Maura Coughlin
@mauracoughlin.bsky.social
Ecocritical art history, organic gardening, all things algal. Teaching Professor at Northeastern University.
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I was born an underdog. 21 surgeries by the age of 12 for spina bifida. A kid wearing goodwill hand-me-downs. I knew nothing would come easy, but I never doubted my right to the American dream.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
August 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I was born an underdog. 21 surgeries by the age of 12 for spina bifida. A kid wearing goodwill hand-me-downs. I knew nothing would come easy, but I never doubted my right to the American dream.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
seems especially relevant today...
June 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
seems especially relevant today...
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Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool
In the new issue of American Art, 5 short “Commentaries” on “Visualizing Resource Extraction, 1840-1910” that I edited with Emily Gephart. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/amart/cu...
American Art | Vol 39, No 1
www.journals.uchicago.edu
April 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
In the new issue of American Art, 5 short “Commentaries” on “Visualizing Resource Extraction, 1840-1910” that I edited with Emily Gephart. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/amart/cu...
Seems like Gilead is around the corner. Take action April 5: handsoff2025.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Seems like Gilead is around the corner. Take action April 5: handsoff2025.com
Starting at midnight tonight!
February 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Starting at midnight tonight!
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43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states.
Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.
#RedStateMoochers
Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.
#RedStateMoochers
February 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states.
Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.
#RedStateMoochers
Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.
#RedStateMoochers
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Listen to this great conversation between historian Heather Cox Richardson and Katie Paris, founder of Red Wine & Blue, a community of diverse suburban women working to defeat extremism, one friend at a time. Join Red Wine & Blue!
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Now is the time to find your people, connect locally & make a plan for the next few years. @hcrichardson.bsky.social talks with Red Wine & Blue, a community of diverse suburban women working together to defeat extremism, one friend at a time. Join them! @redwineblueusa.bsky.social
Keep Calm and Listen to Heather Cox Richardson
YouTube video by Red Wine and Blue
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January 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Listen to this great conversation between historian Heather Cox Richardson and Katie Paris, founder of Red Wine & Blue, a community of diverse suburban women working to defeat extremism, one friend at a time. Join Red Wine & Blue!
@jwomack68.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@jwomack68.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Coming soon from Leuven University Press. Animal Modernities is the result of a few years of collaborative scholarship and generosity. Katie Hornstein and Daniel Harkett brought this together. My essay on small Breton cows (pie noirs)is in it. #animalstudies; #nineteenthcenturyart; #ecocriticism
February 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Coming soon from Leuven University Press. Animal Modernities is the result of a few years of collaborative scholarship and generosity. Katie Hornstein and Daniel Harkett brought this together. My essay on small Breton cows (pie noirs)is in it. #animalstudies; #nineteenthcenturyart; #ecocriticism
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Trump's Education Secretary nominee, Linda McMahon is testifying in her Senate confirmation hearing.
Her top priority will be to dismantle the Department of Education to fund massive tax breaks for the wealthy
Tell your Senator: vote NO on McMahon.
win.newmode.net/sunrisemovem...
Her top priority will be to dismantle the Department of Education to fund massive tax breaks for the wealthy
Tell your Senator: vote NO on McMahon.
win.newmode.net/sunrisemovem...
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
win.newmode.net
February 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Trump's Education Secretary nominee, Linda McMahon is testifying in her Senate confirmation hearing.
Her top priority will be to dismantle the Department of Education to fund massive tax breaks for the wealthy
Tell your Senator: vote NO on McMahon.
win.newmode.net/sunrisemovem...
Her top priority will be to dismantle the Department of Education to fund massive tax breaks for the wealthy
Tell your Senator: vote NO on McMahon.
win.newmode.net/sunrisemovem...
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Trump’s energy agenda is to attack American renewable energy jobs and raise power costs and increase economic chaos. American workers lose, people who pay electric bills lose, and only the Big Oil Barons win. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: Trump calls for national energy emergency as he launches his 'dominance' agenda
Presidents have wide latitude to invoke executive powers through national emergency declarations.
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January 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump’s energy agenda is to attack American renewable energy jobs and raise power costs and increase economic chaos. American workers lose, people who pay electric bills lose, and only the Big Oil Barons win. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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‘Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.’ - Seamus Heaney, Poet & Nobel Laureate.
February 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
‘Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.’ - Seamus Heaney, Poet & Nobel Laureate.
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IKEA is the world's largest consumer of timber in the world.
