Amy Leonard
@hoyahistorian.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University. Lover of early modern history, nuns, cats, French fries, and the Nats. Hater of fascism and anything diminishing the humanity of those around us.
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I love that former NYT public editor @sulliview.bsky.social is public-editing from the outside.
"With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani.
"And no lofty explanation about the mission can disguise it."
"With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani.
"And no lofty explanation about the mission can disguise it."
Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid? | Margaret Sullivan
With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I love that former NYT public editor @sulliview.bsky.social is public-editing from the outside.
"With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani.
"And no lofty explanation about the mission can disguise it."
"With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani.
"And no lofty explanation about the mission can disguise it."
If you need any more evidence for why he can't be mayor. ffs!
WABC asked the mayoral candidates "Mets or Yankees?" Zohran Mamdani said "Mets", adding "I must admit I'm a bit of a fair-weather fan." Andrew Cuomo said "both."
June 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you need any more evidence for why he can't be mayor. ffs!
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New Yorkers: good luck today and remember not to vote for or even slate anyone who is a known sex pest
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
New Yorkers: good luck today and remember not to vote for or even slate anyone who is a known sex pest
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
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Trump needs to understand that Harvard has 400 years of experience ignoring the demands of people who will be gone in four years.
Trump threatens to block all 10,000 international students from attending Harvard unless the school turns over student info they’ll use for new visa revocations and deportations.
Every day feels like a fresh round of this country stabbing itself in the face.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
Every day feels like a fresh round of this country stabbing itself in the face.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
Trump Threatens to Block International Students Unless Harvard Shares Student Data
The demand from the Department of Homeland Security is an escalation in President Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest and richest university.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump needs to understand that Harvard has 400 years of experience ignoring the demands of people who will be gone in four years.
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Glad to see we’re addressing the root cause of all of this: Luther’s heresy
April 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Glad to see we’re addressing the root cause of all of this: Luther’s heresy
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House Republicans just passed the SAVE Act, ushering in a new era of voter suppression.
Here’s how the SAVE Act could impact YOUR ability to vote in federal elections. 🧵
Here’s how the SAVE Act could impact YOUR ability to vote in federal elections. 🧵
April 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
House Republicans just passed the SAVE Act, ushering in a new era of voter suppression.
Here’s how the SAVE Act could impact YOUR ability to vote in federal elections. 🧵
Here’s how the SAVE Act could impact YOUR ability to vote in federal elections. 🧵
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Only two signers in the top 50 ranked by US News & World Reports - Georgetown and Rutgers. That is, no other major grant-funded research universities, so those two really stand out as brave. Georgetown maybe is living up to their Catholic heritage - they also resisted pressure on their law school.
April 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Only two signers in the top 50 ranked by US News & World Reports - Georgetown and Rutgers. That is, no other major grant-funded research universities, so those two really stand out as brave. Georgetown maybe is living up to their Catholic heritage - they also resisted pressure on their law school.
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Brief from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and more than 80 universities says arrests and deportations of student protesters create a “climate of fear” at universities across the country. This is a big deal—the first time universities have weighed in. knightcolumbia.org/documents/eh...
April 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Brief from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and more than 80 universities says arrests and deportations of student protesters create a “climate of fear” at universities across the country. This is a big deal—the first time universities have weighed in. knightcolumbia.org/documents/eh...
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Monday in DC! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... @franceintheus.bsky.social @dcwomenkicknass.bsky.social @nwlc.org @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social @feministmajority.org @femfreq.bsky.social @womensstudies.bsky.social @umdhistory.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
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For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.
We’ve Officially Entered the Next Phase of Trump’s Dictatorship Era
Taken together, these actions and declarations amount to a significant escalation in Trump’s transformation of his own presidency into an autocracy.
slate.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.
