Zeb Larson
Freelance writer with a PhD in history. Ex-academic; studied the anti-apartheid movement. Emeritus adjunct. Became a software engineer in 2020. Words in Teen Vogue, Smithsonian, Jacobin, BBC.
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Zeb’s Smorgasbord of Good Accounts
In no particular order, and with the organization of an underslept mind
@cliocontemporary.bsky.social
Connecting history to the present—articles, teaching materials, & advice for the contemporary historian. Accepting submissions. Eds @sarahking.bsky.social & @malszy.bsky.social clioandthecontemporary.com | #bskystorians
@eayers0.bsky.social
Historian of science, collecting, plants + natural history museums // Professor at Yale // PhD in History of Science from Princeton // Contr. Ed. at Public Domain Review
@theabsentprofessor.bsky.social
Writer, professor of English, lover of subterranean resistance movements, labor activism, travel, bookstores, kitchen table conversations, reproductive rights, and media that depicts middle-aged women as sexy and intellectual. All opinions mine alone.
@jimgoldgeier.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow, Brookings; prof/ex-dean, American University SIS; senior advisor, Bridging the Gap; Research Affiliate, Stanford. New book: Foreign Policy Careers for PhDs: A Practical Guide to a World of Possibilities www.jamesgoldgeier.com
@plinys23.bsky.social
#LGBT+ & Human Rights Activist. #SocialJustice #Liberation. #EconomicDemocracy. Exec. Officer @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social. #NDA24 #Bluecrew Historian & Historical reenactor. https://linktr.ee/pliny23h 🚫DM #LGBTHM #Gymrat
@travisstreet.com
Designer / Dev • Community Builder • Yoga Teacher 🔗 https://travis.st/reet
@peregrinekate.bsky.social
cat lady, Democratic PD, gardener, birder, mother, grandmother, recovering academic (UMich Am Cult PhD), TNG-CWA member, climate justice activist, local TEC admin, Third Act MI co-fac (roles not ranked). #ShutDownLine5 #WaterIsLife #OldAndBold
@samaita.bsky.social
Ph.D. Rhetoric & Political Culture, @UofMaryland, SADC Geopolitics, African Rhetoric, Foreign Policy.@WakeForest, @WaterfordUWCSA alumnus.@ChelseaFC fan,🦓 🇿🇼
@alyssaesking.bsky.social
courts, arbitration, imperial legacies, and brooding omnipresences
@lettucewrangler.bsky.social
Organic Salad Farmer near Columbus, OH #Bowl Carver, #Furniture Maker, and Dad. I have made all the gardening mistakes, so you don't have to. Dm me if you are interested in my work or have a question about gardening. #Woodwork #Gardening
@kath-walsh.bsky.social
Writer. Words found in New York Times, New York Mag, Glamour, The Independent, InStyle, and more.
@gpatrickobrien.bsky.social
Historian and Assistant Teaching Professor. Tweeting my own thoughts on loyalism, refugee women in Nova Scotia c.1780, and college basketball. ut.academia.edu/GPatrickOBrien
@robtaber.bsky.social
Historian of Haiti 🇭🇹 and democracy in the Americas at Fayetteville State. Working for a welcoming + transformative UNC System. Formerly US ED Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships. Occasional live-poster of obscure panels and events.
@andreapitzer.bsky.social
Books! Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, and a Nabokov bio. Former painter, translator, karateka, and record store clerk. Subscribe to my newsletter and podcast: www.andreapitzer.com
@brianjaffe.bsky.social
Pro-housing, pro-abundance, pro-democracy in Northern CA. Housing 🏠, Health ⚕️, Education 📚, & Safety ⛑️ for all. End corruption ⬇️ Get results ⬆️.
@lolgop.bsky.social
Less estranged from Elon than most of his kids. Find a protest you can join or an action you can start now https://www.reddit.com/r/onethingtodo/ THE FARCE covers American fascism and the mass mobilization against it https://www.thefarce.org/
@littlehotshot.swifties.social
Dog Mom | Book Obsessed📚 | #GoDucks 💛💚 | Oregonian 💙🫶🏻 | Swiftie + Seattle N2💘🪩| Politics + History Buff 🤓 | Art + Animation Lover 💕| “You have been very brave, for so long. But you must be brave a little while longer, Fireheart. ❤️🔥”
@stringanona.bsky.social
MLIS. Tech librarian by night, hand spinner and knitter by day. Unironically living the dream. She/her. Standard disclaimer: views are my own.
@innash.bsky.social
I am a historian of social movements in the Russian empire and an author of Palgrave published The Making of Jewish Revolutionaries in the Pale of Settlement: Community and Identity During the Russian Revolution and Its Immediate Aftermath, 1905–07.
