Bruce Dorsey
@profbrucedorsey.bsky.social
Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
October 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
October 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in connection with the heist of France's crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
It's a wonderful time to gaze out my window!
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's a wonderful time to gaze out my window!
A fun time at Delaware County No Kings Day in Springfield, PA
October 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A fun time at Delaware County No Kings Day in Springfield, PA
Exciting! A new independent, women-run bookstore (Celia's Bookshop) has opened in Swarthmore. Happy to be at the ribbon-cutting, and to see so many book-loving customers crowding into the beautiful and welcoming space. #Swarthmore
October 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Exciting! A new independent, women-run bookstore (Celia's Bookshop) has opened in Swarthmore. Happy to be at the ribbon-cutting, and to see so many book-loving customers crowding into the beautiful and welcoming space. #Swarthmore
A few more signs from No Kings Day in Philly today. (Easily 100,000 people marching on the Parkway today)
June 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A few more signs from No Kings Day in Philly today. (Easily 100,000 people marching on the Parkway today)
Only on Philly!!! No Kings Day
June 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Only on Philly!!! No Kings Day
First of many great signs at today’s No Kings rally in Philly
June 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
First of many great signs at today’s No Kings rally in Philly
Register this under: Strange and unusual finds when researching other things. (An ad in the Los Angeles Times, Nov. 28, 1974). Was this a real place? And why is Best Western in quotation marks?
May 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Register this under: Strange and unusual finds when researching other things. (An ad in the Los Angeles Times, Nov. 28, 1974). Was this a real place? And why is Best Western in quotation marks?
Reminds me of a photo I took in Madison Square Park, New York City. (No puddle here, just public art.)
#streetphotography
#streetphotography
May 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Reminds me of a photo I took in Madison Square Park, New York City. (No puddle here, just public art.)
#streetphotography
#streetphotography
No matter how beautiful a spring day it is here, there's always a headline to throw a dark cloud over it. 👇
April 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
No matter how beautiful a spring day it is here, there's always a headline to throw a dark cloud over it. 👇
“Forget the myths the media’s created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys.”
- Hal Holbrook ("Deep Throat") in "All the President's Men" (1976). Just watched it again for a book I'm researching.
- Hal Holbrook ("Deep Throat") in "All the President's Men" (1976). Just watched it again for a book I'm researching.
March 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“Forget the myths the media’s created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys.”
- Hal Holbrook ("Deep Throat") in "All the President's Men" (1976). Just watched it again for a book I'm researching.
- Hal Holbrook ("Deep Throat") in "All the President's Men" (1976). Just watched it again for a book I'm researching.
Me in the national security group chat
March 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Me in the national security group chat
Me in the national security group chat
March 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Me in the national security group chat
“In the first Trump term, it took a disease to destroy the economy. This time, he is the disease.” -Stephen Colbert
March 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“In the first Trump term, it took a disease to destroy the economy. This time, he is the disease.” -Stephen Colbert
A photo you’d use as an album cover 💿
March 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A photo you’d use as an album cover 💿
A month later, when The Damned played at CBGB's in NYC, April 1977. [Photo by Sheila Rock ?]
March 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A month later, when The Damned played at CBGB's in NYC, April 1977. [Photo by Sheila Rock ?]
RIP, David Johansen.
Photo by Bob Gruen--the all-red 1975 look of the New York Dolls, engineered by their new manager Malcolm McLaren, who took what he learned from marketing the Dolls back to the UK to create the Sex Pistols.
Photo by Bob Gruen--the all-red 1975 look of the New York Dolls, engineered by their new manager Malcolm McLaren, who took what he learned from marketing the Dolls back to the UK to create the Sex Pistols.
March 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
RIP, David Johansen.
Photo by Bob Gruen--the all-red 1975 look of the New York Dolls, engineered by their new manager Malcolm McLaren, who took what he learned from marketing the Dolls back to the UK to create the Sex Pistols.
Photo by Bob Gruen--the all-red 1975 look of the New York Dolls, engineered by their new manager Malcolm McLaren, who took what he learned from marketing the Dolls back to the UK to create the Sex Pistols.
Hey Dems in Congress: Start spreading the word! (It's as easy as the morning headlines.)
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @majoritypac.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @majoritypac.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey Dems in Congress: Start spreading the word! (It's as easy as the morning headlines.)
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @majoritypac.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @majoritypac.bsky.social
Great thrill to be in conversation with Jen Manion @manionjen.bsky.social at the Charles River Museum @charlesrivermuseum.bsky.social for the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize celebration, awarded by the Massachusetts Historical Society @mhs1791.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Great thrill to be in conversation with Jen Manion @manionjen.bsky.social at the Charles River Museum @charlesrivermuseum.bsky.social for the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize celebration, awarded by the Massachusetts Historical Society @mhs1791.bsky.social
Great fun talking about "Murder in a Mill Town" at the Swarthmore Discussion Group, last night in Swarthmore.
February 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Great fun talking about "Murder in a Mill Town" at the Swarthmore Discussion Group, last night in Swarthmore.