Shannan Catherine Mason

New images of Trump’s White House ballroom show sweep, scale
https://wapo.st/3ZEJVnJ

I've served on our local Historical Commission & Design Review Board and I teach historic #preservation: this violates every principle of massing, scale, siting

Also abominably ugly & tasteless

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SOS for the #NPS

Are you an obsessive NPS sign photographer like myself? Use your skills at generating digital album clutter to help maintain a public record of public history at NPS sites!

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Soon to be stationed on a cream of the crop Arctic research vessel!

#Coastguard graduation today! Proud mom vibes all the way.

NPS Removes Slavery Exhibit at President’s House Public interpretation on slavery removed at Philadelphia historic site.

The exhibit detailing the existence of slavery at George Washington's Philadelphia home was removed following a 2025 federal review.

Visit the #JERPano for context on this change or to submit evidence of other alterations to public access to history at: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/01/23/n...

Taking down all the winter fun holiday decor today ... while it snowed for the first time since Thanksgiving was like pulling the Uno Reverse Holiday Vibes Magic Card.

I also think - if you inverse England itself, she becomes his mirror. Which speaks volume. I overlayed Wales and England (flipped horizontally) here.

Lol. Just call me Scott Calvin gifts... or gifs for everyone.

The png options for Wales are significantly more limited, but I gave it the ole' college try. 😉 Glad that premium Canva subscription is paying off ha. Expect an invoice to follow.

Come join me @thejerpano.bsky.social we have snacks and books.... but mostly books.

King George III and England's geo-political Cartographic boundaries are GiVInG each other.

Sometimes the state makes the man. Sometimes the man is the literal embodiment of the state.

Currently procrastinating on making Canvas courses so I made a thing for you instead. Tada!

So, the plan is to become Republicans.... cool. Just what every Democrat ever wanted 🙄

That was my thought. Or at the very least - HOPE. The videos were all pulled for a while right after it happened or were only showing the weird grainy one from the front at a distance. It will likely fall into the high/low 30s 40s over the next week but even that is still...problematically abysmal.

He was a racist bigot. Call it what it is @npr.org.
"controversy" implies there are disagreements between two reasonable sides. The condemnation of bigotry and racism should not be considered controversial. Be better. This lifetime listener is done with you after months of trash like this.

I suppose there's nothing like a little bit of reckless endangerment with a dash of assault to start the night off right....

Look around, the case for more, not less, liberal arts education remains stronger than ever.

JER Announcement. The Journal of the Early Republic welcomes our new Co-Editors Mark Boonshoft of the Virginia Military Institute and Lindsay Schakenbach Regele of Miami University of Ohio. Mark and Lindsay will be taking over for our current editors, Johann Neem and Ronald Angelo Johnson, in July. Please join us in offering a warm welcome, and congratulations to our newest co-editors for the #JERPano.

The #JERPano is pleased to announce our newest team of Co-editors to begin this July.

Please join us in congratulating Lindsay Schakenbach Regele and Mark Boonschoft in their new roles!

Why is the car the place where I do my best thinking, yet never remember these great thoughts after the fact.

Braudel essentially wrote Mediterranean by memory while an imprisoned POW...and here I am, unable to even remember the voice note app exists.

Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

Next thing you know the neighborhood's got dementors roaming around.

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Contributors Visit the post for more.

Educators - are you building next year's lesson plans?

Discover The Panorama's list of short readings (under 1,000 words) from more than 250 authors!

Our insightful and classroom ready features are perfect for sparking discussion and enriching your syllabus. thepanorama.shear.org/contributors/

Save yourself some time and implement a ready made lesson plan using materials from The Panorama - by yours truly!

Teaching the Early American Republic Check out recent Pano pieces on teaching to find inspiration for your classroom.

Feeling the midsemester slump? You’re not alone.

The Panorama's series -Teaching the Early American Republic contains ready-to-use lesson plans, strategies, fresh ideas, and reflections to reinvigorate your classroom.

Visit the #JERPano at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/09/04/t...

MOMENTS AGO: NBC News' @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports from L.A., as law enforcement on horses disperse crowds.

CNN And MSNBC Ratings Plunge By Half, Reaching 30-Year Lows – And Billionaires Are Paying Attention CNN And MSNBC Ratings Slashed In Half, Collapse To Their Lowest Levels In Nearly 30 Years With Billionaires Circling The political media landscape is undergoing a dramatic shake-up. CNN and MSNBC, two...

Well, they are dropping viewers and subscribers like flies as people turn to independent media - I hope they figure it out before it's too late.
finance.yahoo.com/news/cnn-msn...

What these changes look like in raw dollar terms, per CBO analysis of GOP budget bill:
Typical household in bottom income decile loses ~$1,600 annually.
Typical household in richest income decile gains ~$12,000 annually.

I’m shocked. Whoever could have predicted this? This is your reminder that the administration also cut funding for disinformation and misinformation research.
#academicsky #newssky

"According to the Institute for Policy Integrity. Trump's administration has failed nearly 93% of the time when its agency actions have been challenged in court."

"May not".... 93% of the time they end up in court they lose - because its unconstitutional or they didn't follow policy... We left the realm of "may."

The #JERPano seeks contributors for a new series, "Teaching the Early American Republic."

We invite reflections on classroom experiences, lesson plans, source reviews, or challenges in 500 to 1000 words by June 30th.

For posting guidelines, visit us at: thepanorama.shear.org/write-for-us/