Cool, kind, interesting people from old Twitter
These are some people who spread positivity, kindness, and interesting ideas online.
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@jasonhiggins.bsky.social
@mariamismail.bsky.social
Digital Project Coordinator for Virginia Tech Publishing. Digital Scholarship and Online Exhibits. MA in Communications and Advocacy. Former journalist, documentarian, podcaster.
@kmarino1.bsky.social
Historian | https://nyupress.org/9781479825196/votes-for-college-women/ | https://twitter.com/K_Marino1 | https://sacredheart.academia.edu/KellyMarino
@cfobare.bsky.social
Political historian of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and the Progressive Era. Follow me on threads @chrisfobare. Opinions are my own.
@cadetcunningham.bsky.social
Ex-PhD Candidate | Espionage Historian | International Relations Afficionado | Aspiring Novelist | Book & Movie Lover | Democratic Socialist
@canadianerrant.bsky.social
Maritime Historian. Chief Mate (150 GT). Dad & Husband. Gardener, Cook & Brewer. Ngāi Tahu & McLean of Duart. Toitū te Tiriti. TCEU 416/CUPE L79. Canadian & Kiwi. Go Blue Jays. Cymru am byth. Alba gu brath. Go All Blacks. He/Him. Very good at Opsec.
@lwieck.bsky.social
Historian of 20th and 21st cities, US West, race and culture. Associate Professor and Director of Public History at St. Mary's Univ. Lover of books, coffee, and flowers.
@nicoledonawho.bsky.social
Professor. Historian. #trekkie. 🐶❤️ Leroy & Miles. Posts do not represent my employer.
@laurajunedavis.bsky.social
History Professor, #skystorians, Writer, dog lover and AcaMama. Specialities: #CivilWar, Gender, Military, Naval, #SocialStudiesEd, #WomenStudies.
@laurabedrossian.bsky.social
I do public relations / comms / social media stuff. History nerd, tap dancer, fake runner. Lover of dogs, RI, books, jazz, & lists. Views all my own. NYC area. Currently @ Capital One. Ex: agency, American Museum of Natural History, tech startup.
@legg.bsky.social
Scholar of Indigenous & Public History 📖 PhD, George Mason. Researching Eastern Dakota mobility, diplomacy, and resistance in the Civil War era. Book Review Editor H-CivWar. Engaged in #DigitalPublicHistory. https://www.johnlegg.org
@herberthistory.bsky.social
Dad | Kentuckian in Colorado | History Dragon| Creator of Historians At The Movies #HATM | Historians At The Movies Podcast| Reckoning with Jason Herbert| Cuban coffee connoisseur| I aim to misbehave https://linktr.ee/jasonherbert
@erinbartram.bsky.social
Historian of religion & gender in the 19th c US, drinker of tea in the 21st c US. Museum educator at MTH&M. Wrote some quit lit you may have read. Founder & editor at contingentmagazine.org. Former academic. Sings with Voices of Concinnity. She/her.
@ethanhealey.com
Historian of Early America and the Early Republic. History Teacher. Constant Reader. Horror Enthusiast. Tolkien aficionado. New England native. Future ghost. TIME’s 2006 Person of the Year. The Historians Bookshelf: ethanhealey.com
@meganthrelkeld.bsky.social
Historian of 20thC US; women/gender/law/US & world. Writing a book on legal battles over the draft during Vietnam. She/her; views my own. Books are my happy place.
@notabattlechick.bsky.social
Purple-haired civil servant. Public Diplomacy person. Historian. Author. Educator. Leader. Tar Heel. COVID Long-hauler. Doodler. Procedural-drama obsessed smart lady. Cat servant. 2x speed audiobook aficionado. Occasional trouble maker. All views my own.
@jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, gender, & politics in the American West. Creator & Executive Editor Emerita, @nursingclio. She/Her/Hers
@levesque-chris.bsky.social
"Loquacious history bastard." PhD in military history, adjunct professor of history, archivist. Focus on atrocities in Vietnam, Cold War culture, & religion.
@melanienewport.bsky.social
US carceral and urban history, jail and policing. AAUP, abolition, working mom in CT, personal account.
