Jim Wald
@citizenwald.bsky.social
Historian, Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation
Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for the Book https://www.massbook.org/
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
http://tiny.cc/pb7xzz
Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation
Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for the Book https://www.massbook.org/
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
http://tiny.cc/pb7xzz
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@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @markhertling.bsky.social bringing the truth. If you're not subscribed to @thebulwark.com , you probably should be.
Europe Will Stand Behind Zelensky, Not Trump
Bill Kristol and Lt.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @markhertling.bsky.social bringing the truth. If you're not subscribed to @thebulwark.com , you probably should be.
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Once, at Kirchentag in Stuttgart, I went to a presentation on men and spirituality in a hall in the Mercedes-Benz works
Synode der Ev. Kirche der Pfalz schon weird: Du gehst an einer Antonov 22 und einer Mig 25 vorbei in den Eingang. Die Synode tagt im Technikmuseum Speyer inmitten von altem Kriegsmaterial. Gruselig.
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Once, at Kirchentag in Stuttgart, I went to a presentation on men and spirituality in a hall in the Mercedes-Benz works
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Herzliche Einladung zur Online-Buchvorstellung am Dienstag 09.12. mit @blumeevolution.sueden.social.ap.brid.gy, Nicola Wenge, Stefan Lang und Nora Pester!
@akademiers.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
@akademiers.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
Ank: Jüdisches Leben in Schwaben. Wissenschaft trifft Praxis
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158896
Stuttgart, 09.12.2025, Fachbereich Geschichte, Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart; Arbeitskreis Jüdisches Schwaben; Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde und Historische …
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158896
Stuttgart, 09.12.2025, Fachbereich Geschichte, Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart; Arbeitskreis Jüdisches Schwaben; Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde und Historische …
www.hsozkult.de
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Herzliche Einladung zur Online-Buchvorstellung am Dienstag 09.12. mit @blumeevolution.sueden.social.ap.brid.gy, Nicola Wenge, Stefan Lang und Nora Pester!
@akademiers.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
@akademiers.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
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Neither rain nor sleet nor ICE
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Neither rain nor sleet nor ICE
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
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Heute habe ich bereits zum vierten Mal an der Berufsbildenden Schule Dr. Otto Schlein in Magdeburg aus dem Tagebuch 1933-1945 von Victor Klemperer gelesen und mit den Schüler/innen über Holocaust und Antisemitismus gesprochen. Ganz herzlichen Dank für die erneute Einladung! #BlueLZ
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Heute habe ich bereits zum vierten Mal an der Berufsbildenden Schule Dr. Otto Schlein in Magdeburg aus dem Tagebuch 1933-1945 von Victor Klemperer gelesen und mit den Schüler/innen über Holocaust und Antisemitismus gesprochen. Ganz herzlichen Dank für die erneute Einladung! #BlueLZ
Every once in awhile, I wonder what I was thinking when I decided to get a polar bear--but the feeling quickly vanishes.
Who could resist the charms of a good boy such as this?
Who could resist the charms of a good boy such as this?
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Every once in awhile, I wonder what I was thinking when I decided to get a polar bear--but the feeling quickly vanishes.
Who could resist the charms of a good boy such as this?
Who could resist the charms of a good boy such as this?
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If anybody would like this #letterpress print on Miami language 'myaamiaataweenki' revitalization, email me @ markalanmattes@gmail.com & I will share details. All proceeds support cultural programming @ the Myaamia Center @ Miami U. #Indigenous #NAIS #bookhistory #NativeAmerica #printmaking
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If anybody would like this #letterpress print on Miami language 'myaamiaataweenki' revitalization, email me @ markalanmattes@gmail.com & I will share details. All proceeds support cultural programming @ the Myaamia Center @ Miami U. #Indigenous #NAIS #bookhistory #NativeAmerica #printmaking
Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
https://wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
Yet: Commandant confirms they "violate our core values and are treated with the seriousness they warrant under current policy," use "will be thoroughly investigated & severely punished"
https://wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
Yet: Commandant confirms they "violate our core values and are treated with the seriousness they warrant under current policy," use "will be thoroughly investigated & severely punished"
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
https://wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
Yet: Commandant confirms they "violate our core values and are treated with the seriousness they warrant under current policy," use "will be thoroughly investigated & severely punished"
https://wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
Yet: Commandant confirms they "violate our core values and are treated with the seriousness they warrant under current policy," use "will be thoroughly investigated & severely punished"
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Op 19 november 1999 onthulden burgemeester Deetman en Piet Kool bij het Provinciehuis in Den Haag het monument Dwangarbeiders ter herinnering aan de razzia van 21 november 1944 in Den Haag, toen ca. 8000 Haagse mannen werden gedwongen in Duitsland dwangarbeid te gaan verrichten.
