Susan Philpott
@susanphilpott.bsky.social
Public historian of the struggle for justice and equality. Lover of podcasts and family, including our tiny dog Chester. Recently widowed.
My hot take: Pies are good. All of them. Anytime is a good time for pie.
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My hot take: Pies are good. All of them. Anytime is a good time for pie.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
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Trans rights are human rights
From Erin Reed: Loudoun County—from which Trump threated to withhold fed funding for upholding restroom access—rejected anti-trans Rep & elected 2 trans rights Dems.--incl. one who represented trans students in court against outgoing anti-trans Rep Gov Glenn Youngkin.
"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Trans rights are human rights
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Video by Audrey Akin. 9:37pm, November 4, 2025.
Brooklyn, New York--the moment the results were announced.
That's the sound of HOPE, America 💙 ✊ 🇺🇸
Brooklyn, New York--the moment the results were announced.
That's the sound of HOPE, America 💙 ✊ 🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Video by Audrey Akin. 9:37pm, November 4, 2025.
Brooklyn, New York--the moment the results were announced.
That's the sound of HOPE, America 💙 ✊ 🇺🇸
Brooklyn, New York--the moment the results were announced.
That's the sound of HOPE, America 💙 ✊ 🇺🇸
When Daylight Saving Time ends in the second month of your furlough, sleep time becomes 6:30 pm - 2:30 am.
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
When Daylight Saving Time ends in the second month of your furlough, sleep time becomes 6:30 pm - 2:30 am.
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sherman, for the love of god!
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
sherman, for the love of god!
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Every time you use ChatGPT or something like it, you’re helping to train an algorithm that is actually being developed to do things like this
What a cursed sentence (gift link)
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
“The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.”
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Every time you use ChatGPT or something like it, you’re helping to train an algorithm that is actually being developed to do things like this
Sharing so I remember to read this
Wanna learn more about the Panthers’ work around disability? It wasn’t just the 504 sit-in. I have 2 chapters about them in my book Black Disability Politics which is available for purchase or free open access here from @dukepress.bsky.social:
library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
August 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sharing so I remember to read this
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I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.
August 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.
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Dolores Huerta, a 95 year old labor organizer with deep roots going back even before the Delano Grape Strike in 1965, here in Boyle Heights speaking at a protest. She called the past several days of detainments throughout Los Angeles a “horrible assault.”
June 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Dolores Huerta, a 95 year old labor organizer with deep roots going back even before the Delano Grape Strike in 1965, here in Boyle Heights speaking at a protest. She called the past several days of detainments throughout Los Angeles a “horrible assault.”
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Many of the federal workers being forced out by Trump are Black women who spent decades building a career of government service, only to see those careers shattered in a sudden purge.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
www.propublica.org
June 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Many of the federal workers being forced out by Trump are Black women who spent decades building a career of government service, only to see those careers shattered in a sudden purge.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
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Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.
Jesus forgot to add “bitch!”
Matthew 25:40
Jesus forgot to add “bitch!”
Matthew 25:40
June 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.
Jesus forgot to add “bitch!”
Matthew 25:40
Jesus forgot to add “bitch!”
Matthew 25:40
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"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom."
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
May 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom."
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
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Booker: Do you think we got the right to vote for women because a bunch of men on the House floor got together and said “on the count of three, women get the right to vote..” That’s not how it happened… Change doesn’t come from Washington. It comes to Washington.
April 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Booker: Do you think we got the right to vote for women because a bunch of men on the House floor got together and said “on the count of three, women get the right to vote..” That’s not how it happened… Change doesn’t come from Washington. It comes to Washington.
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Women made history in space long before the Blue Origin flight: Meet the astronauts, engineers and mathematicians that pioneered aerospace over the past 100 years.
Women made history in space long before the Blue Origin flight
As astronauts, engineers and mathematicians, women have been pioneers in aerospace for over 100 years.
19thnews.org
April 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Women made history in space long before the Blue Origin flight: Meet the astronauts, engineers and mathematicians that pioneered aerospace over the past 100 years.
Those moments when you discover that the ideas you've been trying to articulate have already been explained eloquently by someone much smarter than you over 40 years ago. Thank you, Paula Giddings.
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Those moments when you discover that the ideas you've been trying to articulate have already been explained eloquently by someone much smarter than you over 40 years ago. Thank you, Paula Giddings.
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This stunning portrait of trailblazing civil rights legal visionary Pauli Murray, now hangs in the Pauli Murray Suite at Howard Law School. The portrait was donated by alumni.
February 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This stunning portrait of trailblazing civil rights legal visionary Pauli Murray, now hangs in the Pauli Murray Suite at Howard Law School. The portrait was donated by alumni.
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People wanting other people to be nicer CAN trigger a backlash, but it is the fault of the backlash, not the people saying please respect me.
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
People wanting other people to be nicer CAN trigger a backlash, but it is the fault of the backlash, not the people saying please respect me.
Dogs are the answer. Or at least one answer
Some hospitals are bringing in dogs to spend entire shifts with doctors and nurses. The trained canines help staff cope with the stress of their work amid high levels of burnout.
Trained dogs working inside hospitals help ease burnout among health care staff
Some hospitals are bringing in dogs to spend entire shifts with doctors and nurses. The trained canines help staff cope with the stress of their work amid high levels of burnout.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dogs are the answer. Or at least one answer
I spent the day reading about resistance.
January 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I spent the day reading about resistance.
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being a 19th century feminist ally was such a layup. imagine the brownie points you'd get for being on the forefront of stuff like "women's hearts won't explode if they exercise"
December 31, 2024 at 4:48 PM
being a 19th century feminist ally was such a layup. imagine the brownie points you'd get for being on the forefront of stuff like "women's hearts won't explode if they exercise"
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IT'S A WONDERFUL ESSAY: The last few days before Christmas is when people usually tend to rewatch 'It's a Wonderful Life.' Can I commend to you this really superb essay we published a few years ago? It could change the way you understand that movie.
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
www.thebulwark.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:54 AM
IT'S A WONDERFUL ESSAY: The last few days before Christmas is when people usually tend to rewatch 'It's a Wonderful Life.' Can I commend to you this really superb essay we published a few years ago? It could change the way you understand that movie.
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
www.thebulwark.com/p/there-is-n...
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This is your reminder to listen to Hush — the best show you've never heard because, well, @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I are lower class podcasters: www.opb.org/show/hush/
OPB: Hush
Hush
www.opb.org
December 11, 2024 at 4:42 PM
This is your reminder to listen to Hush — the best show you've never heard because, well, @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I are lower class podcasters: www.opb.org/show/hush/