Erika Supria H
@drcanonic.bsky.social
(Music) Historian, listening & thinking & listening some more. Indo-German-Canadian in America. Posting in a personal capacity.
planning the semester like
January 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
planning the semester like
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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updating my syllabus for next week
January 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
updating my syllabus for next week
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
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Yesterday, a federal immigration judge ruled to deport UUP Upstate member Alcibiades “Alex” Lazaro Ramírez González. UUP will continue to stand by Alex and his family as we have since he was first detained in October.
Read UUP's full statement: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
Read UUP's full statement: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
January 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Yesterday, a federal immigration judge ruled to deport UUP Upstate member Alcibiades “Alex” Lazaro Ramírez González. UUP will continue to stand by Alex and his family as we have since he was first detained in October.
Read UUP's full statement: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
Read UUP's full statement: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
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A University at Buffalo researcher was detained by ICE after he made a wrong turn on the Peace Bridge.
UUP President Fred Kowal said, “this situation is frightening because it’s clear that there are no limits on what ICE can and will do.”
Read more: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
UUP President Fred Kowal said, “this situation is frightening because it’s clear that there are no limits on what ICE can and will do.”
Read more: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 PM
A University at Buffalo researcher was detained by ICE after he made a wrong turn on the Peace Bridge.
UUP President Fred Kowal said, “this situation is frightening because it’s clear that there are no limits on what ICE can and will do.”
Read more: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
UUP President Fred Kowal said, “this situation is frightening because it’s clear that there are no limits on what ICE can and will do.”
Read more: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
One of the giants of harpsichord performance in the 20th century. This write-up conveys vividly the darkness and trauma of her years interned in Nazi camps, and the ways music was made and learned in such unimaginable circumstances
Born #OTD 1927, Zuzana Růžičková began playing the piano age 9. During WWII, she was excluded from school. In Jan 1942, she and her family were interned in the Terezín, then deported to Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. She survived and went on to study music.
holocaustmusic.ort.o...
holocaustmusic.ort.o...
January 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
One of the giants of harpsichord performance in the 20th century. This write-up conveys vividly the darkness and trauma of her years interned in Nazi camps, and the ways music was made and learned in such unimaginable circumstances
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Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
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Does anyone have a sense of how expensive the VISA for a UK-based academic to come to the US for, say, a week is that days?
I think I heard 1000 in the last year but I don't know
I think I heard 1000 in the last year but I don't know
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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it's giving gated community vibes
January 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
it's giving gated community vibes
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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This is an act of self-harm to Canada. Especially coming at a time when the United States is destroying its own statistical capacity and reliable data has never been more needed.
It's another signal that this Liberal government sees no value in the work of government. Utter, utter foolishness.
It's another signal that this Liberal government sees no value in the work of government. Utter, utter foolishness.
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 AM
This is an act of self-harm to Canada. Especially coming at a time when the United States is destroying its own statistical capacity and reliable data has never been more needed.
It's another signal that this Liberal government sees no value in the work of government. Utter, utter foolishness.
It's another signal that this Liberal government sees no value in the work of government. Utter, utter foolishness.
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FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
January 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
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Leonardo da Vinci
A horse with lines of proportion c. 1480 (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
A horse with lines of proportion c. 1480 (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
January 11, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Leonardo da Vinci
A horse with lines of proportion c. 1480 (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
A horse with lines of proportion c. 1480 (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
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Alright, marching back, just adding more harmonies as they go.
January 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Alright, marching back, just adding more harmonies as they go.
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Still singing: “we grieve together, stop the deportations.”
January 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Still singing: “we grieve together, stop the deportations.”
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At a church in Minneapolis that is hosting an anti-ICE singing vigil, which will later process through the neighborhood.
They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
January 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
At a church in Minneapolis that is hosting an anti-ICE singing vigil, which will later process through the neighborhood.
They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
They sing: “This is for our neighbors who are locked inside, together we will abolish ICE.”
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right? I love the calmness of 'nope, you're not going crazy'. Those of us who are trying to protect another sense of what university is and does are told so very often that we're too unrealistic and too unversed in actual financial thinking that you end up internalising it. Good & clear reminder.
January 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM
right? I love the calmness of 'nope, you're not going crazy'. Those of us who are trying to protect another sense of what university is and does are told so very often that we're too unrealistic and too unversed in actual financial thinking that you end up internalising it. Good & clear reminder.
Useful and clear reframing of higher ed budget crisis discourse
Three short paragraphs, and you've got the whole mind-bending mess that is #UKHE finance & governance neatly laid out.
This is why it's all so exhausting: our managers declare there's only one static frame, while we know their framing is part of the issue.
💡 www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
This is why it's all so exhausting: our managers declare there's only one static frame, while we know their framing is part of the issue.
💡 www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Useful and clear reframing of higher ed budget crisis discourse
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rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 AM
rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
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This is what Minneapolis is like right now: City staff in city uniforms are being harassed by fed immigration enforcement for being not white.
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
This is what Minneapolis is like right now: City staff in city uniforms are being harassed by fed immigration enforcement for being not white.
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British reporters often ask the best, most direct questions
British reporter: "You REALLY believe after seeing this video she intentionally tried to hit this agent?"
JD Vance shorter "I don't know"
JD Vance shorter "I don't know"
January 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
British reporters often ask the best, most direct questions
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If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
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This is a postdoc in Germany called a "rescue fellowship" for scholars "whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA"
You used to see this kind of thing for scholars working in Myanmar, Turkmenistan, etc. This is how unfree US research is now.
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You used to see this kind of thing for scholars working in Myanmar, Turkmenistan, etc. This is how unfree US research is now.
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14 Postdoctoral Fellowships (2 years) - Early Career Rescue Fellowship Programme - Academic Positions
Two-year fellowships for early career researchers (1-7 years postdoc) facing political pressure in the USA; open to all disciplines and nationalities.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This is a postdoc in Germany called a "rescue fellowship" for scholars "whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA"
You used to see this kind of thing for scholars working in Myanmar, Turkmenistan, etc. This is how unfree US research is now.
academicpositions.com/ad/early-car...
You used to see this kind of thing for scholars working in Myanmar, Turkmenistan, etc. This is how unfree US research is now.
academicpositions.com/ad/early-car...
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro