Ken Smith

Ken Smith

@kensmith199.bsky.social

Associate Professor of History. Historian of Booker T. Washington, the Black Diaspora, & Empire. Penn State and K-State alum. Proud Californian. Cat dad. Views are my own.

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One time at Penn State, I left my bedroom window open, forgetting to close before going out for the night. There must have been a slit in the screen because when I came home there were about 200 moths in my bedroom. I was killing moths in my boxers like Norman Reedus killing zombies #HATM

Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️@phdrachel.bsky.social

In grad school at Texas A&M, my CA bestie had a roach in her apartment. We went to buy bug spray & she said she didn't know where to spray it. I told her all the seams between the walls & the walls & ceilings b/c roaches could fit thru that. She stared at me hoping I was joking. #HATM #SixthSense

A miserable afternoon grading assignments where most of the students used AI to complete it, I ran into a former student at Trader Joe's and had a wonderful conversation. It's the little things

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i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social

Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades

One thing I think is really cool in this movie is how it shows the xenomorphs terraform the existing surroundings to alter the environment to suit their needs for survival and reproduction. It's really cool. Also, environmental history! #HATM

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Here, let me help. The premise is: “Let them be Muppets and give them Muppets-level guests.”

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There are currently no active conversations for a full ‘MUPPET SHOW’ series revival. Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on. (Source: Deadline)

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It's Labor Day so this week Historians At The Movies knows that inside a business we're all family and that corporations can always be trusted. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, September 13 at 8pm eastern for ALIENS. Share this post and #HATM with your friends and face huggers.

I really like this recent film direction Hugh Grant has taken over the last few years in moving away from the rom-com genre to action, thriller, and comedy. He's great. #HATM

Damn do I hate this 🤡 show of an administration. An administration that hates everything and everyone of the American people. The only thing it loves is money.

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In working on my talks for the upcoming WHA conference, I've been listening to and watching some of the oral history interviews with some of the residents that once lived in the town of Allensworth, CA. The word that comes up frequently in all of the interviews is "community". It's amazing

This has been said many times previously but it's sad that movies like The Usual Suspects aren't made anymore. I can't even think of the last movie to come out that was similar to movies like this or Inside Man. #HATM