Ariel Mae Lambe
@arielmaelambe.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at UConn, among other things. I post about mothering, mental illness, disability, antifascism, labor organizing, education, and occasionally Latin America and the Caribbean. she/her Author: https://tinyurl.com/NBCCI
Despite many people there throwing around the term ‘fascism’ to mean a whole bunch of different things, there was one (1) panel (mine) at ASA on antifascism. I’m wondering why this disconnect?
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Despite many people there throwing around the term ‘fascism’ to mean a whole bunch of different things, there was one (1) panel (mine) at ASA on antifascism. I’m wondering why this disconnect?
I don’t drink the stuff anyway, but if you do, don’t. Dont cross the line, literally or figuratively.
BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I don’t drink the stuff anyway, but if you do, don’t. Dont cross the line, literally or figuratively.
I really really really don’t like what AI usage is doing to the word ‘hallucinate.’
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I really really really don’t like what AI usage is doing to the word ‘hallucinate.’
Is there a term equivalent to “elite capture” for when the graduate degrees class bestows nonsense on the masses?
Formula hysteria is *old news* amongst a certain set. Exclusive breastfeeding, European imports, even homemade…
Elite leakage?
Formula hysteria is *old news* amongst a certain set. Exclusive breastfeeding, European imports, even homemade…
Elite leakage?
Psych-ish 🧵:
Honestly, I think this country has lost its collective mind. And once again, it seems like the poor will suffer most.
🔹️75% of babies in the US are
formula fed by 6 mos.
🔹️Now, parents are losing it about ingredients like seed oils. (You...
1/8
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Honestly, I think this country has lost its collective mind. And once again, it seems like the poor will suffer most.
🔹️75% of babies in the US are
formula fed by 6 mos.
🔹️Now, parents are losing it about ingredients like seed oils. (You...
1/8
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr. is reviewing baby formula rules for the first time in 30 years. What’s at stake.
The FDA is reviewing infant formula ingredients and nutrition as part of Operation Stork Speed, a move that could impact baby nutrition and safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Is there a term equivalent to “elite capture” for when the graduate degrees class bestows nonsense on the masses?
Formula hysteria is *old news* amongst a certain set. Exclusive breastfeeding, European imports, even homemade…
Elite leakage?
Formula hysteria is *old news* amongst a certain set. Exclusive breastfeeding, European imports, even homemade…
Elite leakage?
42 MILLION people going hungry on 11/1 should absolutely trigger an unprecedentedly massive outpouring of direct aid and charity, but I fear reinforcing the malevolent claim that this is the private sector’s job and its alone.
October 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
42 MILLION people going hungry on 11/1 should absolutely trigger an unprecedentedly massive outpouring of direct aid and charity, but I fear reinforcing the malevolent claim that this is the private sector’s job and its alone.
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I wrote an opinion piece about parental/family leave at UConn. I’m only ~75% happy with it but … something needed to be said. Many things actually. Loudly. Repeatedly. And with as many voices as possible.
“This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors”
ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...
“This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors”
ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...
Opinion: This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors
UConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster.
ctmirror.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I wrote an opinion piece about parental/family leave at UConn. I’m only ~75% happy with it but … something needed to be said. Many things actually. Loudly. Repeatedly. And with as many voices as possible.
“This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors”
ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...
“This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professors”
ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...
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That magic moment in the mornings when you put your kids on the school bus, wave goodbye, take a nice deep breath, and…turn off Huntr/x on your phone
October 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
That magic moment in the mornings when you put your kids on the school bus, wave goodbye, take a nice deep breath, and…turn off Huntr/x on your phone
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Today @uconnaaup.bsky.social turned out 200+ members and supporters to our contract action in Storrs. The part of the day that I am most proud of is teaching dozens of students about unions, solidarity, and the meaning of academic freedom. #unionyes #unionstrong
October 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Today @uconnaaup.bsky.social turned out 200+ members and supporters to our contract action in Storrs. The part of the day that I am most proud of is teaching dozens of students about unions, solidarity, and the meaning of academic freedom. #unionyes #unionstrong
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It was our students who took turns holding signs and remaining visible to management through a sliver of window for over 3 hours. They stood watch outside the room until the very end. One shared,“If professors don’t have their rights and freedoms then neither do any of us.”
Today @uconnaaup.bsky.social turned out 200+ members and supporters to our contract action in Storrs. The part of the day that I am most proud of is teaching dozens of students about unions, solidarity, and the meaning of academic freedom. #unionyes #unionstrong
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It was our students who took turns holding signs and remaining visible to management through a sliver of window for over 3 hours. They stood watch outside the room until the very end. One shared,“If professors don’t have their rights and freedoms then neither do any of us.”
