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Joan Saverino
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Folklorist/anthropologist. I document from Calabria to Appalachia
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greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
That’s right – plastic recycling is actually a MYTH.

In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.

Read the full report here:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
Merchants of Myth: new report exposes plastic recycling as costly failure - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
A new report from Greenpeace USA reveals plastic recycling has largely failed after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
www.greenpeace.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Launch of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move
YouTube video by Glucksman Ireland House NYU
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September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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davidrotenstein.bsky.social
I was already reading this book for a story I’m writing when trump’s EO on the unhoused dropped yesterday. It’s like our nation hasn’t learned a single lesson from centuries of scrapped harmful policies.
Cover photo: “Down and Out on the Road: The Homeless in American History” by Kenneth L. Kusmer.
July 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
So proud of Orlando. This artist who hired O to hang art at her home has this podcast & an art magazine. She had O on her podcast yesterday & she wants to do a 2nd interview
July 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
The Hidden Work of Art Handling, Installation, and Building a Creative Career from the Ground Up — with Orlando Saverino-Loeb
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The Hidden Work of Art Handling, Installation, and Building a Creative Career from the Ground Up — with Orlando Saverino-Loeb
In this episode of Art & Cocktails, host Ekaterina Popova meets with artist and art handler Orlando Saverino-Loeb to uncover the hidden labor behind art presentation—and the creative mindset needed to...
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July 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
Jason Delgado (Florida Capitol reporter for Spectrum News 13) on X: "Quick look at what inside a detainment tent looks like here at Alligator Alcatraz." What is shown in the picture is a long tent structure, about 50 feet wide. There is a corridor running down the middle. On each side are three rows of bunk beds. The bunk beds are sectioned off into cells which are constructed out of chain link fence, with chain link on the ceiling as well, making each cell a literal cage. It looks to me like each cell contains 9 bunk beds, so has capacity for 18 people each.
July 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Beautiful material culture testament to history
profkfh.bsky.social ProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · Jun 19
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.
June 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
War Deja Vu
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War Deja Vu
The lies told to ignite the war with Iraq have been resurrected to ignite a war with Iran. The assessments of intelligence agencies and international bodies are dismissed, replaced by hallucinations.
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Philadelphia” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS in Philadelphia · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
June 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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dystopian-fashion.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
So happy to have a co-written article with historian Donna Gabaccia in this volume that fo uses on the transnational movement of a two bed coverlets
June 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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irpinaingiro.bsky.social
Read the blog post below for a sneak peek of some of the themes explored in Rituals of Migration. The official publication date is June 17 but you can order the book now from @nyupress.bsky.social and
@gihnyu.bsky.social.
May 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Thrilled to have a co-authored article with Donna Gabaccia on the transnational movement of bed coverlets in this volume
May 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
🗃️ 👏 To all the contributors to "Rituals of Migration": Jill Bender @braun-strumfels.bsky.social Donna Gabaccia @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social Linda Reeder @appalachianphilly.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social Bernadette Whelan Clara Zaccagnini 🧵2/5
Rituals of Migration
Italian and Irish immigrant experiencesWhen people migrate, they often perform social and cultural rituals along the way. The idea of rites of passage—with...
https://nyupress.org/9781479825134/rituals-of-migration/}}
May 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Me too! Thank you to you and Kevin for being wonderful editors and for including me.
irpinaingiro.bsky.social Maddalena Marinari, Ph. D. @irpinaingiro.bsky.social · May 13
Really excited to see this book in print! Many of the authors are also @iehs.bsky.social members. It was truly an honor to work with so many talented scholars!
kevinkenny.bsky.social Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · May 13
🗃️ What do migrants think, feel, do, and pack on the eve of departure, in transit, and when returning home? See "Rituals of Migration" @nyupress.bsky.social edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social nyupress.org/978147982513... @gihnyu.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social 🧵1/5
May 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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npr.org
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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titonka.bsky.social
Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”

x.com/nayibbukele/...
x.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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willbunch.bsky.social
I want them all unmasked. I want Noem, Homan, and Miller to someday be tried for their crimes against humanity. Ditto for the ICE agents and other officers who abuse innocent tourists, college students, and refugees

When all this is over, I want justice. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
When this is over, U.S. rights abusers must be tried for crimes against humanity
Escalating reports of human rights crimes from Kristi Noem's propaganda to ICE cruelty must be wiped clean with justice.
www.inquirer.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
There we go. Support this man.
monaburns.bsky.social Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · Apr 14
Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return

"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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willbunch.bsky.social
Cancel this fricking disgrace
brianstelter.bsky.social Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · Mar 29
Breaking: The White House Correspondents' Association is reversing course and canceling its plans to have comedian Amber Ruffin headline this year's annual fundraising dinner in DC.
March 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
This is a sad but interesting question. How many grad students will leave and where, if anywhere will they go ?
gabestur.bsky.social gabestur.bsky.social @gabestur.bsky.social · Mar 29
Live here and am in grad school here. I have one class where 13 out of the 15 in it are leaving the state or country at end of semester.

That funding loss will really impact the summer where the population is half that so it’s about $2k per person.
March 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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dearlstephens.bsky.social
📌It's time for current and former military leaders to uphold their oath and speak up RIGHT NOW.
This is a damn emergency.
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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murshedz.bsky.social
"United States is now aligning itself more fully with the global forces of ethnonationalism, authoritarianism and oligarchy."

Worth reading @mattduss.bsky.social
What are we to make of Trump’s Ukraine policy? | Matt Duss
In Trump’s jungle, the powerful make decisions the weak must simply accept – international law and human rights be damned
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Join in Philly!
50501movement.bsky.social 50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Feb 27
🚨50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement.

Over 50 March 4th events have been added so far, and our team is working hard to get more up as quickly as they are submitted.

Find or host a March 4th protest: www.FiftyFifty.one.

#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Phuladelphia!
50501movement.bsky.social 50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Feb 27
🚨50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement.

Over 50 March 4th events have been added so far, and our team is working hard to get more up as quickly as they are submitted.

Find or host a March 4th protest: www.FiftyFifty.one.

#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM