{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - W. Caleb McDaniel","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/wcaleb","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1620562","username":"wcaleb","bio":"I teach, write, and think about history at Rice University in Houston, TX. ","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":49,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/21/1620562.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"88224880","content_html":"<p>I spoke about Henrietta Wood in an <a href=\"https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/142/article/988041\">interview</a> with the editors of a special America250 issue of the <em>Register of the Kentucky Historical Society</em>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/04/14/i-spoke-about-henrietta-wood.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T11:02:07+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 16:54","date_timestamp":1775667258,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87552897","content_html":"<p>Updated some notes in my open research notebook: <a href=\"http://wiki.wcaleb.rice.edu/_diff/Arlington%20House?to=5be9500e3cfb7a8d39fc98fb60219e8c1ed322ea\">Arlington House</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/04/03/updated-some-notes-in-my.html","date_published":"2026-04-03T20:32:04+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-31 18:38","date_timestamp":1774982307,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3miet55baz22u"]}},{"id":"87323735","content_html":"<p>Tonight I will be at the <a href=\"https://newsouthbookstore.com/event/2026-03-31/w-caleb-mcdaniel-sweet-taste-liberty-true-story-slavery-and-restitution-america\">NewSouth Bookstore</a> in Montgomery, Alabama, to talk about <em>Sweet Taste of Liberty.</em></p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fupdates.wcaleb.org%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fnew-south-bookstore-event-flyer.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/31/tonight-i-will-be-at.html","date_published":"2026-03-31T14:10:09+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-31 14:10","date_timestamp":1774966209,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3mieeadsdzo25"]}},{"id":"87279322","content_html":"<p>A Bus Ride in Montgomery: <a href=\"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/30/a-bus-ride-in-montgomery.html\">updates.wcaleb.org</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/30/a-bus-ride-in-montgomery.html","date_published":"2026-03-30T20:54:35+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 20:54","date_timestamp":1774904075,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3mickbrjlv22s"]}},{"id":"87269180","content_html":"<p>I’m in Montgomery today visiting the EJI Legacy Museum and seeing historic sites. I don’t think I had previously appreciated just how close Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is to the state capitol.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fupdates.wcaleb.org%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F95717db1fd.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/30/im-in-montgomery-today-visiting.html","date_published":"2026-03-30T18:16:51+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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It’s always energizing to be together with this group.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/28/full-day-of-discussions-in.html","date_published":"2026-03-29T02:29:10+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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My article on this is forthcoming soon in the <em>Journal of Texas History.</em></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/27/i-updated-my-post-on.html","date_published":"2026-03-27T15:35:25+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 19:48","date_timestamp":1774122509,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86643879","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> Can’t see the whole essay, but for the nature writing you recommend in the post, one example I read is Christopher Brown’s newsletter “Field Notes” and book “A Natural History of Empty Lots,” which may represent a useful combination of planetary and local (Austin, Texas) scales.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/86643879","date_published":"2026-03-21T00:14:09+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 00:14","date_timestamp":1774052049,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86521307","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/overholt@glammr.us\" class=\"u-url mention\">@overholt</a></span> Ah. Carry on.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/86521307","date_published":"2026-03-19T10:22:01+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 10:22","date_timestamp":1773915721,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86500429","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/overholt@glammr.us\" class=\"u-url mention\">@overholt</a></span> Aren’t you supposed to be at sea?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/86500429","date_published":"2026-03-19T00:39:01+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 00:39","date_timestamp":1773880741,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86451255","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bethanyh\">@bethanyh</a> Thanks! The Fisher receiver was a lucky Craigslist find, though it’s slowly starting to show its age.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/86451255","date_published":"2026-03-18T11:29:09+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 11:29","date_timestamp":1773833349,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86386587","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jaheppler\">@jaheppler</a> Careful! Or your pile of unread books will soon be joined by a pile of unplayed records! Just kidding (mostly). I love mine.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/86386587","date_published":"2026-03-17T14:26:00+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 14:26","date_timestamp":1773757560,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86383878","content_html":"<p>Spring Break means I’m working from home with records on.