Susan Amussen
@sdamussen.bsky.social
Historian @UCMerced, early modern Britain and Atlantic world; gender, race and class. Old lady likes cats and dogs.
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You* could get WHY THE NEW DEAL MATTERS** for 30 percent off starting Monday through December 5! Just enter code GIFT30 (and if you don't want to put it in your diary now, I'll mention it again Monday)
*In the US or Canada
**Yes, also other Yale University Press books
*In the US or Canada
**Yes, also other Yale University Press books
Why the New Deal Matters
A look at how the New Deal fundamentally changed American life, and why it remains relevant today“A must-read for those who’ve read nothing about the New...
yalebooks.yale.edu
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
You* could get WHY THE NEW DEAL MATTERS** for 30 percent off starting Monday through December 5! Just enter code GIFT30 (and if you don't want to put it in your diary now, I'll mention it again Monday)
*In the US or Canada
**Yes, also other Yale University Press books
*In the US or Canada
**Yes, also other Yale University Press books
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“One thing that stuck out to me was [Bondi’s] insistence that we served at the pleasure of the president and that we were enforcing the president’s priorities. We swore an oath to uphold the Constitution.”
#nokings
#nokings
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“One thing that stuck out to me was [Bondi’s] insistence that we served at the pleasure of the president and that we were enforcing the president’s priorities. We swore an oath to uphold the Constitution.”
#nokings
#nokings
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Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly
One of my instrument panel watchwords for understanding politics is that all...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
The replies make it clear that the 5 is not beloved. It is helpful in getting from A to B, but it's generally miserable.
Good thing the military isn't woke anymore and is willing to take the fight to our enemies, like Colombian fisherman and Interstate 5.
October 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The replies make it clear that the 5 is not beloved. It is helpful in getting from A to B, but it's generally miserable.
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Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
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SNRI presents its Distinguished Climate Speaker Series event: a keynote talk from renowned climate scientist and author, Dr. Michael E. Mann, followed by a presentation by UC Merced climatologist Dr. John Abatzoglou.
Mon, Nov 17, 2–4 PM UC Merced Conference Center
Register: tinyurl.com/yc74v23y
Mon, Nov 17, 2–4 PM UC Merced Conference Center
Register: tinyurl.com/yc74v23y
October 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
SNRI presents its Distinguished Climate Speaker Series event: a keynote talk from renowned climate scientist and author, Dr. Michael E. Mann, followed by a presentation by UC Merced climatologist Dr. John Abatzoglou.
Mon, Nov 17, 2–4 PM UC Merced Conference Center
Register: tinyurl.com/yc74v23y
Mon, Nov 17, 2–4 PM UC Merced Conference Center
Register: tinyurl.com/yc74v23y
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Inflatable animals and eucharistic processions do different things and reach different audiences and communicate different messages and it's all important. This feels like one of those moments where people need to remember not everything is for them, specifically.
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Inflatable animals and eucharistic processions do different things and reach different audiences and communicate different messages and it's all important. This feels like one of those moments where people need to remember not everything is for them, specifically.
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On 24th November I'll be giving a free talk in central London on the English Hospitallers in the countryside and all the feuds and fights they got into. #medievalsky
www.orderofmalta.co.uk/events/chapt...
www.orderofmalta.co.uk/events/chapt...
Chapter Room Talk: "Crusading on the Home Front: The English Hospitallers in the Countryside" — Grand Priory of England
The next in our series of Chapter Room Talks will be given by Dr Rory MacLellan on the topic “Crusading on the Home Front: The English Hospitallers in the Countryside”. Dr MacLellan is a Cataloguer an...
www.orderofmalta.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On 24th November I'll be giving a free talk in central London on the English Hospitallers in the countryside and all the feuds and fights they got into. #medievalsky
www.orderofmalta.co.uk/events/chapt...
www.orderofmalta.co.uk/events/chapt...
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Hello UK! I wrote a book about living in London with an STI hundreds of years ago. Waterstones is having a preorder sale for 25% off that includes THE DREADED POX now thru Friday. Use OCTOBER25 at checkout.
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hello UK! I wrote a book about living in London with an STI hundreds of years ago. Waterstones is having a preorder sale for 25% off that includes THE DREADED POX now thru Friday. Use OCTOBER25 at checkout.
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Bargain! 🗃️
If you're in the UK, you can pre-order my book from Waterstones at 25% off with the code "OCTOBER25" #Shakespeare #EarlyModern
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Bargain! 🗃️
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If you're in the UK, you can pre-order my book from Waterstones at 25% off with the code "OCTOBER25" #Shakespeare #EarlyModern
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If you're in the UK, you can pre-order my book from Waterstones at 25% off with the code "OCTOBER25" #Shakespeare #EarlyModern
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
If you're in the UK, you can pre-order my book from Waterstones at 25% off with the code "OCTOBER25" #Shakespeare #EarlyModern
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If you're in the UK, you can pre-order my book from Waterstones at 25% off with the code "OCTOBER25" #Shakespeare #EarlyModern
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
www.waterstones.com/book/whats-i...
