Lucas
@luminouscow.bsky.social
BA GWU '24
MA W&M '25
Indigenous History
Race-Making in the Northeast
MA W&M '25
Indigenous History
Race-Making in the Northeast
Got my first PhD offer!!!
a man in a suit says this part of my life , this little part , is called happiness
Alt: Will Smith's inner monologue in The Pursuit of Happiness states "This part of my life, this little part, is called Happiness," as he walks out of the office after receiving a job offer at the end of the film
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Got my first PhD offer!!!
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You don’t need to watch another killing. Here is what happened, acc to the NYT review of the videos. They just decided to execute Alex Pretti
January 25, 2026 at 12:03 AM
You don’t need to watch another killing. Here is what happened, acc to the NYT review of the videos. They just decided to execute Alex Pretti
I think it went well. Will know in a month lmao. I got another one on Monday
January 21, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I think it went well. Will know in a month lmao. I got another one on Monday
PhD program interview!!!
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 AM
PhD program interview!!!
I'm watching the new Ken Burns documentary on PBS and it feels like Infinity War for Historians. Not much new info for anyone up-to-date on their early American historiography (par for the course in docs), but I'm just sitting here seeing every historian and going
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm watching the new Ken Burns documentary on PBS and it feels like Infinity War for Historians. Not much new info for anyone up-to-date on their early American historiography (par for the course in docs), but I'm just sitting here seeing every historian and going
My favorite hobby is emailing folks that I know do not hate me and convincing myself that they actually do hate me when I don't get a response in 24 hours. I'm sure that's totally normal and healthy 😃
September 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My favorite hobby is emailing folks that I know do not hate me and convincing myself that they actually do hate me when I don't get a response in 24 hours. I'm sure that's totally normal and healthy 😃
Applied to a 9-month research fellowship a while back specifically for folks who just finished their MA. Hadn't heard much of anything since then, so I reached out to ask about any updates. Turns out I would've been a finalist for it 🤩 if the funding hadn't evaporated. I hate it here.
August 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Applied to a 9-month research fellowship a while back specifically for folks who just finished their MA. Hadn't heard much of anything since then, so I reached out to ask about any updates. Turns out I would've been a finalist for it 🤩 if the funding hadn't evaporated. I hate it here.
To think I wasted all that time "earning degrees" and "doing research" when all I had to do was become a right-wing grifter
This former model, with no background in history, has been put in charge of curating what is "appropriate" at the National Museum of African American History.
August 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
To think I wasted all that time "earning degrees" and "doing research" when all I had to do was become a right-wing grifter
I'm at Mass Historic and there are bunch of letters to this kid from his aunt where she goes: you're such a good kid now, you were such a trouble maker when you were little, *immediately describes horrifying incident about a random child* I hope you stay good so this doesn't happen to you
July 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm at Mass Historic and there are bunch of letters to this kid from his aunt where she goes: you're such a good kid now, you were such a trouble maker when you were little, *immediately describes horrifying incident about a random child* I hope you stay good so this doesn't happen to you
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Emmett Till would be 84 today.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
July 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Emmett Till would be 84 today.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
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"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
www.msnbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
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“For 30 or 40 miles…I staggered on, fearing every instant I should be …crushed within the jaws of some disturbed alligator. The dread of them now almost equalled the fear of the pursuing hounds.” -Solomon Northrup, Twelve Years a Slave
June 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“For 30 or 40 miles…I staggered on, fearing every instant I should be …crushed within the jaws of some disturbed alligator. The dread of them now almost equalled the fear of the pursuing hounds.” -Solomon Northrup, Twelve Years a Slave
It'd be so cool if the government did anything to stop the entire country from boiling alive once or twice a month. But that's a lot to ask, I suppose.
June 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It'd be so cool if the government did anything to stop the entire country from boiling alive once or twice a month. But that's a lot to ask, I suppose.
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UPDATED QUESTION: Does anyone know of an 18th-c printed (not handwriting) font that I can use for commercial use?
Hey friends— #Skystorians or lit folks or anyone else who might be a weird nerd like me— Does anyone know of templates or programs for designing & printing promotional materials that *look like 18th-c broadsides*??? Thanks!!
April 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
UPDATED QUESTION: Does anyone know of an 18th-c printed (not handwriting) font that I can use for commercial use?
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The Trump administration's war on non-US citizens ought to terrify everyone: if he can violate the Constitution with impunity in targeting foreigners, don't imagine for a moment he won't come for citizens next
April 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Trump administration's war on non-US citizens ought to terrify everyone: if he can violate the Constitution with impunity in targeting foreigners, don't imagine for a moment he won't come for citizens next
Historians are goated as usual.
The Israeli state's efforts to eradicate Gaza's education infrastructure is one of its many crimes in service of its greater goal to eradicate the Palestinian people in Gaza and more scholars need to stand against the genocide.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/organis...
The Israeli state's efforts to eradicate Gaza's education infrastructure is one of its many crimes in service of its greater goal to eradicate the Palestinian people in Gaza and more scholars need to stand against the genocide.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/organis...
Organization of American Historians votes to condemn Israeli 'scholasticide' in Gaza
The largest professional society for the teaching and study of American history passed the resolution last weekend
www.middleeasteye.net
April 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Historians are goated as usual.
The Israeli state's efforts to eradicate Gaza's education infrastructure is one of its many crimes in service of its greater goal to eradicate the Palestinian people in Gaza and more scholars need to stand against the genocide.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/organis...
The Israeli state's efforts to eradicate Gaza's education infrastructure is one of its many crimes in service of its greater goal to eradicate the Palestinian people in Gaza and more scholars need to stand against the genocide.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/organis...
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Are you a PhD student whose funding is in jeopardy because of recent executive actions, or a faculty member in a program dealing with these considerations? @mkhaw.bsky.social and I want to hear from you @chronicle.com. DM or email! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd
February 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Are you a PhD student whose funding is in jeopardy because of recent executive actions, or a faculty member in a program dealing with these considerations? @mkhaw.bsky.social and I want to hear from you @chronicle.com. DM or email! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd
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SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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Trump just literally eliminated an Executive Order to reduce the price of prescription drugs. They are ripping you off, personally. They never gave a shit about the price of anything.
January 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trump just literally eliminated an Executive Order to reduce the price of prescription drugs. They are ripping you off, personally. They never gave a shit about the price of anything.
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Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
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Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.
January 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.
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“I’m different, I’m a rebel. I’m an outsider,” I say to the credulous journalist before repeating verbatim the beliefs and worldview of the president of the United States and every person with money and power in the world right now.
January 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“I’m different, I’m a rebel. I’m an outsider,” I say to the credulous journalist before repeating verbatim the beliefs and worldview of the president of the United States and every person with money and power in the world right now.
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I’m in for the night.
1 like for a 5-star book rec that I read this year 📚
1 like for a 5-star book rec that I read this year 📚
November 10, 2024 at 1:28 AM
I’m in for the night.
1 like for a 5-star book rec that I read this year 📚
1 like for a 5-star book rec that I read this year 📚
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#OtD 25 Dec 1914 100,000 troops during World War I held an unofficial truce and refused to fight one another. German soldiers began singing Silent Night, and were joined by British troops who then met up and exchanged gifts. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2020/...
December 25, 2024 at 3:35 AM
#OtD 25 Dec 1914 100,000 troops during World War I held an unofficial truce and refused to fight one another. German soldiers began singing Silent Night, and were joined by British troops who then met up and exchanged gifts. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2020/...