Megan E. O’Donnell
@meganeodonnell.bsky.social
Communications for the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale. English PhD. Drawn to speculative ecologies and Victorian fairies. Writing, crafting, and composing in the tempo of molasses.
Congrats, Alex!!! Fine taste indeed
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Congrats, Alex!!! Fine taste indeed
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I think about the consistently misunderstood case of the Luddites. They were extremely advanced machine users (go try to use a spinning Jenny!), but they recognized a technological regime that displaced expertise (and payment) from the artisan to the tool.
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think about the consistently misunderstood case of the Luddites. They were extremely advanced machine users (go try to use a spinning Jenny!), but they recognized a technological regime that displaced expertise (and payment) from the artisan to the tool.
SAME. But maybe all the recently fired military leaders and officers will be on our side defending democracy during the next Jan 6?? As always, I teeter between brutal despair and rageful (+ naive?) optimism
February 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
SAME. But maybe all the recently fired military leaders and officers will be on our side defending democracy during the next Jan 6?? As always, I teeter between brutal despair and rageful (+ naive?) optimism
This sounds as incredible as it does horrifying…I wish I were in your class!
February 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This sounds as incredible as it does horrifying…I wish I were in your class!
We are very much on the same page! General strike is my favorite option, though
February 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We are very much on the same page! General strike is my favorite option, though
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February 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Not *so* naive but also foolishly optimistic enough to hope is the only way I can function anymore
February 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Not *so* naive but also foolishly optimistic enough to hope is the only way I can function anymore
Best of luck!!!! I hope it’s also in a location you love 💗
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Best of luck!!!! I hope it’s also in a location you love 💗
It may not be activism but access to information, resources, names of people who *are* organizing around issues that are new to you, and lists of actions that anyone (including people who’ve never done any activist work) can take is a pretty big deal!
February 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It may not be activism but access to information, resources, names of people who *are* organizing around issues that are new to you, and lists of actions that anyone (including people who’ve never done any activist work) can take is a pretty big deal!
Reposted by Megan E. O’Donnell
SECOND: FREEZE THE SENATE.
Call on your Dem senators to engage in political hardball. Blanket opposition and using procedural tools like rejecting unanimous consent and quorum calls to gum up the works.
Call on your Dem senators to engage in political hardball. Blanket opposition and using procedural tools like rejecting unanimous consent and quorum calls to gum up the works.
How Senate Democrats Can Shut Down Trump's Agenda with Procedural Hardball
indivisible.org
February 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
SECOND: FREEZE THE SENATE.
Call on your Dem senators to engage in political hardball. Blanket opposition and using procedural tools like rejecting unanimous consent and quorum calls to gum up the works.
Call on your Dem senators to engage in political hardball. Blanket opposition and using procedural tools like rejecting unanimous consent and quorum calls to gum up the works.
100% but I bet your teaching and advising is bringing a glimmer of hope/joy to your students—your presentation on Monday was a very welcome (if temporary) antidote to despair for me and the WHC environmental humanities grad fellows
January 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
100% but I bet your teaching and advising is bringing a glimmer of hope/joy to your students—your presentation on Monday was a very welcome (if temporary) antidote to despair for me and the WHC environmental humanities grad fellows
Ok this made me CACKLE
January 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ok this made me CACKLE
It’s giving Beetlejuice! Could be sold as a pair with the upper right green one 🤍🖤💚
January 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It’s giving Beetlejuice! Could be sold as a pair with the upper right green one 🤍🖤💚
Can’t wait! I honestly want to be more like moss
January 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Can’t wait! I honestly want to be more like moss