Shari Reid
@sharroreid.bsky.social
US-AU Mum, Wife and Rare Cancer Survivor/Warrior | Mentor-advocate for GISTers | Co-founder Poor Richard's Book Club https://t.ly/QJJMG | Inspired by Ben Franklin's World https://t.ly/hzN25 | Life is a Journey – History is the Journal 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇺🇦💜📚🌱♾️🐇🏳️🌈☮️🦋
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New episode! It’s the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, so naturally, we’re diving into the unexpected story of coffee in early America
From Caribbean plantations to Boston riots, this drink shaped a revolution
🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/429
What’s your favorite historical coffee fact?
From Caribbean plantations to Boston riots, this drink shaped a revolution
🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/429
What’s your favorite historical coffee fact?
Episode 429: Michelle McDonald, Coffee in Early America: Why Americans Really Drink Coffee
Have you ever wondered why so many Americans drink coffee in the morning? Join us for an exploration of coffee in early America.
www.benfranklinsworld.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
New episode! It’s the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, so naturally, we’re diving into the unexpected story of coffee in early America
From Caribbean plantations to Boston riots, this drink shaped a revolution
🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/429
What’s your favorite historical coffee fact?
From Caribbean plantations to Boston riots, this drink shaped a revolution
🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/429
What’s your favorite historical coffee fact?
@albomp.bsky.social telling future voters what they should be doing during their school holidays, after his nanny state
government takes a sledgehammer to said future voters’ interconnectedness & freedom of expression? Should be interesting. Where’s the popcorn? 🍿
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
government takes a sledgehammer to said future voters’ interconnectedness & freedom of expression? Should be interesting. Where’s the popcorn? 🍿
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
'Read that book': PM's address to teenagers as social media ban begins
After months of build-up, the time has finally come. From today, Australians under the age of 16 are banned from having a social media account.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
@albomp.bsky.social telling future voters what they should be doing during their school holidays, after his nanny state
government takes a sledgehammer to said future voters’ interconnectedness & freedom of expression? Should be interesting. Where’s the popcorn? 🍿
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
government takes a sledgehammer to said future voters’ interconnectedness & freedom of expression? Should be interesting. Where’s the popcorn? 🍿
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Myths: "Native people didn’t farm." "They were always hungry."
These myths shaped history—and justified land theft.
In Ep. 426 of Ben Franklin’s World, Michael Wise busts these myths and reframes Indigenous foodways.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/426
These myths shaped history—and justified land theft.
In Ep. 426 of Ben Franklin’s World, Michael Wise busts these myths and reframes Indigenous foodways.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/426
Episode 426: Michael Wise, Beyond the First Thanksgiving: Indigenous Agriculture and the Hidden Science of Native Foodways
Discover how Wampanoag and Cherokee farmers shaped early America through Indigenous agriculture, Native foodways, and hidden science.
benfranklinsworld.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Myths: "Native people didn’t farm." "They were always hungry."
These myths shaped history—and justified land theft.
In Ep. 426 of Ben Franklin’s World, Michael Wise busts these myths and reframes Indigenous foodways.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/426
These myths shaped history—and justified land theft.
In Ep. 426 of Ben Franklin’s World, Michael Wise busts these myths and reframes Indigenous foodways.
🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/426
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November 20, 2025
November 20, 2025
Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
November 20, 2025
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One of my points in this thread is that the Burns/ Botstein/ Schmidt (v impt not to forget this isn’t just KB!) documentary is helping get things moving on 2026 *now*. For reasons that had become harder. And it’ll let more happen fr now to July and beyond. Case in pt my local paper w much to add!
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
One of my points in this thread is that the Burns/ Botstein/ Schmidt (v impt not to forget this isn’t just KB!) documentary is helping get things moving on 2026 *now*. For reasons that had become harder. And it’ll let more happen fr now to July and beyond. Case in pt my local paper w much to add!
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One last reminder that I’m doing a live watch along of the first episode of the documentary with @lizcovart.bsky.social and @herberthistory.bsky.social of #HATM TONIGHT! We go live at 7:45pm ET.
riverside.fm/studio/histo...
riverside.fm/studio/histo...
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
One last reminder that I’m doing a live watch along of the first episode of the documentary with @lizcovart.bsky.social and @herberthistory.bsky.social of #HATM TONIGHT! We go live at 7:45pm ET.
riverside.fm/studio/histo...
riverside.fm/studio/histo...
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Axes. Shoes. Cloth.
They may seem ordinary — but these items formed the material infrastructure of American slavery.
Historian Seth Rockman explains how.
🎧 Episode 422: benfranklinsworld.com/422
They may seem ordinary — but these items formed the material infrastructure of American slavery.
Historian Seth Rockman explains how.
🎧 Episode 422: benfranklinsworld.com/422
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Axes. Shoes. Cloth.
They may seem ordinary — but these items formed the material infrastructure of American slavery.
Historian Seth Rockman explains how.
🎧 Episode 422: benfranklinsworld.com/422
They may seem ordinary — but these items formed the material infrastructure of American slavery.
Historian Seth Rockman explains how.
🎧 Episode 422: benfranklinsworld.com/422
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Walked by Kramer Books on my way home and signed a copy of my book We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation. Go pick it up if you don’t have a copy. The staff is also great too.
