Andy Noland
@ajnoland19.bsky.social
UMN Political Science PhD Student. Politics of Memory, Repatriation, Apologies in Historical International Relations. So sorry about all posts concerning the OKC Thunder, Philadelphia Eagles, Chelsea.
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Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
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is this what we are calling the big beautiful bill now?
Trump is on one about Obamacare posting "UNAFFORDABLE CARE ACT!"
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
is this what we are calling the big beautiful bill now?
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🚨 New contribution to our co-edited @risjnl.bsky.social special issue on politics of cultural heritage just dropped!
And I linked all the other contributions below, so you don't have to go hunting for them.
@jelenasubotic.bsky.social
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And I linked all the other contributions below, so you don't have to go hunting for them.
@jelenasubotic.bsky.social
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🚨New First View Article🚨
"Restitution of colonial heritage collections: Partial norm implementation in Belgium and the United Kingdom" by Franziska Boehme is now available #OpenAccess!
Check it out here 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/lnjuWB0
"Restitution of colonial heritage collections: Partial norm implementation in Belgium and the United Kingdom" by Franziska Boehme is now available #OpenAccess!
Check it out here 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/lnjuWB0
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🚨 New contribution to our co-edited @risjnl.bsky.social special issue on politics of cultural heritage just dropped!
And I linked all the other contributions below, so you don't have to go hunting for them.
@jelenasubotic.bsky.social
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And I linked all the other contributions below, so you don't have to go hunting for them.
@jelenasubotic.bsky.social
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You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
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“No Kings Day” has officially begun! Protesters in Guam gathered today for a rally against the corrupt Trump regime (Video: Emilie Shew)
June 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“No Kings Day” has officially begun! Protesters in Guam gathered today for a rally against the corrupt Trump regime (Video: Emilie Shew)
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national broadcasts would be improved so much if they replaced the national broadcasters with a member of the local broadcast team for each team.
May 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
national broadcasts would be improved so much if they replaced the national broadcasters with a member of the local broadcast team for each team.
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Btw, that means in the last 24 hours we've had:
-Cory Booker going for a record in holding the floor
-Ruben Gallego putting a hold on VA nominees over cuts to veterans care
-Adam Schiff putting a hold on Ed Martin's nomination for DC US attorney over... a lot
That's a genuinely good start.
-Cory Booker going for a record in holding the floor
-Ruben Gallego putting a hold on VA nominees over cuts to veterans care
-Adam Schiff putting a hold on Ed Martin's nomination for DC US attorney over... a lot
That's a genuinely good start.
April 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Btw, that means in the last 24 hours we've had:
-Cory Booker going for a record in holding the floor
-Ruben Gallego putting a hold on VA nominees over cuts to veterans care
-Adam Schiff putting a hold on Ed Martin's nomination for DC US attorney over... a lot
That's a genuinely good start.
-Cory Booker going for a record in holding the floor
-Ruben Gallego putting a hold on VA nominees over cuts to veterans care
-Adam Schiff putting a hold on Ed Martin's nomination for DC US attorney over... a lot
That's a genuinely good start.
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I really don’t understand how these university presidents think this ends well for them. I don’t know if it’s a failure of my moral imagination or what but I can’t figure out what their calculus is
April 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I really don’t understand how these university presidents think this ends well for them. I don’t know if it’s a failure of my moral imagination or what but I can’t figure out what their calculus is
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Again, this is clearly illegal, in violation of the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. Universities need to fight back, NOW.
“The official said that the decision to cut funding was made because Penn ‘infamously permitted a male to compete on its women’s swimming team.’”
Trump administration freezes $175 million in federal funding to Penn
According to a White House tweet, Wednesday's decision is a result of Penn's
www.thedp.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Again, this is clearly illegal, in violation of the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. Universities need to fight back, NOW.
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Universities need to stand up for their interests and be vocal collectively to defend free speech and independent inquiry. Trying to lay low and hide is not going to work.
"The administration has weaponized the fight against antisemitism as a means to another end: punishing and weakening universities." 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 2:04 PM
Universities need to stand up for their interests and be vocal collectively to defend free speech and independent inquiry. Trying to lay low and hide is not going to work.
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Point for the ancients in the old dispute with the moderns. The problem of virtue is not eliminable in politics.
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Point for the ancients in the old dispute with the moderns. The problem of virtue is not eliminable in politics.
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Terrible news from one of my favorite professors at LSU: "Cultural Heritage and Traditional Knowledge of Vulnerable Coastal Communities," a 5 year, $925k study documenting people's senses of place and lived experiences with land loss along Louisiana's coast
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February 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Terrible news from one of my favorite professors at LSU: "Cultural Heritage and Traditional Knowledge of Vulnerable Coastal Communities," a 5 year, $925k study documenting people's senses of place and lived experiences with land loss along Louisiana's coast
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For the 79% of heterosexual married women whose legal married name doesn’t match your birth certificate or passport, get ready to have your voting rights frozen.
