Tamara J. Walker
@tamaraw.bsky.social
Historian * Author of BEYOND THE SHORES: A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS ABROAD (Crown, June 2023) and EXQUISITE SLAVES (Cambridge, 2017) * Co-founder of The Wandering Scholar (@wearetws.bsky.social).
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Hey everyone! Can I get 50 reposts for this program? It would mean a lot!
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November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hey everyone! Can I get 50 reposts for this program? It would mean a lot!
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
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We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
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The news about Teen Vogue is terrible, the latest in the long list of corporate-owned media layoffs, closures, and shifting tone and coverage.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The news about Teen Vogue is terrible, the latest in the long list of corporate-owned media layoffs, closures, and shifting tone and coverage.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
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"There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue."
Damn, what a coincidence. All these news orgs keep laying off the same types of people while a bilious, rapey, leather-faced buffoon provides them cover and shakes them down for money to build a library named for a man who does not read.
Damn, what a coincidence. All these news orgs keep laying off the same types of people while a bilious, rapey, leather-faced buffoon provides them cover and shakes them down for money to build a library named for a man who does not read.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue."
Damn, what a coincidence. All these news orgs keep laying off the same types of people while a bilious, rapey, leather-faced buffoon provides them cover and shakes them down for money to build a library named for a man who does not read.
Damn, what a coincidence. All these news orgs keep laying off the same types of people while a bilious, rapey, leather-faced buffoon provides them cover and shakes them down for money to build a library named for a man who does not read.
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in many ways Aiyana IS Teen Vogue and Teen Vogue is Aiyana. The idea that she was laid off today is painful to even fathom. Please follow her and offer her everything.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
in many ways Aiyana IS Teen Vogue and Teen Vogue is Aiyana. The idea that she was laid off today is painful to even fathom. Please follow her and offer her everything.
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"What begins as scholarship becomes something larger: a way of asking how we live with the past and what responsibilities come with knowing it." Wonderful article about research at The Huntington, including a forthcoming HLQ Early/Modern Connections article. www.huntington.org/news/haven-h...
A Haven for the Humanities | The Huntington
Research Fellows reflect on the archives, art, and gardens that have shaped our world.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"What begins as scholarship becomes something larger: a way of asking how we live with the past and what responsibilities come with knowing it." Wonderful article about research at The Huntington, including a forthcoming HLQ Early/Modern Connections article. www.huntington.org/news/haven-h...
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"I want to assure the consulate... that I'm very content with the revocation of my visa."
😣😣😣
US revokes visa for Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka share.google/ns8Gv6uJgwkJ...
US revokes visa for Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka share.google/ns8Gv6uJgwkJ...
US revokes visa for Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka
The US consulate in Lagos has revoked the visa of Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate said Tuesday.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"I want to assure the consulate... that I'm very content with the revocation of my visa."
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Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Once again, @mcsweeneys.net does not miss.
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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"In 2004, you saw some college guy using me and thought, 'What a lazy cheater.'
Now you’d think, 'At least he’s not asking Gemini.'
In a few years, you’ll say, 'Wow, look, a human being who can read.'"
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It’s real! 📖 📕 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It’s real! 📖 📕 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
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Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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“telling stories about monsters isn’t simply a way of describing beings that are nothing like humans. It’s also how societies define and police who they think counts as fully human.”
My words in @aeon.co
💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #psychology 🧵/n
My words in @aeon.co
💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #psychology 🧵/n
Those declared ‘monsters’ are ejected from the human family | Aeon Essays
For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human
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October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“telling stories about monsters isn’t simply a way of describing beings that are nothing like humans. It’s also how societies define and police who they think counts as fully human.”
My words in @aeon.co
💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #psychology 🧵/n
My words in @aeon.co
💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #psychology 🧵/n
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I want dumb everything. I want the dumbest appliances in the world in my home. I will pay someone to make them dumb. Just sit there and be a bed. That's all I need from you.
Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
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AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I want dumb everything. I want the dumbest appliances in the world in my home. I will pay someone to make them dumb. Just sit there and be a bed. That's all I need from you.
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🚨 NEW: "Rising autocracies know to pressure schools, universities, corporations and government institutions into silence. Together, these tactics do more than harm Black communities – they hollow out our democracy itself." - Stacey Abrams
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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US leaders are erasing Black history. That threatens our future | Stacey Abrams and Esosa Osa
DEI is being used as a smokescreen to roll back progress and consolidate power. The goal is to rewrite our nation’s story
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October 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚨 NEW: "Rising autocracies know to pressure schools, universities, corporations and government institutions into silence. Together, these tactics do more than harm Black communities – they hollow out our democracy itself." - Stacey Abrams
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Berkeley history graduate students reimagine their campus as a public history site. Topics include CA Indigenous history, relationship between CA and Asia/Pacific, campus policing, & campus protest. This is such an amazing project! @historians.org #AHAPerspectives
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New Campus Cartographies – AHA
Infusing historical research into walking tours has helped Andrew Hardy and his fellow graduate students remake their campus into a public history site.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Berkeley history graduate students reimagine their campus as a public history site. Topics include CA Indigenous history, relationship between CA and Asia/Pacific, campus policing, & campus protest. This is such an amazing project! @historians.org #AHAPerspectives
www.historians.org/perspectives...
www.historians.org/perspectives...
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@cathfletcher.bsky.social and I are offering a webinar, Pitching a Nonfiction Book for General Readers, for @rsaorg.bsky.social's Professional Development webinar series.
Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)
#renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #writingcommunity 💙📚 🗃
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Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)
#renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #writingcommunity 💙📚 🗃
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October 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
@cathfletcher.bsky.social and I are offering a webinar, Pitching a Nonfiction Book for General Readers, for @rsaorg.bsky.social's Professional Development webinar series.
Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)
#renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #writingcommunity 💙📚 🗃
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Thurs, Nov 6, 2025, at 12-1pm. EST / 5-6pm GMT (& recorded)
#renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #writingcommunity 💙📚 🗃
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Resigning from the National Science Board was a difficult but necessary decision for me.
I spoke at the #STATsummit about this crisis of scientific integrity, the Trump administration's hyper-regulation of AI (yes, you read that right), an ELSI for AI and my Steph Curry theory of tech innovation.
I spoke at the #STATsummit about this crisis of scientific integrity, the Trump administration's hyper-regulation of AI (yes, you read that right), an ELSI for AI and my Steph Curry theory of tech innovation.
Alondra Nelson Former Director White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, talked about how her military family and background always instilled the duty to serve — no matter the political party. Then she explained why she ultimately ended up having to leave.
#STATSummit
#STATSummit
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Resigning from the National Science Board was a difficult but necessary decision for me.
I spoke at the #STATsummit about this crisis of scientific integrity, the Trump administration's hyper-regulation of AI (yes, you read that right), an ELSI for AI and my Steph Curry theory of tech innovation.
I spoke at the #STATsummit about this crisis of scientific integrity, the Trump administration's hyper-regulation of AI (yes, you read that right), an ELSI for AI and my Steph Curry theory of tech innovation.
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US Academia Be Like
October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
US Academia Be Like
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the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
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Yeah… this piece was not smart… and that’s okay(everything doesn’t have to be smart)… but the real failure here was that it was not insightful… in that way it fails journalism and opinion
This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Yeah… this piece was not smart… and that’s okay(everything doesn’t have to be smart)… but the real failure here was that it was not insightful… in that way it fails journalism and opinion