Amy Earhart
@aearhart.bsky.social
Literary scholar/digital humanities/Black studies, sheep herder, owner of big fluffy Pyrenees who guard said sheep. Descended from a long line of dissenters-Quakers, Mennonites, Bretherns. Current project is uncovering the Millican Massacres of 1868 (tx).
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Friends with a new, renewed, or amplified interest in the Spanish language and Latin America, consider checking out the work your colleagues/neighbors in departments of Spanish/Romance Languages/Modern Languages/etc--they're likely in the corner of an old campus building 1/
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Friends with a new, renewed, or amplified interest in the Spanish language and Latin America, consider checking out the work your colleagues/neighbors in departments of Spanish/Romance Languages/Modern Languages/etc--they're likely in the corner of an old campus building 1/
Always a good day when your class works in the archive and- at the end of class- students are sitting sort of stunned and mumbling -this is so cool. Oh my. Amazing.
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Always a good day when your class works in the archive and- at the end of class- students are sitting sort of stunned and mumbling -this is so cool. Oh my. Amazing.
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People are making covers of Springsteen's Streets of Minneapolis and I like this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4o0...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Irish Folk Version)
YouTube video by Ethan Gontar
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February 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
People are making covers of Springsteen's Streets of Minneapolis and I like this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4o0...
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I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.
Follow along!
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For those interested in why Black & Caribbean people are going off about the sugar cane from last night's halftime show: sugar is a plantation commodity that fueled slavery & colonialism
bookshop.org/p/books/swee...
bookshop.org/p/books/swee...
Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
The Place of Sugar in Modern History
bookshop.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
For those interested in why Black & Caribbean people are going off about the sugar cane from last night's halftime show: sugar is a plantation commodity that fueled slavery & colonialism
bookshop.org/p/books/swee...
bookshop.org/p/books/swee...
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“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
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And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Early years rem- not one could understand Michael Stipe. Didn’t matter at all. Plus, learn Spanish! My daughter learned enough Spanish from friends and lunchroom convos (her school 50% Latinx) that she could navigate Spain. Only complaint? Snotty cab drivers told her- Mexicano! Yeah. Awesome accent
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Early years rem- not one could understand Michael Stipe. Didn’t matter at all. Plus, learn Spanish! My daughter learned enough Spanish from friends and lunchroom convos (her school 50% Latinx) that she could navigate Spain. Only complaint? Snotty cab drivers told her- Mexicano! Yeah. Awesome accent
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i think people mad about bad bunny’s performance have never been forced to consider that not everything is for you
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 AM
i think people mad about bad bunny’s performance have never been forced to consider that not everything is for you
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From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
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Bro literally came out and said “it’s our labor and culture that has always made the Americas great: y’all are just the beneficiaries of slave owners from sea to shining sea,” and I am here for it.
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Bro literally came out and said “it’s our labor and culture that has always made the Americas great: y’all are just the beneficiaries of slave owners from sea to shining sea,” and I am here for it.
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FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
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Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...
February 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...
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This WW2 army pamphlet on fascism is one of the best explainers I’ve seen. www.openculture.com/2023/06/fasc...
Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad
'Fascism is a word that’s been used a great deal these last few years,' says the article pictured above (scanned in full here at the Internet Archive).
www.openculture.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM
This WW2 army pamphlet on fascism is one of the best explainers I’ve seen. www.openculture.com/2023/06/fasc...
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What’s darkly funny is that there’s an old CIA manual about this, and how if enough people do it, it can destabilize a country. It’s still on their website right now after being declassified in 2008.
February 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
What’s darkly funny is that there’s an old CIA manual about this, and how if enough people do it, it can destabilize a country. It’s still on their website right now after being declassified in 2008.
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In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc.
A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.
A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.
Meet the Minneapolis Punks Fighting ICE
People in the DIY music scene are using the community organizing tactics they learned by putting on shows to battle ICE.
www.rollingstone.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc.
A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.
A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.
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Coming soon from me is a zine about the significance of David Walker's Appeal published in 1829. Hard to overstate how incendiary it was. It engendered a censorship frenzy in Southern states. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ap...
Sept. 28, 1829: An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
David Walker published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, one of the most important documents of the 19th century.
www.zinnedproject.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Coming soon from me is a zine about the significance of David Walker's Appeal published in 1829. Hard to overstate how incendiary it was. It engendered a censorship frenzy in Southern states. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ap...
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If you can remember a world before “lose yourself” from Eminem, you can remember a world without ICE.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-im...
www.startribune.com/minnesota-im...
February 7, 2026 at 12:39 AM
If you can remember a world before “lose yourself” from Eminem, you can remember a world without ICE.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-im...
www.startribune.com/minnesota-im...
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Signatures needed! Petition in support of Women’s and Gender Studies at TexasA&M University.
Signatures needed! Petition in support of Women’s and Gender Studies at TexasA&M University.
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Defend Academic Freedom at Texas A&M: Save Women’s and Gender Studies!
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February 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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Signatures needed! Petition in support of Women’s and Gender Studies at TexasA&M University.
Signatures needed! Petition in support of Women’s and Gender Studies at TexasA&M University.
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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This is insane. Under absolutely no circumstances should a prof ever discuss the physical appearance of a student in a rec letter! I can’t believe I even have to say that!
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
This is insane. Under absolutely no circumstances should a prof ever discuss the physical appearance of a student in a rec letter! I can’t believe I even have to say that!
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Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
This is a good thread about the way whiteness functions in the us.
in advance of any Discourse about this I suggest everyone familiarize themselves with the demographics of Border Patrol and ICE
1. Turns out the Border Patrol officers who murdered Alex Pretti are of Hispanic lineage. Their names are Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, according to Pro Publica.
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This is a good thread about the way whiteness functions in the us.
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“There is a deep sense of sadness that this university is going down this path…Whether the regents understand this or not, it’s going to have a devastating effect.”
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:03 PM
“There is a deep sense of sadness that this university is going down this path…Whether the regents understand this or not, it’s going to have a devastating effect.”
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Students in Texas are incredibly brave. Violent response to protest is always a possibility.
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Students in Texas are incredibly brave. Violent response to protest is always a possibility.