@varsha.bsky.social
will index your book in exchange for money, send me a book rec, dissertating at berkeley: history+dams+us foreign policy+india. linktr.ee/varshaoforange
@eladiobobadilla.com
Pittsburgh-based historian of social movements, radicalism and extremism, the working class, and immigration and ethnicity. Father. Autism advocate. Duke, Steelers, Penguins, Pirates, Riverhounds, RSL, USM&WNT, Liverpool, St. Pauli.
@dnbrgr.bsky.social
Writer of words, hater of prisons Author of STAYED ON FREEDOM: THE LONG HISTORY OF BLACK POWER THROUGH ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY, plus other things. www.danberger.info | www.waprisonhistory.org
@disabilitystor1.bsky.social
Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way. Lives with epilepsy.
@marydudziak.bsky.social
Law, history, politics. Latest book: Making the Forever War: Marilyn Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism. https://makingtheforeverwar.mystrikingly.com/ #lawsky 🗃
@amyjay401.bsky.social
Historian of War, Gender, and the Modern U.S. Author of Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance. Working on a book on the effects of peace activism on the US military. Former high school teacher.
@marksantow.bsky.social
Historian of US cities, race, social policy. Saul Alinsky and the Dilemma of Race: Community Organizing in the Postwar City (UChicago Press 2024). Director Providence Clemente Veterans Initiative (PCVI): https://pvdvets.org/
@mrfolse.bsky.social
Husband, father, historian, USMC Vet (OEF & OIF) Author of The Globe and Anchor Men https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636259/
@davekieran.bsky.social
Hallock Chair of Military History at Columbus State University; Author of _Signature Wounds_ and _Forever Vietnam_ and editor of other books; fan of mountains, lakes, books, guitars, and labradoodles.
@briandavisjr.bsky.social
HBCU grad. Ph.D. student. Historian of African American Military Experiences and 20th Century Black Social Movements. Views are my own.
@hkyria.bsky.social
Book publicity @ the University of North Carolina Press | she/her For media/review copies 📧 helen.kyriakoudes[at]uncpress[dot]org
@vietnamwarera.bsky.social
A complement to VWE site by Joseph Malek. He/him. Historian. Librarian. Support my work: http://patreon.com/vietnamwarera ; http://paypal.me/vietnamwar
@chendirl.bsky.social
Qualitative Health | Stillbirth & Perinatal #Death | Grief & Bereavement | Interdisciplinary | www.ciarahenderson.com/ | eurohealthhist.bsky.social #CA22159 Science Officer | #SocialScience #MedHum #Maternity #Research #HistMed #History #Cillíní #Folklore
@prof-sandy.bsky.social
Asst Prof - History at UT Arlington - Vietnam War, Amer. Martial Culture, and Comic Books.
@shaggyhistorian.bsky.social
Wounded war vet, asst. prof, music lover, tech geek. This CA boy stuck surfing the amber waves of Kansas. #LGBTQ advocate. He/Him/His. Reposts ≠ Endorsement. Views are mine. ☮️❤️⚛️
@alternativehistorian.com
Interests: Oral History. Science Fiction/Fantasy. Social Movement. Popular Education. TTRPG. and something yummy alternativehistorian.com https://linktr.ee/DanielHorowitzGarcia
@tropicalhousing.bsky.social
History PhD candidate @UMassAmherst. Instructor. Internship & Career Advisor. Public Historian. Cities | Housing | Labor | Brazil & the Americas
@johnworsencroft.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History. Director, School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University. I research and write at the intersections of gender, war, society, and policy. USMC veteran.
@willtchak.bsky.social
public historian amplifying HBCU radio voices http://wyso.org/hbcuradioproject // Anacostia Community Museum contributor https://anacostia.si.edu/dcwomenspeak // writing on police power & resistance, the carceral state & institutional memory // HTX-based
@johnmkinder.bsky.social
Historian of #war, #disabilty, #veterans, #zoos. OKSTATE U. Writing book on murder in #WWII MS. Profile: https://tinyurl.com/23xfwzmh. World War Zoos: Humans & Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age https://tinyurl.com/4anuu4cp
@aimloiselle.bsky.social
Writer, historian, educator, snacker, gardener Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican & Southern White Women Fought for Place in American Working Class (UNCP 2023) US labor history, women and global capitalism, pop culture representations of work and wealth
@czin.bsky.social
Texan. Professor (PhD). Historian of WWII France and occupation. Go Cowboys, Visça Barça, Formula 1. Opinions my own.