Its demand is constantly expanding. As is its output of fast furniture.
Buy. Throw away. Buy again.
A recent documentary by Arte highlights the impact of IKEA's over-consumption on forests.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/ikea-the-t...
Its demand is constantly expanding. As is its output of fast furniture.
Buy. Throw away. Buy again.
A recent documentary by Arte highlights the impact of IKEA's over-consumption on forests.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/ikea-the-t...
IKEA: The timber monster
Part I: Fast furniture, over-consumption, fascism, cost cutting, and tax avoidance.
reddmonitor.substack.com
March 12, 2024 at 8:55 AM
IKEA is the world's largest consumer of timber in the world.
Its demand is constantly expanding. As is its output of fast furniture.
Buy. Throw away. Buy again.
A recent documentary by Arte highlights the impact of IKEA's over-consumption on forests.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/ikea-the-t...
Its demand is constantly expanding. As is its output of fast furniture.
Buy. Throw away. Buy again.
A recent documentary by Arte highlights the impact of IKEA's over-consumption on forests.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/ikea-the-t...
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"It’s disgusting and, frankly, counterproductive to point out that I voted for this. To imply that I had personal free will and agency when I walked into a voting booth and picked Mayor Bomberman is insulting."
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"It’s disgusting and, frankly, counterproductive to point out that I voted for this. To imply that I had personal free will and agency when I walked into a voting booth and picked Mayor Bomberman is insulting."
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‘If you don't think 47 is modeling Adolf, go read up on "degenerate art." The takeover of the Kennedy Center is fascism at its finest’
—@ngoldfarb1 on threads
#art
#arthistory
#modernart
#degenerateart
#germanexpressionism
#fascistart
@kennedycenter.bsky.social
—@ngoldfarb1 on threads
#art
#arthistory
#modernart
#degenerateart
#germanexpressionism
#fascistart
@kennedycenter.bsky.social
DEGENERATE ART · david grubin 1993
YouTube video by flommus
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February 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
‘If you don't think 47 is modeling Adolf, go read up on "degenerate art." The takeover of the Kennedy Center is fascism at its finest’
—@ngoldfarb1 on threads
#art
#arthistory
#modernart
#degenerateart
#germanexpressionism
#fascistart
@kennedycenter.bsky.social
—@ngoldfarb1 on threads
#art
#arthistory
#modernart
#degenerateart
#germanexpressionism
#fascistart
@kennedycenter.bsky.social
Dionysus and Aphrodite in Ancient Greece and Beyond (Madrid, 16-20 Jun 25) arthist.net/archive/43740
Dionysus and Aphrodite in Ancient Greece and Beyond (Madrid, 16-20 Jun 25)
Jesús Muñoz Morcillo. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 18.–20.06.2025, Eingabeschluss : 28.02.2025
arthist.net
February 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Dionysus and Aphrodite in Ancient Greece and Beyond (Madrid, 16-20 Jun 25) arthist.net/archive/43740
" In the latest news, the National Endowment of the Arts announced that it’s doing away with grants for underserved communities and instead prioritizing projects that “celebrate and honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.”" Hyperallergic
February 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
" In the latest news, the National Endowment of the Arts announced that it’s doing away with grants for underserved communities and instead prioritizing projects that “celebrate and honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.”" Hyperallergic
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Elon Musk is executing a coup of the US government.
In recent days he’s gained access to a vast range of sensitive information of millions of citizens, businesses, and foreign development projects.
This is as serious as it gets. Over 70,000 people have already signed on. Join in:
FireElon.org
In recent days he’s gained access to a vast range of sensitive information of millions of citizens, businesses, and foreign development projects.
This is as serious as it gets. Over 70,000 people have already signed on. Join in:
FireElon.org
US Congress: Fire Elon Musk
Elon Musk is executing a coup of the US government. In the past 48 hours he’s gained access to a vast range of sensitive information of millions of citizens, businesses, and foreign development projec
FireElon.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Elon Musk is executing a coup of the US government.
In recent days he’s gained access to a vast range of sensitive information of millions of citizens, businesses, and foreign development projects.
This is as serious as it gets. Over 70,000 people have already signed on. Join in:
FireElon.org
In recent days he’s gained access to a vast range of sensitive information of millions of citizens, businesses, and foreign development projects.
This is as serious as it gets. Over 70,000 people have already signed on. Join in:
FireElon.org
Textile Ecologies: right now
February 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Textile Ecologies: right now