Maura

Friends this is really important, even just from a messaging standpoint

Billionaires don’t own the earth or the firmament

Even if you don’t like astronomy (you should) or you’re totally incurious as to your place in the universe (you should be), you should oppose this insanity

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek

Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether. "We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.

Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)

Good morning. I'd like to invite anyone who is interested to make a small gesture of kindness today. It's up to you to decide what that can be. The key is for you to act on the idea. With so much out of our control, we can choose how to be with each other today and every day.

In fact we have records of at least 65,000 immigrants in the late MEDIEVAL period. This means real numbers were significantly higher. In England more than 1% of the population was foreign born (never mind 2nd gen) with numbers as high as 1 in 10 in cities. There’s a database!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.

That is called murder when they do that.

Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

Even if she had been a paid agitator (she wasn’t) it’s still illegal to murder people.

Jacob Maris painted this so-called bluff-bowed ship on the beach in Scheveningen. Coastal villages didn’t have a harbour, so ships had to set sail straight from the beach and return there again. Horses helped them get in and out of the water. 🐴⛵

👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20028264

Really thankful for online talks as I got to see an excellent one by @huntingrebels.bsky.social in a different time zone!

Black and white photograph of young woman wearing an elaborate white ballet tutu and pointe shoes. She is standing in an elegant ballet position, smiling at the camera.

On #WorldBalletDay, meet ballerina Mrs Mabel Williams, here photographed in 1933. We don't know anything else about Mabel and would love to find out more, so do tell us if you know more about her life and career.

#1930s #dance

Let's just cancel everything from now until the holidays. Everyone gets a six week sabbatical.

Dick Cheney was a cruel bureaucrat who made corrupt institutions more abusive. Officials in those institutions then surrendered what was left of their morals to accommodate his evil vision. In time, those institutions became even more corrupt. What politicians say today will be revealing of the rot.

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

If you're staring at tough choices, go to findhelp.org. Type in your zip code-get connected to local food banks, free groceries, and emergency aid. It works in every city. No strings. Just help.

I can't decide whose head in early modern England would explode the most watching this video.

Historian here No Kings is the most American thing you could say and the people opposing it simply don’t believe in our republic or constitutional democracy.

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

More than 300k Black women being pushed out of the labor market while white men gained 365k more jobs is what we mean when we refer to racism as systemic.

Guess it’s time for your periodic reminder that mentally ill people are actually statistically less likely to commit violent crimes; more likely to be victims; and more at risk of hurting themselves than others. If you want to curb gun crimes curb guns. Threading some studies here!

RSA Fellowships - Renaissance Society of America New requirement: Beginning with the current cycle, applicants must have been an RSA member for at least 12 months immediately prior to application, in order to be eligible. This change, announced in mid-2024, consolidates the funding available for fellowships while recognizing that the number of applicants is only a portion of the membership. You can review your dues payments by signing in to the RSA website and going to Membership Info under the My Profile tab. It indicates the date through which your membership is current and you will see a list of all dues payments. If you are still unsure about your eligibility after checking your membership payments in your RSA profile, please contact rsa@rsa.org.

Applications are open for the Renaissance Society of America's short-term research fellowships, including many that give preference to contingent faculty and independent scholars -- apply by September 16th, applicants must be @rsaorg.bsky.social members: www.rsa.org/general/cust... #earlymodern

Also, why the hell would I be mad at someone for living in a rent stabilized apartment??????? Everyone should be able to live in rent stabilized housing!!!! That’s the whole point!!!!! OMG!!!!! I’m going to snap!!!!!!

Seriously, fuck off.
I say that with all due gravity.

So just abdicating all professional responsibility and integrity then?

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IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW

DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES

CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB

Scripts here: 5calls.org

My voice shook but I called my 🤮 maga rep. Just went with it will kill small children and it is evil as I’m just so angry. 🤬 possibly should have added about making it my life’s mission to make sure he’s not reelected …

Yes I think so too

And if anyone else is here for nunfest at ND? Say hi.

Personal things during horrible times seem trite but … I have returned to my Alma mater after 30 years for a conference. Seems very strange.