Megan Kate Nelson 📚

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The benefits of having a college roommate who is a kickass crossword constructor!

What a Federal Government Shutdown Means for National Parks Congress has allowed a federal government shutdown. Our FAQ explains how this impacts national parks ― and your plans to visit.

That the Administration and their MAGA cronies in Congress have shut down the government but insist on keeping national parks open with very few staff or amenities is just one more step in destroying our public lands.

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Love my mayor!

And love that I was able to vote for her in my first election as a Boston resident.

Wild that a drunk white dude gets to give an important speech on the importance of being violent and mediocre just because people confuse seeing one minority on the street with the apocalypse

Every single DC journalist should be spending this afternoon/evening finding Speaker Johnson & John Thune & asking them why the impeachment/removal has not happened yet, & continuing to hammer them with the same question over & over & over & over again & not accepting the boilerplate non-answers.

Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.

This is the point I was trying to make (but much more clumsily) yesterday.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Oh, Michaela.

At this point, any Democrat who votes to keep this government open without extracting very serious concessions — RFK’s resignation, ICE rollback, Epstein Files release, etc — will absolutely face a primary challenger who will set fundraising records.

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We are not living through another run-up to the American Civil War. Secession and violence are, therefore, not the answer.

We are actually living through another Gilded Age.

So the answer is a third-party fight against corruption, monopolies, and imperialism: a working-class-based progressivism.

Thanks, Boss: “We’re desperately in need of an effective alternative party, or for the Democratic Party to find someone who can speak to the majority of the nation. There is a problem with the language that they’re using and the way they’re trying to reach people.”

Added “^FALSELY” to the original headline saying “Trump links Tylenol to autism.”

@bostonglobe.com I fixed your headline for you.

This. And many universities are organizing 250th lecture series, that will be open to the public.

Important thread for #skystorians
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Jimmy Kimmel is a great example of how pushback works and also how completely craven Shari Redstone was canceling Colbert

Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.

#ScholarSunday Thread 242 Published on September 21, 2025

From Nashville for one more Family Weekend, here’s my 242nd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...

Yesssssss! So excited for this.

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.

His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.

Now he is tweeting in support of me.

This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.

Or used to work.

The cowardice and capitulation.

I’ll remember it till the end of my days.

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This is what's up.

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

If only MAGA did not so wholeheartedly embrace their venal hypocrisy ...

Advisory to Academic Workers In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

advisory to academic workers from @aaup.org

@uam-umd.bsky.social
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omg this is amazing

I caught a nice one this morning.

Ooooh. VERY nice!

Gorgeous!