Laura T. González
@lauratgonzalez.bsky.social
Community college anthro professor and co-conspirator. Author of Through the Lens of Cultural Anthropology (Univ of Toronto Press, 2e 2024). ACLS Mellon Fellow 2021. Enjoys growing potatoes, crafting sustainably, and drinking pretentious coffee. 🍉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Space is for white men now.
You don't have to pretend any more.
You don't have to pretend any more.
Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon
Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Space is for white men now.
You don't have to pretend any more.
You don't have to pretend any more.
Kanzi was a legend, a trailblazer,acutely intelligent. Through Kanzi, humans had an intimate look inside a bonobo’s mind and heart. Rest in peace and may your memory be a blessing, dear Kanzi.
I won't forget spending time w/ Kanzi years ago (while observing/ filming gestures in bonobos). We played, conversed--he was far better with lexigrams than I, and he understood my English. His acute mind taught us all so much. Rest in peace. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-... #anthropology #Kanzi
March 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Kanzi was a legend, a trailblazer,acutely intelligent. Through Kanzi, humans had an intimate look inside a bonobo’s mind and heart. Rest in peace and may your memory be a blessing, dear Kanzi.
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Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly Doubles
The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.
www.worldwildlife.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Who wants some good news?
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...
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SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him.
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained
"I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."
zeteo.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him.
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
🎶 we’re in the middle of a hostile government takeover 🎵 open.spotify.com/track/3p0VXN...
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎶 we’re in the middle of a hostile government takeover 🎵 open.spotify.com/track/3p0VXN...
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THIS is the pilot you want in this environment.
February 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
THIS is the pilot you want in this environment.
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Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
February 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
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God, take JoAnn's pain and give it to Hobby Lobby
February 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
God, take JoAnn's pain and give it to Hobby Lobby
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Say what you want about Kendrick but the fact that people are figuring out what “40 acres and a mule” in 2025 is why any education to black history is important, no matter no big nor small.
February 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Say what you want about Kendrick but the fact that people are figuring out what “40 acres and a mule” in 2025 is why any education to black history is important, no matter no big nor small.
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Upon this response, JK burst into a million shards and a great wind scattered her unhappy soul beneath the arc of a newly formed rainbow.
February 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Upon this response, JK burst into a million shards and a great wind scattered her unhappy soul beneath the arc of a newly formed rainbow.
MURDERBOT MY LOVE COMING TO EYE SCREENS
I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård
www.apple.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
MURDERBOT MY LOVE COMING TO EYE SCREENS
Target was my happy place. But I haven’t set foot in there since this bomb dropped
February 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Target was my happy place. But I haven’t set foot in there since this bomb dropped
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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.
February 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.
Same. It replays in my mind how one day the women go to access their bank accounts and the are frozen. They show up for work and are told they no longer have jobs. They take to the streets and are gunned down. When it reaches that point, what do you have left?
With Handmaids Tale people focus on the shock of the mass rapes in the book and the show.
But how the regime came to be in power in that book keeps me awake at night because it is playing out in very intricate detail in our real lives right now.
But how the regime came to be in power in that book keeps me awake at night because it is playing out in very intricate detail in our real lives right now.
February 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Same. It replays in my mind how one day the women go to access their bank accounts and the are frozen. They show up for work and are told they no longer have jobs. They take to the streets and are gunned down. When it reaches that point, what do you have left?
How will the department prevent DOGE from using personnel data to target specific employees? #QuestionsForLinda
What are they confirming the wrestling lady to actually do if they’re closing the DOE www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
Trump's pick for secretary of education is Linda McMahon. Here's what to know
McMahon's confirmation proceedings are likely to focus on how she would handle President Trump's plans to dissolve the U.S. Education Department.
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
How will the department prevent DOGE from using personnel data to target specific employees? #QuestionsForLinda
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Now more than ever.
February 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Now more than ever.
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If you are a BLACK INDIE AUTHOR, reply to this tweet with a blurb about your book and a link of where to purchase it. If you are a reader please repost this! #booksky #blackbooksky #diversebooks #blackhistorymonth
February 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you are a BLACK INDIE AUTHOR, reply to this tweet with a blurb about your book and a link of where to purchase it. If you are a reader please repost this! #booksky #blackbooksky #diversebooks #blackhistorymonth
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Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.
February 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.
Colleagues, how are you altering your assignments to elicit authentic work rather than AI responses? My final essay for one online course now is a portfolio in which students conduct an interview using concepts from the course, then assessing how well the interviewee answered + 🍎 #communitycollege
January 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Colleagues, how are you altering your assignments to elicit authentic work rather than AI responses? My final essay for one online course now is a portfolio in which students conduct an interview using concepts from the course, then assessing how well the interviewee answered + 🍎 #communitycollege
My husband asks “are you still wearing your pajamas?”
Actually, I sleep in my clothes. Totally different.
Actually, I sleep in my clothes. Totally different.
January 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
My husband asks “are you still wearing your pajamas?”
Actually, I sleep in my clothes. Totally different.
Actually, I sleep in my clothes. Totally different.
Looking forward to using the second edition of my textbook for Intro to Cultural #Anthropology this semester (University of Toronto Press). I’ve fixed some things that weren’t quite what I wanted and it’s better than the first edition 😅 Need new jokes now though, since they’re all in there.
January 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Looking forward to using the second edition of my textbook for Intro to Cultural #Anthropology this semester (University of Toronto Press). I’ve fixed some things that weren’t quite what I wanted and it’s better than the first edition 😅 Need new jokes now though, since they’re all in there.