Abigail Swingen
@abigailswingen.bsky.social
EM British & Atlantic history. Competing Visions of Empire (Yale, 2015). Now: Britain's Financial Revolution & Moral Crisis. She/her. New Englander (usually) in Texas. Views my own. Latest article: https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2023.74
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In the light of ICE's unjustifiable murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, AAUP President Todd Wolfson has released a statement urging that ICE should suspend all operation in American cities.
Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
AAUP President Todd Wolfson: ICE Should Suspend All Operation in American Cities
The AAUP stands in solidarity with the family of Renee Nicole Good and all communities that have suffered under ICE occupation.
www.aaup.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
In the light of ICE's unjustifiable murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, AAUP President Todd Wolfson has released a statement urging that ICE should suspend all operation in American cities.
Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
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Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show.
ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis is identified
Jonathan Ross, a Minnesota-based agent, was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing motorist.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Kristi Noem, herself, supplied the method used to ID the agent. She said he "been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
@startribune.com reporters, who know their way around court records, quickly unearthed his name and confirmed his identity.
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i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
Renee Nicole Good.
May her memory be a blessing. 💔
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Renee Nicole Good.
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” -- James Baldwin
this is why teaching history feels so important to me right now.
The thing I always come back to is how many people never despaired against longer odds, and how arrogant it would be to put myself above them.
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” -- James Baldwin
Was just thinking this.
I want the media to understand just how close what happened today is to where George Floyd was murdered. 0.8 miles.
January 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Was just thinking this.
May her memory be a blessing. 💔
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
May her memory be a blessing. 💔
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From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
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Colonialism and the scramble for empire are alive and well. We academics who are left research, write, and teach about it for good reason.
January 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Colonialism and the scramble for empire are alive and well. We academics who are left research, write, and teach about it for good reason.
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For those of you on here telling us that New Year's Day is a made up holiday, um, how can I put this-- all holidays are made up holidays.
January 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
For those of you on here telling us that New Year's Day is a made up holiday, um, how can I put this-- all holidays are made up holidays.
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I find that there is nothing almost but bawdry at Court from top to bottom. How much of this is true, God knows, but it is common talk.
January 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I find that there is nothing almost but bawdry at Court from top to bottom. How much of this is true, God knows, but it is common talk.
So a week ago I slipped on some ice and broke my wrist. It's been reset and I'm not in much pain anymore. Still waiting to hear if I'll need surgery. But it's my dominant hand and I'm pretty helpless so I'm kind of losing my mind. Also if I owe you work or an email, sorry!
December 31, 2025 at 2:44 AM
So a week ago I slipped on some ice and broke my wrist. It's been reset and I'm not in much pain anymore. Still waiting to hear if I'll need surgery. But it's my dominant hand and I'm pretty helpless so I'm kind of losing my mind. Also if I owe you work or an email, sorry!
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Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
December 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
I keep asking myself if I can do this for another 10-15 years and I just don't know.
One of the reasons I’m glad I retired from Professoring before the 2024 election is seeing Universities cave to right wing pressure.
The U of Oklahoma’s decision to remove Mel Curth from her teaching position for failing a student who quoted the Bible instead of a reliable source is one example.
The U of Oklahoma’s decision to remove Mel Curth from her teaching position for failing a student who quoted the Bible instead of a reliable source is one example.
Attorney for fired OU instructor issues statement over Bible essay dispute
Brittany Stewart, a civil rights attorney representing Mel Curth, said the graduate teaching assistant is considering legal options, including appealing the University of Oklahoma’s decision to remove...
www.news9.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I keep asking myself if I can do this for another 10-15 years and I just don't know.
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As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
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Why are we being told that all the good stuff from our earlier years - like having undergrad mentors - has suddenly become disposable and unnecessary? The subtext seems to be that the kind of human development we enjoyed - the kind of people we became via education - is & are no longer welcome.
December 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Why are we being told that all the good stuff from our earlier years - like having undergrad mentors - has suddenly become disposable and unnecessary? The subtext seems to be that the kind of human development we enjoyed - the kind of people we became via education - is & are no longer welcome.
Best Christmas song ever!
Allow yourself a non-retail space listen to just focus on Tracy Wormworth's amazing bass line.
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (Music Video)
YouTube video by scamparoo
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December 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Best Christmas song ever!
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there's probably an essay to be written about how bizarre it is that the union leader who wrote a book about the role of educators in fighting fascism can't seem to grasp that many AI/tech CEOs are themselves deeply invested in promoting fascism.
December 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
there's probably an essay to be written about how bizarre it is that the union leader who wrote a book about the role of educators in fighting fascism can't seem to grasp that many AI/tech CEOs are themselves deeply invested in promoting fascism.
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A friend was processing the George Wallace collection at the Alabama state archives. She sent me a copy of a letter to Wallace parents asking him to not “stand in the schoolhouse door” in June 1963. It was from my parents.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A friend was processing the George Wallace collection at the Alabama state archives. She sent me a copy of a letter to Wallace parents asking him to not “stand in the schoolhouse door” in June 1963. It was from my parents.
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Call for papers for our new special issue on 'Nocturnal London', edited by Maurizio Cinquegrani, Yihong Zhu, and @mcmccluskey.bsky.social. Abstracts due in by 31 March 2026.
All submissions and reposts much appreciated.
All submissions and reposts much appreciated.
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Call for papers for our new special issue on 'Nocturnal London', edited by Maurizio Cinquegrani, Yihong Zhu, and @mcmccluskey.bsky.social. Abstracts due in by 31 March 2026.
All submissions and reposts much appreciated.
All submissions and reposts much appreciated.
Man nothing like a bunch of emails from admin on a Friday afternoon urging compliance with censorship directives right before campus admin offices close for 2 weeks. Happy holidays.
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Man nothing like a bunch of emails from admin on a Friday afternoon urging compliance with censorship directives right before campus admin offices close for 2 weeks. Happy holidays.
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When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
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A new Texas Tech University system policy expands administrative review of course content related to race, gender, and sexual orientation. Faculty say the rules go beyond state law and threaten academic freedom. https://chroni.cl/49lPLjq
Texas Tech Faculty Are Pressed to Ponder: Is Your Course Content ‘Relevant’ and ‘Necessary’?
Ahead of a new systemwide administrative-review process, instructors are scrutinizing lessons on race, gender, and even <i>The Great Gatsby</i>.
chroni.cl
December 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A new Texas Tech University system policy expands administrative review of course content related to race, gender, and sexual orientation. Faculty say the rules go beyond state law and threaten academic freedom. https://chroni.cl/49lPLjq