Monica H Green
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
Medhist=medieval + medical history (https://hcommons.org/members/mhgreen2/). Daughter #2 of Marlon & Eleanor Green. Focusing on Global Health. One of my latest on the Black Death: https://works.hcommons.org/records/n3h76-6dg78
Pinned
Aviation's Jackie Robinson
It took a Supreme Court decision, but in 1963 Marlon Green finally broke into the majors.
www.smithsonianmag.com
Seeing as it's Feb. 1, we can reclaim #BlackHistoryMonth by reminding ourselves how central the "anti-DEI" agenda has been to the mounting fascism we've seen this past year.
Some background reading for the aviation story: www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-ma...
Some background reading for the aviation story: www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-ma...
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The University of Chicago has severed its relationship with a program credited with aiding Black and Brown students to pursue doctoral degrees that the Trump administration alleges is racially discriminatory against white students.
Under pressure from feds, University of Chicago cuts ties with program to help students of color get PhDs
chicago.suntimes.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:06 AM
The University of Chicago has severed its relationship with a program credited with aiding Black and Brown students to pursue doctoral degrees that the Trump administration alleges is racially discriminatory against white students.
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This conversation/debate in Nieman Lab will be valuable for historians of medicine to read, too. As we move to reinterrogate the histories of infectious diseases that are re-emerging, & whose effects will need to be reconsidered, what is our ethical path? #histmed #EpiSky
That Atlantic measles story was so poorly/deceptively edited that even the site's own flack thought it portrayed the actual account of a suffering, soon-to-die little boy.
Via @laurahazardowen.bsky.social
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
Via @laurahazardowen.bsky.social
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
February 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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Education and health care are some of the largest sources of overseas Filipina workers, and they wield power differently. “When those women workers strike, the facilities can't work without them,” said organizer Jollene Levid. “Filipino women have been instrumental in these types of labor fights.”
Filipino American Health Care Workers Are Taking Their Legacy of Fighting for Freedom to Trump
Caregivers are applying lessons from resisting authoritarianism under Philippine dictator Marcos Sr. to the modern-day fight against Trump.
www.thexylom.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Education and health care are some of the largest sources of overseas Filipina workers, and they wield power differently. “When those women workers strike, the facilities can't work without them,” said organizer Jollene Levid. “Filipino women have been instrumental in these types of labor fights.”
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Hey #medievalsky #manuscriptsky - do you have any examples of codices made into scrolls or rolls? Any genre.
February 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Hey #medievalsky #manuscriptsky - do you have any examples of codices made into scrolls or rolls? Any genre.
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🚨 TOMORROW is ICE’s deadline for public comments on its proposed 1,500-bed detention center in Surprise, AZ.
I’ll be sharing the community’s feedback anonymously with DHS. Let me know your thoughts. 👇
stanton.house.gov/ice-survey
I’ll be sharing the community’s feedback anonymously with DHS. Let me know your thoughts. 👇
stanton.house.gov/ice-survey
ICE Detention Center Survey
stanton.house.gov
February 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
🚨 TOMORROW is ICE’s deadline for public comments on its proposed 1,500-bed detention center in Surprise, AZ.
I’ll be sharing the community’s feedback anonymously with DHS. Let me know your thoughts. 👇
stanton.house.gov/ice-survey
I’ll be sharing the community’s feedback anonymously with DHS. Let me know your thoughts. 👇
stanton.house.gov/ice-survey
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She has plans for bombarding the PTO to force the schools to adopt safe policy. She has SO many plans and she is executing all of them and delegating and getting SO MUCH WHISTLE DISTRIBUTION done.
Plus so many other things. SO MANY.
Plus so many other things. SO MANY.
February 19, 2026 at 2:48 AM
She has plans for bombarding the PTO to force the schools to adopt safe policy. She has SO many plans and she is executing all of them and delegating and getting SO MUCH WHISTLE DISTRIBUTION done.
Plus so many other things. SO MANY.
Plus so many other things. SO MANY.
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Thereupon follows the most EXTENSIVE and WELL THOUGHT OUT whistle distribution plan I have ever heard. Marie has bullied seven hundred people into her network. She is blanketing businesses with anti-ICE signage. She is giving out thousands of kits a week.
