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So wonderful to see my home museum (and the first museum I worked at) in @theartnewspaper.bsky.social. The team there has done an amazing job. ❤️

I was coming over here to post this…

@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social I'm interested in your observation that elite pushback was critical in the case of Bolsonaro and Yoon. Are there examples of successful democratic resilience in the face of elite capture, particularly when the media is also part of the machinery?

What I’d like to understand is how much damage from this term could be undone somewhat quickly and easily? Obv. there are long-term effects like broken international relations that will take time to repair, but could the Dems easily stop the camps, bring health and EPA regulations back, etc?

Here for this content.

All seems ok.

This is a powerfully moving piece.

After my ICE arrest, I learned one crucial way to respond to trauma. We can all take part | Rümeysa Öztürk I was detained for co-writing a op-ed about Gaza as a student at Tufts. My experience has only made me feel more connected to others facing oppression

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Hooray!

This is amazing. Congratulations!!

Sharna, how awesome. Congratulations!! I’m excited to read it.

Miss you xx

removing a symbol of pride from a small park in the middle of the west village is really an enormous fuck you from the worst people on the planet

This is just delightful.

To help illustrate the issue with Rubio's delegation of a political appointee to act as Archivist of the US, and to see what Congress intended, here's a 🧵 on parallels between what some believe about the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and what others believe about the Presidential Records Act.

Rubio out at NARA; illegally names ineligble political appointee to serve as Archivist Rubio has no authority to name anyone to serve as Archivist or perform those functions

*BREAKING: Rubio is out as acting Archivist, and has illegally named an ineligble political appointee to "to serve and perform the functions of archivist"—which he did not have the authority to do.

My reporting expands on @federalnewsnetwork.com's scoop:
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lastcampaign.substack.com/p/rubio-out-...

Epstein Files Expose the Depths of the Art World's Rot How do we empower arts leaders to reject funding from corrupt individuals in favor of donors who have proven themselves to be civic leaders?

I wrote about the Epstein files and what it teaches us about the rot in the art world.

THIRD PRINTING ALERT: This is my first book and @wehere.bsky.social's first book. The response has been overwhelming (two small printing selling out in a matter of days), but also has meant a bit of lead time in-between. If you've read and enjoyed, please share this out so more folks can explore!

Just when we need clear writing about the threats to arts and culture…

(fellow Aussie/immigrant here… where did you get the shirt?!)

Opinion | Democracy Dies by Database

In which @tressiemcphd.bsky.social scares the shit out of me.

“ICE knows that it cannot shoot us all. But the Department of Homeland Security is close to being able to track us all.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...

It’s beautiful

Trump’s Campaign to Defund the Arts—and Rewrite History "The campaign to defund the arts, capture our museums, and rewrite our history is a prelude to silencing dissent."

I wrote in TIME about what happens when a government sets out to reconstruct a nation’s cultural memory.

That sounds lovely.

Those Who Try to Erase History Will Fail Montgomery shows what’s possible when museums aren’t subject to capricious executive orders.

While the Trump administration is forcing the National Park Service to remove mentions of slavery from George Washington’s house, sites like the Legacy Museum in Montgomery continue to tell the story of enslavement in a direct, uncompromised way, making clear the connection between past and present.

Perhaps it might be worth considering co-authoring instead? This is (12) months of work and my primary expertise. Ha.

I’ve been keeping something of a running list for some academic writing I’m doing.

You’re welcome! I might be able to connect you with someone if you don’t get any responses soon.

My favorite use of this.

@janaykingsberry.bsky.social @hrag.bsky.social

It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.