's stuff announcing a student protest of the Kent State massacre from May 1970 in Defiance, Ohio. My parents went to Defiance College. Reverse side is a note from my mom to her mother, explaining the experience. Read Alt text for transcriptions. 🗃️
"Harvey, a retired trade unionist, said she felt Merseyside police had underestimated the threat from the far-right and were partly responsible for the disorder getting out of hand in Liverpool on Saturday." Let's hear it for Nans Against Nazis! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
August 7, 2024 at 6:57 PM
"Harvey, a retired trade unionist, said she felt Merseyside police had underestimated the threat from the far-right and were partly responsible for the disorder getting out of hand in Liverpool on Saturday." Let's hear it for Nans Against Nazis! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
Texas Tech Department of History now has an online MA program, specifically with K-12 teachers in mind. Deadline June 15 for Fall 2024 admissions. 🗃️ #history
May 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Texas Tech Department of History now has an online MA program, specifically with K-12 teachers in mind. Deadline June 15 for Fall 2024 admissions. 🗃️ #history
It's snowing in northern Connecticut! Ack!
November 22, 2023 at 3:11 AM
It's snowing in northern Connecticut! Ack!
We put the spring in Springfield!
October 10, 2023 at 1:03 AM
We put the spring in Springfield!
Me, staying out of the way as the last minute dorm packing has started to drive me nuts 😬.
August 29, 2023 at 10:46 PM
Me, staying out of the way as the last minute dorm packing has started to drive me nuts 😬.