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The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
March 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
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The scriptwriters of the new season are starting strong
January 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The scriptwriters of the new season are starting strong
FYI for anyone in DC trying to get to Union Station. Amtrak linking to the wrong Metro information (from 2021, when Union Station closed). The Union Station metro stop is open. Get it together, Amtrak! #Amtrak
January 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
FYI for anyone in DC trying to get to Union Station. Amtrak linking to the wrong Metro information (from 2021, when Union Station closed). The Union Station metro stop is open. Get it together, Amtrak! #Amtrak
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God this is so grim
January 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
God this is so grim
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great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
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Being a historian means having your phone autocorrect "Merry Christmas" to "Merry Wiesner-Hanks".
A very Merry Wiesner-Hanks to you all!
#AcademicSky #WhatsHistory #Medieval #EarlyModern
A very Merry Wiesner-Hanks to you all!
#AcademicSky #WhatsHistory #Medieval #EarlyModern
December 24, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Being a historian means having your phone autocorrect "Merry Christmas" to "Merry Wiesner-Hanks".
A very Merry Wiesner-Hanks to you all!
#AcademicSky #WhatsHistory #Medieval #EarlyModern
A very Merry Wiesner-Hanks to you all!
#AcademicSky #WhatsHistory #Medieval #EarlyModern
Note how well atheists and agnostics do. I got 14/15 (damn you, Buddhism!). www.pewresearch.org/religion/qui...
U.S. Religious Knowledge Quiz
How much do you know about religion? And how do you compare with the average American? Here’s your chance to find out.
www.pewresearch.org
December 16, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Note how well atheists and agnostics do. I got 14/15 (damn you, Buddhism!). www.pewresearch.org/religion/qui...
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As for me, of late I have been distracting myself from news about the present-day world with a dizzying journey into 17th century Chinese-Europe interconnections, featuring Gottfried Leibniz as a main character. andrewleonard.substack.com/p/the-univer...
The Universal Commerce of Light
In which Gottfried Leibniz consults the Book of Changes and invents digital technology. With cameos from Neal Stephenson, Philip K. Dick, Joseph Needham, and eventually, The Chinese Computer.
andrewleonard.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:22 PM
As for me, of late I have been distracting myself from news about the present-day world with a dizzying journey into 17th century Chinese-Europe interconnections, featuring Gottfried Leibniz as a main character. andrewleonard.substack.com/p/the-univer...
From NYT obit for Silvia Pinal: "She was the product of a romance between her 15-year-old mother, María Luisa Hidalgo Aguilar, who worked in a restaurant, and the orchestra director Moisés Pasquel, who was already married at the time." Romance? Seriously?? Do better, NYT.
December 9, 2024 at 3:15 PM
From NYT obit for Silvia Pinal: "She was the product of a romance between her 15-year-old mother, María Luisa Hidalgo Aguilar, who worked in a restaurant, and the orchestra director Moisés Pasquel, who was already married at the time." Romance? Seriously?? Do better, NYT.
Somebody Somewhere is one of the best shows on tv. Please sign this petition to try to get HBO to sign on for another season. The actors are all sharing it, too, so they are on board. We really need to save these kinds of special shows. www.change.org/p/bring-back...
Sign the Petition
Bring Back HBO's Somebody Somewhere!
www.change.org
December 3, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Somebody Somewhere is one of the best shows on tv. Please sign this petition to try to get HBO to sign on for another season. The actors are all sharing it, too, so they are on board. We really need to save these kinds of special shows. www.change.org/p/bring-back...
Love the subway. You see him?
November 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Love the subway. You see him?
I want this!
Guys! How utterly perfect is this?? (So much love for my messy little illuminator friend)
From: noordboek.nl/boek/ezelsor...
From: noordboek.nl/boek/ezelsor...
November 27, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I want this!
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Postdoc advertised at UCL to work on the project ‘Connecting Histories, Connecting Heritage: Early Modern Cities and Their Afterlives’ !!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 26, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Postdoc advertised at UCL to work on the project ‘Connecting Histories, Connecting Heritage: Early Modern Cities and Their Afterlives’ !!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...