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fupdates.wcaleb.org%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F399f4e98a9.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/17/spring-break-means-im-working.html","date_published":"2026-03-17T13:48:14+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 13:48","date_timestamp":1773755294,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86213235","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> Sorta Magritte-like.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/86213235","date_published":"2026-03-14T20:56:48+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-14 20:56","date_timestamp":1773521808,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86128723","content_html":"<p>Grateful for a generous <a href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/history-of-education-quarterly/article/abs/alexander-x-byrd-and-w-caleb-mcdaniel-slavery-segregation-and-the-second-founding-of-rice-university-baton-rouge-louisiana-state-university-press-2025-424-pp/1A929F4350AE007F313B812DEAA36DE4\">review</a> of <em>Slavery, Segregation, and the Second Founding of Rice University</em> in the <em>History of Education Quarterly.</em></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/13/grateful-for-a-generous-review.html","date_published":"2026-03-13T15:28:46+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-13 15:28","date_timestamp":1773415726,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3mgxaafxf6u2h"]}},{"id":"86121326","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/patrickrhone\">@patrickrhone</a> Congrats!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/86121326","date_published":"2026-03-13T13:09:32+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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Gray</a>, into which Gray had...</p> <a href=\"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/13/yesterday-i-had-the-privilege.html\">updates.wcaleb.org</a>","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/03/13/yesterday-i-had-the-privilege.html","date_published":"2026-03-13T12:36:47+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-06 16:59","date_timestamp":1772816367,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85245126","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://mgbesq.bsky.social\">@mgbesq.bsky.social</a> I know exactly where you are.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/85245126","date_published":"2026-02-28T23:55:38+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 17:05","date_timestamp":1772039140,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84968270","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://dael.bsky.social\">@dael.bsky.social</a> Hallowed grounds</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3mfnlledlhs2v","date_published":"2026-02-25T02:01:42+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 02:01","date_timestamp":1771984902,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84937292","content_html":"<p>Today in HIST 246 I shared with students one of my favorite Civil War monuments, memorializing William McKinley and the Battle of Coffee Run. <a href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mckinley-monument\">Read more …</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/24/today-in-hist-i-shared.html","date_published":"2026-02-24T17:12:02+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-24 17:12","date_timestamp":1771953122,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3mfmnymj4mr2i"]}},{"id":"84866113","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> Heaven forfend!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/84866113","date_published":"2026-02-23T17:54:06+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 17:54","date_timestamp":1771869246,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84859420","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> Whither “nattering nabobs of negativism”?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/84859420","date_published":"2026-02-23T16:10:44+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 16:10","date_timestamp":1771863044,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84741863","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Mikehendley\">@Mikehendley</a> So sorry to hear this. Sending hopes for strength, good care, and healing your way.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/84741863","date_published":"2026-02-21T17:47:15+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-21 17:47","date_timestamp":1771696035,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84681565","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jaheppler\">@jaheppler</a> it is not just you. Make sure you go into settings and turn off most of the things it now searches by default (including the Web) that it didn’t used to. Though even doing this hasn’t helped improve mine significantly.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/84681565","date_published":"2026-02-20T19:06:09+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-20 19:06","date_timestamp":1771614369,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84476263","content_html":"<p>My essay <a href=\"https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/article/982907\">“Slouching Towards Arlington House”</a> is out now in a special issue of the <em>Journal of the Civil War Era,</em> featuring “Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis.” <a href=\"https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/56406\">The whole issue</a> is open access this month, thanks to the good folks at <a href=\"http://uncpress.bsky.social\">@uncpress.bsky.social</a>.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fupdates.wcaleb.org%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fslouching-arlington-house-screenshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/17/my-essay-slouching-towards-arlington.html","date_published":"2026-02-17T23:09:15+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 23:09","date_timestamp":1771369755,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3mf3osxwgev2s"]}},{"id":"84461593","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/overholt@glammr.us\" class=\"u-url mention\">@overholt</a></span> They love you! They really love you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/84461593","date_published":"2026-02-17T19:20:55+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 19:20","date_timestamp":1771356055,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84410634","content_html":"<p>Updated some notes in my open research notebook: <a href=\"http://wiki.wcaleb.rice.edu/_diff/J.