Pam Mack
@pammack.bsky.social
Retired and moved to St. Louis! Widow, weaver, United Church of Christ, COVID cautious, fountain pens. Was a history professor: science, technology and society; digital history; gender. She/hers at present--historically a butch straight cis woman
I'm going to my building's Halloween party as a duck pond
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm going to my building's Halloween party as a duck pond
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My thanks to TEAMS (Teaching Association for Medieval Studies) for posting a notice on their newsletter of the new #OpenAccess teaching module on the Black Death: teams-medieval.org/untitled-4/. #histmed #MedievalSky #PandemicPedagogy 🧪🗃️
Open-Access Teaching Module on the Black Death Now Available
Free, new materials for teaching the Black Death
teams-medieval.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My thanks to TEAMS (Teaching Association for Medieval Studies) for posting a notice on their newsletter of the new #OpenAccess teaching module on the Black Death: teams-medieval.org/untitled-4/. #histmed #MedievalSky #PandemicPedagogy 🧪🗃️
I haven't stayed closely enough connected to the Clemson Univ. community to have detail about the professors being investigated and fired for exercising their free speech rights. But I contributed to one GoFundMe for legal costs and would be glad to know of others. www.gofundme.com/f/support-dr...
Donate to Support Dr. Melvin Villaver's Fight for Free Speech, organized by N Snee
I am writing this on behalf of Dr. Melvin Earl Villaver, Jr.
Melvin was… N Snee needs your support for Support Dr. Melvin Villaver's Fight for Free Speech
www.gofundme.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I haven't stayed closely enough connected to the Clemson Univ. community to have detail about the professors being investigated and fired for exercising their free speech rights. But I contributed to one GoFundMe for legal costs and would be glad to know of others. www.gofundme.com/f/support-dr...
St. Louis COVID-cautious folk: I got the Moderna mNexspike COVID vaccination today at the CVS in the Target at 900 S. Grand. I am over 65 and had an appointment but I asked for my son and the pharmacist said they would give the shot to anyone who asked for it. Check their limited hours.
September 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
St. Louis COVID-cautious folk: I got the Moderna mNexspike COVID vaccination today at the CVS in the Target at 900 S. Grand. I am over 65 and had an appointment but I asked for my son and the pharmacist said they would give the shot to anyone who asked for it. Check their limited hours.
Program on neurodiverse faculty and staff in academia
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/kJPSyXOHRCyRKYA-C5OpBQ
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/kJPSyXOHRCyRKYA-C5OpBQ
September 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Program on neurodiverse faculty and staff in academia
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/kJPSyXOHRCyRKYA-C5OpBQ
https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/kJPSyXOHRCyRKYA-C5OpBQ
I was talking to a friend about the midwest and suddenly put together a reason for the progressive/democratic traditions that have surprised me in St. Louis (eg. the zoo is free, the art museum is free). He said: "after 1848 we got the good Germans."
August 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I was talking to a friend about the midwest and suddenly put together a reason for the progressive/democratic traditions that have surprised me in St. Louis (eg. the zoo is free, the art museum is free). He said: "after 1848 we got the good Germans."
A memorial to Elisa Kay Sparks, with links to some projects https://bloggingwoolf.org/2025/08/17/flowers-in-memoriam-to-elisa-kay-sparks/ She was a key leader of women’s studies at Clemson
Flowers in memoriam to Elisa Kay Sparks
I could never think of Virginia Woolf and flowers without thinking of Elisa Kay Sparks, who died Aug. 16 in Seattle, Washington.
bloggingwoolf.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A memorial to Elisa Kay Sparks, with links to some projects https://bloggingwoolf.org/2025/08/17/flowers-in-memoriam-to-elisa-kay-sparks/ She was a key leader of women’s studies at Clemson
The reference is to: tomlehrersongs.com/poisoning-pi....
August 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The reference is to: tomlehrersongs.com/poisoning-pi....
