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Laura Ng

@cocalola.bsky.social

Historical archaeologist who studies Asian American/Asian diasporic communities | Assistant Professor of Anthropology @ Grinnell College

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My god this story.

27.02.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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NYU cancels affinity graduations - Washington Square News NYU canceled 13 culture, identity and faith-based graduation ceremonies due to the β€œcurrent political climate,” according to student groups that are urging administrators to either rescind the order o...

NYU is only β€œliberal” when convenient. β€œNYU canceled 13 culture, identity & faith-based graduation ceremonies due to the β€œcurrent political climate,” according to student groups that are urging admin to rescind the order or better explain their reasoning.” @thecity.nyc nyunews.com/news/2026/02...

26.02.2026 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't look away from the continued cruelty and horrors. Please keep calling your representatives, please keep showing up to protest these horrific actions, please keep caring.

26.02.2026 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

17.02.2026 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4619    πŸ” 2614    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 215
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"On behalf of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA), I am very pleased to inform you that you have been selected as the 2026 recipient of the SAA's Book Awardβ€”Popular category for β€œNative America: The Story of the First Peoples” published by Princeton University Press."

Wow! No words.

15.02.2026 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats!!

15.02.2026 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No crypto in Canton: Town blocks data centers and crypto mining operations Canton’s makeshift town hall in a tiny trailer was bursting at the seams Wednesday night with citizens united against data centers and cryptocurrency mining.

For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.

www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...

13.02.2026 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3309    πŸ” 748    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 30
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Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being β€œReturned Without Review” - Eos Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without reviewβ€”even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...

Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications β€œreturned without review” for being β€œineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...

06.02.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 11
Stanford University discontinued. It’s enhancing diversity and graduate education. Dr. old Fellowship, a graduate program aimed at diversifying at student body. The Stanford daily report reported.  The university also will no longer offer housing and dining support for students from outside the Bay Area who participate in summer undergraduate research fellowship.  The Fellowship House in Sanford school of engineering offered an immersive research and graduate school preparation experience for first generation students and student students from historically underrepresented communities.”

Stanford University discontinued. It’s enhancing diversity and graduate education. Dr. old Fellowship, a graduate program aimed at diversifying at student body. The Stanford daily report reported. The university also will no longer offer housing and dining support for students from outside the Bay Area who participate in summer undergraduate research fellowship. The Fellowship House in Sanford school of engineering offered an immersive research and graduate school preparation experience for first generation students and student students from historically underrepresented communities.”

Stanford is doing this because it wants to

11.02.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 513    πŸ” 158    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 23
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."

ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

27.01.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11348    πŸ” 6129    πŸ’¬ 1296    πŸ“Œ 1657

I have been of the opinion for about five years now that we are all mostly clinging to the *idea* of social media. But that it has not existed, as we mean it, since Jack sold Twitter. The minute capital lined up to fold social media into its technocratic political consolidation, it stopped existing.

27.01.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 656    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

β€œYesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer.

β€œToday, we demand accountability.

β€œIn the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a β€œdomestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.

β€œOur demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement: β€œYesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer. β€œToday, we demand accountability. β€œIn the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a β€œdomestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota. β€œOur demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

27.01.2026 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 12556    πŸ” 4172    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 333

Of course he does. Is this a joke? He defended the guy who killed Good. He’s told multiple people that he thinks protesters should be attacked. He told people at a rally to rough someone up. He’s said nothing as ICE has hurt people for months.

He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.

26.01.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3796    πŸ” 891    πŸ’¬ 132    πŸ“Œ 21
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Send a Love Note β€” Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory

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25.01.2026 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

I don’t have voting members in Congress but I’m still calling Schumer to tell him to shut the government down over ICE occupying cities and executing people in the streets

25.01.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.

It's all white supremacy and greed.

25.01.2026 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6701    πŸ” 2162    πŸ’¬ 196    πŸ“Œ 200

This video is itself a historical document that shows the Trump administration's efforts to erase history. There are few more telling symbols of the intentional attempt to silence the past than the raw, empty spaces left behind after this removal of displays about the history of American slavery.

24.01.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.

23.01.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9554    πŸ” 2862    πŸ’¬ 215    πŸ“Œ 144

One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history

23.01.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4472    πŸ” 1383    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 47
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ICE has been busting down doors and seizing people from their homes without signed judicial warrants. But it wasn’t some decision on the fly. It turns out, it was actual agency policy. A shocking memo, and what it means for this practice, in today’s write-up. Link in the replies.

22.01.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 529    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 6

Conference that may be of interest for @oeai.bsky.social

22.01.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universities

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.01.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Call for Research Showcase Workshop Proposals: Interested in sharing your research with a wider audience and engaging more deeply with the AAAS SocSci Caucus and broader community? We invite self-nominations for our first Online Research Showcase Workshop in Spring 2026.

20.01.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Important--this is the most significant Trump revenge prosecution that has been flying under the radar. @replamonica.bsky.social we stand with you! Friends please give a read....

19.01.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1008    πŸ” 458    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2
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How Many Immigrants Has Trump Deported? In the first year of the Trump administration, it was the nature of the deportations, rather than their number, that changed the most, an analysis of government data reveals.

Trump has deported 540,000 people, fewer than in either of Biden's last 2 years. But Biden deportations focused on the border, now mainly shut. Trump has targeted those in the country and has removed 230,000 of them, more than Biden in 4 years. @albertsun.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

18.01.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

I have posted too much today, but cannot get this photo out of my head. This must stop.

19.01.2026 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 277    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger

I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

18.01.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7562    πŸ” 2919    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 30

Jesus.

www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

16.01.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 21166    πŸ” 8504    πŸ’¬ 1006    πŸ“Œ 860
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🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrantsβ€”it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️

15.01.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 21690    πŸ” 8453    πŸ’¬ 550    πŸ“Œ 709
Glass marbles in various colours, deformed and melted into clusters by fire.

Glass marbles in various colours, deformed and melted into clusters by fire.

Melted marbles from Moria, the largest migrant camp in Europe, which burnt down in 2020.
The material culture of border crossings is often intentionally erased. Preserving and studying it is essential to understanding this contemporary #archaeology 🏺

πŸ†“ doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

13.01.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0