Ron Bobroff
ronbobroff.bsky.social
Ron Bobroff
@ronbobroff.bsky.social
European historian and schnauzer wrangler
Reposted by Ron Bobroff
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
University leaders should stand together & take a principled position on the rights & roles of the modern university, esp those so central to discovery & elucidation of ideas as they. Not hide in a hole hoping to avoid White Hse attention or Congressional hearings

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.
www.thecrimson.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
From @docdelrio.bsky.social : the biggest side effect of vaccines is adulthood - children get to grow up to be adults. This morning on NPR.

Get yourself and your kids vaccinated - for them, for you, for the community!
March 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by Ron Bobroff
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."

Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM