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Ph.D. Candidate History-Historian of Africa and Slavery| Raised in Rome| Enthusiast of good movies and food.
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
My advisor, lost NEH funding on important research projects meant to highlight the history of enslaved Africans and their descendants. Targeted grants were centered on the history of today's minority groups. Why should we believe that this wasn't a willful and targeted action?
April 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My advisor, lost NEH funding on important research projects meant to highlight the history of enslaved Africans and their descendants. Targeted grants were centered on the history of today's minority groups. Why should we believe that this wasn't a willful and targeted action?
Several international students have had their VISAS revoked here at MSU. These are dystopian times indeed...everyone should be furious about this.
April 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Several international students have had their VISAS revoked here at MSU. These are dystopian times indeed...everyone should be furious about this.
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Money corrupts, and money in politics corrupts completely.
April 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Money corrupts, and money in politics corrupts completely.
Headed to VA this weekend for a conference on Data-Informed methods for slavery studies. Let's learn to use technology to remember those who labored and suffered, with little mention in history!
March 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Headed to VA this weekend for a conference on Data-Informed methods for slavery studies. Let's learn to use technology to remember those who labored and suffered, with little mention in history!
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You, sir, understood the assignment, unlike much of the mainstream news. Walk away from tyranny, keep your head held high & your conscience clean. You're the definition of a good person with integrity.
January 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You, sir, understood the assignment, unlike much of the mainstream news. Walk away from tyranny, keep your head held high & your conscience clean. You're the definition of a good person with integrity.
As a current graduate student at an R1 University, I can say that this funding freeze screws my colleagues and I over.
January 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As a current graduate student at an R1 University, I can say that this funding freeze screws my colleagues and I over.
We're supposed to pretend like everything is fine with this asshole in power?
January 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We're supposed to pretend like everything is fine with this asshole in power?
The look of pure shock when I tell people that I'm a historian of slavery... and they always ask: "Why??" And I always reply "someone's got to do it!"
January 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The look of pure shock when I tell people that I'm a historian of slavery... and they always ask: "Why??" And I always reply "someone's got to do it!"
This year is starting to look eerily similar to the plot to 1984
January 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This year is starting to look eerily similar to the plot to 1984
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Wow. Just wow. To read these words from David Maraniss. This is how bad things have gotten.
The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden's questionable pardons with Trump's outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable. The newspaper I've been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.
January 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Wow. Just wow. To read these words from David Maraniss. This is how bad things have gotten.
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from today's post —
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January 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
from today's post —
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link is here: bit.ly/4jio26l
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here's today's post: "what the fuck is this?" — the media fails its first test of Donny’s second presidency.
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what the fuck is this?
the media fails its first test of Donny’s second presidency
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January 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
here's today's post: "what the fuck is this?" — the media fails its first test of Donny’s second presidency.
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Zuck MET WITH trump to preemptively kiss the ring--classic.
January 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Zuck MET WITH trump to preemptively kiss the ring--classic.
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to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
January 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
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Biden has issued preemptive pardons for many of Trump's supposed enemies. In a year or so, Joe's presidency will gain considerable luster.
January 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Biden has issued preemptive pardons for many of Trump's supposed enemies. In a year or so, Joe's presidency will gain considerable luster.
Back on this app after a long break...what did I miss?
January 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Back on this app after a long break...what did I miss?
September 17, 2024 at 4:03 AM
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You can believe & know Dick Cheney is a monster and still acknowledge that him coming out in support of Kamala Harris is big and that a specific segment of Reagan conservatives need to hear it and more prominent Republicans need to be doing it.
Wise bitches contain multitudes.
Wise bitches contain multitudes.
September 7, 2024 at 12:17 AM
You can believe & know Dick Cheney is a monster and still acknowledge that him coming out in support of Kamala Harris is big and that a specific segment of Reagan conservatives need to hear it and more prominent Republicans need to be doing it.
Wise bitches contain multitudes.
Wise bitches contain multitudes.
To all the Brazilian former X users: Welcome to Blue Sky!
September 3, 2024 at 4:32 AM
To all the Brazilian former X users: Welcome to Blue Sky!
Have you also noticed the rise of spam accounts on here?
August 27, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Have you also noticed the rise of spam accounts on here?
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it's fucked up that in the united states there are so many jobs that require tips to make a living wage. like baristas and supreme court justices
June 29, 2024 at 7:28 PM
it's fucked up that in the united states there are so many jobs that require tips to make a living wage. like baristas and supreme court justices