October 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Walked by Kramer Books on my way home and signed a copy of my book We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation. Go pick it up if you don’t have a copy. The staff is also great too.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy
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I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the military meeting this week and George Washington. This week’s newsletter (which publishes tomorrow) will be about these topics. You can subscribe here: benfranklinsworld.com/newsletter
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October 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the military meeting this week and George Washington. This week’s newsletter (which publishes tomorrow) will be about these topics. You can subscribe here: benfranklinsworld.com/newsletter
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If you're in Aus and would like to have your say on the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, here's your chance. I chose to focus on the need for clean air so that seeking healthcare doesn't come with a COVID infection.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/5PWCFTJ
www.surveymonkey.com/r/5PWCFTJ
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September 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
If you're in Aus and would like to have your say on the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, here's your chance. I chose to focus on the need for clean air so that seeking healthcare doesn't come with a COVID infection.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/5PWCFTJ
www.surveymonkey.com/r/5PWCFTJ
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What if the American Revolution wasn’t inevitable?
What if loyalty—not rebellion—was the default in early America?
In our latest episode, we explore loyalism in Georgia and the life of Sir James Wright, Britain’s last royal governor in the colony.
🎧 Listen: benfranklinsworld.com/421
What if loyalty—not rebellion—was the default in early America?
In our latest episode, we explore loyalism in Georgia and the life of Sir James Wright, Britain’s last royal governor in the colony.
🎧 Listen: benfranklinsworld.com/421
September 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What if the American Revolution wasn’t inevitable?
What if loyalty—not rebellion—was the default in early America?
In our latest episode, we explore loyalism in Georgia and the life of Sir James Wright, Britain’s last royal governor in the colony.
🎧 Listen: benfranklinsworld.com/421
What if loyalty—not rebellion—was the default in early America?
In our latest episode, we explore loyalism in Georgia and the life of Sir James Wright, Britain’s last royal governor in the colony.
🎧 Listen: benfranklinsworld.com/421
The Slave Dwelling Project is calling for proposal submissions for their 2026 conference
slavedwellingproject.org/sdp-conferen...
slavedwellingproject.org/sdp-conferen...
September 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The Slave Dwelling Project is calling for proposal submissions for their 2026 conference
slavedwellingproject.org/sdp-conferen...
slavedwellingproject.org/sdp-conferen...
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It didn't occur to me that one of the problems with getting older is witnessing the culture debate and process the same things over and over. Like, as a historian it's fascinating and useful to analyze these continuities. As a human it's exhausting.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It didn't occur to me that one of the problems with getting older is witnessing the culture debate and process the same things over and over. Like, as a historian it's fascinating and useful to analyze these continuities. As a human it's exhausting.
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This is an amazing breakthrough! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is an amazing breakthrough! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I know it’s early but Clio and Orbit offer you a feed cleanse.
September 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I know it’s early but Clio and Orbit offer you a feed cleanse.
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I’ve quietly been working on a new project: The History Explorers Club. I opened it in early August & intentionally started with a small group of 40 Members who are helping shape the experience.
It’s been a lot of fun to work on & today, we’re starting our first mini-challenge!
It’s been a lot of fun to work on & today, we’re starting our first mini-challenge!
Explore the Past with Curious Minds | History Explorers Club
A community for history lovers who crave deeper stories, expert insights, and connection. Join us to explore the past—together.
www.historyexplorers.club
September 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve quietly been working on a new project: The History Explorers Club. I opened it in early August & intentionally started with a small group of 40 Members who are helping shape the experience.
It’s been a lot of fun to work on & today, we’re starting our first mini-challenge!
It’s been a lot of fun to work on & today, we’re starting our first mini-challenge!
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For no particular reason whatsoever, I wrote a whole book about why society should stop trying to cure #ActuallyAutistic people and instead focus more on creating a better world and society for them. You can buy it here.
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
We're Not Broken
“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also...
www.harpercollins.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For no particular reason whatsoever, I wrote a whole book about why society should stop trying to cure #ActuallyAutistic people and instead focus more on creating a better world and society for them. You can buy it here.
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
What a pickle we all find ourselves in!
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
What a pickle we all find ourselves in!
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I must've missed the part where Trump & RFK Jr. promised to tie Tylenol use to rising autism rates.....
but that's just because ....THE EVIDENCE DOESNT SHOW THAT!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
but that's just because ....THE EVIDENCE DOESNT SHOW THAT!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
Does Tylenol Use during Pregnancy Cause Autism? What the Research Shows
Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plan to tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin
www.scientificamerican.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I must've missed the part where Trump & RFK Jr. promised to tie Tylenol use to rising autism rates.....
but that's just because ....THE EVIDENCE DOESNT SHOW THAT!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
but that's just because ....THE EVIDENCE DOESNT SHOW THAT!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/does...
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I've just been told that SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE is officially a @nytimes.com bestseller.
Thurs 9/25 we're live-streaming the big launch event at NYC's 92st Y, moderated by the hilarious @cristela.bsky.social
Get tix for in-person or streaming, before we're banned!
92ny.org/event/john-f...
Thurs 9/25 we're live-streaming the big launch event at NYC's 92st Y, moderated by the hilarious @cristela.bsky.social
Get tix for in-person or streaming, before we're banned!
92ny.org/event/john-f...
September 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I've just been told that SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE is officially a @nytimes.com bestseller.
Thurs 9/25 we're live-streaming the big launch event at NYC's 92st Y, moderated by the hilarious @cristela.bsky.social
Get tix for in-person or streaming, before we're banned!
92ny.org/event/john-f...
Thurs 9/25 we're live-streaming the big launch event at NYC's 92st Y, moderated by the hilarious @cristela.bsky.social
Get tix for in-person or streaming, before we're banned!
92ny.org/event/john-f...