Nicole Donawho
@nicoledonawho.bsky.social
Historian. #trekkie. 🐶❤️ Leroy & Moose. Posts do not represent my employer.
This is good advice. I have sent anonymized student work to colleagues for them to grade. Not because I thought my own grading was necessarily bad, but because I wanted to have a record of what average grading of it would look like for the appeal.
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This is good advice. I have sent anonymized student work to colleagues for them to grade. Not because I thought my own grading was necessarily bad, but because I wanted to have a record of what average grading of it would look like for the appeal.
Bought some merch yesterday and I’m so excited for it to arrive 🐶🥰
We have donated over $1 million to our foundation just with "tell your dog i said hi" merch proceeds ❤️🩹
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Bought some merch yesterday and I’m so excited for it to arrive 🐶🥰
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My book is about drug addiction in the U.S. from 1776 to 1914, when it was (generally) legal to sell addictive drugs. Addiction increased rapidly, but people didn't associate drug addiction with crime. global.oup.com/ushe/product...
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My book is about drug addiction in the U.S. from 1776 to 1914, when it was (generally) legal to sell addictive drugs. Addiction increased rapidly, but people didn't associate drug addiction with crime. global.oup.com/ushe/product...
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It's #smallbusinesssaturday friends! Say no to faceless corporate crap and say yes to the shops in your community. As for me, I'm heading over to @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social to pick up my order and probably buy more stuff. Books are better when bought at independent bookstores!
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's #smallbusinesssaturday friends! Say no to faceless corporate crap and say yes to the shops in your community. As for me, I'm heading over to @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social to pick up my order and probably buy more stuff. Books are better when bought at independent bookstores!
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Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
1) Amelia Earhart
2) Had 3 bites of a subway sandwich and a cookie #hatm
2) Had 3 bites of a subway sandwich and a cookie #hatm
That brings us to tonight's #HATM questions:
1) Who do you want to see a biopic of?
2) And what is on the menu at your home tonight?
1) Who do you want to see a biopic of?
2) And what is on the menu at your home tonight?
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1) Amelia Earhart
2) Had 3 bites of a subway sandwich and a cookie #hatm
2) Had 3 bites of a subway sandwich and a cookie #hatm
So many thanks to @phdrachel.bsky.social for taking care of our doggos and bringing me new clothes while I was in the hospital this weekend ❤️ Discharged this afternoon and heading home!
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So many thanks to @phdrachel.bsky.social for taking care of our doggos and bringing me new clothes while I was in the hospital this weekend ❤️ Discharged this afternoon and heading home!
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This is not the worst book we've ever read but it is the meanest episode we've ever done.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is not the worst book we've ever read but it is the meanest episode we've ever done.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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TEA says that key topic examples were sent to the board.
Student testifier: importance of including world history in key topics. Educated electorate requires world history and world geography. Necessary to understand world events. Using the Middle East as a specific example.
Student testifier: importance of including world history in key topics. Educated electorate requires world history and world geography. Necessary to understand world events. Using the Middle East as a specific example.
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
TEA says that key topic examples were sent to the board.
Student testifier: importance of including world history in key topics. Educated electorate requires world history and world geography. Necessary to understand world events. Using the Middle East as a specific example.
Student testifier: importance of including world history in key topics. Educated electorate requires world history and world geography. Necessary to understand world events. Using the Middle East as a specific example.
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A lot of historians, because he kinda sucks? Often does national hagiography more than actual history. For example, Civil War has a lot of Lost Cause, brother-against-brother slop therein.
I recommend Eric Foner's essay "Ken Burns and the Romance of Reunion." Some excerpts below:
I recommend Eric Foner's essay "Ken Burns and the Romance of Reunion." Some excerpts below:
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A lot of historians, because he kinda sucks? Often does national hagiography more than actual history. For example, Civil War has a lot of Lost Cause, brother-against-brother slop therein.
I recommend Eric Foner's essay "Ken Burns and the Romance of Reunion." Some excerpts below:
I recommend Eric Foner's essay "Ken Burns and the Romance of Reunion." Some excerpts below:
Do we think they just stuck him in the machine for a few hours to get some peace and quiet?
