Dr. Amanda J Summers
@amandajsummers.bsky.social
Not aspiring to be humble.
Postdoc @ Queen’s University
PhD from Temple - History
Writes on colonial LatAm/Caribbean/Iberian Atlantic - embodied experiences of incarceration/sex/violence - identity performativity through gender/race/religions.
Postdoc @ Queen’s University
PhD from Temple - History
Writes on colonial LatAm/Caribbean/Iberian Atlantic - embodied experiences of incarceration/sex/violence - identity performativity through gender/race/religions.
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
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1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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Look what we have here then.
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Look what we have here then.
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🚨 EXPLODING WHALE DAY🚨
November 12, 1970:
A 40 ton whale carcass lays, rotting, on an Oregon beach.
A crowd has gathered to watch the whale carcass be dynamited to dispose of it.
HILARITY*. ENSUES.
*”blubber snowstorm”
REMASTERED VIDEO!
www.youtube.com/embed/V6CLum...
November 12, 1970:
A 40 ton whale carcass lays, rotting, on an Oregon beach.
A crowd has gathered to watch the whale carcass be dynamited to dispose of it.
HILARITY*. ENSUES.
*”blubber snowstorm”
REMASTERED VIDEO!
www.youtube.com/embed/V6CLum...
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨 EXPLODING WHALE DAY🚨
November 12, 1970:
A 40 ton whale carcass lays, rotting, on an Oregon beach.
A crowd has gathered to watch the whale carcass be dynamited to dispose of it.
HILARITY*. ENSUES.
*”blubber snowstorm”
REMASTERED VIDEO!
www.youtube.com/embed/V6CLum...
November 12, 1970:
A 40 ton whale carcass lays, rotting, on an Oregon beach.
A crowd has gathered to watch the whale carcass be dynamited to dispose of it.
HILARITY*. ENSUES.
*”blubber snowstorm”
REMASTERED VIDEO!
www.youtube.com/embed/V6CLum...
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Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
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Sign the Petition
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
c.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
I’m taking the rail to Quebec City today. I…. Did not realize it was so far away 😂😂😂
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I’m taking the rail to Quebec City today. I…. Did not realize it was so far away 😂😂😂
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This moment demands fighters, not folders.
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This moment demands fighters, not folders.
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Nearly two decades of stagnant provincial funding, a seven-year freeze on domestic tuition, and federal cuts to international student visas have left many of Ontario's colleges and universities in dire financial straits.
Ontario’s Post-Secondary Education Crisis in Five Figures | The Local
Stagnant provincial funding, a domestic tuition freeze, cuts to international students, and expensive capital projects—the numbers behind the emergency in higher education.
thelocal.to
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Nearly two decades of stagnant provincial funding, a seven-year freeze on domestic tuition, and federal cuts to international student visas have left many of Ontario's colleges and universities in dire financial straits.
Jordan Davis is heckin wholesome 😍
This week’s Eagles Q&A: Chatting with Jordan Davis about his love for space www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/nfl/philadel...
Eagles Q&A: Chatting with Jordan Davis about his love for space
In the latest Eagles locker room Q&A, Jordan Davis explains his love for space.
www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Jordan Davis is heckin wholesome 😍
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Just published!
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes
Since the nineteenth century, working-class families have predominantly relied on tenements for housing, with rents often consuming a large portion of their household budgets. There is a long and cont...
uclpress.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just published!
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
Rent Strikes: A history of collective tenant actions across the world, the book I edited with @hannesrolf.bsky.social, is out now from @uclpress.bsky.social
It's OPEN ACCESS, part of the "Work Around the World" series by @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/rent-st...
We have snow! Just a little. But SNOW!!!!! 😍
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We have snow! Just a little. But SNOW!!!!! 😍
“Maybe this isn’t the year you go home for thanksgiving”
Just now on CNN
Yeah, we’ve realized that. Thanks 🙄
I cannot imagine trying to travel in the US right now, I’m so grateful I was able to be home last week.
Just now on CNN
Yeah, we’ve realized that. Thanks 🙄
I cannot imagine trying to travel in the US right now, I’m so grateful I was able to be home last week.
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Maybe this isn’t the year you go home for thanksgiving”
Just now on CNN
Yeah, we’ve realized that. Thanks 🙄
I cannot imagine trying to travel in the US right now, I’m so grateful I was able to be home last week.
Just now on CNN
Yeah, we’ve realized that. Thanks 🙄
I cannot imagine trying to travel in the US right now, I’m so grateful I was able to be home last week.
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Historian here. Nothing bad has ever happened when armed people with military training can't get fed and/or paid.
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
Officials say commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but many stateside stores could close soon after due to the government shutdown.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Historian here. Nothing bad has ever happened when armed people with military training can't get fed and/or paid.
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Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Farmers' Almanac says it will cease publication after 208 years, citing financial challenges
Can anyone explain to me why...
and this is maybe specific to the 17th century Cartagena Inquisition documents I read, but I see it a lot...
Slave owners are referred to as "un amo" or "su amo"?
and this is maybe specific to the 17th century Cartagena Inquisition documents I read, but I see it a lot...
Slave owners are referred to as "un amo" or "su amo"?
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Can anyone explain to me why...
and this is maybe specific to the 17th century Cartagena Inquisition documents I read, but I see it a lot...
Slave owners are referred to as "un amo" or "su amo"?
and this is maybe specific to the 17th century Cartagena Inquisition documents I read, but I see it a lot...
Slave owners are referred to as "un amo" or "su amo"?
I am trying my best.
I am even on the market so I may ruin MORE workplaces.
I am even on the market so I may ruin MORE workplaces.
Have you ruined a workplace today?
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I am trying my best.
I am even on the market so I may ruin MORE workplaces.
I am even on the market so I may ruin MORE workplaces.
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
You know what…
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
You know what…
With Phillies season done, Eagles tickets extremely out of financial reach, and me working in Canada for a few more months…
Welcome to my era of Kingston Frontenacs hockey fandom. I go to my first game tomorrow and I’m ready to be a super fan. (Tix are so cheap 😭)
Welcome to my era of Kingston Frontenacs hockey fandom. I go to my first game tomorrow and I’m ready to be a super fan. (Tix are so cheap 😭)
two men are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing sunglasses and a tank top .
Alt: The hockey players from Letterkenny are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing sunglasses and a tank top, they fist bump and say “Ferda”
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
With Phillies season done, Eagles tickets extremely out of financial reach, and me working in Canada for a few more months…
Welcome to my era of Kingston Frontenacs hockey fandom. I go to my first game tomorrow and I’m ready to be a super fan. (Tix are so cheap 😭)
Welcome to my era of Kingston Frontenacs hockey fandom. I go to my first game tomorrow and I’m ready to be a super fan. (Tix are so cheap 😭)
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That cop at the end...wtf? Do you not know what your job is?
Excellent job Rep Houlahan (D-PA), call them out to their faces every chance you get. Trump’s little Johnson (R-LA) gets mad when confronted and asked if he has reached out to the other side to end this Republican government shutdown. Love to see Democrats keeping up the fight🔥
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🫢
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I hope the Mamdani Caliphate's first action in office will be to fire the NYT Connections editor
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I hope the Mamdani Caliphate's first action in office will be to fire the NYT Connections editor
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After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be