As you may recall, Chef Jose has pledged to match donations up to $1,000,000 to support Save Ukraine work in evacuating #children and families from frontline combat zones and rescuing and returning abducted kids to #Ukraine. We are thrilled to share that we've already received

So great to talk to a financial maven about what you don't learn in school about food, finance & empires. And how thinking about those things helps you understand modern geopolitics, particularly Ukraine podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thi…

Interviews w/ me & others about John Henryism (heart stress for Black men & women), doing historical research, & the 2020 John Henry film, all from Marginal Media - bonus tracks for the Steel Drivin' Man audiobook youtube.com/@BeyondTheHamm…

Yesterday 25 historians (including me) sent an Amicus Brief to to US Supreme Ct showing that the 14th amendment's authors had the presidency in mind when disqualifying insurrectionists from holding future office - they spoke directly about Jefferson Davis supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/2…

This is so great. I only do some of this in my intro class but will update now!

Psyched: I'll be ~here 2024-25 at Harvard working on an environmental justice project on the Deep South's Black bottoms. Because the bottoms were formed 66 million years ago (in the K-T extinction event that killed the dinosaurs) I'm actually embarrassingly late to this project

Highly recommended: the best single book for understanding Russia's post 1991 recovery; it's ability to withstand sanctions; and its obsession with dominating Ukraine Eugene Finkel play.google.com/books/reader?i…

Made my day - my week actually

OMG. When a 30-something Chinese journalist understands your book's arguments better than you do yourself. This was a fantastic interview. m.guancha.cn/ScottReynoldsN…

Oceans of #Grain: How American #Wheat Remade The World: Or, The Origins Of The Wheat War @NelsonHist tinyurl.com/3wa46mbs $WEAT Andrey Sizov Angie Setzer Garrett Toay Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ Karen Braun John Ʌ Konrad V Political Gambler Professor Buzzkill History Podcast History News Network Scott Irwin

New #BRICS #Grain Exchange Idea Gains Traction tinyurl.com/ycy9j8ns #Ukraine $WEAT DTN/Progressive Farmer Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢⚓🐪🚒🏴‍☠️ Synkovska Karen Braun Sal Gilbertie Scott Reynolds Nelson @nelsonhist.bsky.social Andrey Sizov Teucrium ETFs Arlan Suderman Todd Hultman Angie Setzer Garrett Toay Political Gambler Scott Irwin

I've never before liked the idea of a yearly subscription fee for a computer game, but after I heard that Bethesda Game Studios had a wall-to-wall union I thought: Bethesda game? A wall-to-wall CWA? I'm in! (Not a screenshot)

Proud to say that EP Thompson was my advisor's advisor - loved his work but I never got to meet him

History PhD friends: our department (UGA history) is hiring in three fields. Medicine & Gender: ugajobsearch.com/postings/396501 Museum Studies: ugajobsearch.com/postings/398289 Science & Technology: ugajobsearch.com/postings/401535

I flew home and voted early today. An easy choice between Kamala Harris and a twice-convicted felon who aims to destroy the US constitution. Vote early, especially if you are in Georgia or NC!

Radical tariff changes put the US into depression in 1819, 1893 & 1929. Hasty executive action did so in 1837. Buckle up #nationofdeadbeats penguinrandomhouse.com/books/120669/a…

This morning Wall Street will watch a dead cat bounce. Historians will be here to tell you the depression that followed when Congress surrendered power to Pres. Andrew Jackson, aka Captain Ahab youtube.com/watch?v=Q-0J8L…

book notes (24 of b) ------------- 1/8 Oceans of Grain by Scott Reynolds Nelson (Scott Reynolds Nelson @nelsonhist.bsky.social) 369 pgs, Published 2022 (#booknotes from 2022) Context: ------------ These #booknotes are not book reviews, nor book summaries. Just my high-level thoughts on the book along with some