Incumbent Jobeth Hamon and her team have declared victory in the race for Ward 6. The city councilwoman says she ready for another 4 years representing OKC. koconews

I guess I need to read Heather’s book Man Hater Jade Brown

Oats should be fired. Horrifying.

Mail day! Excited to inject Blevins’ latest directly into my veins post-comps. #Ozarkstudies

Still reeling from an amazing panel at #ASEH2023 I was somehow lucky enough to find myself on with two of my heroes Kathryn and @oliviacpaschal. Thanks also to Sarah Phillips for amazing comments, reminding us all to be skeptical of the rise of "New Deal chic"

Begging someone to write a book on the Illinois River "Chicken shit wars" between Arkansas and Oklahoma

Never been to Columbia but this feels right

Derek is a fierce advocate for the power and relevance of university presses. I am proud—and thrilled!—he is joining OU Press as an editor-at-large.

Come work with us at the best dadgum press doing the coolest dang stuff telling unexpected stories about the West, Midwest, Mid-South, Western South, Southern West, Southwest, etc. jobs.up.hcommons.org/job/university…

Some incredible books on this list.

This guy’s a menace. Wouldn’t wish him on anyone, even Mississippi State. espn.com/college-footba…

If Hunter Yurachek even interviews him, he deserves to be fired. Mf choked, bit, and beat his fiance and got fired from Texas because of it. I won't go to a single Razorback basketball game during his tenure if Chris Beard is who we hire.

Reports surfacing that Ole Miss head coach Chris Beard will be staying in Oxford. The Rebels’ head coach had an attractive counteroffer to what Arkansas was offering, per source. The search continues!

Finally read the Uri Berliner piece on NPR biasand I'm baffled by how little the enormous media controversy it spawned has resulted in scrutiny of its claims for factual accuracy. There are significant problems with the piece including obvious, verifiable falsehoods

The “democracy is in danger” #twitterstorians being awfully quiet about the suppression of democracy on college campuses. Guess that doesn’t play well on MSNBC.

This absolute banger from Matt Henry “It is precisely because it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism that we need new stories, new narratives, and new counternarratives for a just transition” (Hydronarratives, 2023).

Football genius Rob Stone thinks the USMNT should replace Berhalter with Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp.

Sickos Committee ¡BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL! Go Hogs at Stage 21 of the Tour de France!

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Glad we got rid of the bots.