Amy J. Rutenberg
@amyjay401.bsky.social
Historian of War, Gender, and the Modern U.S. Author of Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance. Working on a book on the effects of peace activism on the US military. Former high school teacher.
Something calming, because we all need it. Aurora borealis in Iowa.
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Something calming, because we all need it. Aurora borealis in Iowa.
Because there is not enough gross, weird, or funny on this app, here is what a two-pound gummy worm looks like - just in case anyone is interested 🤢
October 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Because there is not enough gross, weird, or funny on this app, here is what a two-pound gummy worm looks like - just in case anyone is interested 🤢
In case anyone’s wondering, the DOD website now redirects to war.gov and the “narcoterrorists neutralized” was a US bombing of a ship in likely violation of international law.
September 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In case anyone’s wondering, the DOD website now redirects to war.gov and the “narcoterrorists neutralized” was a US bombing of a ship in likely violation of international law.
I’ve been to DC a bunch over the years, and reading this panel at the @ushmm.bsky.social in March was the most scared I’ve ever been. I wonder if it will survive the purge of the #Smithsonian or if it’s too “woke” for people to know how fascism comes to be. 🗃️
August 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I’ve been to DC a bunch over the years, and reading this panel at the @ushmm.bsky.social in March was the most scared I’ve ever been. I wonder if it will survive the purge of the #Smithsonian or if it’s too “woke” for people to know how fascism comes to be. 🗃️
Brewing up something special for the first week of classes. Time for students to engage with some primary sources 🤣🗃️
July 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Brewing up something special for the first week of classes. Time for students to engage with some primary sources 🤣🗃️
If you ever find yourself in upstate NY, definitely go out of your way to visit the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester. The teen, almost-tween, and adults all loved it!
July 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you ever find yourself in upstate NY, definitely go out of your way to visit the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester. The teen, almost-tween, and adults all loved it!
At the US Holocaust Museum today, in the context of Iowa stripping civil rights from trans ppl and Trump’s gutting of the civil service, I read about stripping civil rights as the 1st step toward fascism and gutting the civil service as the 2nd. #EverythingHasAHistory and we’ve chosen to forget it.
March 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
At the US Holocaust Museum today, in the context of Iowa stripping civil rights from trans ppl and Trump’s gutting of the civil service, I read about stripping civil rights as the 1st step toward fascism and gutting the civil service as the 2nd. #EverythingHasAHistory and we’ve chosen to forget it.
Hey #skystorians, at least someone is throwing us a little love. @raygunsite.com knows what’s important. #academicsky 🗺️🗃️
March 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Hey #skystorians, at least someone is throwing us a little love. @raygunsite.com knows what’s important. #academicsky 🗺️🗃️
I needed labels for something and the ones available in the History office are historical unto themselves! 🗃️
February 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I needed labels for something and the ones available in the History office are historical unto themselves! 🗃️
The young one discovered the radio (from Radio Shack, no less) we keep in case of power outage and declared he must listen to it “like it’s 1979.”
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The young one discovered the radio (from Radio Shack, no less) we keep in case of power outage and declared he must listen to it “like it’s 1979.”
An armful of sleepy cats solves nothing - but it does temporarily take the edge off.
January 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
An armful of sleepy cats solves nothing - but it does temporarily take the edge off.
We really have reached the point where our worlds are completely separate, haven’t we? (Screen 1 at the gym is FoxNews going on about how Democrats talk down to Americans through “idiotic NPR jargon.” Screen 2 is Jimmy Carter’s state funeral on CNN).
January 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We really have reached the point where our worlds are completely separate, haven’t we? (Screen 1 at the gym is FoxNews going on about how Democrats talk down to Americans through “idiotic NPR jargon.” Screen 2 is Jimmy Carter’s state funeral on CNN).
Hello evening #AHA25 scrollers. Consider joining me and other awesome scholars as we discuss historical perspectives on the current military recruiting crisis, Sat@1:30. We’ll talk connections to peace history and past crises and why most folks have no idea there’s even a crisis. 🗃️
January 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hello evening #AHA25 scrollers. Consider joining me and other awesome scholars as we discuss historical perspectives on the current military recruiting crisis, Sat@1:30. We’ll talk connections to peace history and past crises and why most folks have no idea there’s even a crisis. 🗃️
I love that #AHA25 has set up a co-working space. Sometimes finding a place to simply be between obligations is so hard at conferences. But I wonder how many of these folks’ work I know, but since I have no idea the face behind the words, I can’t say hi 😆🗃️
January 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I love that #AHA25 has set up a co-working space. Sometimes finding a place to simply be between obligations is so hard at conferences. But I wonder how many of these folks’ work I know, but since I have no idea the face behind the words, I can’t say hi 😆🗃️
Hello #EmpireStateBuilding. Nice to see you lit for #JimmyCarter. And nice to be back in NYC.
December 30, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Hello #EmpireStateBuilding. Nice to see you lit for #JimmyCarter. And nice to be back in NYC.
Apparently I’m the only one of my siblings who does not pay for a gen AI subscription, so it took all of us getting together to go from laughing about Hot Frosty to this. You’re welcome.
December 24, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Apparently I’m the only one of my siblings who does not pay for a gen AI subscription, so it took all of us getting together to go from laughing about Hot Frosty to this. You’re welcome.
Do we think a single person sitting around the table coming up with names for this defense tech company thought anything off here?
December 21, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Do we think a single person sitting around the table coming up with names for this defense tech company thought anything off here?
@ghlearn.bsky.social sent me this, and it deserves to be shared:
"Hope is not a Bird, Emily, It's a Sewer Rat," by Caitlin Seida
"Hope is not a Bird, Emily, It's a Sewer Rat," by Caitlin Seida
November 10, 2024 at 5:05 PM
@ghlearn.bsky.social sent me this, and it deserves to be shared:
"Hope is not a Bird, Emily, It's a Sewer Rat," by Caitlin Seida
"Hope is not a Bird, Emily, It's a Sewer Rat," by Caitlin Seida