Christopher Jones

And that's Christianity in a nutshell.

Gas prices locally have risen 70 cents in 48 hours.

That seems bad. Is that bad?

Bought an old issue of ESPN the magazine on eBay for research.

It arrived today.

The seller lives in my neighborhood, a mile from me.

Thank you to Verso for letting me write a 50,000 word little book about the American Revolution. It's like an antidote to those Dad-history-book doorstops! www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Does it get any better than this as a parent and a historian?

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Also, someone on here (or maybe threads) recently chided men over 30 for using gifs. Which only makes me want to use them more.

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Her history teacher was her Utah studies teacher last year. He is almost solely responsible for sparking her interest and then maintaining it. Shout out to secondary educators everywhere, breaking through to teens.

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That moment when your 14yo stays up past her bedtime because she is so excited to share everything she’s learning in US History. “Everything is just *so* interesting and we’re never done understanding it all.” And then:

“Dad, could I major in history and still go to law or medical school?”

Me:

Last year I wrote a detailed explainer on why this position cannot be filled by an obvious political partisan (much less one both unqualified and statutorily ineligible).

Earlier partisan Archivists have significantly damaged NARA, federal recordkeeping, and, most importantly, agency staff. 🧵

Watching Bodkin on Netflix, and there’s an eel storyline. I feel like @greenleejw.bsky.social should know about this.

Just resharing this.

Here’s the latest.

Donald Trump’s illegal war has already claimed the lives of multiple Americans.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

This is the sort of outlandish behavior dystopian novels and films are built around. Think the Capitol in Hunger Games and Canto Bight in Star Wars.

Just truly reprehensible behavior.

Renounce war and proclaim peace.

There’s a lot of hemming and hawing recently about the influx of international players on college soccer teams. That trend actually has a much longer history than many folks realize. The college game, in fact, has been international since its inception.

A short case study from here in Utah: 🧵

Has anyone ever failed so spectacularly at #sportswashing as Trump? Instead of successfully using the US Men’s Hockey Team or the World Cup to launder his own reputation or cover up his own crimes, his efforts have the opposite effect, making those teams/sports he uses more suspect as corrupt.

A short thread on #soccerhistory here in Utah, featuring Utah State University’s championship-winning eleven from 1950, led by a decidedly international group.

A short thread on #soccerhistory here in Utah, featuring Utah State University’s championship-winning eleven from 1950, led by a decidedly international group.

It also reminds Utahns that the state’s Muslims, currently reeling from the attempted assassination of a local imam, that Islam has a much longer presence here than is typically acknowledged. /end

While European immigrants to Utah are usually credited with introducing/spreading soccer here, the USAC team suggests a much more diverse set of influential individuals and teams.

It also points to the fact that international students dominated the rosters of some colleges dating back 70+ yrs. /8

In their very first year, led by Tabrizi (pictured below, receiving the trophy), they "turned out a championship team," winning 8, losing 3, and tying 1. The team consisted of 9 Middle Eastern students, one Latin American, and 3 white students. /7

They were soon playing competitive matches against more established teams around the state, beating "the Ogden Red-devils" 4-1 and drawing 1-1 against the reigning state champs, the "Salt Lake Soccer club."

In 1950, Utah State's team joined six other clubs in the Utah State Soccer League. /6

Soon, the Iranian students began inviting "all persons interested in participating in soccer" to regular, bi-weekly practices, in the hopes of organizing a team to compete against teams elsewhere in Utah.

The team was led by Hamid Tarbizi, who served as captain, coach, and promoter. /5

In the years following WWII, a small exodus of Iranian students began arriving on U.S. college campuses, including a group of "Persian students" at USAC. They began challenging "those of all other nationalities," handily beating them all. /4

By 1915, annual class contests at the school included "Soccer football." Fraternities played in an intramural campus league duing the 1930s and 40s.

But more competitive collegiate soccer did not come to the campus until 1950 and it was brought by a group of Muslim students from Iran. /3

Soccer arrived on Utah's college campuses in the early years of the 20th century. Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University)'s school newspaper in 1912 noted that "Morgan, our Englishman, is busy these days trying to instill a love for 'soccer' in our boys hearts.” /2

There’s a lot of hemming and hawing recently about the influx of international players on college soccer teams. That trend actually has a much longer history than many folks realize. The college game, in fact, has been international since its inception.

A short case study from here in Utah: 🧵

This sucks. Worldcat used to be amazing.

Imagine telling kids: Listen, rich people made this somewhat crappy product they're going to make you use when you end up having to work for them, so we have to teach you how to try to use it and that's a lot of work for both of us because it's pretty crappy.

That's called "AI literacy."

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