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Op 19 november 1999 onthulden burgemeester Deetman en Piet Kool bij het Provinciehuis in Den Haag het monument Dwangarbeiders ter herinnering aan de razzia van 21 november 1944 in Den Haag, toen ca. 8000 Haagse mannen werden gedwongen in Duitsland dwangarbeid te gaan verrichten.
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I did not have “Gordon Wood subtweets JD Vance at the American Enterprise Institute” on my 2025 bingo card.
And to his credit, Gordon Wood went to the AEI last night and declared his rejection of a blood-and-soil version of American identity "as passionately as I can."
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I did not have “Gordon Wood subtweets JD Vance at the American Enterprise Institute” on my 2025 bingo card.
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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My favorite David Attenborough story- heard secondhand- is that he got up to do everyone’s dishes at a remote field station where the BBC was shooting one of his projects. Because he’s that kind of person.
Which I think about when reading what other rich people I see on the tv are up to.
Which I think about when reading what other rich people I see on the tv are up to.
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My favorite David Attenborough story- heard secondhand- is that he got up to do everyone’s dishes at a remote field station where the BBC was shooting one of his projects. Because he’s that kind of person.
Which I think about when reading what other rich people I see on the tv are up to.
Which I think about when reading what other rich people I see on the tv are up to.
One of those rare cases when a scholar secures a correction:
November 17, 1738 Boston Tea Party Raider Born
www.massmoments.org/...
15 years ago, J. L. Bell @boston1775.bsky.social @Boston1775 did some research
David Kinnison: “not credible”
boston1775.blogspot....
November 17, 1738 Boston Tea Party Raider Born
www.massmoments.org/...
15 years ago, J. L. Bell @boston1775.bsky.social @Boston1775 did some research
David Kinnison: “not credible”
boston1775.blogspot....
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
One of those rare cases when a scholar secures a correction:
November 17, 1738 Boston Tea Party Raider Born
www.massmoments.org/...
15 years ago, J. L. Bell @boston1775.bsky.social @Boston1775 did some research
David Kinnison: “not credible”
boston1775.blogspot....
November 17, 1738 Boston Tea Party Raider Born
www.massmoments.org/...
15 years ago, J. L. Bell @boston1775.bsky.social @Boston1775 did some research
David Kinnison: “not credible”
boston1775.blogspot....
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Find it..... stick it on my shelf mate.
"I've never sold a single item & I've found thousands of coins."
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'he keeps his finds carefully arranged in a display cabinet at his home.'
...that's just one #detectorist.
Multiply that by perhaps 40,000 people - that's an awful lot of artefacts.
#Archaeology 🏺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Surrey Metal Detecting Club sees membership leap in six years
Founded with 60 members in 2019, the Surrey club now has more than 3,000 members across the county.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Find it..... stick it on my shelf mate.
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#Chancen | The Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan welcomes applications from scholars of all academic ranks for the 2026-2027 academic year | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
#fellowship
Deadline for applications: December 8, 2025
#fellowship
Deadline for applications: December 8, 2025
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#Chancen | The Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan welcomes applications from scholars of all academic ranks for the 2026-2027 academic year | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht...
#fellowship
Deadline for applications: December 8, 2025
#fellowship
Deadline for applications: December 8, 2025
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Il y a 36 ans, la révolution de Velours changeait le cours de l'histoire en Tchécoslovaquie. 36 ans de liberté et de démocratie, et plus que jamais la nécessité d’œuvrer et de veiller à leur préservation.
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Il y a 36 ans, la révolution de Velours changeait le cours de l'histoire en Tchécoslovaquie. 36 ans de liberté et de démocratie, et plus que jamais la nécessité d’œuvrer et de veiller à leur préservation.
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Es gibt sie noch, die guten Nachrichten 👇
Winziges Wiener Architekturbüro gewinnt lukrativsten Preis der Welt
Mit bahnbrechenden Sozialprojekten wie der Vinzirast am Land erregen Alex Hagner und Ulrike Schartner von Gaupenraub Aufsehen: Soeben gewann ihr Büro den höchstdotierten Architekturpreis der Welt.