Love 2 go to the doctor and not know what body part they’re analyzing
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Do we think they just stuck him in the machine for a few hours to get some peace and quiet?
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If you’d like to donate to purchase hygiene packs for Texas inmates with dad’s old ministry, here’s the link:
lessthantheleastministries.networkforgood.com/projects/243...
lessthantheleastministries.networkforgood.com/projects/243...
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If you’d like to donate to purchase hygiene packs for Texas inmates with dad’s old ministry, here’s the link:
lessthantheleastministries.networkforgood.com/projects/243...
lessthantheleastministries.networkforgood.com/projects/243...
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I cannot stress enough that you should not in any circumstances be using an AI-generated summary when you are signing contracts of any kind
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I cannot stress enough that you should not in any circumstances be using an AI-generated summary when you are signing contracts of any kind
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
DocuSign scrambling onto the anxiety-fuelled AI slop festival.....
Hit one of my 2025 Bingo items!
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hit one of my 2025 Bingo items!
The administrative nightmare alone of collecting money from students is enough to prevent 70% of educators from taking part in stuff like this.
I know this is *wild* to suggest, but what if we made history accessible by charging students $0?
Instructors can help their students attend #AHA26 by taking part in our discounted group rate program. For an additional fee of only $25 for each K-12, undergraduate, & graduate student ($35 after Dec 15), AHA members can register their students to attend. Register today! 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The administrative nightmare alone of collecting money from students is enough to prevent 70% of educators from taking part in stuff like this.
I know this is *wild* to suggest, but what if we made history accessible by charging students $0?
Instructors can help their students attend #AHA26 by taking part in our discounted group rate program. For an additional fee of only $25 for each K-12, undergraduate, & graduate student ($35 after Dec 15), AHA members can register their students to attend. Register today! 🗃️
Registration - AHA
Registration Open! All US-based historians presenting at AHA sessions must be AHA members, and all participants must register. Register Now Paper Registration Form Registration Rates Below are the reg...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I know this is *wild* to suggest, but what if we made history accessible by charging students $0?
Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s the general state of nations and global affairs.
Am I nauseated from my medication or the state of my country: a 2025 memoir
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s the general state of nations and global affairs.
I watched this a few days ago and was hella mad at it, so can’t wait to watch again 🤣 #hatm
And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we are talking about the worse possible scenario (other than a Duke basketball championship) with A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE on Netflix at 8pm eastern. #HATM 1/
This week Historians At The Movies talks about something not relevant at all. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, November 9 at 8pm eastern for A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I watched this a few days ago and was hella mad at it, so can’t wait to watch again 🤣 #hatm
🎶 Jesus take the yoke 🎶
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🎶 Jesus take the yoke 🎶
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Happy FSTL day to all who celebrate
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Happy FSTL day to all who celebrate
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My latest on Republicans playing Russian roulette with people’s food:
Let White People Be the Face of Trump’s Hunger Crisis
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Let White People Be the Face of Trump’s Hunger Crisis
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Let White People Be the Face of Trump’s Hunger Crisis—Opinion
Black suffering has never moved this country to act. Maybe seeing white families skip meals will finally make us admit that food insecurity isn’t fate—it’s a choice politicians keep making.
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My latest on Republicans playing Russian roulette with people’s food:
Let White People Be the Face of Trump’s Hunger Crisis
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/11/04/f...
Let White People Be the Face of Trump’s Hunger Crisis
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/11/04/f...
Waiting for dementia Don to post about how none of tonight’s winners are invited to his massive, massive ballroom.
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Waiting for dementia Don to post about how none of tonight’s winners are invited to his massive, massive ballroom.
So close.
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
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VP served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush
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Cheney will be remembered for key role after 9/11
The former White House chief of staff, congressman, secretary of defense and US vice-president Dick Cheney has died, his family has said. He was 84.
A Yale dropout who avoided service in Vietnam, Cheney nonetheless became a giant of Republican politics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So close.