@dominiquejl.bsky.social
(Public) historian who wants more histories of the people, by the people, for the people. She/her.✊🏾🗽🇭🇹
@miamh.bsky.social
Oral historian researching war (Vietnam War & War on Terror), trauma, memory, gender, security. Postdoc fellow at Deakin. She/her. miamartinhobbs.com
@historianmeg.bsky.social
Nerd 🪐 History PhD Student at Ohio University 📚 Cat Person 🐈⬛ All-Around Eclectic Human 📷🌿🌊🎧🎬 (She/Her)
@sarahpmyers.bsky.social
Historian of gender, war, oral and public history. Assoc Prof in PA. Former museum curator. #NEH grant. #F1 fan. 'Earning Their Wings' (UNC Press, 2023).
@aviationhistgal.bsky.social
I tell veterans' stories. Retired USAF. Freelance writer on aviation history topics and author of "The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat." https://eileenbjorkman.com/ Please help me tell your stories!
@briansmueller.bsky.social
"Democracy's Think Tank: The Institute for Policy Studies & Progressive Foreign Policy" (Penn Press, 2021). Next: 1980s Central American Peace Movement. https://brian-mueller.com/
@drsuzanne.bsky.social
(See research call below). PhD in ed tech and learning design. I study educational trauma. I don’t take kindly to unsolicited advice and mansplaining. Luddite (the original meaning). #Disability #Cats #TraumaInformed #TinyLiving #MentalHealth #EdTech
@jwbernier.bsky.social
Black Studies, history, slavery, abolition, and freedom(s) she/her Freedom’s Currency 30% off with code PENN-BERNIER30 https://tinyurl.com/4cs3uumh
@kellydmezurek.bsky.social
Historian researching the lives of Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans https://kellydmezurek.substack and https://www.kellydmezurek.com/
@roguechieftan.bsky.social
environmental historian and writer, & asst. prof @UMaryland: Environmental justice histories, food systems, agrochemicals, & racial ecologies in Mexico & the Americas. @nacla @PlantPerspectives
@oralhistory.bsky.social
Formerly @notoralhistory on Twitter, but now fully oralhistory. Scholar of Oral History, Anthropology, Folklore, Critical Disability Studies #disabilityanthropology https://www.tumblr.com/oral-history
@naomirendina.bsky.social
PhD from @cwru. Historian of Medicine, Modern US, and birth. Writing on natural birth and the use of induction drugs. Posts are my own.
@tattooedhistorian.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary scholar and Ph.D. student in Canada. I study the creation and consumption of information in digital media from a humanist standpoint thetattooedhistorian.com
@hannahpalsa.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Kansas State. Dogs for Defense. Pissed off Hoosier. 😻 Mom. I really love cats. Museum Person. Disney. Horror. Britpop. Yellowjackets 🐝🐝 Charlie is the happiest kitty. Smokey’s momma forever 💔❤️🐾🌈
@atomik-punk.bsky.social
American History Grad Student • Minor in Political Science • Research Analyst • You’ll find me listening to metal & classic rock with a cold brew in hand • #HATM • Wife • She/Her • Opinions & views don’t reflect my employer.
@bafomet.bsky.social
Medievalist, graphic designer, web designer, oncology continuing education specialist, cat dad, rabble rouser, geek
@batsinthebrittfry.bsky.social
I love gothic literature and vampires. My life is a Southern gothic novel. Would rather read than socialize. I used to do history things, but now I mostly talk about horror, books, and whatever impulsive thoughts make it out of my head.
@karadixonvuic.bsky.social
Historian of war and society @TCU. Author of “The Girls Next Door” and “Officer Nurse Woman”. Working on “Drafting Women”
@amnagel.bsky.social
Historian of race, war, and empire in the late 19th-early 20th centuries.