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“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
October 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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@mark-bray.bsky.social lleva semanas siendo señalado por los principales propagandistas de la extrema derecha estadounidense y recibiendo amenazas de muerte. Han publicado su dirección y se ha visto obligado a abandonar el país junto a su familia.
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
Rutgers professor who received death threats moves classes online, is leaving for Europe
Rutgers professor and Antifa expert Mark Bray is leaving the U.S and moving his classes online after death threats and a petition for his firing.
www.northjersey.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
@mark-bray.bsky.social lleva semanas siendo señalado por los principales propagandistas de la extrema derecha estadounidense y recibiendo amenazas de muerte. Han publicado su dirección y se ha visto obligado a abandonar el país junto a su familia.
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
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I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’
I have been forced to move my classes online.
If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
I have been forced to move my classes online.
If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
October 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’
I have been forced to move my classes online.
If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
I have been forced to move my classes online.
If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.
First teaching day of the semester!
(12 y.o. made me take the pic diagonally—then she complained I “didn’t smile”)
(12 y.o. made me take the pic diagonally—then she complained I “didn’t smile”)
August 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
First teaching day of the semester!
(12 y.o. made me take the pic diagonally—then she complained I “didn’t smile”)
(12 y.o. made me take the pic diagonally—then she complained I “didn’t smile”)
Periodic reminder that if someone is hateful and mentally ill, it is not their mental illness that makes them hateful. And calling hateful people “insane” and “psychotic” because they are hateful is ignorant behavior on your part.
August 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Periodic reminder that if someone is hateful and mentally ill, it is not their mental illness that makes them hateful. And calling hateful people “insane” and “psychotic” because they are hateful is ignorant behavior on your part.
I went to Cuba yesterday.
July 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I went to Cuba yesterday.
Just read, re: Iran, that intelligence agencies assumed that an act of war combined with domestic challenges and protest movements would provoke civil unrest and lead to regime change.
Golly gee whiz where have I heard that before? Oh right. The Bay of Pigs.
Golly gee whiz where have I heard that before? Oh right. The Bay of Pigs.
June 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Just read, re: Iran, that intelligence agencies assumed that an act of war combined with domestic challenges and protest movements would provoke civil unrest and lead to regime change.
Golly gee whiz where have I heard that before? Oh right. The Bay of Pigs.
Golly gee whiz where have I heard that before? Oh right. The Bay of Pigs.
Mi querida hermana from another mama has arrived at Bluesky! You want to follow her, trust me!
Latin American history! African diaspora! Emancipation! Colombia! Lots of other great interesting stuff!
bsky.app/profile/yese...
Latin American history! African diaspora! Emancipation! Colombia! Lots of other great interesting stuff!
bsky.app/profile/yese...
bsky.app
June 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Mi querida hermana from another mama has arrived at Bluesky! You want to follow her, trust me!
Latin American history! African diaspora! Emancipation! Colombia! Lots of other great interesting stuff!
bsky.app/profile/yese...
Latin American history! African diaspora! Emancipation! Colombia! Lots of other great interesting stuff!
bsky.app/profile/yese...
Happy 85th birthday, Daddy! 💙
April 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Happy 85th birthday, Daddy! 💙
Such an excellent thread. Organizing absolutely requires nuanced conversation and open criticism. What it does NOT need is dismissive derision and aloof mocking of earnest if imperfect efforts.
I look forward to my civil rights class tomorrow. I won't be surprised if some ask me how I felt about yesterday's protests. And, hopefully, we can have a rather nuanced conversation about it if it comes to that
April 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Such an excellent thread. Organizing absolutely requires nuanced conversation and open criticism. What it does NOT need is dismissive derision and aloof mocking of earnest if imperfect efforts.
“[Family caregiving can] turn you into someone you don't even recognize. Caregivers say it scrambles old habits and patterns, rearranges intimate relationships, and forces you to confront your limits. It can excavate and reorganize the soul...”
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
Caregiving can test you, body and soul. It can also unlock a new sense of self
Helping a sick family member over months or years can be an enormous strain. It can also disrupt your identity. Psychologists say embracing this change can open up new ways for caregivers to cope.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“[Family caregiving can] turn you into someone you don't even recognize. Caregivers say it scrambles old habits and patterns, rearranges intimate relationships, and forces you to confront your limits. It can excavate and reorganize the soul...”
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
It feels wrong to post about personal matters these days, but this is just too much a tiny little token of how *everything* is completely fucked right now: I ordered a mint tea in the Dunkin drive thru and I got a cup of black coffee with a mint tea bag floating in it.
March 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It feels wrong to post about personal matters these days, but this is just too much a tiny little token of how *everything* is completely fucked right now: I ordered a mint tea in the Dunkin drive thru and I got a cup of black coffee with a mint tea bag floating in it.
