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My nightstand is populated with excellent storytellers. This should keep me out of trouble for a bit.

This headline from a 1969 article in Sport magazine is essentially the way that 60% of social media accounts speak of athletes nowadays. Some things never change.

It's Fossil Friday! Sail into the weekend with Edaphosaurus, a sail-backed herbivore that lived ~280 mya. It may resemble a lizard, but is actually more closely related to mammals! A clue? The synapsid openings behind each eye socket—a trait found in mammals & absent in reptiles.

The Oldest Museum In The US Is A South Carolina Landmark That Existed Even Before The American Revolution share.google/nQjfShFBRaEbYr…

A player could get a Hit in all 162 games…for 26 straight seasons…and he’d still be 44 Hits shy of Pete Rose

When your name is Oil Can Boyd, you better believe pretty soon you’re gonna require a sweet pair of shades, neck towel, and an embroidered jacket with “Oil Can Boyd” on it.

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Absolutely incredible

Aurora and Cephalus, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810, 📸 by Jesse D. Garrabrant

Winner of the 2025 National Federation Press of Women Award, CHASING CYNTHIANA by Lynn Hamilton challenges the wine industry’s complacency when it comes to American vintages. Save 50% off: bit.ly/UNPholiday2025

A new @netflix documentary explores the work of Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh; learn more about the documentary and Robert Miraldi's book on the same subject SEYMOUR HERSH: SCOOP ARTIST 👇 wp.me/p4J9AE-itm

Scott Seligman, author of THE GREAT CHRISTMAS BOYCOTT OF 1906, writes about the perils of AI-assisted research in an essay for the Washington Independent Review of Books. bit.ly/3OaUZ9K1906

IT's MY COUNTRY TOO using excerpts from diaries, letters, oral histories, and pension depositions, generations of women reveal why and how they chose to serve their country even at great peril. Up to 50% off for Woman's History Month: bit.ly/WHMSale26

CARTOGRAPHY, at its heart, is Katherine Schifani’s quest to understand the Iraqi landscape and the Special Forces culture of American men she worked alongside as a gay woman and a member of the air force. Save up to 50% during Women's History Month: bit.ly/WHMSale26

From 1917-20, the Woman’s Land Army of America (WLA) sent more than 20,000 urban women into rural America to take over farm work after the men went off to war and food shortages threatened the nation. FRUITS OF VICTORY tells their story. Save 50%: bit.ly/WHMSale26

"[FUJI FIRE] is a case study in the moral responsibility of command and the hidden dangers of peacetime service," writes Thomas C. Rust for H-Environment. bit.ly/4cKFpu3

In A POISONED CHALICE, former U.S. Navy Commander Stephen P. Phillips discusses the 1987-88 Iran-Iraq War’s strategic implications and what the war teaches us about the United States’ relationship with the Middle East today. bit.ly/4d55p3z

when driving around i often think about the paintings of charles sheeler (1883 - 1965). many of the things we presently see as visual noise, he found beautiful and dedicated his life to capturing:

Wonderful new book in the Histories and Cultures of Tourism series—one of the very first studies of tourism labor and a hugely important addition to the scholarship on #tourism and empire. The conclusions aren't what you likely expect. #History @BethanyWasik #Africa

Latest book cover in @CornellPress's "Histories and Cultures of Tourism" series is out! Stefan's wonderful forthcoming book provides a fascinating comparative study of the political, social, cultural, and economic implications of tourism development during the Cold War.