Maura Doherty, Ph.D.
@molowell.bsky.social
Historian. Expert on the city of Lowell Massachusetts. Writing a 3 volume work on its history.
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Sharon Osbourne finds an ancestral connection to America!
YouTube video by Who Do You Think You Are?
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I did some research for the WDYTYA team and appeared as a guest historian when Sharon Osbourne's roots brought her to the textile mills of Fall River, Massachusetts. She was a pleasure to work with. This is part 1 of our 2 segments.
A new work to consider in the #historyofcapitalism and #historiography of the origins of industrial capitalism, Muldrew's The Capitalist Self.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A new work to consider in the #historyofcapitalism and #historiography of the origins of industrial capitalism, Muldrew's The Capitalist Self.
Erasing heroic men and their painful but inspirational stories is a crime against history and free speech.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Erasing heroic men and their painful but inspirational stories is a crime against history and free speech.
Misogynist terrorism is on the rise. Time for governments to take this seriously as not just hate speech but to go after leaders who are leading a conspiracy to take women's rights away.
Targeting women in politics with abuse is a global issue. Already in 2016, a report which looked at data in 39 countries, showed that psychological violence affected four in every five female parliamentarians.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Sweden, online hate and anti-immigrant extremism are driving women out of public life | Martin Gelin
A leading liberal politician has quit in fear of her physical safety. It is a crushing setback for democracy in one of the world’s most open societies, says journalist Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Misogynist terrorism is on the rise. Time for governments to take this seriously as not just hate speech but to go after leaders who are leading a conspiracy to take women's rights away.
Reposted by Maura Doherty, Ph.D.
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FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 7th: Join DePOT's Deindustrialization and the Environment working group to discuss ongoing research!
Roundtable - Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment
Join DePOT's Deindustrialization and the Environment working group to discuss research ongoing research
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November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Reposted by Maura Doherty, Ph.D.
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
Reposted by Maura Doherty, Ph.D.
The newest episode of #HistoryinFocus looks at the recent special edition of the #AHR's History Unclassified—"Mistakes I Have Made." @danieljstory.bsky.social speaks with the History Unclassified editors Kate Brown and Emily Callaci and nine contributors to the issue. Listen at the link. 🗃️
Mistakes I Have Made
What if historians could own up to their mistakes? Or learn to see their mistakes not as weaknesses to be hidden but as a necessary part of the process of growth and discovery? That is what a recent s...
www.historians.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The newest episode of #HistoryinFocus looks at the recent special edition of the #AHR's History Unclassified—"Mistakes I Have Made." @danieljstory.bsky.social speaks with the History Unclassified editors Kate Brown and Emily Callaci and nine contributors to the issue. Listen at the link. 🗃️
Reposted by Maura Doherty, Ph.D.
I highly recommend this work in economic, business, and women's history from Rutgers University Press -
She's the Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship since World War II
by Debra Michals
She's the Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship since World War II
by Debra Michals
May 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I highly recommend this work in economic, business, and women's history from Rutgers University Press -
She's the Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship since World War II
by Debra Michals
She's the Boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship since World War II
by Debra Michals
Reposted by Maura Doherty, Ph.D.
Event Alert! CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
October 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Event Alert! CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30
Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...
Reposted by Maura Doherty, Ph.D.
Teen Vogue’s political coverage was formidable and courageous. I am sorry for our loss.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Teen Vogue’s political coverage was formidable and courageous. I am sorry for our loss.
Adding to my reading list:
"The new Luddites aren’t afraid of AI. They’re afraid of the people who profit from pretending it’s intelligent." Eric J
Larson (LA Review of Books)
"The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
"The new Luddites aren’t afraid of AI. They’re afraid of the people who profit from pretending it’s intelligent." Eric J
Larson (LA Review of Books)
"The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Adding to my reading list:
"The new Luddites aren’t afraid of AI. They’re afraid of the people who profit from pretending it’s intelligent." Eric J
Larson (LA Review of Books)
"The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
"The new Luddites aren’t afraid of AI. They’re afraid of the people who profit from pretending it’s intelligent." Eric J
Larson (LA Review of Books)
"The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
Block The White House and Homeland Security new accounts, and other propaganda vehicles of the fascist American government. Don't let their lies and hatred pollute our feeds and share our spaces.
October 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Block The White House and Homeland Security new accounts, and other propaganda vehicles of the fascist American government. Don't let their lies and hatred pollute our feeds and share our spaces.
