Caleb Smith

Really illuminating piece that pairs well with our story that includes some of the present-day actors fighting to preserve Black political representation: capitalbnews.org/voting-right...

Hello is Jamal from Gaza. My family and I are living through one of the harshest times of our lives. No income. No safety

We’re out of options and we urgently need your help.
If you’re reading this: donate, repost. Your repost might be the reason survive us

chuffed.org/project/1389...

A family in costume as Sarah, Jareth and baby Toby from The Labyrinth

Also,

It’s just like his approach to COVID — the problem is never that people are suffering, the problem is that the government is bothering to keep track of how many people are suffering.

@doctornerdlove.com

I'm looking forward to making my students read and talk about Michael Klarman's work and have them talk about whether the the U.S. constitutional convention was a coup.

<all together now>

It's my birthday!

I don't think I'll go see the new Naked Gun movie. I think I'll just watch the original trilogy instead.

I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics

Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either

This is why we fight for *everyone*

Both the Brown and Columbia agreements require the universities to report the test scores and GPAs of applicants, admits, and matriculating students by race *and color,* among other attributes.

Wait, what? What's "color" doing in there?

A sociologist weighs in.

1/9

Alt text: A section from a government memorandum titled "Segregation Based on Protected Characteristics" under the header "What Constitutes Unlawful Segregation?" It explains that segregation by federally funded entities based on characteristics like race or sex is generally unlawful, even if intended to promote inclusion. Highlighted text focuses on concerns regarding allowing males, including those who identify as women, access to female-only spaces such as bathrooms, locker rooms, and athletic events. The memo claims this compromises women's safety, privacy, and equal opportunity, potentially violating Title IX, and advocates for sex-based boundaries based on biological differences.

DOJ put out a memo stating that all recipients of federal funding must ban trans people from bathrooms.

www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...

Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling (RNS) — ‘We think that it’s not a matter of if, but just a matter of when, the Supreme Court will overrule Obergefell,’ said Mathew Staver, head of Liberty Counsel.

And so it begins...

Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]

NEW: I spoke with a woman named Andrea about her experience being detained by ICE after calling the cops for help during a domestic violence incident.

She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.

***Historians***

Will you be attending the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (PCB-AHA) Annual Meeting in Santa Clara, CA?

If so, check out my paper presentation, "Sanctuary Campuses: Student Activism from the Mid-1980s to Today" as part of panel 6 at 8:30 AM Thursday.

Excuse my language but what fucking business is it of the united states government whether Brown undertakes this kind of medical care for parents and their kids who fully consent to it and desire it? Insanity! Pure discrimination in an agreement trollingly cloaked in preventing discrimination.

Just read the Brown University agreement and this really jumped out.

"The University will not perform gender reassignment surgery or prescribe puberty blockers or hormones to any minor child for the purpose of aligning the child's appearance with an identity that differs from his or her sex."

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names. Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

The Washington Post just published the names of more than 18,500 children in Gaza killed by Israel.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

a man says okay but that 's worse in front of a woman ALT: a man says okay but that 's worse in front of a woman

"Oh this child didn't die of starvation, he was simply a very sick child who was intentionally starved to death."

As I detailed in WHITE FLIGHT, segregationists in Atlanta absolutely loved public services -- buses and trolleys, parks and pools, golf courses and tennis courts, etc. -- right until they were forced to desegregate and "stolen" from them. They abandoned them and built up private alternatives.

It's residency application season and I find that many people do not share the opportunities that they are aware of.

Here are two with August deadlines:

www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

vashonartistresidency.com/application-...

My family lived on a shoestring budget and I didn’t attend preschool. But I was (secretly) reading well before kindergarten, and I’m pretty sure it was at least partly due to Sesame Street.

Israel Detains, Chokes, and Beats Up Amazon Union Leader Chris Smalls Meanwhile, there’s not a peep from mainstream media in the U.S.

Very glad to see this coverage of Chris Smalls being brutalized by Israel in @newrepublic.com.

newrepublic.com/post/198550/...

Luke Farritor. Portrait of a Young DOGE Coder Dismantling America’s Institutions

NEW investigation: DOGE-Pilled

The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”

NO PAYWALL!

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

#FantasticFour star Ebon Moss-Bachrach was asked what he would do if he had The Thing's powers

“There’s a handful of fascists that I would just throw into outer space”

(via IMDb)

If the most well-funded police department on literally the entire planet fails to stop a crime, it's the fault of the guy who isn't mayor yet

99% of the population doesn’t know what a Board of Trustees is. They think universities are run by the faculty. Which is like thinking line cooks at McDonald’s are making corporate decisions.

also, “so woke you have walked backwards into supporting segregation” is definitely a thing online

***Fellow historians and academics***

Academia is isolating.

If you'd ever like to connect over Zoom to share your work and interests, let me know!

I connected with about 50+ folks via Twitter back during the pandemic, and it was super rewarding.

Well I for one am TOTALLY SHOCKED that one of the most staunchly anti-DEI assholes had to sneak into Harvard through the sewers because his grades didn't cut it. SHOCKED.