@gwynmell.bsky.social
Media historian and recovering journalist. Author of Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow (2024) #RacializingObjectivity; Chasing Newsroom Diversity: From Jim Crow to Affirmative Action (2013)
@ideasroadshow.bsky.social
🎬 Intelligent. Inquisitive. International. 🎥 Filmmakers combining unlimited curiosity & meticulous research 📚 Plus lots of books, essays & podcasts 🚘 Website: https://ideasroadshow.com
@drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer in History at Goldsmiths. British, American, comparative and global politics and culture. Dad; Londoner; Cypriot. Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com Academic publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dion-Georgiou
@kazweida.bsky.social
Words Are My Thing | #MeToo | Freelance Journalist | Author | Popular Mechanics | Yahoo Finance | CNET | DAME Magazine | 🏳️🌈 Buy me a ☕️ https://venmo.com/u/Kaz-Weida Subscribe patreon.com/kazweida
@hendrickson.bsky.social
Political Theory PhD, history of ideas sort, aspiring librarian. Working out some stuff at "The Vapors.” Would love you to have a look. https://thevapors.substack.com/
@davidobrien.bsky.social
Higher education policy specialist and advocate. I work for California Community Colleges but this is my personal account.
@daniel-a-villar.bsky.social
Conservation biologist and behavioural ecologist. Treasurer of Scientists for Labour.
@catgrimm.bsky.social
German teaching prof 👩🏫 who likes cats, corgis, reading, and stationery. I have a little youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thegrimmreader3649
@thebulwark.com
Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
@noethematt.bsky.social
Overcaffeinated Kentuckian in Massachusetts. Librarian. Professor. Trustee. Ask me about #GraphicMedicine. Trying to be kind, do good, and read comics. (He/Him) linktr.ee/NoetheMatt
@tyredden.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Urban Planning Come for the research, stay for the vibe www.tyredden.com 📽 Film 🎧 Hip Hop🏅Mega-Events
@bunkhistory.bsky.social
Highlighting connections between American history stories from across the web. Visit us: https://www.bunkhistory.org/ Subscribe: https://www.bunkhistory.org/newsletter Powered by @urichmond.bsky.social Partnered with @myhnn.bsky.social
@samklug.bsky.social
Historian and teacher. Author of THE INTERNAL COLONY: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo238821158.html
@leahbellewrites.bsky.social
Writer, doctor, and scientist. Reading (and writing!) literary fiction and narrative medicine. Lover of all things musical. She/Her.
@redeyedjedi.bsky.social
Black Veteran | SFC(Ret.) | 35P/35M | (DLI³ 🔁 NSA²) 🔀JSOC = 5 languages/3 Wars/4 Screws/2 pins | Making Good Trouble(some '96) | Sagacity requires formal training
@mariancall.bsky.social
Songwriter, writer writer, director of MusicAlaska / AKIMI, probably owes you an email. Still rockin on Bandcamp, Twitch, and Patreon.
@drrachelwagner.bsky.social
Author, Cowboy Apocalypse (2025) and Godwired (2012). Prof of Religious Studies @ Ithaca College, mom & caregiver, disgruntled idealist, loud introvert. Religion, gaming, politics, media, film. #cowboyapocalypse Next book on hope. Follow for hope skeets.
@fredshan.bsky.social
academic librarian managing East Asian resources book history, intellectual history of early modern and modern China. charmed by all mass-transport vehicles 🚃🚈🚆✈️💺🚎
@dr-zap.bsky.social
Writing professor 📝 Ski instructor ⛷️ Part-time surf bum 🏄♂️ Language enthusiast 🌏 Kansan by birth 🌾 Utahan by choice 🏔️Believer in democracy🗽
@regreiner.bsky.social
PhD Student at UNC Chapel Hill studying Jewish food and learning Yiddish!
@kathryntomasek.bsky.social
Digital scholarly editing, TEI/XML, histories of women & gender. Bread, roses, native plants, languages. My grandparents were children of immigrants—birthright citizens. Against erasure. For human rights, kindness, joy. Stop breaking our government.
@drj9montgomery.bsky.social
She/her PhD, Professor, School Psychology Program Coordinator, associate editor, clinician, ally, advocate, teacher, learner, human being Dog (and human) mama #autism #research #umanitoba Treaty 1 territory Mostly here for the dogs 🇨🇦🇮🇪🇬🇧🇿🇲 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@ericjdaza.com
I help people appreciate data, science, and each other. No liberty without empathy. all views/opinions = mine only Biostatistician & Data Scientist — Founder & Chief Editor @ statsof1.org — 📊🎙️🎶 • ADHD • 🇵🇭🇺🇸 • ⚖️✊🏾 • X ➡️ Y — Go Big 🔴 • #GDTBATH 👣 • Fear The 🌲
@drkarrschmidt.bsky.social
Curator of (very old) curious books, prints on fabric, functional ephemera (newberry.org), Director of a pop-up book society (movablebooksociety.org). History of art, science, decorative food, pirates. Where's your WHIMSY? Mostly Chicago. She/her
@parallaxinfo.bsky.social
Digressions on the world, legal data, and information. Author of “Legal Data and Information in Practice” with Routledge Press. Humour may be attempted. Principal consultant at https://www.parallaxinformation.com/. 📍 Vancouver and Edinburgh
@brandy-snap.bsky.social
Antisocial butterfly crushing patriarchy & fascism. Gaming, baking, horror, film, cute critters, she/her, cis, pan NO DMs.