Yes, read that again.
No, that is not hyperbole.
Act now.
Yes, read that again.
No, that is not hyperbole.
Act now.
“If a married woman hasn’t paid $130 to update her passport —assuming she has one, which only about half of Americans do— she may not be able to vote in the next election if the SAVE Act becomes law,” @wendyweiser.bsky.social tells Glamour
The SAVE Act Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting. Here’s What You Need to Know
The bill would make it harder for women, people of color, young voters, and other marginalized groups to register to vote.
www.glamour.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
For the 79% of heterosexual married women whose legal married name doesn’t match your birth certificate or passport, get ready to have your voting rights frozen.
Yes, read that again.
No, that is not hyperbole.
Act now.
Yes, read that again.
No, that is not hyperbole.
Act now.
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Brilliant essay; well-worth your time. 10 out of 10. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisis?
Beset by colonial controversy, difficult finances and the discovery of a thief on the inside, Britain’s most visited museum is in deep trouble. Can it restore its reputation?
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Brilliant essay; well-worth your time. 10 out of 10. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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The UN “calls upon actors in the art market—including auction houses, museums, art dealers, and collectors—to take a proactive stance in ensuring the provenance of cultural objects…”
the demand side of the illicit trade has often been overlooked.
theantiquitiescoalition.org/acs-deborah-...
the demand side of the illicit trade has often been overlooked.
theantiquitiescoalition.org/acs-deborah-...
AC's Deborah Lehr: United Nations Takes Bold Step to Address Illicit Trade in Antiquities - Antiquities Coalition
This blog post is authored by Deborah Lehr, Chairman and Founder of the Antiquities Coalition. On December 6, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted resolution A/79/L.16, an importan...
theantiquitiescoalition.org
December 13, 2024 at 3:42 PM
The UN “calls upon actors in the art market—including auction houses, museums, art dealers, and collectors—to take a proactive stance in ensuring the provenance of cultural objects…”
the demand side of the illicit trade has often been overlooked.
theantiquitiescoalition.org/acs-deborah-...
the demand side of the illicit trade has often been overlooked.
theantiquitiescoalition.org/acs-deborah-...
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A 700-year-old bronze Buddha statue stolen from a temple in 1988 has now been returned to Thailand www.khaosodenglish.com/life/arts/20...
A Stolen Lanna Buddha Statue Returned from Europe to Phayao
A Lanna-style Buddha statue that was stolen decades ago, and returned it to Phayao Province on Friday.
www.khaosodenglish.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 AM
A 700-year-old bronze Buddha statue stolen from a temple in 1988 has now been returned to Thailand www.khaosodenglish.com/life/arts/20...
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This is big. Thailand has become a major transshipment country for looted artifacts from across the Middle East and beyond, as well as a source of loot itself.
It is now moving to ratify the Unesco convention and crack down on antiquities trafficking.
world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/thail...
It is now moving to ratify the Unesco convention and crack down on antiquities trafficking.
world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/thail...
Thailand closer to ratifying UN convention on trafficking in
Thailand has completed drafting legislation to prevent illicit activities involving cultural property, a step required to ratify the 1970 UN Convention on the M
world.thaipbs.or.th
November 22, 2024 at 3:18 PM
This is big. Thailand has become a major transshipment country for looted artifacts from across the Middle East and beyond, as well as a source of loot itself.
It is now moving to ratify the Unesco convention and crack down on antiquities trafficking.
world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/thail...
It is now moving to ratify the Unesco convention and crack down on antiquities trafficking.
world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/thail...
Waking up yesterday being a student felt bizarre. I miss being in the classroom teaching critical thinking: how to analyze documents; identify and critique bias; and locate all the places power manifests. Being a high school teacher in Oklahoma may have been the most important job I’ll ever have.
November 7, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Waking up yesterday being a student felt bizarre. I miss being in the classroom teaching critical thinking: how to analyze documents; identify and critique bias; and locate all the places power manifests. Being a high school teacher in Oklahoma may have been the most important job I’ll ever have.
Got the opportunity to present my research at my first conference! ISA Northeast was such an incredibly inviting environment filled with lovely people. I am so grateful for my fellow panelists, the insightful advice, and the new friendships made!
November 7, 2023 at 1:02 AM
Got the opportunity to present my research at my first conference! ISA Northeast was such an incredibly inviting environment filled with lovely people. I am so grateful for my fellow panelists, the insightful advice, and the new friendships made!