Ellen Arnold
@medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Medievalist, environmental historian, penguin historian, photographer, co-editor of Water History. Author of Medieval Riverscapes, Negotiating the Landscape, and Water in World History. EFArnold.com
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Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether.
"We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
Just encountered an 1829 description of Deception Island, "as horrid, dreary and wretched a place as the imagination can conceive" with "myriads of millions of penguins."
January 25, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Just encountered an 1829 description of Deception Island, "as horrid, dreary and wretched a place as the imagination can conceive" with "myriads of millions of penguins."
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Every Democratic member of Congress should be on a plane to Minneapolis right now to join the people protesting in the streets. Federal elected officials should physically place themselves between the public and these dangerous thugs sent to terrorize this American city.
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Every Democratic member of Congress should be on a plane to Minneapolis right now to join the people protesting in the streets. Federal elected officials should physically place themselves between the public and these dangerous thugs sent to terrorize this American city.
Needing a bit of a reminder that sometimes things do get better
January 24, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Needing a bit of a reminder that sometimes things do get better
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We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.
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We must stop funding DHS.
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We must stop funding DHS.
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BREAKING: Trump’s thugs just shot and killed a man in Minneapolis. Eyewitnesses are describing it as an execution.
We cannot keep living like this and people can’t keep dying like this. Stop funding DHS. Impeach Kristi Noem. Hold these agents accountable.
We cannot keep living like this and people can’t keep dying like this. Stop funding DHS. Impeach Kristi Noem. Hold these agents accountable.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: Trump’s thugs just shot and killed a man in Minneapolis. Eyewitnesses are describing it as an execution.
We cannot keep living like this and people can’t keep dying like this. Stop funding DHS. Impeach Kristi Noem. Hold these agents accountable.
We cannot keep living like this and people can’t keep dying like this. Stop funding DHS. Impeach Kristi Noem. Hold these agents accountable.
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
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On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Star Tribune is reporting this as well now, multiple shots in the chest.
January 24, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Star Tribune is reporting this as well now, multiple shots in the chest.
MPLS please be safe. ICE leave my former city.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
MPLS please be safe. ICE leave my former city.
Prof friends: Looking for help--I am experimenting with a course in which "All assignments will be graded credit/no credit. You either will have done acceptable, college-level work and independent authentic thinking or not." What words/phrases would you all use to define college-level work?
January 24, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Prof friends: Looking for help--I am experimenting with a course in which "All assignments will be graded credit/no credit. You either will have done acceptable, college-level work and independent authentic thinking or not." What words/phrases would you all use to define college-level work?
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o. m. g.
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social Hey Mark, your support for us rebels here in MN inspired me to create a new Rebel Loon Alliance logo.
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
o. m. g.
Minnesotans are bad ass when it matters
January 23, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Minnesotans are bad ass when it matters
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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talked to a few people who seemed surprised by this, but it's very matter of fact at least in my networks. it's an occupation. it's not especially subtle about it. there are surely other networks with other ways of seeing it, but I can only speak for mine.
we're calling it the occupation.
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 PM
talked to a few people who seemed surprised by this, but it's very matter of fact at least in my networks. it's an occupation. it's not especially subtle about it. there are surely other networks with other ways of seeing it, but I can only speak for mine.
I am experimenting with a class and today I built almost 100 canvas assignments. Ugh.
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I am experimenting with a class and today I built almost 100 canvas assignments. Ugh.
Europe should host a shadow World Cup
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 20, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Europe should host a shadow World Cup
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this was a good one! (well, they're all good ones...) please have a listen and share widely. #medievalsky
did you miss this week's episode? good news, it's still available to listen to ANY TIME YOU LIKE!!!
here's a little taste of us talking about how de-centering Europe when we talk about the "Middle Ages" can change a student's perspective. #medievalsky
www.youtube.com/shorts/FZ6o0...
here's a little taste of us talking about how de-centering Europe when we talk about the "Middle Ages" can change a student's perspective. #medievalsky
www.youtube.com/shorts/FZ6o0...
Thinking about Africa within the "Middle Ages" - a permeable world? #podcast #medieval #history
YouTube video by American Medieval
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January 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
this was a good one! (well, they're all good ones...) please have a listen and share widely. #medievalsky
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“Those were alarms, you just didn’t want to listen,” is very good.
January 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
“Those were alarms, you just didn’t want to listen,” is very good.