February 19, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Thereupon follows the most EXTENSIVE and WELL THOUGHT OUT whistle distribution plan I have ever heard. Marie has bullied seven hundred people into her network. She is blanketing businesses with anti-ICE signage. She is giving out thousands of kits a week.
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Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities
Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...
www.mprnews.org
February 19, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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"If you're a writer—any sort of a writer, really—in search of an audience, you will find so much that's invaluable in this candid, spirited, and openhearted handbook." - @bcdreyer.social on #ThePublicScholar.
Which you can pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Which you can pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
February 19, 2026 at 1:27 AM
"If you're a writer—any sort of a writer, really—in search of an audience, you will find so much that's invaluable in this candid, spirited, and openhearted handbook." - @bcdreyer.social on #ThePublicScholar.
Which you can pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Which you can pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
"the policing of class materials ... to prohibit alleged advocacy of 'race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity', clearly violates academic freedom, the 1st Amendment, & those colleges’ own academic missions." nursingclio.org/2026/02/18/t...
Texas A&M, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Academic Common Sense
I can’t believe I’m writing this, but at least it keeps my fingers on the keys, not scratching my head or tearing my hair out. And I know that my words here will have no impact on the policies that…
nursingclio.org
February 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM
"the policing of class materials ... to prohibit alleged advocacy of 'race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity', clearly violates academic freedom, the 1st Amendment, & those colleges’ own academic missions." nursingclio.org/2026/02/18/t...
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NEW: Here’s our searchable list of federal judges who have ruled on the legality of ICE’s mass detention policy — with links to key decisions by each.
At least 380 district judges have rejected it in ~3,800 cases. 31 have upheld ICE’s approach ~180 times
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
At least 380 district judges have rejected it in ~3,800 cases. 31 have upheld ICE’s approach ~180 times
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Our running list of judges who have ruled on ICE’s mass detention policy
POLITICO is keeping track of the federal judges who have ruled on the administration’s effort to systematically lock up thousands of people.
www.politico.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Here’s our searchable list of federal judges who have ruled on the legality of ICE’s mass detention policy — with links to key decisions by each.
At least 380 district judges have rejected it in ~3,800 cases. 31 have upheld ICE’s approach ~180 times
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
At least 380 district judges have rejected it in ~3,800 cases. 31 have upheld ICE’s approach ~180 times
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Black Americans make up 13–14% of the U.S. population
1). Only 5–6% of practicing U.S. physicians are Black
2). 10% of U.S. medical students identify as Black
3). 6–7% of residents and fellows are Black
4). Only 3–4% of medical school faculty are Black
1). Only 5–6% of practicing U.S. physicians are Black
2). 10% of U.S. medical students identify as Black
3). 6–7% of residents and fellows are Black
4). Only 3–4% of medical school faculty are Black
February 18, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Black Americans make up 13–14% of the U.S. population
1). Only 5–6% of practicing U.S. physicians are Black
2). 10% of U.S. medical students identify as Black
3). 6–7% of residents and fellows are Black
4). Only 3–4% of medical school faculty are Black
1). Only 5–6% of practicing U.S. physicians are Black
2). 10% of U.S. medical students identify as Black
3). 6–7% of residents and fellows are Black
4). Only 3–4% of medical school faculty are Black
Looks like an important volume for teaching the history of smallpox inoculation & vaccination. #histmed
"This volume uncovers transnational public debates on inoculation against smallpox in eighteenth-century Europe, through the lens of periodical press sources." www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
"This volume uncovers transnational public debates on inoculation against smallpox in eighteenth-century Europe, through the lens of periodical press sources." www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
Brepols - Debating Inoculation in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...
