Colleen Goos
@gooscolleen.bsky.social
Mixed media artistic librarian living silently in a cacaphony of sound. Interests include history ranging from the ancient Americas to ancient Central Asia and horse domestication. I have had T1D since 1984 and am autistic.
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“They can’t do that! The ADA protects you!”
People love to say this when you tell them you’ve been discriminated against or mistreated for being disabled
Just because someone technically shouldn’t do something, doesn’t mean they won’t
Dealing with discrimination is a part of being disabled
People love to say this when you tell them you’ve been discriminated against or mistreated for being disabled
Just because someone technically shouldn’t do something, doesn’t mean they won’t
Dealing with discrimination is a part of being disabled
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
“They can’t do that! The ADA protects you!”
People love to say this when you tell them you’ve been discriminated against or mistreated for being disabled
Just because someone technically shouldn’t do something, doesn’t mean they won’t
Dealing with discrimination is a part of being disabled
People love to say this when you tell them you’ve been discriminated against or mistreated for being disabled
Just because someone technically shouldn’t do something, doesn’t mean they won’t
Dealing with discrimination is a part of being disabled
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Love your disabled kin while we're here.
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Love your disabled kin while we're here.
Exactly.
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.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Exactly.
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'We can never forget’: the fight for answers as displays of black US soldiers removed from Dutch cemetery
Relatives fear removal is part of ‘same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Relatives fear removal is part of ‘same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘We can never forget’: the fight for answers as displays of black US soldiers removed from Dutch cemetery
Relatives fear removal is part of ‘same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
'We can never forget’: the fight for answers as displays of black US soldiers removed from Dutch cemetery
Relatives fear removal is part of ‘same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Relatives fear removal is part of ‘same virus affecting the US’, as historians and politicians say it coincided with Trump’s DEI purge
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!
"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" | National Museum of African American History & Culture.
<p>“Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaigns of the 1930s used effective direct-action tactics, such as boycotts and picketing. </p>
www.searchablemuseum.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!
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oh these kids knew what they were doing. there was an approved float design. this was not it. disgusting.
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
oh these kids knew what they were doing. there was an approved float design. this was not it. disgusting.
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A timeline cleanser: an MSc student in today's digital methods pathway brought this marvellous website to my attention. The bats are particularly seasonally appropriate.
bestiary.ca/beasts/beast...
bestiary.ca/beasts/beast...
Medieval Bestiary : Beasts : Bat
Bat gallery; A bird that gives birth to living young
bestiary.ca
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A timeline cleanser: an MSc student in today's digital methods pathway brought this marvellous website to my attention. The bats are particularly seasonally appropriate.
bestiary.ca/beasts/beast...
bestiary.ca/beasts/beast...
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Matthew Shepard was murdered right when I was trying to come out of the closet. So like, this hit me pretty hard. Maybe that’s why I understand how important it is for trans kids to know they deserve to live.
27 years ago, hateful violence took the life of Matthew Shepard. His story reminds us of what happens when intolerance goes unchecked.
Today, as extremists target our LGBTQ+ neighbors for who they are, we must recommit to building a nation rooted in love, safety, and equality for all.
Today, as extremists target our LGBTQ+ neighbors for who they are, we must recommit to building a nation rooted in love, safety, and equality for all.
October 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Matthew Shepard was murdered right when I was trying to come out of the closet. So like, this hit me pretty hard. Maybe that’s why I understand how important it is for trans kids to know they deserve to live.
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Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹
This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨
Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...
This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨
Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...
No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko
YouTube video by Kidzuko
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October 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹
This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨
Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...
This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨
Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...
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There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
October 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
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so, as some may know, I'll be doing an online course this coming October - 4 sessions on the myth of the dark ages and how we can know a messy medieval world
well, delighted to announce that now you can get 50% OFF your registration!
link below -->
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
well, delighted to announce that now you can get 50% OFF your registration!
link below -->
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Online Course Dispelling the "Dark Ages"
Get 50% off registration - exclusive to subscribers
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September 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
so, as some may know, I'll be doing an online course this coming October - 4 sessions on the myth of the dark ages and how we can know a messy medieval world
well, delighted to announce that now you can get 50% OFF your registration!
link below -->
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
well, delighted to announce that now you can get 50% OFF your registration!
link below -->
buttondown.com/ModernMediev...
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To see @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, @ezraklein.bsky.social and other columnists just ignore this central piece of Turning Point’s work is inexcusable. TPUSA and its allies terrorized hundreds of academics. I was one of them.
Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
September 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
To see @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, @ezraklein.bsky.social and other columnists just ignore this central piece of Turning Point’s work is inexcusable. TPUSA and its allies terrorized hundreds of academics. I was one of them.
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Literally look at any Media Matters story tagged with his name and you'll get his disgusting comments in full context. Miss me with this "I find that [his views] have been inaccurately or incompletely reported," you ghoul.
