Annmarie Valdes, PhD
@avaldes725.bsky.social
Education & Learning Design #HEAdmin at a land grant university. 1stGen BA-MA-PhD; #HigherEd; Historian of the 19thc #wmnhist #histed; DACA ally; #blacklivesmatter; Hecho en Chicago
Should be writing...
Should be writing...
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"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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This looks awfully intentional.
None can be primaried in the next cycle, Shaheen & Durbin retiring.
Hassan, Masto, Fetterman up for reelection in 2028.
Rosen, Kaine, King up for reelection in 2030.
Hassan, Masto, Fetterman up for reelection in 2028.
Rosen, Kaine, King up for reelection in 2030.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This looks awfully intentional.
@durbin.senate.gov Sir, you have done a horrible thing voting Yes to invoke Cloture, not just for Illinois, but the entire county. I'm sending this message b/c your DC office is not taking messages from voters. Maybe you don't care cos you are retiring, but history will remembered you caved.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@durbin.senate.gov Sir, you have done a horrible thing voting Yes to invoke Cloture, not just for Illinois, but the entire county. I'm sending this message b/c your DC office is not taking messages from voters. Maybe you don't care cos you are retiring, but history will remembered you caved.
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Why can't we have nice things for even one week
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Why can't we have nice things for even one week
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
I just used this to make another round of calls-it helped w/ making several calls. There is so much on the line-my Rep already sends regular updates that incl ICE resistance here in Chicagoland-so I also included a TY to them-these calls matter & important 2remind Congress the voters r watching!
I just called my senators to tell them not to vote for a blank check deal on the shutdown. You can can find your reps’ phone numbers using @5calls.org 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I just used this to make another round of calls-it helped w/ making several calls. There is so much on the line-my Rep already sends regular updates that incl ICE resistance here in Chicagoland-so I also included a TY to them-these calls matter & important 2remind Congress the voters r watching!
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I just used 5calls to do this too. It's easy, and even if the rumors of capitulation are only rumors, it helps to voice your opposition so they know we want them to hold the line.
I just called my senators to tell them not to vote for a blank check deal on the shutdown. You can can find your reps’ phone numbers using @5calls.org 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I just used 5calls to do this too. It's easy, and even if the rumors of capitulation are only rumors, it helps to voice your opposition so they know we want them to hold the line.
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Ask me questions! Get excited for next summer's SHEAR!
For the finale of our #GRWS series, President Carolyn Eastman will be hosting an Ask Me Anything livestream on Friday November 7 at 1:00pm EST on our YouTube channel. Join us and ask any questions you may have about the #SHEAR2026 Call for Papers. www.youtube.com/live/TjP2Y0R...
SHEAR CFP Ask Me Anything
Do you have questions about the Call for Papers? Join SHEAR President Carolyn Eastman as she fields your questions about the SHEAR Conference Call for Papers.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Ask me questions! Get excited for next summer's SHEAR!
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The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track
Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...
www.careers.luc.edu
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Dept of Biology at Loyola University. Chicago has an open lecturer position in Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex. The successful candidate will have a 50% affiliation with the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program and 50% Dept of Biology.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
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Not impeaching and removing every official involved with this remains one of the biggest failures of constitutional governance ever, and there is a direct line from that to where we sit today.
#OtD 6 Nov 1986 the Iran-Contra scandal — where the US sold arms to Iran to fund right-wing paramilitaries in Nicaragua — began to break. Acting Pres Ronald Reagan said the revelations had "no foundation", which turned out to be a lie stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1065...
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Not impeaching and removing every official involved with this remains one of the biggest failures of constitutional governance ever, and there is a direct line from that to where we sit today.
Damn you Autumn-showing up so cute while I daydream about hot sunny days and dunking into the cold ocean water...
October 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Damn you Autumn-showing up so cute while I daydream about hot sunny days and dunking into the cold ocean water...
The keyboard on my new phone keeps defaulting to Spanish - and that seems correct for this time.
a pixel art of a wolf hanging on a rope with the words hang in there
ALT: a pixel art of a wolf hanging on a rope with the words hang in there
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October 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The keyboard on my new phone keeps defaulting to Spanish - and that seems correct for this time.
