Norah
@noraham.bsky.social
Professor, parent, partner, likes reading, cats and food
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Whenever Harvard professors complain about their mean woke students I always think, sounds like a Harvard problem.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Whenever Harvard professors complain about their mean woke students I always think, sounds like a Harvard problem.
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The UC Regents have so far refused to release the demand letter UCLA received from the Trump admin. @uclafa.bsky.social sued for its release last week and won. Glad to see that yesterday a judge rejected UC’s appeal of the decision. www.latimes.com/california/s...
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The UC Regents have so far refused to release the demand letter UCLA received from the Trump admin. @uclafa.bsky.social sued for its release last week and won. Glad to see that yesterday a judge rejected UC’s appeal of the decision. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Feature filmmakers love left-wing violence plots. Secret gun-toting guerrilla groups, shootouts, car chases, hunted fugitives, and the rest work well – for movies, whose only job is to hold our attention for a couple of hours.
No Kings, No Violence: On the Ongoing Misrepresentation of the Left
Portlanders deploying inflatable animal costumes, a brass band, mass ukulele renditions of “This Land Is Your Land,” naked bike rides, and other tactics in their ICE protests are undermining the Trump...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Feature filmmakers love left-wing violence plots. Secret gun-toting guerrilla groups, shootouts, car chases, hunted fugitives, and the rest work well – for movies, whose only job is to hold our attention for a couple of hours.
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Woody Guthrie wrote a song called "Old Man Trump" that, shall we say, resonates today
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man...
October 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Woody Guthrie wrote a song called "Old Man Trump" that, shall we say, resonates today
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man...
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In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”
October 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”
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The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
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Glad to see we’re united against the “compact.” For one, I love USC’s cosmopolitanism. I’m proud to have directed dissertations by students from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S., and every term I love having awesome students from China, India, and many other places. Fight on!
Faculty called for USC to ‘promptly reject’ Trump compact - Daily Trojan
The Academic Senate called a special meeting Monday for faculty to provide input on the demands.
dailytrojan.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Glad to see we’re united against the “compact.” For one, I love USC’s cosmopolitanism. I’m proud to have directed dissertations by students from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S., and every term I love having awesome students from China, India, and many other places. Fight on!
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Penn historian Ben Nathans with an op-ed in our campus newspaper:
"No self-respecting university that values its autonomy and the integrity of its teaching and research should sign the compact."
"No self-respecting university that values its autonomy and the integrity of its teaching and research should sign the compact."
Benjamin Nathans | Autonomy or obedience
Guest Columnist Benjamin Nathans urges Penn’s leadership to resist the White House’s demands in its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
www.thedp.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Penn historian Ben Nathans with an op-ed in our campus newspaper:
"No self-respecting university that values its autonomy and the integrity of its teaching and research should sign the compact."
"No self-respecting university that values its autonomy and the integrity of its teaching and research should sign the compact."
I am so grateful to be sleeping in my own bed tonight, not in the hospital. For oh so many reasons, but especially cats
October 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I am so grateful to be sleeping in my own bed tonight, not in the hospital. For oh so many reasons, but especially cats
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
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The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.
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In 1945, the Allies faced a tricky question: where to hold Nazi war criminals until the trials.
A run-down hotel in Luxembourg was quickly converted to a prison ("Camp Ashcan"). The hope was to keep the nature of the prisoners secret.
In May 1945, this failed, and almost turned into a disaster. /1
A run-down hotel in Luxembourg was quickly converted to a prison ("Camp Ashcan"). The hope was to keep the nature of the prisoners secret.
In May 1945, this failed, and almost turned into a disaster. /1
Judgement at Nuremberg - David Low's cartoon in the Evening Standard #OnThisDay 1946
October 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In 1945, the Allies faced a tricky question: where to hold Nazi war criminals until the trials.
A run-down hotel in Luxembourg was quickly converted to a prison ("Camp Ashcan"). The hope was to keep the nature of the prisoners secret.
In May 1945, this failed, and almost turned into a disaster. /1
A run-down hotel in Luxembourg was quickly converted to a prison ("Camp Ashcan"). The hope was to keep the nature of the prisoners secret.
In May 1945, this failed, and almost turned into a disaster. /1
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Just gonna keep tapping the sign*
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Just gonna keep tapping the sign*
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
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Something I keep thinking about while watching the creation of right-wing heroes in real time is how clearly this demonstrates the structure, the apparatus, that underlies what we think of as fame or celebrity
October 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Something I keep thinking about while watching the creation of right-wing heroes in real time is how clearly this demonstrates the structure, the apparatus, that underlies what we think of as fame or celebrity
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shit ain’t over til it’s over
September 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
shit ain’t over til it’s over
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Ta-Nehisi Coates has a predictably wonderful essay about the political class's reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk. to quote a post I saw on here a few weeks back, "we're gonna need a bigger Reconstruction"
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web.archive.org/web/20250916...
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
web.archive.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates has a predictably wonderful essay about the political class's reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk. to quote a post I saw on here a few weeks back, "we're gonna need a bigger Reconstruction"
web.archive.org/web/20250916...
web.archive.org/web/20250916...
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Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.
Feeling kinda crappy this morning but Neville is here to make sure we get our morning naps in
September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Feeling kinda crappy this morning but Neville is here to make sure we get our morning naps in
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I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.
Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit
Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.
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did a read-aloud of my latest column, set to the backdrop of a drive through central virginia youtu.be/pq8TUlk4BxQ
New NYT Column — Republicans Don't Want to Live in Lincoln's America
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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September 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
did a read-aloud of my latest column, set to the backdrop of a drive through central virginia youtu.be/pq8TUlk4BxQ
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I'm kinda resigned to the fact that most people don't really give a shit about how millions globally will die horrible deaths directly due to Musk and Trump's decision to gut USAID - I guess it's too abstract to comprehend, or something - but it is HAPPENING, and nobody is swooping in to stop it.
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm kinda resigned to the fact that most people don't really give a shit about how millions globally will die horrible deaths directly due to Musk and Trump's decision to gut USAID - I guess it's too abstract to comprehend, or something - but it is HAPPENING, and nobody is swooping in to stop it.
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The dwindling legitimate media really doesn't want to admit these polls don't represent a difference of opinion so much as living in a different reality. Maybe because that would require acknowledging shameless propaganda is much more successful at reaching audiences than straight news now.
September 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The dwindling legitimate media really doesn't want to admit these polls don't represent a difference of opinion so much as living in a different reality. Maybe because that would require acknowledging shameless propaganda is much more successful at reaching audiences than straight news now.
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I'm not saying this to warn people about how to act on the ground, but to warn you all about how to address this. Scolding folks about how to behave when their community is under siege is not the move. Don't scapegoat victims in advance. Talk about what the pre-scripted fascist narrative will be.
September 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm not saying this to warn people about how to act on the ground, but to warn you all about how to address this. Scolding folks about how to behave when their community is under siege is not the move. Don't scapegoat victims in advance. Talk about what the pre-scripted fascist narrative will be.
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A story about Meta’s community standards.
September 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A story about Meta’s community standards.