Rebecca Scales
@rebeccapscales.bsky.social
Historian; Rutgers Ph.D.; thinking about radio, listening, & sound; empire; tech, medicine, & disability; writing about #polio in France. Baker & dog parent. Tired of sitting still.
today is a day when this face is keeping me going
August 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
today is a day when this face is keeping me going
it seems like a lot of these problems are related to people, more than the dogs themselves. But I'm pretty happy with my perfect doodle
August 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
it seems like a lot of these problems are related to people, more than the dogs themselves. But I'm pretty happy with my perfect doodle
this one. There's a little plaque.
May 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
this one. There's a little plaque.
@richardivanjobs.bsky.social is apparently dropping into everyone's mailbox today! Love that radio made it into this history!
April 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@richardivanjobs.bsky.social is apparently dropping into everyone's mailbox today! Love that radio made it into this history!
everything about this story feels Weimar-y, but I was struck by this particular observation:
www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
April 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
everything about this story feels Weimar-y, but I was struck by this particular observation:
www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
Meta used my entire book, as well as three of my articles, to train its AI machines. Where's my check? I didn't give permission for this!https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
March 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Meta used my entire book, as well as three of my articles, to train its AI machines. Where's my check? I didn't give permission for this!https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
Timeline cleanse
February 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Timeline cleanse
Jonathyne Briggs & I are editing a special issue of French Politics, Culture, and Society focused on #disability in French society. Proposals for articles in English or French due on Jan 15. See the original call on H-France or here (in tiny print). Merci à partager l'appel dans vos réseaux.
October 28, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Jonathyne Briggs & I are editing a special issue of French Politics, Culture, and Society focused on #disability in French society. Proposals for articles in English or French due on Jan 15. See the original call on H-France or here (in tiny print). Merci à partager l'appel dans vos réseaux.
What does the aftermath of Helene look like, you wonder? Here’s my parents’ neighborhood…
September 28, 2024 at 7:29 PM
What does the aftermath of Helene look like, you wonder? Here’s my parents’ neighborhood…
Hey now, look what just came in the mail!!
July 16, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Hey now, look what just came in the mail!!
Rochester in Paris
June 24, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Rochester in Paris
There were quite a number of record and “sound” shops in this same quartier a century ago
June 17, 2024 at 8:43 PM
There were quite a number of record and “sound” shops in this same quartier a century ago
We're excited to be hosting this NEH-funded conference on Radio & Decolonization in just 3 weeks! Check out this array of brilliant scholars and come join us if you are in the Denver area: sites.google.com/view/radioan...
June 14, 2024 at 6:34 AM
We're excited to be hosting this NEH-funded conference on Radio & Decolonization in just 3 weeks! Check out this array of brilliant scholars and come join us if you are in the Denver area: sites.google.com/view/radioan...
Accessibilité à la française
May 29, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Accessibilité à la française
how to stroke the ego of the person in charge
May 28, 2024 at 9:21 AM
how to stroke the ego of the person in charge
if only 15% or less of your article is plagiarized, publish with us!
May 27, 2024 at 10:57 AM
if only 15% or less of your article is plagiarized, publish with us!
Things did not go as planned on the archives today but I did find this poster from 1953, the design & theme of which aligns perfectly with something I’m writing about French poster children. Stay tuned …
May 24, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Things did not go as planned on the archives today but I did find this poster from 1953, the design & theme of which aligns perfectly with something I’m writing about French poster children. Stay tuned …
On a train in the middle of nowhere
May 24, 2024 at 6:11 AM
On a train in the middle of nowhere
Okay, French handwriting experts. What comes after "chargé d'effectuer des enquetes épidémiologiques sur place ..."
May 23, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Okay, French handwriting experts. What comes after "chargé d'effectuer des enquetes épidémiologiques sur place ..."
When you are attempting to contact a Catholic diocese about their archives and these are the options in the menu …
May 17, 2024 at 1:01 PM
When you are attempting to contact a Catholic diocese about their archives and these are the options in the menu …
Completely unrelated to my actual research but I would love to something one day about teeth
May 16, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Completely unrelated to my actual research but I would love to something one day about teeth
Every once in a while you encounter something and think “this could only be a product of the early Third Republic” (and no, I don’t mean the opera house)
May 7, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Every once in a while you encounter something and think “this could only be a product of the early Third Republic” (and no, I don’t mean the opera house)
In front of the uni library in Strasbourg
May 4, 2024 at 7:49 AM
In front of the uni library in Strasbourg
why suffer when you can have Biplak?
April 26, 2024 at 2:20 PM
why suffer when you can have Biplak?