Scott Sandage
@scottsandage.bsky.social
History isn’t reality, it’s methodology.
Historian. Husband. Iowan. Pittsburgh 🏳️🌈🐕🪕⚾️ Wrote a book long ago. Writing another on the Métis Rez in Nebraska. Most useful thing I’ve done is probably https://commonplace.online/article/how-to-read-a-book/
Historian. Husband. Iowan. Pittsburgh 🏳️🌈🐕🪕⚾️ Wrote a book long ago. Writing another on the Métis Rez in Nebraska. Most useful thing I’ve done is probably https://commonplace.online/article/how-to-read-a-book/
With @aprilfmasten.bsky.social and @jonearle.bsky.social at a Rutgers-Princeton history grads cookout, circa 1994. Jon and I thought we were quite something in those shirts. April knew and knows the truth about us both. #skystorians
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
With @aprilfmasten.bsky.social and @jonearle.bsky.social at a Rutgers-Princeton history grads cookout, circa 1994. Jon and I thought we were quite something in those shirts. April knew and knows the truth about us both. #skystorians
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Rolling Stone and the Rise of Hip Capitalism by Charles L. Ponce de Leon
The definitive history of the magazine and a compelling story of how counterculture and capitalism got into bed together and changed American media forever. uncpress.org/978146969439...
The definitive history of the magazine and a compelling story of how counterculture and capitalism got into bed together and changed American media forever. uncpress.org/978146969439...
Rolling Stone and the Rise of Hip Capitalism
In its early years, Rolling Stone stood out on the magazine rack: an iconoclastic bimonthly aimed at young Americans, dedicated to music, culture, and politi...
uncpress.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Rolling Stone and the Rise of Hip Capitalism by Charles L. Ponce de Leon
The definitive history of the magazine and a compelling story of how counterculture and capitalism got into bed together and changed American media forever. uncpress.org/978146969439...
The definitive history of the magazine and a compelling story of how counterculture and capitalism got into bed together and changed American media forever. uncpress.org/978146969439...
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Thy Will Be Done by @johngmarks.com
George Washington’s legacy as both enslaver and emancipator has haunted Americans for nearly 250 years. Marks shows how every generation has rewritten that story to suit its own vision of the nation. uncpress.org/978146969352...
George Washington’s legacy as both enslaver and emancipator has haunted Americans for nearly 250 years. Marks shows how every generation has rewritten that story to suit its own vision of the nation. uncpress.org/978146969352...
Thy Will Be Done
How should we remember George Washington’s entanglement in slavery? Americans have argued over that question for nearly 250 years. More than any other Foun...
uncpress.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Thy Will Be Done by @johngmarks.com
George Washington’s legacy as both enslaver and emancipator has haunted Americans for nearly 250 years. Marks shows how every generation has rewritten that story to suit its own vision of the nation. uncpress.org/978146969352...
George Washington’s legacy as both enslaver and emancipator has haunted Americans for nearly 250 years. Marks shows how every generation has rewritten that story to suit its own vision of the nation. uncpress.org/978146969352...
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Cribbed from @scottsandage.bsky.social's great "X-Ray" method, gives you a clear idea from the start what battles the author is fighting and with whom:
How to Read a Book: The X-Ray Method for Achieving a Sustainable “Book-Life Balance” - Commonplace
This is why you need a plan: to read attentively but efficiently, and sustainably, without surrendering your book-life balance.
commonplace.online
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Cribbed from @scottsandage.bsky.social's great "X-Ray" method, gives you a clear idea from the start what battles the author is fighting and with whom:
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THANK YOU, LESLIE HARRIS!!!!!!!!!
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
THANK YOU, LESLIE HARRIS!!!!!!!!!
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That trip turned into this photoessay: emergencemagazine.org/essay/of-wan...
Of Wandering Angels and Lost Landmarks – Daegan Miller
Daegan Miller considers how our historical landmarks have shifted in meaning, leaving us adrift and disoriented in the Anthropocene.
emergencemagazine.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
That trip turned into this photoessay: emergencemagazine.org/essay/of-wan...