September 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Literally look at any Media Matters story tagged with his name and you'll get his disgusting comments in full context. Miss me with this "I find that [his views] have been inaccurately or incompletely reported," you ghoul.
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Was it his civility which drove my colleagues into hiding for teaching at a university? Was it civility when TPUSA spawned death threats against me and many others? Was it civility when he said other people’s children should be murdered rather than have gun safety?
September 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Was it his civility which drove my colleagues into hiding for teaching at a university? Was it civility when TPUSA spawned death threats against me and many others? Was it civility when he said other people’s children should be murdered rather than have gun safety?
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As someone who spent many hours listening to Kirk’s show on AM radio, I would say that he made Rush Limbaugh seem like Walter Cronkite by comparison, in terms of rhetorical tone and empirical rigor. The subtext of every show was “You don’t hate the left enough.”
My sense is that most Americans had not heard of Charlie Kirk until yesterday. The first and perhaps only thing they're going to hear about him from the most trusted and important voices in American politics is that he was a model and constructive participant in good-faith political discourse.
September 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As someone who spent many hours listening to Kirk’s show on AM radio, I would say that he made Rush Limbaugh seem like Walter Cronkite by comparison, in terms of rhetorical tone and empirical rigor. The subtext of every show was “You don’t hate the left enough.”
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Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
September 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus): These raptors have eyesight that is adapted to spotting underwater objects from the air, useful when 99% of its diet is fish. With a wingspan of 180cm (71in) this bird is found in all continents (except Antarctica). #osprey #ospreys #fishhawk #raptor #raptors #birds #bird
September 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus): These raptors have eyesight that is adapted to spotting underwater objects from the air, useful when 99% of its diet is fish. With a wingspan of 180cm (71in) this bird is found in all continents (except Antarctica). #osprey #ospreys #fishhawk #raptor #raptors #birds #bird
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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I drew a raven today. But until I was almost done, I though I was drawing a cuttlefish. How does that even work?
I wrote about it on my patreon, walking through my process and showing how I got a corvid out of a cephalopod. It's a free article, so give it a read!
www.patreon.com/posts/quoth-...
I wrote about it on my patreon, walking through my process and showing how I got a corvid out of a cephalopod. It's a free article, so give it a read!
www.patreon.com/posts/quoth-...
Quoth the Raven: “I Used to be a Cuttlefish” | Surprised Eel Maps
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August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I drew a raven today. But until I was almost done, I though I was drawing a cuttlefish. How does that even work?
I wrote about it on my patreon, walking through my process and showing how I got a corvid out of a cephalopod. It's a free article, so give it a read!
www.patreon.com/posts/quoth-...
I wrote about it on my patreon, walking through my process and showing how I got a corvid out of a cephalopod. It's a free article, so give it a read!
www.patreon.com/posts/quoth-...
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TFW you haven’t done the age assigned reading, but you’re gonna talk a lot in class cause you read one book from the 1930s once.
An abiding mystery of the French Revolution is solved — by epidemiology
The period of panic and unrest called the Great Fear was triggered by deliberately spread rumours, according to methods borrowed from pandemic playbooks.
The period of panic and unrest called the Great Fear was triggered by deliberately spread rumours, according to methods borrowed from pandemic playbooks.
An abiding mystery of the French Revolution is solved — by epidemiology
Nature - The period of panic and unrest called the Great Fear was triggered by deliberately spread rumours, according to methods borrowed from pandemic playbooks.
www.nature.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
TFW you haven’t done the age assigned reading, but you’re gonna talk a lot in class cause you read one book from the 1930s once.
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Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting
In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention ce...
english.elpais.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting
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I've moved a lot, but Utah is where I grew up. It's home, and I love southern Utah. Recently, I did a set of four drawings of some of my favorite places in the state.
They're for sale on my Etsy store here, if you want a print or a mug. They look good on a mug, man...
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
They're for sale on my Etsy store here, if you want a print or a mug. They look good on a mug, man...
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
August 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I've moved a lot, but Utah is where I grew up. It's home, and I love southern Utah. Recently, I did a set of four drawings of some of my favorite places in the state.
They're for sale on my Etsy store here, if you want a print or a mug. They look good on a mug, man...
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
They're for sale on my Etsy store here, if you want a print or a mug. They look good on a mug, man...
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
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“Someday, I hope, we’re going to have a reckoning over the horrors of this moment, but I don’t think we can do it without a clearer understanding of how this fits into U.S. history. There’s a tendency to say, “This isn’t who we are,” and I get the impulse, but history is never that simple.”
Opinion | Concentration camps are not just part of our past, but our present and future
From David M. Perry: From Minnesota’s Fort Snelling to Japanese internment camps to Florida's Alligator Alcatraz, these camps have become an American tradition.
www.startribune.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“Someday, I hope, we’re going to have a reckoning over the horrors of this moment, but I don’t think we can do it without a clearer understanding of how this fits into U.S. history. There’s a tendency to say, “This isn’t who we are,” and I get the impulse, but history is never that simple.”