Associate professor of history at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Author of Making Machu Picchu/Destino Machu Picchu. Fulbright scholar. Department chair. https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/markrice1/https://bsky.app/profile/markricehistory.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/markricehistory.bsky.social/post/3mr6hi5gurk23It was a pleasure to be interviewed by @fivebooks.com. I got to talk about my own research on Machu Picchu as well as the work of others that guided and inspired me. https://fivebooks.com/best-books/machu-picchu-mark-rice/21 Jul 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:x6o7rvdb6d2mm65tmn73g4mc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6hi5gurk23https://bsky.app/profile/markricehistory.bsky.social/post/3mr65odbvrs23So we're simultaneously Chinamaxxing and Nixonmaxxing, inflation's going up, there's an oil shortage, and the US is stuck in an unpopular overseas war. Get me out of 1972 version 2.0 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:x6o7rvdb6d2mm65tmn73g4mc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr65odbvrs23https://bsky.app/profile/markricehistory.bsky.social/post/3mr4heyyl3s2cThe @nytimes.com could have emphasized the neutral interpretation of this story: a vetran, likely deprived of needed help, had a violent mental breakdown and outburst. Intead, it immediately parrots law enforcement and frames it as terrorism - thus playing into the administration's hands. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:x6o7rvdb6d2mm65tmn73g4mc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4heyyl3s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/markricehistory.bsky.social/post/3mqzl7coel22a[insert Evita joke here]19 Jul 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:x6o7rvdb6d2mm65tmn73g4mc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzl7coel22a