www.brepols.net
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Looks like an important volume for teaching the history of smallpox inoculation & vaccination. #histmed
"This volume uncovers transnational public debates on inoculation against smallpox in eighteenth-century Europe, through the lens of periodical press sources." www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
"This volume uncovers transnational public debates on inoculation against smallpox in eighteenth-century Europe, through the lens of periodical press sources." www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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One of the toughest obstacles to this volume was selecting which pieces from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social to include. There are so many great essays. The volume is meant to be read alongside the website! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
Author's Corner with Bryan A. Banks and Cindy Ermus, editors of THE GLOBAL AGE OF REVOLUTIONS
<p>Today, we are happy to bring you our conversation with Bryan A. Banks and Cindy Ermus, editors of <em>The Global Age of Revolutions: A History from
www.upress.virginia.edu
February 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
One of the toughest obstacles to this volume was selecting which pieces from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social to include. There are so many great essays. The volume is meant to be read alongside the website! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
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From mid-February 2026, the MGH is able to make all articles from the DA and NA available in digital form, fully searchable and open access! #medievalsky
mgh.de/en/publicati...
mgh.de/en/publicati...
February 18, 2026 at 11:56 AM
From mid-February 2026, the MGH is able to make all articles from the DA and NA available in digital form, fully searchable and open access! #medievalsky
mgh.de/en/publicati...
mgh.de/en/publicati...
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Would also be very interested to know this, #medievalsky
This is a shot in the dark but are there any Jewish philosophy/law people who know if there are any medieval Jewish texts that mention or allude to the Islamic concept of milk kinship? I haven’t been able to find any but my Hebrew is also not great. #medieval #jewishstudies #jewishlaw
February 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Would also be very interested to know this, #medievalsky
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When the international players at the NBA All-Star Game were introduced with their home countries, the map behind Victor Wembanyama was not actually France but more closely resembled the boundaries of the Capetian dynasty, which ruled the region from 987 to 1328.
N.B.A. All-Star Game’s Map of France Leaves Something Out: 800 Years
Introducing the French player Victor Wembanyama was a map that hearkened back to the Capetian realm of the 12th century.
nyti.ms
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Scientists: if you have pursued/secured philanthropic funding in the wake of federal research funding cuts, I want to talk to you.
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
February 17, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Scientists: if you have pursued/secured philanthropic funding in the wake of federal research funding cuts, I want to talk to you.
Reposts appreciated!
Reposts appreciated!
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A public hearing over gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi, used to power Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center will be held at 6 p.m. today at the Ranger Conference Center at 1210 Church Road in Southaven. It will not be held at the M.R. Davis Public Library as was originally announced.
As Musk’s xAI Data Centers Encroach on Southaven, North Mississippi Residents Push Back
As Elon Musk’s xAI expands its data centers into Southaven, Mississippi, residents are decrying noise pollution and raising concerns over emissions.
www.mississippifreepress.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A public hearing over gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi, used to power Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center will be held at 6 p.m. today at the Ranger Conference Center at 1210 Church Road in Southaven. It will not be held at the M.R. Davis Public Library as was originally announced.
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One by one, western countries are choosing nationalism over global solidarity
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
France cuts funding for Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria by more than half
France cut its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 58 percent on Thursday, confirming a major reduction in funding that health organisations warn will cost lives...
www.rfi.fr
February 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
One by one, western countries are choosing nationalism over global solidarity
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
New for #GlobalMiddleAges. "most impressive is an extensive repertoire of rare Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain, far more than has ever been recovered from a documented wreck site anywhere else in the world." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #TengriSky #Ceramics #Singapore
The Temasek Wreck ceramics cargo: Yuan blue-and-white porcelain, celadon and other ceramics found in Singapore waters
A maritime archaeological excavation recently carried out in stages over a four-year period resulted in the recovery of approximately 3.5 tonnes of ce…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
New for #GlobalMiddleAges. "most impressive is an extensive repertoire of rare Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain, far more than has ever been recovered from a documented wreck site anywhere else in the world." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #TengriSky #Ceramics #Singapore
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🇸🇪 A Stockholm, la drastique baisse du niveau de la mer Baltique laisse apparaître un navire de guerre coulé en 1640
➡️ bit.ly/4kDL3BP
➡️ bit.ly/4kDL3BP
February 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
🇸🇪 A Stockholm, la drastique baisse du niveau de la mer Baltique laisse apparaître un navire de guerre coulé en 1640
➡️ bit.ly/4kDL3BP
➡️ bit.ly/4kDL3BP