Tonya Howe
@tmlh.bsky.social
Likes: data, pottery, books, the 18th century, cats. Dislikes: mean people, depression, white bread.
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Abolish ICE doesn't sound too radical now does it?
May 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Abolish ICE doesn't sound too radical now does it?
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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May 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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Starting to get a handle on why Musk and the Broligarchs set out to demolish the United States government.
May 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Starting to get a handle on why Musk and the Broligarchs set out to demolish the United States government.
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Mellon to help offset the funding cuts to the NEH for state humanities councils: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/a...
Mellon Foundation Announces $15 Million for Humanities Councils
The emergency funding came after the National Endowment for the Humanities canceled most existing grants, part of a pivot toward President Trump’s priorities.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Mellon to help offset the funding cuts to the NEH for state humanities councils: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/a...
Today we filed our appeal to the NEH for wrongful grant termination. They gave us a month to get everything together—how long for the decision, do you think? Big hat tip 🎩 to my colleagues at UVA!
April 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Today we filed our appeal to the NEH for wrongful grant termination. They gave us a month to get everything together—how long for the decision, do you think? Big hat tip 🎩 to my colleagues at UVA!
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For the Monday morning crowd: a 🧵on how to appeal your NEH grant termination. Please share with NEH grantees.
I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
For the Monday morning crowd: a 🧵on how to appeal your NEH grant termination. Please share with NEH grantees.
I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I also summarized in a shareable google doc, available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Not all heroes wear capes.
April 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Not all heroes wear capes.
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The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.
Two dictators in the Oval Office.
April 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Two dictators in the Oval Office.
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Update: I've heard that approximately 135 of the ~185 NEH employees have been placed on administrative leave. (but awaiting more information). Even though we've seen this playbook enacted many times over the past few weeks, it's still shocking.
Hearing reports of NEH staff being put on administrative leave (not sure yet how many are impacted). Grantees—remember to use eGMS for all correspondence but that staff may have severe restrictions on access to email & work material. NEH staff—we appreciate you & we’re so sorry this is happening.
A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
April 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Update: I've heard that approximately 135 of the ~185 NEH employees have been placed on administrative leave. (but awaiting more information). Even though we've seen this playbook enacted many times over the past few weeks, it's still shocking.
Sooo, our NEH-ODH grant was canceled… from a non-official email address. We are appealing (don’t make it easy!) and my colleagues at UVA are fighting for the project thru institutional channels. But I’ll be talking about our work at the #DHSI25 mini-colloquium in May!
April 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Sooo, our NEH-ODH grant was canceled… from a non-official email address. We are appealing (don’t make it easy!) and my colleagues at UVA are fighting for the project thru institutional channels. But I’ll be talking about our work at the #DHSI25 mini-colloquium in May!
Read this article yesterday, felt physically ill www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Read this article yesterday, felt physically ill www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
There’s a person in #costco singing a cry to hawk these yummy nut packets—she has a lovely voice, and I can hear it in a few places throughout the store. 🎵 “8.99 a pack!” 🎶
March 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
There’s a person in #costco singing a cry to hawk these yummy nut packets—she has a lovely voice, and I can hear it in a few places throughout the store. 🎵 “8.99 a pack!” 🎶
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
A design made for www.instagram.com/support_fede...
March 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A design made for www.instagram.com/support_fede...
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If only there had been some sign of what sort of guy Trump is:
March 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
If only there had been some sign of what sort of guy Trump is:
I’m taking a glaze chem class! It’s kicking my ass. Here’s my second quadraxial—hopefully a nice semi-matte glaze, dark, with some speckles. Probably not the most interesting colorants, but I’m being positive. :)
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I’m taking a glaze chem class! It’s kicking my ass. Here’s my second quadraxial—hopefully a nice semi-matte glaze, dark, with some speckles. Probably not the most interesting colorants, but I’m being positive. :)
New sticker! Check it out on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stickit2em.e... 💪
March 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
New sticker! Check it out on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stickit2em.e... 💪
New side project! @stickit2em.everywhere (on Instagram for now) posting sticker and protest sign designs. Here’s a sampling! www.instagram.com/stickit2em.e...
March 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
New side project! @stickit2em.everywhere (on Instagram for now) posting sticker and protest sign designs. Here’s a sampling! www.instagram.com/stickit2em.e...
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Still seeing lots and lots of folks posting things like “don’t they know how devastating this will be!”
YES. THEY KNOW. It’s the WHOLE POINT.
YES. THEY KNOW. It’s the WHOLE POINT.
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Still seeing lots and lots of folks posting things like “don’t they know how devastating this will be!”
YES. THEY KNOW. It’s the WHOLE POINT.
YES. THEY KNOW. It’s the WHOLE POINT.
We live in a pretty 💩 💩 💩 world @cignahealthcare.bsky.social #cigna
Cigna is denying me a PET scan bc. they state it is not medically necessary based on their clinical guidelines. I have stage 4 metastatic breast cancer spreading throughout my bones and liver. My insurance company says I don't need the only scan that can show what's going on!
February 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We live in a pretty 💩 💩 💩 world @cignahealthcare.bsky.social #cigna
Some DC theater company (…) needs to do MACBETH with the weird sisters as finance bros or maga nuts: “cruel are the times when we are traitors / And do not know ourselves; when we hold rumor / From what we fear, yet know not what we fear, / But float upon a wild and violent sea” 4.2.21-24)
February 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Some DC theater company (…) needs to do MACBETH with the weird sisters as finance bros or maga nuts: “cruel are the times when we are traitors / And do not know ourselves; when we hold rumor / From what we fear, yet know not what we fear, / But float upon a wild and violent sea” 4.2.21-24)
Fresh hell of the day! www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... #FHotD
Trump wants to hold up to 30,000 detained migrants at Guantanamo Bay. Here's what to know
President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold ...
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January 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Fresh hell of the day! www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... #FHotD