Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026)
@tnflorvil.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/working on several projects, including a bio of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/
https://www.tiffanynflorvil.com/
https://www.tiffanynflorvil.com/
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Happy Heavenly Birthday to May Ayim! She would have turned 65 years old today. Although we are not kin, I feel kinship with her. Next August 2026 will mark 30 years since her passing.
After all these years of studying her, I still do not consider myself an expert on her.
After all these years of studying her, I still do not consider myself an expert on her.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
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PBS taught me English, so... a lot of feelings today.
But it's also an important reminder: people talk about how the next administration will fix things, but what Trump and Co. are doing right now will take generations to undo.
We can't just sit passively - it's about fighting from every angle.
But it's also an important reminder: people talk about how the next administration will fix things, but what Trump and Co. are doing right now will take generations to undo.
We can't just sit passively - it's about fighting from every angle.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
PBS taught me English, so... a lot of feelings today.
But it's also an important reminder: people talk about how the next administration will fix things, but what Trump and Co. are doing right now will take generations to undo.
We can't just sit passively - it's about fighting from every angle.
But it's also an important reminder: people talk about how the next administration will fix things, but what Trump and Co. are doing right now will take generations to undo.
We can't just sit passively - it's about fighting from every angle.
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
So ever since my fall, I had pain on my right foot, but was focused on thr intense pain on my left foot. Turns out I fractured my right foot as well. I learned at my follow up appointment today. no Surgery on that one though!!!
January 5, 2026 at 10:48 PM
So ever since my fall, I had pain on my right foot, but was focused on thr intense pain on my left foot. Turns out I fractured my right foot as well. I learned at my follow up appointment today. no Surgery on that one though!!!
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Der Runde Tisch, an dem sich 1989 in Polen das sozialistische Regime und die demokratischen Opposition über den Systemwechsel verständigten, wurde von Karol Nawrocki aus dem Präsidentenpalast ins Museum entsorgt. Christhardt Henschel mit einer Analyse.
geschichtedergegenwart.ch/postkommunis...
geschichtedergegenwart.ch/postkommunis...
Postkommunismus ade. Warum Polen den Runden Tisch von 1989 ins Museum verbannt
Der Runde Tisch, an dem sich 1989 in Polen das sozialistische Regime und die demokratischen Opposition über einen schrittweisen friedlichen Systemwechsel verständigten, wurde vom aktuellen Präsidenten...
geschichtedergegenwart.ch
January 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Der Runde Tisch, an dem sich 1989 in Polen das sozialistische Regime und die demokratischen Opposition über den Systemwechsel verständigten, wurde von Karol Nawrocki aus dem Präsidentenpalast ins Museum entsorgt. Christhardt Henschel mit einer Analyse.
geschichtedergegenwart.ch/postkommunis...
geschichtedergegenwart.ch/postkommunis...
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Scholars, please cite yourselves when relevant! You are creating a body of work, a world even, and we want to know where all the pieces are, and how they fit together.
I saw a LinkedIn post making fun of senior scholars for citing themselves, but I've seen academics Columbus entire well developed fields of study and be applauded for it by the AHA, so...?
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Scholars, please cite yourselves when relevant! You are creating a body of work, a world even, and we want to know where all the pieces are, and how they fit together.
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Someone show this to the "lab leak" disinfo merchants... www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
Review of 200 novel human viruses over a century a reminder that pathogen emergence isn’t rare
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Someone show this to the "lab leak" disinfo merchants... www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
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oh, this looks amazing!
What are y’all reading? This is my current at work read:
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
oh, this looks amazing!
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"Venezuela's oil is heavy & dense, and requires special refineries. Burning any type of oil contributes to climate change, but Venezuela's oil is "among the dirtiest oils in the world to produce when it comes to global warming," says Paasha Mahdavi, at UC Santa Barbara."
www.npr.org/2026/01/04/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/04/n...
Trump wants U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. Here's what to know
President Trump wants more U.S. oil companies to "go in" to Venezuela. But there are economic, historical, and climate reasons that may not be easy. Here's what you need to know about oil in Venezuela...
www.npr.org
January 4, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"Venezuela's oil is heavy & dense, and requires special refineries. Burning any type of oil contributes to climate change, but Venezuela's oil is "among the dirtiest oils in the world to produce when it comes to global warming," says Paasha Mahdavi, at UC Santa Barbara."
www.npr.org/2026/01/04/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/04/n...
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In light of illegal actions by the U.S. gov't in Venezuela, we highlight a few teaching resources, starting with the classic "people's history" of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano, "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/op...
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/op...
