college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.
James Longhurst
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Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake
Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where the...
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archives and special collections that use AEON appointment software
that stuff is nonsense
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Urban renewal destroyed critical neighborhood ecosystems, including the ways people got food. This new @nextpittsburgh.bsky.social article explores how mobile groceries plied the streets of Pittsburgh's public housing communities. 🗃️ nextpittsburgh.com/features/mob...
James Longhurst
James Longhurst
A puzzle: I know the year is 1938. I have reason to believe, but am not at all certain, that the first handwritten word there is a shorthand for the month of April. So I'm interpreting that like "apr. 21/38". But I'm not sure about that first word. Do historical cursive-readers agree? #histsky 🗃️
#skystorians help pls 🗃️
doesn't really look like a cursive "apr" to me, it looks more like "ofo". but "ofo" isn't a month.
alt text: a close-up of an image of the headline of a newspaper clipping, with a hand-written notation on top that may or may not be the date
James Longhurst
James Longhurst
James Longhurst
James Longhurst
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