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@uofcalifornia.bsky.social systemwide Academic Council today:
"There can be no clearer attack on academic freedom than [Trump's] attempt to dictate curricular content, research priorities, hiring decisions, & admissions standards."
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/repor...
"There can be no clearer attack on academic freedom than [Trump's] attempt to dictate curricular content, research priorities, hiring decisions, & admissions standards."
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/repor...
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu
October 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social systemwide Academic Council today:
"There can be no clearer attack on academic freedom than [Trump's] attempt to dictate curricular content, research priorities, hiring decisions, & admissions standards."
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/repor...
"There can be no clearer attack on academic freedom than [Trump's] attempt to dictate curricular content, research priorities, hiring decisions, & admissions standards."
senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/repor...
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Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
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@davidveevers.bsky.social and others discussed historians who could write but the name 'David Underdown' did not appear in it, regrettably @sdamussen.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@davidveevers.bsky.social and others discussed historians who could write but the name 'David Underdown' did not appear in it, regrettably @sdamussen.bsky.social
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This is what Trump's government thugs are willing to do in broad daylight, to a US Senator, with cameras on.
They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America.
This is authoritarianism.
They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America.
This is authoritarianism.
June 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is what Trump's government thugs are willing to do in broad daylight, to a US Senator, with cameras on.
They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America.
This is authoritarianism.
They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America.
This is authoritarianism.
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An English mother (Mary Morgan) in India in 1779 writing to her aunt about the importance of “inoculating” her toddler son against smallpox: “the catching of it is very dangerous.” Yep.
Someone might want to tell RFK why vaccination matters 🗃️
Someone might want to tell RFK why vaccination matters 🗃️
June 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
An English mother (Mary Morgan) in India in 1779 writing to her aunt about the importance of “inoculating” her toddler son against smallpox: “the catching of it is very dangerous.” Yep.
Someone might want to tell RFK why vaccination matters 🗃️
Someone might want to tell RFK why vaccination matters 🗃️
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Here is Senator Alex Padilla's entire full statement after being detained by Donald Trump and Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security.
Like he said, if they're doing this to a sitting Senator, imagine what they're doing to other people.
Unconscionable.
Like he said, if they're doing this to a sitting Senator, imagine what they're doing to other people.
Unconscionable.
June 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Here is Senator Alex Padilla's entire full statement after being detained by Donald Trump and Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security.
Like he said, if they're doing this to a sitting Senator, imagine what they're doing to other people.
Unconscionable.
Like he said, if they're doing this to a sitting Senator, imagine what they're doing to other people.
Unconscionable.
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California Senator Padilla was thrown to the ground and arrested at a Noem press conference.
AP footage of Senator Alex Padilla being physically removed from Kristi Noem's press conference about the LA @schiff.senate.gov @congresstran.bsky.social
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
June 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
California Senator Padilla was thrown to the ground and arrested at a Noem press conference.
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If you’ve never been to a protest, now is the time. If you've debated on going, now is the time. If you feel stuck and like you can’t do anything to help and a burning urge for Justice, NOW. IS. THE. TIME.
#Protest #e3 #FuckICE #AmericaHasNoKing #NoKingsDay #r/50501 #50501st
#Protest #e3 #FuckICE #AmericaHasNoKing #NoKingsDay #r/50501 #50501st
June 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you’ve never been to a protest, now is the time. If you've debated on going, now is the time. If you feel stuck and like you can’t do anything to help and a burning urge for Justice, NOW. IS. THE. TIME.
#Protest #e3 #FuckICE #AmericaHasNoKing #NoKingsDay #r/50501 #50501st
#Protest #e3 #FuckICE #AmericaHasNoKing #NoKingsDay #r/50501 #50501st
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AP footage of Senator Alex Padilla being physically removed from Kristi Noem's press conference about the LA @schiff.senate.gov @congresstran.bsky.social
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
June 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
AP footage of Senator Alex Padilla being physically removed from Kristi Noem's press conference about the LA @schiff.senate.gov @congresstran.bsky.social
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
Thank you, Senator @padilla.senate.gov
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Cutting lines or even whole departments is the frontal assault on higher ed, but another low key war of attrition is the slow accumulation of grinding, meaningless additional tasks concerning syllabus templates, learning outcomes, institutional pablum, and ever more intricate evaluation hoops.
June 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Cutting lines or even whole departments is the frontal assault on higher ed, but another low key war of attrition is the slow accumulation of grinding, meaningless additional tasks concerning syllabus templates, learning outcomes, institutional pablum, and ever more intricate evaluation hoops.