This sounds promising. Bumping it to the top of my reading list.
October 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This sounds promising. Bumping it to the top of my reading list.
It is always interesting to see the lastest works among American historians receiving awards for excellence.
The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2025 awardees! #AHAPerspectives🗃️
American Historical Association Announces 2025 Prize Winners – AHA
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.
www.historians.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It is always interesting to see the lastest works among American historians receiving awards for excellence.
An AI reading list for academics to consider:
For all of the educators trying to deal with AI, I did a deep dive in early June and these are the four articles I decided to assign to my students.
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
An AI reading list for academics to consider:
Adding this to my reading list.
Early Modern Women’s Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice
by Patricia Anne Simpson
Early Modern Women’s Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice
by Patricia Anne Simpson
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Adding this to my reading list.
Early Modern Women’s Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice
by Patricia Anne Simpson
Early Modern Women’s Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice
by Patricia Anne Simpson
One of the best ways to resist AI integration and normalization is to type: -ai at the end of every Google search.
Academics need to be informed instead of passively complicit.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai
Academics need to be informed instead of passively complicit.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai
Resisting AI
Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuri...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
One of the best ways to resist AI integration and normalization is to type: -ai at the end of every Google search.
Academics need to be informed instead of passively complicit.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai
Academics need to be informed instead of passively complicit.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai
AI is causing massive pollution, rising asthma, and increasing energy costs for everyone, but especially communities where AI centers build. All for an overhyped product which doesn't do what its marketing teams claim and puts lives, jobs, and truth at risk. Resist normalizing everyday use of AI.
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
AI is causing massive pollution, rising asthma, and increasing energy costs for everyone, but especially communities where AI centers build. All for an overhyped product which doesn't do what its marketing teams claim and puts lives, jobs, and truth at risk. Resist normalizing everyday use of AI.
It was wrong then, it is wrong now. Resist the "compact," pledge to academic freedoms.
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
October 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It was wrong then, it is wrong now. Resist the "compact," pledge to academic freedoms.
I stand with the American Council of Learned Societies in rejecting the very idea of a "contract" or partisan political litmus test. I object to the government using extortion and strongarming academic institutions in order to stifle academic freedom. All schools must refuse to sign.
ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”: bit.ly/3IviMig
October 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I stand with the American Council of Learned Societies in rejecting the very idea of a "contract" or partisan political litmus test. I object to the government using extortion and strongarming academic institutions in order to stifle academic freedom. All schools must refuse to sign.
I can highly recommend this new documentary, The Librarians, about the efforts to ban books in U.S. public schools (mostly orchestrated by outside influences). #bannedbookweek
October 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I can highly recommend this new documentary, The Librarians, about the efforts to ban books in U.S. public schools (mostly orchestrated by outside influences). #bannedbookweek
Reposted by Maura Doherty, Ph.D.
'The Nerve', a new female-founded media title is up and running, bringing independent journalism, a dash of culture and a weekly Stewart Lee column.
www.thenerve.news
www.thenerve.news
October 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
'The Nerve', a new female-founded media title is up and running, bringing independent journalism, a dash of culture and a weekly Stewart Lee column.
www.thenerve.news
www.thenerve.news
AI sucking money out of the economy.
Premium newsletter: Based on my estimates and analysis, OpenAI needs one trillion dollars in the next four years to build 17GW of data centers and other commitments, with at least $500 billion needed for company operations. There is not enough capital to do this.
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...
OpenAI Needs A Trillion Dollars In The Next Four Years
Shortly before publishing this newsletter, I spoke with analyst Gil Luria, Managing Director and Analyst at D.A. Davidson, and asked him whether the capital was there to build the 17 Gigawatts of capa...
www.wheresyoured.at
September 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
AI sucking money out of the economy.
Free speech isn't dead yet in America.
As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Free speech isn't dead yet in America.
This is important documentation since the upcoming changes might not pass the veracity test.
Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.
Wary of changes under Trump, 'citizen historians' are documenting the Smithsonian
Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is important documentation since the upcoming changes might not pass the veracity test.
Archiving for my reading list.
I just received Science Under Siege written by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social
The timing is so apropos having recently read The Deadly Rise of Anti-science: A Scientist's Warning
The timing is so apropos having recently read The Deadly Rise of Anti-science: A Scientist's Warning
September 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Archiving for my reading list.