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august 2025 offering is up
"I used to think + talk about Judgement as a call to live one’s life so we might die with a light heart. I don’t believe that’s possible anymore, + probably it was never possible."
image from @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social's Queer Crow Death Magic Tarot
#tarotsky
"I used to think + talk about Judgement as a call to live one’s life so we might die with a light heart. I don’t believe that’s possible anymore, + probably it was never possible."
image from @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social's Queer Crow Death Magic Tarot
#tarotsky
August 2025: planting seeds for the next world — shea in the catskills
planting seeds for the next world Where life is precious, life is precious. — Ruth Wilson Gilmore I was having a moment recently with a comrade + conspirator where I shared how pointless it...
sheainthecatskills.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
august 2025 offering is up
"I used to think + talk about Judgement as a call to live one’s life so we might die with a light heart. I don’t believe that’s possible anymore, + probably it was never possible."
image from @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social's Queer Crow Death Magic Tarot
#tarotsky
"I used to think + talk about Judgement as a call to live one’s life so we might die with a light heart. I don’t believe that’s possible anymore, + probably it was never possible."
image from @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social's Queer Crow Death Magic Tarot
#tarotsky
I’m sad to learn of the passing of Margaret Rossiter, a key pioneer in writing the history of women in science. It took a MacArthur Fellowship for her to get respect from many men in the field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_W._Rossiter
Margaret W. Rossiter - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’m sad to learn of the passing of Margaret Rossiter, a key pioneer in writing the history of women in science. It took a MacArthur Fellowship for her to get respect from many men in the field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_W._Rossiter
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I knew this was coming—97!—but it hits hard anyway. So grateful I got to take “math for tenors” from him at UCSC. And grateful for all he left us.
July 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I knew this was coming—97!—but it hits hard anyway. So grateful I got to take “math for tenors” from him at UCSC. And grateful for all he left us.
Gift article: Tom Lehrer obituary https://wapo.st/3J6GVeA
Tom Lehrer, master satirist of Cold War era, dies at 97
In song, he brilliantly skewered clichés about romance, patriotism and small-town life.
wapo.st
July 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Gift article: Tom Lehrer obituary https://wapo.st/3J6GVeA
I'm not a believer in monetizing hobbies, but I thought this was interesting because I never thought in terms of having multiple hobbies for balance
July 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm not a believer in monetizing hobbies, but I thought this was interesting because I never thought in terms of having multiple hobbies for balance
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"Andrea has said many times, 'I write so much about my diagnosis not to remind you that I am mortal, but to remind you that YOU are mortal.'
My hope is that this poem doesn’t make you sad or worried, but invites you—like Andrea invites us—to 'raise what will end you, with love.'"
JESUS CHRIST 😭❤️🔥
My hope is that this poem doesn’t make you sad or worried, but invites you—like Andrea invites us—to 'raise what will end you, with love.'"
JESUS CHRIST 😭❤️🔥
Andrea Was Waiting To Give You This Poem
“When Death Came to Visit”
substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Andrea has said many times, 'I write so much about my diagnosis not to remind you that I am mortal, but to remind you that YOU are mortal.'
My hope is that this poem doesn’t make you sad or worried, but invites you—like Andrea invites us—to 'raise what will end you, with love.'"
JESUS CHRIST 😭❤️🔥
My hope is that this poem doesn’t make you sad or worried, but invites you—like Andrea invites us—to 'raise what will end you, with love.'"
