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Susan Amussen
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Historian @UCMerced, early modern Britain and Atlantic world; gender, race and class. Old. Does not represent employer.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 3d
Sigh

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 3d
Self-checkout is evil, and this is why.
sonjadrimmer.bsky.social Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 4d
Here’s the thing about self checkout. Companies have determined that it is more cost effective to take the loss from theft that automation eases than it is to pay people to work in their stores. When one puts it like that, the quality of the tech or the apparent convenience* are beside the point.+

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 4d
Here’s the thing about self checkout. Companies have determined that it is more cost effective to take the loss from theft that automation eases than it is to pay people to work in their stores. When one puts it like that, the quality of the tech or the apparent convenience* are beside the point.+

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 5d
He lectured students in discussion sections about why the (female) professor was wrong about the British empire. So no discussion. Not cool, and the students were not happy.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 5d
Very useful thread
nbedera.bsky.social Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 5d
Every time I talk to someone outside of Minnesota, we always spend time on *really* basic things they have don’t understand about what is happening here.

So let’s do a Q&A. What are your most basic questions about what’s going on in Minnesota?

Reposted by Julia Lynch, Susan D. Amussen, Julie Ward

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 5d
Every time I talk to someone outside of Minnesota, we always spend time on *really* basic things they have don’t understand about what is happening here.

So let’s do a Q&A. What are your most basic questions about what’s going on in Minnesota?

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 5d
You did not want him as a TA!

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 6d
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

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 6d
Who doesn’t have enough assets.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 7d
I worry about all the stuff that is discarded because it was digitized, or all online publications. But there will still be some collections!

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 7d
Proofreading my index, which is almost worse than doing it in the first place.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 7d
Assuming those exist still.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 8d
Things you learn!

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Susan D. Amussen , and 1 more

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 8d
i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand.

just a steady beat.
Love Notes
docs.google.com

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Jen A. Miller @byjenamiller.bsky.social · 8d
And current discussion on the laundry subreddit www.reddit.com/r/laundry/s/...
From the laundry community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the laundry community
www.reddit.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 9d
I tried that. Ugh.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 10d
Tried to arrest someone for spitting on them? Seriously? You would have taken them to court for that? Those ICE guys are not the brightest bulbs!

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 10d
I’m so sorry. That’s worse than decaf!

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 10d
Flavored water.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10d
[nods]

newrepublic.com/article/2055...

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 10d
I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 10d
Terrifying what our students will have to sort through.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 10d
Clearly AI. Ugh.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 10d
I have one cup of coffee a day max, usually after lunch. Then I take a nap!

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 10d
We actually tried that, until the 1960s. It was a natural experiment. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 10d
I just discovered that I’d bought *decaf* coffee. Clearly my brain was not working when I was grocery shopping!

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Thomas Leeper @thosjleeper.bsky.social · 10d
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10d
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
Screenshot from STAT article that says "What we're going to have is a real-world experience of when unvaccinated people get measles," he said. "What is the new incidence of hospitalization? What's the incidence of death?"

Reposted by Steve Peers, Anne Norton, Susan D. Amussen

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10d
Republicans spent the entire hearing accusing Jack Smith of prosecuting Trump for political reasons and falsely claiming he was being directed by Biden and Garland. Ironically, while they were doing that, Trump was telling Bondi on Truth Social that she should prosecute Smith.