Mark Healey
@healeyparera.bsky.social
Historian, Head of UConn History. Cities, architecture, planning, disasters, environment, Latin America.
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Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
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"Jeffrey Epstein was secretly pulling the strings at a key Rothschild bank" is a statement that would have had you branded a conspiracy theorist until recently.
It is a fairly accurate summary of our weekend FT story on the bombshell revelations in the Epstein files, however.
It is a fairly accurate summary of our weekend FT story on the bombshell revelations in the Epstein files, however.
Ariane de Rothschild ousted her husband as CEO of his family’s storied bank, negotiated a big DOJ settlement and examined several mergers
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
How the house of Rothschild became entangled with Epstein
Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild was in trouble. Ariane de Rothschild turned to Jeffrey Epstein
www.ft.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"Jeffrey Epstein was secretly pulling the strings at a key Rothschild bank" is a statement that would have had you branded a conspiracy theorist until recently.
It is a fairly accurate summary of our weekend FT story on the bombshell revelations in the Epstein files, however.
It is a fairly accurate summary of our weekend FT story on the bombshell revelations in the Epstein files, however.
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El gobierno de Milei aniquila la fértil producción científica y tecnológica argentina con la destrucción del Conicet y el ahogo presupuestario a a las universidades, mientras hace negociados con residuos tecnológicos importados
www.ambito.com/politica/el-...
www.ambito.com/politica/el-...
El Gobierno comprará submarinos a la empresa francesa que lideró el ranking mundial de corrupción armamentística
Javier Milei reactivó la operación con Naval Group, que acumula casos de soborno en Pakistán, Malasia, Brasil y otras partes del mundo desde 1994 a la fecha. Las negociaciones comenzaron cuando Bullri...
www.ambito.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
El gobierno de Milei aniquila la fértil producción científica y tecnológica argentina con la destrucción del Conicet y el ahogo presupuestario a a las universidades, mientras hace negociados con residuos tecnológicos importados
www.ambito.com/politica/el-...
www.ambito.com/politica/el-...
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Imagine being this wrong on Main. This whole article is basically, "I don't speak Spanish and didn't consult with anyone with any knowledge of Puerto Rican history or politics, so to me, it seemed pretty chill."
I mean...
I mean...
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Imagine being this wrong on Main. This whole article is basically, "I don't speak Spanish and didn't consult with anyone with any knowledge of Puerto Rican history or politics, so to me, it seemed pretty chill."
I mean...
I mean...
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Sharing my favorite Owl image to commemorate today’s thing. 🪶
February 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Sharing my favorite Owl image to commemorate today’s thing. 🪶
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I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
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Jorell Meléndez-Badillo worked with trap superstar Bad Bunny on his new album to inform fans about Puerto Rico’s history of popular struggle. His work as a historian is part of an important political moment that Puerto Ricans are now going through. jacobin.com/2025/02/puer...
Puerto Rico’s Radical History Is Being Rediscovered
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo worked with trap superstar Bad Bunny on his new album to inform fans about Puerto Rico’s history of popular struggle. His work as a historian is part of an important political ...
jacobin.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo worked with trap superstar Bad Bunny on his new album to inform fans about Puerto Rico’s history of popular struggle. His work as a historian is part of an important political moment that Puerto Ricans are now going through. jacobin.com/2025/02/puer...
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In the room the women come and go,
Asking what time is the Superbo
Asking what time is the Superbo
February 11, 2024 at 6:42 PM
In the room the women come and go,
Asking what time is the Superbo
Asking what time is the Superbo
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February 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Superb your owls.
This is 2026, there will be no substitutions.
(Gray spotted, c1714 @jcblibrary.bsky.social ofc)
This is 2026, there will be no substitutions.
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February 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Superb your owls.
This is 2026, there will be no substitutions.
(Gray spotted, c1714 @jcblibrary.bsky.social ofc)
This is 2026, there will be no substitutions.
(Gray spotted, c1714 @jcblibrary.bsky.social ofc)
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drives me nuts that wealthy blue states are not moving to expand their own public university systems in response
We’re about to abolish R1s & regional universities through much of the country for a bunch of made-up reasons; geography is destiny for young people there
Conservative Iowa legislators are on a campaign to overhaul the state’s universities. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
drives me nuts that wealthy blue states are not moving to expand their own public university systems in response
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Worth it for the comments.
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Worth it for the comments.
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another year of us not running a super bowl ad
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
another year of us not running a super bowl ad
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Esse repórter gringo pousou no Galeão e a PF se ligou que ele tinha ultrapassado o visto dele da última vez. Aí segue essa interação maravilhosa entre ele e o policial:
February 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Esse repórter gringo pousou no Galeão e a PF se ligou que ele tinha ultrapassado o visto dele da última vez. Aí segue essa interação maravilhosa entre ele e o policial:
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can't help but think there is probably a corrosive effect of having sex trafficker-elite emails unveiled for months on end as one of the biggest cultural/news stories of the last year— unearthing an inexcusable moral rot in the upper echelons of power—but without any real accountability/justice
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
can't help but think there is probably a corrosive effect of having sex trafficker-elite emails unveiled for months on end as one of the biggest cultural/news stories of the last year— unearthing an inexcusable moral rot in the upper echelons of power—but without any real accountability/justice
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paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
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found the perfect Epstein email
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
found the perfect Epstein email
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Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
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Gramsci once observed "the old is dying and the new struggles to be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear," and I'm not sure there would be any better encapsulation of our society's comorbidities than this headline.
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended det...
prospect.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Gramsci once observed "the old is dying and the new struggles to be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear," and I'm not sure there would be any better encapsulation of our society's comorbidities than this headline.
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Postdoc Opportunity!
The History Department at Binghamton University (SUNY) seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Latin American History who considers spatial dimensions in their work.
2-year contract, $60k
binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
The History Department at Binghamton University (SUNY) seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Latin American History who considers spatial dimensions in their work.
2-year contract, $60k
binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
binghamton.interviewexchange.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Postdoc Opportunity!
The History Department at Binghamton University (SUNY) seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Latin American History who considers spatial dimensions in their work.
2-year contract, $60k
binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
The History Department at Binghamton University (SUNY) seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Latin American History who considers spatial dimensions in their work.
2-year contract, $60k
binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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The owner of Amazon killed the Washington Post books section.
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The owner of Amazon killed the Washington Post books section.
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I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
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