JESUS CHRIST 😭❤️🔥
A beautiful cake for my 70th birthday from Key Cakes and Confections in St. Louis. The top has a quote from Thoreau: There is more day to dawn
June 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A beautiful cake for my 70th birthday from Key Cakes and Confections in St. Louis. The top has a quote from Thoreau: There is more day to dawn
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Next community discussion on Arts Based Research as a Collaborative Practice:
With @feelingndealing.bsky.social
July 13th
With @feelingndealing.bsky.social
July 13th
Discussion: Arts Based Research as Collaborative Practice — What A Shrink Thinks
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Next community discussion on Arts Based Research as a Collaborative Practice:
With @feelingndealing.bsky.social
July 13th
With @feelingndealing.bsky.social
July 13th
"This House" at Opera Theater of St. Louis was intense! Photo taken during intermission
June 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"This House" at Opera Theater of St. Louis was intense! Photo taken during intermission
https://facebook.com/events/s/paint-it-forward-an-art-auctio/678804728225916/ is an auction to raise money for St. Louis tornado relief. Groups of photos are posted in the discussion and you bid by commenting on a photo
May 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
https://facebook.com/events/s/paint-it-forward-an-art-auctio/678804728225916/ is an auction to raise money for St. Louis tornado relief. Groups of photos are posted in the discussion and you bid by commenting on a photo
This is a rough combination of two maps, of tornado damage in St. Louis and of income levels in key parts of the tornado path. Source for the base map: www.justicemap.org, source for the tornado damage map apps.dat.noaa.gov/stormdamage/.... I aligned them by eye in Photoshop so this is a rough job
May 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is a rough combination of two maps, of tornado damage in St. Louis and of income levels in key parts of the tornado path. Source for the base map: www.justicemap.org, source for the tornado damage map apps.dat.noaa.gov/stormdamage/.... I aligned them by eye in Photoshop so this is a rough job
St. Louis and other Missouri friends, please consider signing this pledge to defend Trans rights www.mobilize.us/promomissour...
Pledge to Defend Trans Rights in Missouri · PROMO
Missouri is the first in the country to send a constitutional amendment to the ballot that would ask voters to ban healthcare for trans youth. HJR 73 carries that language while also asking voters to...
www.mobilize.us
May 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
St. Louis and other Missouri friends, please consider signing this pledge to defend Trans rights www.mobilize.us/promomissour...
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Through SLDC, the City has set up an assessment form to help understand the needs of businesses impacted by the storm. Share your needs here: t.co/t72X1j7Kny
Visit the City's tornado response website: stlouis-mo.gov/tornado or call 314.657.3708 with questions.
Visit the City's tornado response website: stlouis-mo.gov/tornado or call 314.657.3708 with questions.
May 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Through SLDC, the City has set up an assessment form to help understand the needs of businesses impacted by the storm. Share your needs here: t.co/t72X1j7Kny
Visit the City's tornado response website: stlouis-mo.gov/tornado or call 314.657.3708 with questions.
Visit the City's tornado response website: stlouis-mo.gov/tornado or call 314.657.3708 with questions.
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Calling all artists, makers and crafters!
We are requesting donations of art for an online auction to raise money for Tornado Relief for the St. Louis area!
All proceeds will go to Action St. Louis to help those locally, in the most need.
We are requesting donations of art for an online auction to raise money for Tornado Relief for the St. Louis area!
All proceeds will go to Action St. Louis to help those locally, in the most need.
May 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Calling all artists, makers and crafters!
We are requesting donations of art for an online auction to raise money for Tornado Relief for the St. Louis area!
All proceeds will go to Action St. Louis to help those locally, in the most need.
We are requesting donations of art for an online auction to raise money for Tornado Relief for the St. Louis area!
All proceeds will go to Action St. Louis to help those locally, in the most need.
St. Louis tornado damage official survey. On the ground 23 miles
• Aqua = EF0
• Green = EF1
• Yellow = EF2
• Orange = EF3
Zoom in on this interactive map apps.dat.noaa.gov/stormdamage/...
• Aqua = EF0
• Green = EF1
• Yellow = EF2
• Orange = EF3
Zoom in on this interactive map apps.dat.noaa.gov/stormdamage/...
May 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
St. Louis tornado damage official survey. On the ground 23 miles
• Aqua = EF0
• Green = EF1
• Yellow = EF2
• Orange = EF3
Zoom in on this interactive map apps.dat.noaa.gov/stormdamage/...
• Aqua = EF0
• Green = EF1
• Yellow = EF2
• Orange = EF3
Zoom in on this interactive map apps.dat.noaa.gov/stormdamage/...
@charlesgaba.com How quickly does ActBlue turn around money? One of the organizations I would like to support for St. Louis tornado recovery takes donations through ActBlue Charities. But for now I am inclined to support Sikhs of St. Louis because they are accepting contributions via Venmo
May 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@charlesgaba.com How quickly does ActBlue turn around money? One of the organizations I would like to support for St. Louis tornado recovery takes donations through ActBlue Charities. But for now I am inclined to support Sikhs of St. Louis because they are accepting contributions via Venmo