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Were they tough questions, or were they extremely normal questions that were apparently tough for her to answer?

This isn't just about conflicts of interest and whether or not she'll be profiting in office.

It's about her having a clear record of endorsing faulty products in exchange for compensation. It's about her being completely unworthy of an office that requires public trust.

NEW from ProPublica:

Guards at Trump's family detention camp are grabbing kids' writing, artwork, and crayons.

They've even taken one kid's drawing of Bratz dolls.

www.propublica.org/article/dill...

by @mckenziefunk.com and @micarosenberg.bsky.social

lol he can add that being “free of formal responsibility” to being free of a working moral compass

It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school.

They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.

These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.

To mark 4 years of Ukraine’s resistance to russia’s full-scale invasion, iconic landmarks across the world once again shone in blue and yellow🇺🇦

Thank you for these beautiful gestures of solidarity and support💙💛

I usually dream it is the first day and I have not made the syllabus.

I know it seems pretty hard to believe for some reason, but it looks like the FBI at some point really did want to pursue a criminal child sex trafficking investigation into Donald Trump based on what this woman told them (and may have been able to corroborate to some extent)

The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?

It’s great (derogatory) that you can work very hard to find out something incredibly important, and the main response you will get is a derisive “Gee, I’m shocked.”

Somebody has to ACTUALLY DO THIS WORK! You can’t pursue justice by going “Your honor: I mean, duh.”

My primary care doctor kind of waved her hand in the air in December 2024 when I said I wanted to review my vaccine status. “Oh they won’t mess with those,” she said.

From now on, we call it "hockey" and "men's hockey."

Learning to Think Smaller Scaffolding DH Research with Pedagogy

Adding link to StoryMaps that accompanied my paper at #RSA2026 after adding an additional citation and clarifying note. Thanks @literaturegeek.bsky.social for framing DH and @maddycherr.bsky.social for being my collaborator. #AHR arcg.is/zKuGK

AP: British police arrested former U.K. Ambassador Peter Mandelson on Monday in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties with Jeffrey Epstein.

These payments appear in the churchwardens accounts of London with some frequency. Shameless plug, my Charity and Lay Piety in Reformation London 194-5.

Great thread on teaching about working with data, networks.

Because who needs the wonder of the night sky when we could have more AI?

Border wall to South, push for mining in northern Boundary Waters @hcrichardson.bsky.social . Working to destroy the irreplaceable all around.

Trump’s New Wall Will Destroy Irreplaceable Border Treasures—Unless Congress Acts The "One Big Beautiful Bill" did not include the provision that spared the La Lomita chapel, the Santa Ana refuge, or any other sensitive location, and a map posted by CBP indicates that Trump’s barri...

Trump’s New Wall Will Destroy Irreplaceable Border Treasures—Unless Congress Acts www.texasobserver.org/trump-new-wa... - via @TexasObserver

Jack Hughes smiling through blood!

Wow! Hellebuyck is the hero of the day!

Did your ears ring today? I referred to your statement in my paper at the Renaissance society conference.

“Education” news

Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.

And you know why?

Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.

@melodyschreiber.com has also made important contributions in this area. So terrible in so many ways.

IEEPA! IEEPA! IEEPA! Why the tariff ruling really matters

Trump’s response to the ruling puts me in mind of Ship Money in 1630. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Lol no conflict here! Yes, sarcasm of course.

Your regular reminder that the Supreme Court granting criminal immunity to presidents is an anti-constitutional abomination…

That’s quaint that they worry about entertaining the world in tents. It would seem the “world” is less interested in being entertained.