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Book — Non-fiction. By Eduardo Galeano. 1997. 360 pages. Gripping history of the land and people of Latin America.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
In light of illegal actions by the U.S. gov't in Venezuela, we highlight a few teaching resources, starting with the classic "people's history" of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano, "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/op...
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/op...
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Große Freude!
Ich durfte mit Stephanie Rohde in der Reihe Sein & Streit über politische Utopien sprechen.
Zu hören auf Deutschlandfunk Kultur:
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/politische-u...
Ich durfte mit Stephanie Rohde in der Reihe Sein & Streit über politische Utopien sprechen.
Zu hören auf Deutschlandfunk Kultur:
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/politische-u...
Soziologe Jan Groos: Zur Bewältigung der Herausforderungen der Gegenwart braucht es neue Ideen
Viele Krisen, und keine Visionen. Der Soziologe und Podcaster Jan Groos hat ein Vorschläge für neue Perspektiven angesichts der Herausforderungen der Gegenwart.
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de
January 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Große Freude!
Ich durfte mit Stephanie Rohde in der Reihe Sein & Streit über politische Utopien sprechen.
Zu hören auf Deutschlandfunk Kultur:
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/politische-u...
Ich durfte mit Stephanie Rohde in der Reihe Sein & Streit über politische Utopien sprechen.
Zu hören auf Deutschlandfunk Kultur:
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/politische-u...
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Trump would have done this whether or not the Epstein files existed, babes.
January 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Trump would have done this whether or not the Epstein files existed, babes.
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If you can't attend a protest, I would suggest speaking to your values in whatever ways you can, and attending to something *you can do*. Remember, many things are happening at once. They want to keep your head spinning.
Let purpose preempt despair.
Let purpose preempt despair.
January 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM
If you can't attend a protest, I would suggest speaking to your values in whatever ways you can, and attending to something *you can do*. Remember, many things are happening at once. They want to keep your head spinning.
Let purpose preempt despair.
Let purpose preempt despair.
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'One of the most consequential changes [in the September 2025 Immigration White Paper] is the reduction of the Graduate Visa route from 24 to 18 months, which directly undermines the ability of international trainees to complete their Early Career Teacher (ECT) induction.'
WEEKEND READING: The 2025 Immigration White Paper and its impact on international teacher recruitment and retention in MFL and Physics - HEPI
This blog was kindly authored by Juliette Claro, Lecturer in Education at St Mary’s University Twickenham and Co-chair of the UCET Special Interest Group in Supporting International Trainee Teachers i...
www.hepi.ac.uk
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
'One of the most consequential changes [in the September 2025 Immigration White Paper] is the reduction of the Graduate Visa route from 24 to 18 months, which directly undermines the ability of international trainees to complete their Early Career Teacher (ECT) induction.'
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"Akin to the voter suppression that spiked after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, the end of disparate impact invites the revival of old-school techniques to deny racially marginalized groups equal opportunity." www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
Promoting a New Segregation
The Trump administration wants to make anti-Black racism great again.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
"Akin to the voter suppression that spiked after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, the end of disparate impact invites the revival of old-school techniques to deny racially marginalized groups equal opportunity." www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
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Finished CUREPEDIA by @simonprice.bsky.social & I have to talk about how *amazing* this book is. I read it from start to end - A Forest to Zoology - which is absolutely not as designed, but reading cover to cover it forms the most incredible, sprawling, comprehensive, mind-bending band history ever.
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Finished CUREPEDIA by @simonprice.bsky.social & I have to talk about how *amazing* this book is. I read it from start to end - A Forest to Zoology - which is absolutely not as designed, but reading cover to cover it forms the most incredible, sprawling, comprehensive, mind-bending band history ever.
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January 3, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Killing the very people the administration claims to be liberating.
January 3, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Killing the very people the administration claims to be liberating.
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The “Venezuela distracts from Epstein” line is ridiculous because 1) many awful things happen at once 2) Same Iran-Contra crowd pushing Venezuela invasion are or were involved with Epstein/Maxwell 3) Epstein associates (for ex, Dershowitz) want Iran invasion and see Venezuela as a test run for Iran
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM
The “Venezuela distracts from Epstein” line is ridiculous because 1) many awful things happen at once 2) Same Iran-Contra crowd pushing Venezuela invasion are or were involved with Epstein/Maxwell 3) Epstein associates (for ex, Dershowitz) want Iran invasion and see Venezuela as a test run for Iran
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*looks over at Schumer and Jeffries*
Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, called President Trump on Saturday to personally object to strikes the U.S. had conducted in Venezuela and to the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Mamdani accused Trump of violating international law.
Zohran Mamdani Called President Trump to Criticize Venezuela Strikes
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York accused President Trump of violating international law. It was the first time he had criticized the president since their White House meeting.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
*looks over at Schumer and Jeffries*
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."