Mit bahnbrechenden Sozialprojekten wie der Vinzirast am Land erregen Alex Hagner und Ulrike Schartner von Gaupenraub Aufsehen: Soeben gewann ihr Büro den höchstdotierten Architekturpreis der Welt.
Winziges Wiener Architekturbüro gewinnt lukrativsten Preis der Welt
Mit bahnbrechenden Sozialprojekten wie der Vinzirast am Land erregen Alex Hagner und Ulrike Schartner von Gaupenraub Aufsehen: Soeben gewann ihr Büro den höchstdotierten Architekturpreis der Welt.
www.diepresse.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Es gibt sie noch, die guten Nachrichten 👇
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holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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75 years ago today, on 17th November 1950, it was 22 year old Tom Rout's turn to be ploughing a field in #Snettisham, Norfolk.
He turned up one of the most iconic British archaeological finds - the Snettisham Great torc...
#OnThisDay #Archaeology #Gold #Torcs
bigbookoftorcs.com/2020/07/15/t...
He turned up one of the most iconic British archaeological finds - the Snettisham Great torc...
#OnThisDay #Archaeology #Gold #Torcs
bigbookoftorcs.com/2020/07/15/t...
The torc finders of Snettisham
Since we started working with Iron Age torcs, we’ve always been fascinated by Ray Williamson and Tom Rout, the two East Anglian ploughmen who first found torcs at Snettisham. Usually mentione…
bigbookoftorcs.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
75 years ago today, on 17th November 1950, it was 22 year old Tom Rout's turn to be ploughing a field in #Snettisham, Norfolk.
He turned up one of the most iconic British archaeological finds - the Snettisham Great torc...
#OnThisDay #Archaeology #Gold #Torcs
bigbookoftorcs.com/2020/07/15/t...
He turned up one of the most iconic British archaeological finds - the Snettisham Great torc...
#OnThisDay #Archaeology #Gold #Torcs
bigbookoftorcs.com/2020/07/15/t...
Point taken, though we should recall @annegoldgar.bsky.social
@anne_goldgar crucial revision of the simplistic drama and morality story as conventionally told
There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ther...
@anne_goldgar crucial revision of the simplistic drama and morality story as conventionally told
There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ther...
November 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Point taken, though we should recall @annegoldgar.bsky.social
@anne_goldgar crucial revision of the simplistic drama and morality story as conventionally told
There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ther...
@anne_goldgar crucial revision of the simplistic drama and morality story as conventionally told
There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ther...
@benfranklinhouse.bsky.social Thanks for following! I have always admired your innovative approach to public history, historic preservation, and memory--was fortunate enough to visit a few years ago
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
@benfranklinhouse.bsky.social Thanks for following! I have always admired your innovative approach to public history, historic preservation, and memory--was fortunate enough to visit a few years ago
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We received so many excellent submissions that we're making this conference a two-day affair & extending the deadline for submissions to 24th November!
From Olympe de Gouges to Ida B. Wells & everyone who came before & after -- we want to hear about the revolutionaries you're most passionate about!
From Olympe de Gouges to Ida B. Wells & everyone who came before & after -- we want to hear about the revolutionaries you're most passionate about!
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
We received so many excellent submissions that we're making this conference a two-day affair & extending the deadline for submissions to 24th November!
From Olympe de Gouges to Ida B. Wells & everyone who came before & after -- we want to hear about the revolutionaries you're most passionate about!
From Olympe de Gouges to Ida B. Wells & everyone who came before & after -- we want to hear about the revolutionaries you're most passionate about!
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As Black History Month ends, we reflect on the launch of 'Lives Revealed'. Centring on Peter & John King, two enslaved people who lived & laboured in the Franklin household, this permanent exhibition explores their legacies as well as Franklin’s evolving views on slavery.
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
As Black History Month ends, we reflect on the launch of 'Lives Revealed'. Centring on Peter & John King, two enslaved people who lived & laboured in the Franklin household, this permanent exhibition explores their legacies as well as Franklin’s evolving views on slavery.
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My lovely colleague Serena Zabin is featured in Ken Burns's new documentary series, "The American Revolution," that premieres on PBS tonight. Here's more information and how to watch it for free 🗃️: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
The American Revolution | Premieres Nov. 16 | PBS
The American Revolution, a landmark documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, premieres Nov. 16, 2025.
www.pbs.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My lovely colleague Serena Zabin is featured in Ken Burns's new documentary series, "The American Revolution," that premieres on PBS tonight. Here's more information and how to watch it for free 🗃️: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...