%20H.%20Townsend?to=50c0c07504b5d31d75d99d4475e1b56404a88e8d\">J. H. Townsend</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/16/updated-some-notes-in-my.html","date_published":"2026-02-17T00:27:02+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 00:27","date_timestamp":1771288022,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3mezckwys4h2h"]}},{"id":"84402445","content_html":"<p>Delighted to learn this morning that a journal article I wrote on the first Juneteenth, expanding on <a href=\"http://wcaleb.org/blog/first-juneteenth-houston\">research that I first shared here</a>, will likely be published in time for this year’s holiday.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/16/delighted-to-learn-this-morning.html","date_published":"2026-02-16T21:43:07+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-16 21:43","date_timestamp":1771278187,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3meyzfqpqyl2c"]}},{"id":"84340097","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jaheppler\">@jaheppler</a> looking good!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/84340097","date_published":"2026-02-15T22:36:45+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-15 22:36","date_timestamp":1771195005,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84268028","content_html":"<p>Updated some notes in my open research notebook: <a href=\"http://wiki.wcaleb.rice.edu/_diff/J.%20H.%20Townsend?to=49f46244dad6d9f5a659b32b9e9d01471d460b58\">J. H. Townsend</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/14/updated-some-notes-in-my.html","date_published":"2026-02-14T16:56:56+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-14 16:56","date_timestamp":1771088216,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3metiianspg2w"]}},{"id":"84232876","content_html":"<p>My amazing woodworking dad (previously seen <a href=\"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2025/01/29/my-woodworking-dad-surprised-me.html\">here</a>) made us an amazing birdhouse for the backyard. Here’s hoping it catches the eye of a pair looking to nest.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fupdates.wcaleb.org%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fc589a84e0c.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/13/my-amazing-woodworking-dad-previously.html","date_published":"2026-02-14T00:54:49+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-14 00:54","date_timestamp":1771030489,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84214848","content_html":"<p>Taking a coffee break to look in on <a href=\"https://douglassday.org\">Douglass Day</a> events with <a href=\"http://douglassday.bsky.social\">@douglassday.bsky.social</a>. I’m watching the <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnjHzDeHzY\">livestream</a> while <a href=\"https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/douglassday/transcribe-2026\">transcribing some names</a> in the Texas records of the Colored Conventions Project.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/13/taking-a-coffee-break-to.html","date_published":"2026-02-13T19:39:23+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-13 19:39","date_timestamp":1771011563,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3merb6v4for2t"]}},{"id":"84205455","content_html":"<p>In down time, I’ve been aiming to make one Wikipedia edit per day for Black History Month. I’m keeping track of the entries I edit on my <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WCalebMcD\">Wikipedia user page</a>, which is also now linked with a “button” on <a href=\"http://wcaleb.org\">my homepage</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/13/in-down-time-ive-been.html","date_published":"2026-02-13T17:23:54+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-13 17:23","date_timestamp":1771003434,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3meqzjhrl7o2s"]}},{"id":"84155059","content_html":"<p>Updated some notes in my open research notebook: <a href=\"http://wiki.wcaleb.rice.edu/_diff/Elias%20Dibble?to=845edbbfd191bcef8d2803a2c2595280ea0c30a3\">Elias Dibble</a>, <a href=\"http://wiki.wcaleb.rice.edu/_diff/W.%20R.%20Fayle?to=845edbbfd191bcef8d2803a2c2595280ea0c30a3\">W. R. Fayle</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/12/updated-some-notes-in-my.html","date_published":"2026-02-12T22:53:03+00:00","author":{"name":"W. Caleb McDaniel","url":"http://wcaleb.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F21%2F1620562.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"wcaleb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-12 22:53","date_timestamp":1770936783,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xqhneg6kdfrgv7cqp4qfybkh/post/3mep3h5wpr22v"]}},{"id":"84052488","content_html":"<p>I’ll be at <a href=\"https://kindredstorieshtx.com/products/irl-author-talk-slavery-segregation-and-the-second-founding-of-rice-university-with-alexander-x-byrd-and-w-caleb-mcdaniel-february-11-7pm\">Kindred Stories</a> tonight with Alex Byrd and April Frazier to talk about <em>Slavery, Segregation, and the Second Founding of Rice University.</em></p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fupdates.wcaleb.org%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fbyrd-mcdaniel-frazier-kindred-event.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://updates.wcaleb.org/2026/02/11/ill-be-at-kindred-stories.html","date_published":"2026-02-11T16:04:07+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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Hallucinations and hilarity ensue until Jeeves returns to recommend the use of a circa-1996 <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask.com\">search engine</a> to investigate the drink’s ingredients and provenance.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/wcaleb/84013227","date_published":"2026-02-11T01:07:50+00:00","author":{"name":"W. 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