Susan Amussen
sdamussen.bsky.social
Susan Amussen
@sdamussen.bsky.social

Historian @UCMerced, early modern Britain and Atlantic world; gender, race and class. Old. Does not represent employer.

Economics 37%
History 27%
(It’s real)
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"

I have a different sense of WW2 from my father, friends parents, others I’ve known, than I do of WWI, though my grandfathers were part of it. I know it more from literature, reading etc.
Anyway, this is important to acknowledge as more and more of the WW 2 generation dies. /2 end

We tend to think of attitudes being shaped by wars that happened when we were young, but we are actually shaped by our parents’ wars. Boomers were shaped by their parent’s experiences in WW2. Gen X more by parents’ memories of Vietnam. 1/

I know that when I retire my department will not get a line ("there are no lines") and if they did, it would not go to someone in my field.

Is that why I suddenly got a whole bunch of new follows overnight? Can't imagine why anyone was leaving the other place /s

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« Une femme libre avec la rage de vivre » : Odette Bergoffen était la dernière Juste parmi les Nations en Maine-et-Loire #Guerre 39-45 #Histoire #Nécrologie @OuestFrance www.ouest-france.fr/culture/hist...
« Une femme libre avec la rage de vivre » : Odette Bergoffen était la dernière Juste parmi les Nations en Maine-et-Loire
Dernière représentante des Justes parmi les Nations en Maine-et-Loire, Odette Bergoffen, née Blanchet, est morte dans la nuit du lundi 5 au mardi 6 janvier 2026 à Trélazé, près d’Angers. Sa disparitio...
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From an email to one of our faculty members....

Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

#EarlyModern for the win. Also, an invigorating walk!
Kick started the new work year with another installment of my 'research walk', retracing the parish boundaries of 17thC Portishead for my book on 'Everyday Life in the 17thC Village'. Got a taste of the 'Little Ice Age' - a period of colder temperatures that impacted the 17thC - by going out in -1!

LOL says the widow of someone named Underdown!

My knees are happy to join your knees!

This includes my forthcoming book, What's in a Name. Order now! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526191908/

You are always kind. But will the special election be in the Prop 50 district? Will that make any difference? (I think we become less purple, more blue.)

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Kick started the new work year with another installment of my 'research walk', retracing the parish boundaries of 17thC Portishead for my book on 'Everyday Life in the 17thC Village'. Got a taste of the 'Little Ice Age' - a period of colder temperatures that impacted the 17thC - by going out in -1!
Venezuela Regime Change and the Theater of the Absurd talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/venez...
Venezuela Regime Change and the Theater of the Absurd
On Saturday, a friend and I were comparing notes on the events...
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Seeing you from California, where we all monitor snowpack.

Or widows.

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Welcome to January in Colorado, where it's sunny and *checks notes* 64 degrees
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.

I want to make sure this is very clear.

With reason!

That's on the to do list. But proofs and index come first. Fortunately, we don't start the semester until Jan 20.

There was a time when I was on first name terms with the staff in Costa's local office!

Well, maybe it will help his spine.

I'm not convinced: I think reminding people of the constitution and what it requires is useful. But yes, it's not going anywhere until the MAGA coalition really falls apart. And that hasn't yet happened.
You know what to do folks, flood the phones: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell your Representative to Stop Trump’s War in Venezuela
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But I have contacted my congresscritter, Adam Gray, by phone and email to encourage him to support impeachment. Not holding my breath but want to make sure he knows it matters to some. (It's the most purple district in the country, so he's very blue dog.)
One of the wildest things with social media is the expectation that we will hear everything immediately from all politicians, who might not want to say publicly everything they think or plan on doing. You figure out your strategy. Are Dems discussing impeachment? Absolutely, but not here.

Or $1 million.

Wouldn't everyone? Seems obvious. Unions organize for invasions of Venezuela, not for pay or health care.

One of the wildest things with social media is the expectation that we will hear everything immediately from all politicians, who might not want to say publicly everything they think or plan on doing. You figure out your strategy. Are Dems discussing impeachment? Absolutely, but not here.

That's terrible. I'm sorry.