John O'Keefe

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Kroger has received a $3 million Make America Healthy Again federal grant. Critics say it appears to be a taxpayer gift to market the company and do more customer surveillance. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/27/o...

A step-by-step guide to blocking surveillance features on your smart TV:

Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵

Got contacted by one of these! It sounded legit until they started asking for money to design crappy AI-generated flyers. #scams 🗃️

Amy Acton’s Estranged Mother Killed Kittens, Court Records Show

On the violent events with the faculty member at the state mandated Chase Center for Civics at OSU, he has apparently resigned www.wosu.org/news/2026-10...

I interviewed my former student Diego, who was president of one fraternity here at Cornell and spent two years as a live-in advisor at another. What he told me shocked even me. You can find the full interview here and via my link in bio: katemanne.substack.com/p/an-intervi...

Been thinking a lot about the recent papers arguing that demographic trends in criminal behavior mean that we are likely entering a period of sustained prison pop declines. I think we may be heading for that too. But I think it is vital to note the role of politics here as well.

The same DraftKings sponsoring CBS News election night coverage? Seems fine.

Not a single parent has filed a book challenge in Palm Beach in two years. The district just removed 1800 books anyway, because AI told them to. There are many reasons that is unthinkable but let's not forget AI DOES NOT HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOKS. IT CANNOT READ THEM. It just makes crap up!

Do you know how bad the abuse has to be for a judge to remove kids from their birth mother? Just saw Amy Acton’s CNN interview about that Ramaswamy ad and , listen, I lived in NC through the Willie Horton ad era. I’m not precious. This is so disgusting that I wish I believed in hell. I really do.

In 1811, James Monroe sent instructions to American representatives in France, where French authorities held James McClure because they believed he was a British enemy alien. Monroe: Affidavits show he was born in Charleston, and Justice William Johnson confirmed that was sufficient documentation.

And one year ago - pollution is still a major issue in air or water www.wane.com/top-stories/... #campbells #pollution #environment #ohiohistory

A chemical tank exploded in Toledo, Ohio, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes or shelter in place due to fears of a toxic release. https://to.pbs.org/4k9pafa

Armed federal agents “have been knocking on doors in several states to ask residents about their immigration status — and to inquire if they have registered to vote or cast votes in past elections”

“International students, full-time faculty and part-time faculty in particular—we were all feeling very vulnerable,” said Hank Kalet, a journalism lecturer and vice president of the adjunct faculty union. “So these protections became a central focus for a lot of our members.” #academicfreedom

Won’t Someone Please Stop Me, Dr. Frankenstein, from Building the Creature? “These are serious concerns. And I think we should all stop. Me, especially. Can anyone make me stop doing the thing I want to do? Apparently not.” [mcsweeneys.net]

'The Ethics of Medical Photography Toolkit' is here! Designed to support historians, gallery, library, archive, museum, #genealogy & community folks to make careful, informed decisions about whether & how to share historical medical photos #HistSTM #HistMed #HistPsych #DisHist #HistNursing #GLAM 🗃️

Reading a case about an art dealer who bilked clients out of millions of dollars selling fake Pop art with messages like... this.

Animatronic prehistoric megafauna at the Columbus Metro Library main branch.

Glad to see this updated with newer scholarship! Always a great resource! #immigrationhistory

SO excited when this program launched 🥳 Year 1 results were super encouraging. HAIL-like in magnitude 😍 And then... UT Austin leadership cancelled the program, ordering the fantastic UT research team to disband 😦 Despite formidable barriers, the team ensured the science got published 👏🏼💪🏽

Commentary: “An assignment to tell the story of the Adena Mounds in The Plains broadened my perspective about our past. We are surrounded by elements of Indigenous history and culture that can be easy to overlook” writes Ohio University senior Kayla Payne. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/12/t...

Reposted at @theunpopulist.net , my panel with @profmsinha.bsky.social UConn’s Manisha Sinha, Boston College’s Devin Pendas, and Adam Bodnar, Poland’s former minister of justice, on accountability after authoritarianism. www.theunpopulist.net/p/how-to-hol...

I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

How much you can expect to make from a successful play in Boston in 1797: $2k Bunker-Hill; Or The Death Of General Warren source: Joseph I. Shulim, “John Daly Burk: Irish Revolutionist and American Patriot,” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 54, no. 6: 1964, 19 #theatrehistory 🗃️

We’re challenging President Trump’s unlawful use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport more than 100 Venezuelan men to a prison notorious for torture in El Salvador — and fighting to hold administration officials accountable for violating a court order. The Trump administration isn't above the law.

Midway through my call with @nbedera.bsky.social, I was so shocked I asked: "How are you not incandescent with rage every day?" If you want to understand the Cornell case and why universities fail survivors, read this. You may become furious too. (Gift link.) www.thecut.com/article/trum...

#MedievalSky In case your students this week come in w/ questions about the Russian plague case currently in the news, you can tell them: 1) if this is plague (Yersinia pestis), there is nothing unusual about it (a) being in Russia or (b) being the subject of lab research. Plague is worldwide.

"Not every outbreak is a pandemic. Not every deadly pathogen is a pandemic pathogen. And not every unanswered question should be filled with the worst possible answer." Folks, follow @boghuma.bsky.social. This is the expertise & clarity we need right now. Signed: A plague historian.

Today for class: refugees from the Haitian Revolution and the development of rights in the United States #immigrationhistory #citizenship