@sarahking.bsky.social
Historian of 20th century US, Vietnam War, popular culture, celebrity activism | Asst Professor at University of South Carolina Aiken | Canadian | Co-editor clioandthecontemporary.com | #skystorians
@evanpsullivan.bsky.social
PhD | Assistant Prof of History at SUNY ADK | Historian of disability, gender, & war | book: Constructing Disability after the Great War | Father, husband, & cat dad | posts are my own
@robgreeneii.bsky.social
Claflin University Assistant Professor of History; AAIHS President; S-USIH Pub Chair; Co-Host *Our New South* podcast; Modjeska Simkins School Lead Instructor; historian, writer, Star Trek fan
@hngreen.bsky.social
Scholar, Educator. Author of Educational Reconstruction (Fordham UP, 2016) and Unforgettable Sacrifice (forthcoming Fordham UP, 2025) and other works.
@ariarch.bsky.social
Historian of Tx: Dotson’s White Slave Law. Camp Crystal Lake. #HATM callsign: Chainsaw. 🗃️ Gen-X 1L #LegallyGray Footnotes > Endnotes
@kdahlstrand.bsky.social
Historian. GWOT Veteran. A whole human being in her own right.
@austinmccoy.bsky.social
Historian, Old School Rap Specialist. Writing book on history of the Left in Midwest and another one about De La Soul. https://austincmccoy.com/ https://austincmccoy.substack.com/
@heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social
historian | training for my first marathon (in 2026) | plant & cat mom | views expressed are mine alone
@drchrisdeutsch.bsky.social
Historian. Under contract: Beeftopia: The Red Meat Politics of Prosperity in Postwar America. Research postdoc at Mizzou. Views my own.
@nellstra.bsky.social
Historian of transnational politics & religion between US & Latin America. Postdoc, SDSU. Co-founder, histcatmex.bsky.social. Social justice. Foodie. https://nathanellstrand.com/
@theotherrbg.bsky.social
📖author, Dear Miss Perkins (Kensington, Jan. 2025) 🐻Brown postdoc🤎 ✍🏼writing a book on the American Revolution in popular culture, 1976-2026 www.rebeccabrennergraham.com
@americanstudier.bsky.social
Prof of Amer Lit & Studies. Dad to 2 amazing young men. Married. We the People: http://tinyurl.com/yyhxjktb; Of Thee I Sing: http://tinyurl.com/y6hsozjx. #ScholarSunday guru. https://linktr.ee/americanstudier he/him
@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social
UCL PhD in Christmas Film History • MA in Comic Books • MPhil in Demonology • Wife of My Favourite Person
@cjdenial.bsky.social
Historian: women, early 19C Dakota and Ojibwe country; Dir: Bright Institute @ Knox College; author, A Pedagogy of Kindness (https://bit.ly/OrderPoK); catherinedenial.org; https://redbrickagency.com/cate-denial/; posts my own; she/her; settler, Native land
@drsepinwall.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Lover of Music and Film. Jersey girl in California. 2023 Wang Award Winner. Books: Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Rev in Film & Video Games; Haitian History; Abbé Grégoire & the Fr Rev.
@phdrachel.bsky.social
Public Historian/Prof; Voting rights, suffrage, & citizenship; 🗃️ married to SNEH; Views=my own. On #TikTok she/her http://buymeacoffee.com/PhDRachel
@swilua.bsky.social
@Swilua "An inspiration to bog witches everywhere"— @jermsguy "Ms Frizzle IRL”— @ElleMaeGal "Cranky and Annoyed"— @washingtonpost she/fae kerrycoran.com
@mkn.bsky.social
Colorado-born and raised, Boston-based. Writer. Historian. Pulitzer Prize Finalist. Author of “Saving Yellowstone” (2022) and “The Three-Cornered War” (2020). 2024-25 Rogers Fellow at the Huntington Library in SoCal. http://www.megankatenelson.com
@greenleejw.bsky.social
Surprised historian, not surprised eels. Doctor of medieval history, talking’ about eels, history, maps, and the Spaniel. Alt-text artist. I draw custom maps on commission: https://surprisedeelmaps.com/ Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
@jasonhiggins.bsky.social
Digital Scholarship Coordinator/Assistant Prof at Virginia Tech. Author of Prisoners after War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration (UMass Press). Editor. Oral historian. I teach the Vietnam War and African American history. https://shorturl.at/HpPO7