M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska
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M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska
@mjrp.bsky.social
a historian currently writing a book about how visitors, newcomers, and outsiders came to dominate Washington, DC and another book about how we do history now.

https://linktr.ee/comingtowashington
amazing irony happening here
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
what am I missing here?
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the nyt could just choose not to platform this shit
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
btw if you also have FEELINGS about this please come to our OAH roundtable!
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
would love to see our professional organizations platforming public historians and not popular ones
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
altho he did pretty much call it
November 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
this is wild but he also sounds like every other developer here
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I get such a high when I catch one of these — honestly the highlight of my working day lol
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
sorry @washingtonpost.com but no Washingtonian considers this an "obscure board" and our (nominal) hometown paper shouldn't either.
October 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I am in Danish!

politiken.dk/kultur/art10... umps-store-planer-for-USA%E2%80%99s-250-%C3%A5rs-jubil%C3%A6um?shareToken=TUXQGOAFKsKg
October 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Exactly how I feel and it’s only Tuesday 🫠
October 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
on DC's newest "museum" and the importance of public funding in the @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/b...
September 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"tell me more about....abundance"
September 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
September 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
some nice bicentennial history by @piperhudsburn.bsky.social and a plug for my book @uncpress.bsky.social!

www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/p...
September 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
bonus! I'm currently writing the follow-up to History Comes Alive, and it's about this!
September 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
yeah, let's talk about this!
September 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
sorry but is this thing getting stupider
August 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
and if you want to know exactly which American workers they mean, there’s the other side of the building
August 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
just some headlines from the last time the federal government was in charge of Union Station!
August 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
alarmingly sloppy history in the @nytimes.com today--this is exactly why we need the museum content the current administration is trying to take down.
August 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
it's a world of pain out there!
August 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
it's definitely on the more tasteful side of the spectrum!
August 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
with a slight detour into the wild world of etsy merch!
August 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM