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The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)

Including musical notation of its songs, kahs, and coos.
via The Public Domain Review on April 30, 2020
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During Epidemics, Media (And Now Social Media) Have Always Helped People to Connect

In a devastating 1793 epidemic people transformed their newspaper into something like today’s social media.
by David Paul Nord via Made By History on April 27, 2020

The Contagious Revolution

For a long time, European historians paid little attention to the extraordinary series of events that now goes by the name of the Haitian Revolution.
by David A. Bell via New York Review of Books on December 19, 2019
Cover of "Speaking with the Dead in Early America" by Erik R. Seeman

Speaking with the Dead in Early America

A new book recovers the many ways Protestant Americans, especially women, communicated with the dead from the 17th century to the rise of séance Spiritualism.
by Erik Seeman via The Junto on December 9, 2019
Artwork titled Notes from Tervuren, featuring a figure against a multicolored painted music sheet.

Talking Drums

On the relationship between African American music traditions and one of the most infamous slave revolts, the Stono Rebellion, in colonial South Carolina.
by John Jeremiah Sullivan via Oxford American on November 19, 2019
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How Fear of the Measles Vaccine Took Hold

We’re still dealing with the repercussions of a discredited 1998 study that sowed fear and skepticism about vaccines.
via Retro Report on October 15, 2019

How Media was Social in the 1790s

What would the French Revolution have looked like on Twitter?
by Jordan E. Taylor via The Panorama on September 3, 2019
Rush Limbaugh sits next to Newt Gingrich during NBC's "Meet the Press" taping on Sunday Nov. 12, 1995.

They Just Wanted to Entertain

AM stations mainly wanted to keep listeners engaged—but ended up remaking the Republican Party.
by Brian Rosenwald via The Atlantic on August 21, 2019
Dutch paintings of man writing letter and woman reading letter.

How Personal Letters Built the Possibility of a Modern Public

The first newspapers contained not high-minded journalism, but hundreds of readers’ letters exchanging news with one another.
by Rachael Scarborough King via Aeon on August 13, 2019
multicolor illustration of Gmail icons, iMessage text boxes, reply arrows, and refresh arrows.

Was E-mail a Mistake?

Digital messaging was supposed to make our work lives easier and more efficient, but the math suggests that meetings might be better.
by Cal Newport via The New Yorker on August 6, 2019

Simply Elegant, Morse Code Marks 175 Years and Counting

The code has undergone minor changes since its creation, but its use persists to this day.
by Eddie King via The Conversation on May 21, 2019

Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution

"The Common Wind" covers the radical world of black mariners, rebels, and runaways banding together to realize their freedom.
by Manisha Sinha via The Nation on May 20, 2019

When Betty Ford Had Her Ears On

A strong woman using a new tool to talk to people who were otherwise overlooked played as a joke for some. But was it effective?
by Gabe Bullard via The Bitter Southerner on May 16, 2019
The Interface Message Processor that connected UCLA to ARPANET.

Communication Revolution

ARPANET and the development of the internet, 50 years later.
by Zoë Jackson via Perspectives on History on May 14, 2019

‘Anyone Ever Seen Cocaine?’ What We Found in the Archives of Bernie Sanders’s TV Show.

What a forgotten trove of videotapes reveals about the man who rewrote America’s political script.
by Holly Otterbein via Politico Magazine on May 3, 2019
Paul Revere's ride
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The Media Revolution that Guided Paul Revere’s Ride

An anti-imperialist network made his warning possible.
by Joseph M. Adelman via Made By History on April 19, 2019

Why is Everyone Suddenly Saying 'Y'all'?

Or better put, why is it something so many outside of the South have recently adopted?
by Bill Black via MEL on November 12, 2018

Prophets of War

Telegraph operators were the first to know news of the Civil War.
by Jason Phillips via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 23, 2018

Why We Say "OK"

How a cheesy joke from the 1830s became one of the most widely spoken words in the world.
by Coleman Lowndes via Vox on September 12, 2018
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan loading equipment onto her plane.

Researchers Say Dozens Heard Amelia Earhart's Final Moments

They claim Earhart made several attempts to reach civilization in her final days — and her messages got through.
by Cleve R. Wootson Jr. via Retropolis on July 25, 2018

Neither Snow nor Rain nor Secession? Mail Delivery and the Experience of Disunion in 1861

Whether it ran smoothly or ground to a halt, the mail offered daily reminders that the hand of war touched every aspect of life.
by Michael E. Woods via Muster on June 26, 2018

Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore

Homeowners used to rush to pick up the phone. What happened?
by Alexis C. Madrigal via The Atlantic on May 31, 2018

Explaining the 'Mystery' of Numbers Stations

The stations' broadcasts have been attributed to aliens and Cold War relics, but they actually are coded intelligence messages.
by Maris Goldmanis via War on the Rocks on May 24, 2018

The Turn-of-the-Century Pigeons That Photographed Earth from Above

In 1907, a patent application for the pigeon camera was submitted.
by Andrea DenHoed via The New Yorker on April 14, 2018

How Congress Used the Post Office to Unite the Nation

Trump says Amazon is scamming the USPS. But its low shipping rates were a game changer for rural America.
by Stephen Mihm via Bloomberg on April 4, 2018
Illustration of Laura Bridgman sitting at a desk engaged in writing the manual alphabet on her left hand

Nineteenth-Century Schools for the Deaf and Blind

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Melissa Jacobs via Digital Public Library of America on February 28, 2018

Mail-Order Magazines Did More Than Just Sell Things

The cheap monthly publications that flooded rural homes offered more than just advertising—they also provided companionship.
by Lorraine Boissoneault via Smithsonian on January 18, 2018

How Douglas Engelbart Invented the Future

Two decades before the personal computer, a shy engineer unveiled the tools that would drive the tech revolution.
by Valerie Landau via Smithsonian on January 3, 2018
President John F. Kennedy, his wife, Jackie, and their son John Jr. on his Christening day, Dec. 8, 1960.

A Thread for Auld Lang Syne

On Twitter's new 280-character limit.
by Yoni Appelbaum via Twitter on September 26, 2017
A stone marker for a post road, slightly chipped, reading "Boston 8 miles 1734 A.I."

"To Undertake a News-Paper in This Town"

How printers in the 1770s assembled the news for their papers, how they used the postal system, and how they may have approached Twitter.
by Emily Sneff via Declaration Resources Project on September 20, 2017
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