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But where has the rum gone? To AskHistorians! Today we're hosting an #AMA with Dr. Jordan Smith, author of The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Commodity, & all #Skystorians are welcome to enjoy this #FoodHistory! Bring all your best questions!
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09.03.2026 16:40
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did a foremast hand write this ama
09.03.2026 15:40
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Today on AskHistorians (@askhistorians.bsky.social), "The Invention of Rum" author Jordan Smith answers all your pressing questions on where rum comes from!
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09.03.2026 13:52
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Today's AMA on @askhistorians.bsky.social! Come check it out!
09.03.2026 14:22
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Fun fact: there was one (1) member of the mod team who once preferred using new rather than old Reddit, but even they have reluctantly embraced the old.reddit bandwagon with the coming of shreddit.
06.03.2026 21:24
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Are Ted and Annette Fleming really doing okay?
They're not okay. Odd film trivia consumes me; I, too, wanted to know if Ted and Annette were *really* OK. Here's what I found: **The...
In Ghostbusters, Rick Moranis goes on an improvised monologue about a couple of his clients, Ted & Annette Fleming, and one of our users is asking the key question: Are Ted & Annette really doing okay? The fittingly named Daemonic_One tackles this fascinating question!
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06.03.2026 15:19
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For today's AMA on AskHistorians, we have Stephen Neufeld discussing Mexican necropolitics, animal death, and blood sports! Come check out some bull fighting history! @unmpress.bsky.social
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05.03.2026 15:29
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All jokes aside, _did_ people expect the Spanish Inquisition?
The short answer is: yes, quite a lot of people expected the Spanish Inquisition, and the Monty Python joke actually inverts historical reality satisfyingly once you know the background.
All jokes aside, DID people expect the Spanish Inquisition? Ummmbacon carefully details the historical context & how this popular Monty Python joke engages with the historical irony that the Spanish Inquisition was among the more anticipated institutional developments of its time!
05.03.2026 19:30
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Sometimes, life is about grabbing the bull by the horns! #Skystorians can find out just how perilous that can be in todays #AMA with Dr. Stephen Neufeld, author of Perilous Beasts: Mexican Necropolitics, Animal Deaths, and Blood Sports, 1870-1920!
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05.03.2026 16:35
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AskHistorians, bringing you the very best in history! Connecting the public to the uni presses is an incredible resource to have acceess to, and its great to see how many on both sides take advantage of it!
04.03.2026 02:16
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the best history forum on the internet. because ... it's extremely well moderated to keep it appropriate and focused. That's the whole trick. I love it.
03.03.2026 19:22
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What is time, anyway.
03.03.2026 19:29
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This is specifically Dan's outreach push over the past 12 months - prior to his taking over this portfolio, we eagerly accepted people contacting us and sporadically reached out to people, but he has done an outstanding job of turning our haphazard inclinations into a well-oiled machine.
03.03.2026 19:25
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We're just better at keeping them under wraps.
03.03.2026 19:23
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10. Million. Views.
If our AMAs were a museum, it would have more visitors than the Louvre.
03.03.2026 19:21
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If you're a historian with a new book and a dream of more than a few dozen people ever reading it, @dhowlett1692.bsky.social is lowkey one of the best people on this website you can follow and be nice to.
03.03.2026 19:18
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As one of the university presses lucky enough to work with Dan on these: WE LOVE ASKHISTORIANS!
Our historians genuinely have a wonderful time doing it & the reach & depth of engagement is A+. Grateful to Dan & the @askhistorians.bsky.social team for helping great history find a big audience.
03.03.2026 18:18
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We would really, really like to highlight the scale of Dan's achievement here. We've always hosted some great AMAs, but Dan has been single-handedly responsible for a huge outreach campaign to authors and forging ongoing partnerships with scholarly presses.
03.03.2026 19:16
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This has been fun! Come check out the chatter about the suburbs!
03.03.2026 18:34
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Best of February Voting Thread!
Posted in r/AskHistorians by u/Georgy_K_Zhukov β’ 5 points and 12 comments
Today's #AMA isn't the only great thing #Skystorians should check out. We also have a thread to vote on the BEST #History answer of February 2026! Come browse the nominations, and cast your vote to help decide.
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03.03.2026 17:59
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: AMA: Housing, Education, and the Suburban Dream in America
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A fantastic new #AMA is happening RIGHT NOW #Skystorians! @m-r-glass.bsky.social , author of Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America, is here to answer all questions about the suburbs, housing policy, redlining or the history of the American Dream!
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03.03.2026 16:21
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: AMA about Japan, space technology, and the history of the space age!
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Get hyped #Skystorians, because todays #AMA is blasting off again! We're joined by Dr. Subodhana Wijeyeratne, author of The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan's Space Programs, to talk about Japanβs space/rocketry history, βbig scienceβ institutions & more!
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26.02.2026 16:43
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Mark your calendars #Skystorians, because tomorrow we have an #AMA with Adam Cohen, author of Captain's Dinner: A Shipwreck, An Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History! Everyone is welcome to come ask all their questions on this incredible topic!
24.02.2026 14:20
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: Dr. Tine Van Osselaer on Marian apparitions in interwar Belgium, AMA!
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Not new #AMA coming in! We're joined by Dr. Tine Van Osselaer, author of Apparition Fever: Observing the Virgin Mary in Belgium! #Skystorians can ask all their questions about this fascinating topic! There's also a coupon for 25% discount on the book!
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18.02.2026 20:58
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Absolutely top-tier AMA answers are getting handed out like candy in here, come ask more questions so @historybrian.bsky.social never gets to leave.
12.02.2026 18:12
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Today on @askhistorians.bsky.social we have an AMA with @historybrian.bsky.social for his new book Brown and Blue from @uncpress.bsky.social
Come check it out!
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12.02.2026 16:51
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AMA: Mexican Americans and the Criminal Justice System in the Southwest
Hi, Iβm Brian Behnken, professor in the [Department of History](https://history.iastate.edu/profiles/brian-d-behnken/) at Iowa State University....
Another hot new #AMA is hitting the front page #Skystorians! historybrian.bsky.social has joined us to answer any & all your questions about Mexican Americans and the Criminal Justice System in the Southwest! Don't miss this great #History!
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12.02.2026 16:38
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yes
11.02.2026 21:22
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