Meredith Hindley
@mhindley.bsky.social
Rogue history Ph.D. Former public servant. World War II, hockey, lipstick, and classic movies. Colorado and Wyoming bred. DC dweller. Author of DESTINATION CASABLANCA (PublicAffairs).
Back to grinding my teeth . . .
Feeling something a little bit like hope . . .
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Back to grinding my teeth . . .
DC was pinky-promised that we’d get the $1 billion owed us after the last shutdown battle. I know you’ll be shocked to hear that didn’t happen. . . .
BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
DC was pinky-promised that we’d get the $1 billion owed us after the last shutdown battle. I know you’ll be shocked to hear that didn’t happen. . . .
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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240,000 pages of manuscript and printed sources at your fingertips, now with much improved usability! 🗃️📜
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
240,000 pages of manuscript and printed sources at your fingertips, now with much improved usability! 🗃️📜
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
Feeling something a little bit like hope . . .
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Feeling something a little bit like hope . . .
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
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Get in, nerds. The records of Truman's Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion (1949-1952) have been digitized.
www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/fede...
www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/fede...
Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions and Boards: Records of the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion (Record Group 220) | Harry S. Truman
The records of the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion include meeting minutes and correspondence about the renovation of the White House during the administration of President Harry S. ...
www.trumanlibrary.gov
October 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Get in, nerds. The records of Truman's Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion (1949-1952) have been digitized.
www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/fede...
www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/fede...
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Goddamn @theamynicholson.bsky.social COOKED with this FRANKENSTEIN review. Bow down to one of the greats. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
October 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Goddamn @theamynicholson.bsky.social COOKED with this FRANKENSTEIN review. Bow down to one of the greats. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
I need to purge some books because I am out of shelf space . . .
a man with a wig on his head says nooooo i can 't
Alt: a man with a wig on his head says nooooo i can 't
media.tenor.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I need to purge some books because I am out of shelf space . . .
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Is fall festival season causing FOMO? Consider The AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend in Silver Spring, Md. It returns Nov. 6–9 with restorations, rarely-screened gems, silents with live musical accompaniment, delicious pre-Codes, 35mm prints. I'll be introducing a few! silver.afi.com/classic-film...
Classic Film Weekend | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
silver.afi.com
October 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Is fall festival season causing FOMO? Consider The AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend in Silver Spring, Md. It returns Nov. 6–9 with restorations, rarely-screened gems, silents with live musical accompaniment, delicious pre-Codes, 35mm prints. I'll be introducing a few! silver.afi.com/classic-film...
This is A+
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is A+
And a million historians cried out “NOOOOOOO”
Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
And a million historians cried out “NOOOOOOO”
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Wait til you see it. A book-lover's book.
September 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Wait til you see it. A book-lover's book.
As someone who lived through their agency getting DOGE’d, this brought everything back.
Months after the Department of Government Efficiency's attack on the federal government began, WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as DOGE tore through their offices.
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As someone who lived through their agency getting DOGE’d, this brought everything back.
Federal employees have been through enough already. They shouldn’t be pawns in the standoff.
Breaking news: White House budget office instructs agencies to prepare for mass layoffs if the government shuts down Oct. 1, after federal funding runs out.
White House directs mass firings if there is a government shutdown
The Office of Management and Budget sent a memo to federal agencies Wednesday night instructing them to plan for staff reductions, including firings.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Federal employees have been through enough already. They shouldn’t be pawns in the standoff.
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
What time is the rapture? Do I have time for more coffee?
September 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
What time is the rapture? Do I have time for more coffee?
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NEWS: The D.C. Council just passed an emergency bill allowing anyone to get a COVID-19 vaccine without a doctor's prescription, which have been requested recently due to changes in federal vaccine recommendations. (And some D.C. residents have had to go to Maryland or Virginia.)
September 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
NEWS: The D.C. Council just passed an emergency bill allowing anyone to get a COVID-19 vaccine without a doctor's prescription, which have been requested recently due to changes in federal vaccine recommendations. (And some D.C. residents have had to go to Maryland or Virginia.)
Fox really thinks America is more interested in Giants-Cowboys than Eagles-Chiefs.
a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting in a chair in an office .
Alt: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting in a chair in an office shaking his head
media.tenor.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Fox really thinks America is more interested in Giants-Cowboys than Eagles-Chiefs.
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Today is publication day for The Nursing Clio Reader. As I write in the preface of the book, I started Nursing Clio back when I was a second-semester grad student as part of a final project in a public humanities seminar taught by historian Matthew Countryman at UMich. 🧵
September 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Today is publication day for The Nursing Clio Reader. As I write in the preface of the book, I started Nursing Clio back when I was a second-semester grad student as part of a final project in a public humanities seminar taught by historian Matthew Countryman at UMich. 🧵
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You know what wins real wars against peer opponents? Warehouses full of bombs and bullets and tourniquets, maintenance crew to service the vehicles that move them and "warriors" to where they need to go, and boring spreadsheets to tell you how much of everything you have. Logistics! Logistics!
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
You know what wins real wars against peer opponents? Warehouses full of bombs and bullets and tourniquets, maintenance crew to service the vehicles that move them and "warriors" to where they need to go, and boring spreadsheets to tell you how much of everything you have. Logistics! Logistics!
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People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
At the federal agency I worked at, every new administration, like clockwork, would spend $$$ on a rebrand to make us “more relevant.” So much money spent to fundamentally misinterpret our mission. Same here.
How far the rebranding might go is unclear, but any comprehensive effort would saddle taxpayers with costs in the hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars.
Read more: www.wired.com/story/depart...
Read more: www.wired.com/story/depart...
Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department
President Donald Trump said the so-called Department of War branding is to counter the “woke” Department of Defense name.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
At the federal agency I worked at, every new administration, like clockwork, would spend $$$ on a rebrand to make us “more relevant.” So much money spent to fundamentally misinterpret our mission. Same here.
DC folks, I got a COVID vax appointment at CVS. Go get ‘em!
September 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
DC folks, I got a COVID vax appointment at CVS. Go get ‘em!