Allison Seyler (she/her)
@ajseyler.bsky.social
I'm a public historian who moonlights in the archives. I'm a UMBC alum & deeply proud Baltimorean. I adore my cats, nature brings me joy, and I eat plants. I miss my grandmoms every day and I'm always fighting for a better world. Join me? ♓ [hyper-empath]
Kate, always with the wisdom. I love you and your writing so much! ♥️ @kdrabinski.bsky.social
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Fall Tree Against a Backdrop of Blue Skies and Construction at Bank & Caroline
I had the time, energy, and weather for a bike ride today, and wow, it had been a long time since I got to do that. I started with a quick ride down the hill to meet friends for brunch, in celebrat…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Kate, always with the wisdom. I love you and your writing so much! ♥️ @kdrabinski.bsky.social
whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2025/11/02/f...
whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2025/11/02/f...
tinyurl.com/5n6my48p “The majority of our members are working-class people...Many of them live paycheck to paycheck. These reckless actions are disrupting and destroying the lives of everyday working people who are constantly being used as bargaining chips.” AFGE Local 2883 President Yolanda Jacobs
https://tinyurl.com/5n6my48p“The
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
tinyurl.com/5n6my48p “The majority of our members are working-class people...Many of them live paycheck to paycheck. These reckless actions are disrupting and destroying the lives of everyday working people who are constantly being used as bargaining chips.” AFGE Local 2883 President Yolanda Jacobs
living in the bizarro world where employers send out what is "permissible" and "impermissible" for programs and activities and how we must be in "compliance with legal and regulatory anti-discrimination requirements." what a time to be alive.
September 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
living in the bizarro world where employers send out what is "permissible" and "impermissible" for programs and activities and how we must be in "compliance with legal and regulatory anti-discrimination requirements." what a time to be alive.
I am so excited for Wally Lamb's new book!!!!
June 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I am so excited for Wally Lamb's new book!!!!
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The White Place in Sun https://www.artic.edu/artworks/158752/
June 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The White Place in Sun https://www.artic.edu/artworks/158752/
🤣 when the new therapist tells you she saw your eye roll
June 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🤣 when the new therapist tells you she saw your eye roll
I'm a big fan of mindfulness exercises but let me tell you, there aren't enough for the onslaught of thoughts I have about -gestures wildly - ALL the things.
May 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm a big fan of mindfulness exercises but let me tell you, there aren't enough for the onslaught of thoughts I have about -gestures wildly - ALL the things.
having a hard time today. <insert Taking Back Sunday lyric>
May 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
having a hard time today. <insert Taking Back Sunday lyric>
Hopping on to brag that I am on #PeonyWatch2025 and it is marvelous. My plants are super tall this year and there are so many buds. I AM SO EXCITED.
May 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hopping on to brag that I am on #PeonyWatch2025 and it is marvelous. My plants are super tall this year and there are so many buds. I AM SO EXCITED.
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"Life can't be reduced to whether we breathe...all the ways that we do to collect our pasts, to collect our ancestors, is what turns out for many of us is life giving, life sustaining." - @marthasjones
April 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Life can't be reduced to whether we breathe...all the ways that we do to collect our pasts, to collect our ancestors, is what turns out for many of us is life giving, life sustaining." - @marthasjones
my favorite bartender told me something when 'he who shall not be named' won the presidency that I can't stop thinking about. He said that we were about to enter "another 4 years of Mondays" and it's so accurate - a sensation that we can all recognize -
March 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
my favorite bartender told me something when 'he who shall not be named' won the presidency that I can't stop thinking about. He said that we were about to enter "another 4 years of Mondays" and it's so accurate - a sensation that we can all recognize -
In moments like the current one, UMBC needs our support more than ever. I'm proud today to contribute to the History department, the Honors College, the Women's Center, and Special Collections! 🖤💛Thank you for shaping me into the human I am today! #BlackAndGoldRish #UMBC
March 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In moments like the current one, UMBC needs our support more than ever. I'm proud today to contribute to the History department, the Honors College, the Women's Center, and Special Collections! 🖤💛Thank you for shaping me into the human I am today! #BlackAndGoldRish #UMBC
probably not the best time to read the incredible Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," but here I am...
February 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
probably not the best time to read the incredible Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," but here I am...
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Two good blogs I read this week: @kdrabinski.bsky.social's reflections resonate & make my heart feel better: whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2025/02/11/c... and Tracy's run recap, reminding me of the highs/lows of running thoughts & what bodies are capable of: poetsthatsweat.com/2025/02/09/t...
a close up of a person holding a cat 's nose with the word cope above it
ALT: a close up of a person holding a cat 's nose with the word cope above it
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February 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Two good blogs I read this week: @kdrabinski.bsky.social's reflections resonate & make my heart feel better: whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2025/02/11/c... and Tracy's run recap, reminding me of the highs/lows of running thoughts & what bodies are capable of: poetsthatsweat.com/2025/02/09/t...
depressed, depressed, what's a girl to do
February 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
depressed, depressed, what's a girl to do
yes please BGE tell me about what less electricity I used this week while trying to protect myself from the world careening to its end around me. love those emails. 🫠
January 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
yes please BGE tell me about what less electricity I used this week while trying to protect myself from the world careening to its end around me. love those emails. 🫠
I don't mean to be unfaithful to what community we can build here, but I'm not digging the ways connecting only online makes me feel. I need face to face. I've been on a social break for a bit and logged on here today to see all of the harm already done...it's a growing list and I need to step away.
January 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I don't mean to be unfaithful to what community we can build here, but I'm not digging the ways connecting only online makes me feel. I need face to face. I've been on a social break for a bit and logged on here today to see all of the harm already done...it's a growing list and I need to step away.
The work continues...
From Matt Palmer, for Hard Histories at Hopkins:
“In Baltimore, philanthropy and capital development were companions to slaveholding and the promotion of schools for Black children.”
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“In Baltimore, philanthropy and capital development were companions to slaveholding and the promotion of schools for Black children.”
hardhistoriesjhu.substack.com/p/a-city-of-...
A City of Merchants
The Men Who Signed an 1850 Petition Shared Ties of Commerce and More
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November 14, 2024 at 3:38 PM
The work continues...