Pamela A. Patton
@pamelapatton.bsky.social
Studying the Middle Ages so we don’t have to live in them. It’s not going well. Views are my own.
Agents Use Military-Style Force Against Protesters at L.A. Immigration Raid www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
Agents Use Military-Style Force Against Protesters at L.A. Immigration Raid
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Agents Use Military-Style Force Against Protesters at L.A. Immigration Raid www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
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If Joe Biden posted this Memorial Day message, the mainstream media and Republicans would say he is completely unfit to serve, with many calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment.
Because it's Trump, everyone remains silent.
Because it's Trump, everyone remains silent.
May 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If Joe Biden posted this Memorial Day message, the mainstream media and Republicans would say he is completely unfit to serve, with many calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment.
Because it's Trump, everyone remains silent.
Because it's Trump, everyone remains silent.
The latest volume of *Studies in Iconography* is now online at scholarworks.wmich.edu/studies_in_i...! Congratulations to all involved! We like seeing St. Sophia in Kyiv on the cover quite a lot. Please encourage your library to describe! The cost is modest and the value is high.
May 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The latest volume of *Studies in Iconography* is now online at scholarworks.wmich.edu/studies_in_i...! Congratulations to all involved! We like seeing St. Sophia in Kyiv on the cover quite a lot. Please encourage your library to describe! The cost is modest and the value is high.
This program costs so little and its return is so great. My son has been teaching through it and I can see what a difference it makes to the students. Please consider signing.
Sign the Petition
Save AmeriCorps! Protect national service and community support.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This program costs so little and its return is so great. My son has been teaching through it and I can see what a difference it makes to the students. Please consider signing.
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This #IndexHumpDay, we thank Erik Gustafson for sharing this amazing medieval camel!
April 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This #IndexHumpDay, we thank Erik Gustafson for sharing this amazing medieval camel!
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
April 1, 2025
Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
“Let’s get in good trouble.
“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”
According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.
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Someone is quite surprised to learn that it's #IndexHumpDay already!
L’Image du Monde / Bestiaire of Pierre de Beauvais (Bibliothèque Universitaire Historique de Médecine, MS H. 437), folio 105r, 14th century.
L’Image du Monde / Bestiaire of Pierre de Beauvais (Bibliothèque Universitaire Historique de Médecine, MS H. 437), folio 105r, 14th century.
April 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Someone is quite surprised to learn that it's #IndexHumpDay already!
L’Image du Monde / Bestiaire of Pierre de Beauvais (Bibliothèque Universitaire Historique de Médecine, MS H. 437), folio 105r, 14th century.
L’Image du Monde / Bestiaire of Pierre de Beauvais (Bibliothèque Universitaire Historique de Médecine, MS H. 437), folio 105r, 14th century.
Here you go. Kudos to The Atlantic for doing their patriotic duty and making this article accessible to all www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here you go. Kudos to The Atlantic for doing their patriotic duty and making this article accessible to all www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Happy to see this
The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
www.theatlantic.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Happy to see this
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“Bezos said, … ‘You’ve probably grown in the last eight years. He has, too.’ Trump, he continued, ‘is calmer than he was the first time and more confident, more settled.’ This wasn’t the triumph of hope over experience; it was the elevation of willful self-delusion over all available evidence.”
“Here is the unavoidable truth: the Washington Post I joined, the one I came to love, is not the Washington Post I left.” @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes about her decision to resign from the paper in the wake of editorial changes made by its owner, Jeff Bezos.
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided...
www.newyorker.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“Bezos said, … ‘You’ve probably grown in the last eight years. He has, too.’ Trump, he continued, ‘is calmer than he was the first time and more confident, more settled.’ This wasn’t the triumph of hope over experience; it was the elevation of willful self-delusion over all available evidence.”
Another #IndexHumpDay. Let's do our best to make it a good one.
(Bowl with camel caravan, late 12th-early 13th century [Seljuq?], 48.1054. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
(Bowl with camel caravan, late 12th-early 13th century [Seljuq?], 48.1054. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
March 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Good fact sheet and script for Ukraine on 5 calls. Please consider 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
March 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Good fact sheet and script for Ukraine on 5 calls. Please consider 5calls.org
Starting now. Charged the car, packed my lunch for work, planning a quiet evening. Haven't shopped at Amazon since Bezos drank the Kool-Aid, so that part's easy.
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Starting now. Charged the car, packed my lunch for work, planning a quiet evening. Haven't shopped at Amazon since Bezos drank the Kool-Aid, so that part's easy.
WaPo to frightened to publish this ad? Fine, we’ll make sure people see it
February 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
WaPo to frightened to publish this ad? Fine, we’ll make sure people see it
February 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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💙💕 When trans rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back! Crowd chants opposition to Lurie Children's Hospital reducing care for trans kids at the behest of the Trump admin.
February 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
💙💕 When trans rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back! Crowd chants opposition to Lurie Children's Hospital reducing care for trans kids at the behest of the Trump admin.
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👇🏻👇🏻
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I want to join the @50501movement.bsky.social on Monday but committed to work meetings I can’t miss. Anyone know about virtual activities we can join?
February 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I want to join the @50501movement.bsky.social on Monday but committed to work meetings I can’t miss. Anyone know about virtual activities we can join?
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Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.
February 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.
It is staring us right in the face now
February 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It is staring us right in the face now
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A federal judge, Amir H. Ali, ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid spending halted in Trump’s first week, ruling that the freeze was based on dubious logic and likely causing irreparable harm to aid groups facing financial shortfalls and potential shutdowns.
February 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A federal judge, Amir H. Ali, ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid spending halted in Trump’s first week, ruling that the freeze was based on dubious logic and likely causing irreparable harm to aid groups facing financial shortfalls and potential shutdowns.
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President Donald Trump’s administration halted defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, after Democracy Forward, on behalf of the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit, filed a lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Admin Halts Defunding Nation's Financial Watchdog Agency After Lawsuit
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
President Donald Trump’s administration halted defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, after Democracy Forward, on behalf of the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit, filed a lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...