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You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!

The Masque of the Orange Death #maralago

Yes, or oh so like the "Fugitive Slave Law"

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

Yes, I canceled WAPO months ago after a lifetime of having it in every home I lived in (I'm a Maryland-er). *With* fear and favor in every "legacy" media outlet

I've been on a cancelation tear. Goodbye Spotify and NYT. You are so right, in other words

Person in an inflatable frog costume with a cape and crown strikes a John Travolta disco pose while standing on a row of garbage cans above the crowd at the Manhattan No Kings protest.

yes we had 🐸

#NoKings #Manhattan

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

P.S. you're both f-ing adorable

This is literally one of my biggest dreams, to have a chickadee happily rest in my hand

Counterpoint | Minnesota humanities graduates thrive in meaningful careers "The stereotype of the underemployed history major is simply not true," professor Andrea Kaston Tange writes.

My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”

I think Democrats in both houses have somehow (focus groups? pundits?) decided that threats to health care must be their focus in fighting Trump & Republicans. Did someone say to them "it's health care, stupid?" Calling on the military & national guard to attack US citizens merits some energy too

What I really want to hear is your (and other senators') response to the President's calling on the U.S. military's highest-ranking officers to occupy U.S. cities, to wage war on U.S. citizens.

RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns “The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”

there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...

*indicting, sigh

Maybe if they had tried indicating the actual sandwich?

Timeline cleanse, for sure

While we're on the subject, when a university press asks for a peer review in 3 weeks, and you politely decline but offer names of 3 alternative reviewers, might one expect an acknowledgment of some sort, or really any reply at all?

I pledge that I will not provide any service to Columbia University. I will not speak at conferences held at or organized by Columbia. I will not publish with Columbia publications or provide peer reviews for them. I will not provide outside tenure evaluations for Columbia departments. I will not contribute in any way to the institution until everyone who is responsible for this week’s shameful decision has resigned, retired, or been fired, and until Columbia repudiates their catastrophic choice.

I wonder if the Columbia leadership realizes (or cares) how much blowback there might be from *within* the academy.

This post, from a Cornell Law professor, is worth reading:

3d.laboratorium.net/2025-07-25-c...

Opinion: No, politics haven’t become polarized. Only one side has moved to the extremes Many became attracted to fringe ideas and conspiracy theories on the right, but there hasn’t been a similar shift, of any significant scale, on the left

We’ve got in the habit, starting in earnest a year ago, of blaming the craziness of populists on political polarization.

But there has not, in any measurable way, been a general polarization to extremes of left and right. Only one side became polarized

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

715 How Did George Eliot and the Victorians Respond to Climate Collapse? (with Nathan Hensley) | People at Museums Are Losing Their Brains! | My Last Book with Stephen Browning and Simon Thomas What does it feel like to live helplessly in a world that is coming undone? If you're alive in 2025, you are probably very familiar with this feeling - and if you'd…

Here’s a link to the episode! 🌿💙

A dive into the Board of Visitors’ political donations Here is a look at Board members’ political donations — all but one of whom has records of political donations which are overwhelmingly to Republican candidates and campaigns.

The demand for “viewpoint diversity” does not extend to the Board of Visitors at UVA. As usual THE CAVALIER DAILY is a very fine newspaper. Perhaps we should get some of its journalists appointed to the NYTimes.

www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

Thank you, Professor Thorsson!

Thank you for these kind words and the tag! For my part, I am admirer of *The Sisterhood* and *Women's Work*

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

Eugene and I are well, or as well as we can be, given the state of this country. Congratulations on retirement, though I suspect that your work may continue in other ways (like this speech!). Thank you for the kind words; I owe you so much, and your pride is yet another gift

@dem8z.bsky.social

Forgot to tag you!

Here again, Professor McDowell sharing wisdom that could not be more timely

My incomparable and inspiring adviser, Dr. Deborah E. McDowell. One of the many powerful lessons I learned from her: NEVER waste a podium