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@askhistorians.bsky.socialA new #Podcast is here #Skystorians! Join Dr. Lukas Rieppel to discuss the role of paleontology in the late 19th century. How the discipline evolved and how the robber barons, working class, & native peoples of the Gilded Age left a mark on paletonology.
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@bretdevereaux.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.socialDiscussed and to a degree debunked in this @askhistorians.bsky.social reply of two years ago:
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In short, the reports of this sort of thing are by later sources describing legends about much earlier times that are frankly, probably made up.
@askhistorians.bsky.socialWe've been downgraded to a bastion of nervous tics and mild neuroses in a world gone utterly apeshit.
@timothysw.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.socialI'm doing an #AMA today on #AskHistorians about my new book, the "Walter Jenkins affair" in LBJ's White House. Ask me about LGBTQ political history since the mid-20th century! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori... @askhistorians.bsky.social
@dhowlett1692.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.social@martennoorduin.bsky.social joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social today to discuss his new book American Pianists and Anti-Americanism in Germany and Austria-Hungary around 1900. Come check it out!
@dhowlett1692.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.socialI'm very excited that we've surpassed 20m views on Ask Me Anythings in under 2 years! We've hosted 171 AMAs in that time and we're far from done! We've covered bricks, bacon, hobos, goblins, manga, football, whiskers, gems, rum, and much more! Stay tuned!
@askhistorians.bsky.social*it was all @dhowlett1692.bsky.social, he's an absolute machine.
@askhistorians.bsky.socialIf your publisher unaccountably won't spring for a billboard in Times Square to advertise your new book, doing an AMA with us is clearly the next best thing.
@askhistorians.bsky.socialIn 2025, we* launched a new initiative to bring more (and more varied!) AMAs to our forum. Yesterday, we passed 20m cumulative views for this new AMA series. More people have now seen these AMAs (20,003,000) than live in the state of New York (20,002,470).
@dhowlett1692.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.socialThomas Andrews joins @askhistorians.bsky.social today to discuss his book The Great Horse Flu: A Forgotten Contagion and the Fate of Reconstruction America, new from @uncpress.bsky.social. Come check it out!
@askhistorians.bsky.socialDon't miss this fantastic #AMA! #Skystorians can ask all kinds of questions to learn more!
@dhowlett1692.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.socialYana Skorobogatov joins @askhistorians.bsky.social today to discuss her new book Fate In My Hands: The Death Penalty in the Soviet Union, new from @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Come check it out!
@dhowlett1692.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.social@lukeberryman.bsky.social joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social today to discuss his new book Resisting Nazism: True Stories of Resistance to the World's Most Dangerous Ideology, from 1920 to the Present, new from @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social. Come check it out!
@brandonwhawk.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.socialHey #MedievalSky, does anyone have something to answer this question from the medieval period? Now I’m personally curious if anyone has ever seen a medieval author writing about having an “earworm” (to use a recent term) like this. (Link to full reddit post below.)
@dhowlett1692.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.socialToday Roman Hautala joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social to discuss his new book Masters of the Earth: A History of the Golden Horde, 1219-1502, new from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social! Come check it out!
@dhowlett1692.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.socialToday Peter Eisenstadt joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social to discuss his new boon Integration at Second Base: Jackie Robinson and the Quest for Black Citizenship, new from @uvapress.bsky.social. Come check it out!
@lukeberryman.bsky.socialReposted by @askhistorians.bsky.socialExcited to be running an AMA on r/AskHistorians next week! 👇
@askhistorians.bsky.socialThere was one hero with impeccable taste. Also the only person with a Zelda game. They should give that guy a raise.
@askhistorians.bsky.socialAt least one of us short-circuited choosing between II, IV and V and just opted to ignore the series altogether.