This is also a good day to keep working on learning those Bad Bunny lyrics.
October 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is also a good day to keep working on learning those Bad Bunny lyrics.
Time of year when I start to wonder how many trail rides til it's too cold (I don't like all the winter riding gear).
#luckychicagonorthsider
#luckychicagonorthsider
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Time of year when I start to wonder how many trail rides til it's too cold (I don't like all the winter riding gear).
#luckychicagonorthsider
#luckychicagonorthsider
Just putting this here about my beloved city, Chicago. Stay strong and continue to protect and watch out for each other.
October 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Just putting this here about my beloved city, Chicago. Stay strong and continue to protect and watch out for each other.
Glad to be Ved vaxxed.
October 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Glad to be Ved vaxxed.
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@skpawlicki.bsky.social was, until the Trump administration canceled the program, working as a Mellon fellow for the National Parks Service. She created the most incredible women's history programming, and now, she's recreated it entirely separately: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...
Women's History Illuminated
Women's History and the National Historic Landmarks Program
storymaps.arcgis.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
@skpawlicki.bsky.social was, until the Trump administration canceled the program, working as a Mellon fellow for the National Parks Service. She created the most incredible women's history programming, and now, she's recreated it entirely separately: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...
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🔵 FACULTY POSITION 🔵
U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!
💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25
For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies
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U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!
💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25
For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies
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College of Education: Professor (Open-Rank) – Secondary Literacy
Duties and Responsibilities
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September 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🔵 FACULTY POSITION 🔵
U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!
💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25
For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies
Please boost! 🚀
U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!
💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25
For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies
Please boost! 🚀
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CHICAGO / SUBURBS
If you want to know what it's looked like at the ICE facility in Broadview (Chicago), this brilliant photo essay from @almacampos.bsky.social & @pgoyette.bsky.social at @southsideweekly.bsky.social is a very good place to start.
If you want to know what it's looked like at the ICE facility in Broadview (Chicago), this brilliant photo essay from @almacampos.bsky.social & @pgoyette.bsky.social at @southsideweekly.bsky.social is a very good place to start.
We Want Them Back: Protest and State Violence at Broadview ICE Facility
Hundreds protested outside Broadview ICE in Illinois, resisting Operation Midway Blitz and denouncing raids, deportations, and state violence.
southsideweekly.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
CHICAGO / SUBURBS
If you want to know what it's looked like at the ICE facility in Broadview (Chicago), this brilliant photo essay from @almacampos.bsky.social & @pgoyette.bsky.social at @southsideweekly.bsky.social is a very good place to start.
If you want to know what it's looked like at the ICE facility in Broadview (Chicago), this brilliant photo essay from @almacampos.bsky.social & @pgoyette.bsky.social at @southsideweekly.bsky.social is a very good place to start.
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After a long hiatus, AIP's postdoc position for historians of the physical sciences is back!
3 years, $77,500 per year + benefits. Work in the Washington, DC area, close to Univ of Maryland. Open to US citizens/permanent residents. Apply by Nov. 15! #histsci
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3 years, $77,500 per year + benefits. Work in the Washington, DC area, close to Univ of Maryland. Open to US citizens/permanent residents. Apply by Nov. 15! #histsci
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
September 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
After a long hiatus, AIP's postdoc position for historians of the physical sciences is back!
3 years, $77,500 per year + benefits. Work in the Washington, DC area, close to Univ of Maryland. Open to US citizens/permanent residents. Apply by Nov. 15! #histsci
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
3 years, $77,500 per year + benefits. Work in the Washington, DC area, close to Univ of Maryland. Open to US citizens/permanent residents. Apply by Nov. 15! #histsci
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
In Wisconsin with the kids (lol both adults) and of course I'm having a brunch sandwich that is stuff with hash browns...when in Rome yada yada....
September 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In Wisconsin with the kids (lol both adults) and of course I'm having a brunch sandwich that is stuff with hash browns...when in Rome yada yada....
Successful yearly PW change at a University....
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk in front of a bookshelf .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk in front of a bookshelf .
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September 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Successful yearly PW change at a University....
Autumn, day 2.
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Autumn, day 2.