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Susan Amussen
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Historian @UCMerced, early modern Britain and Atlantic world; gender, race and class. Old lady likes cats and dogs.

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 23h
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d
“From the night of the massacre onward, Ms. Fletcher was never again able to sleep comfortably in a bed, she wrote…
“When I sleep, it is never very deep or for very long because of the anxiety and the things I see,” she wrote. “Imagine having the same horrible nightmare every night for 100 years.”
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d
One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/linds...
One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump
For almost a decade now, we’ve watched as Trump plowed through guardrails...
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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 4d
It was Edda da Vinci, she was Leo's sister, and actually created his most famous works. I'm surprised you don't know about her.

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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 4d
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
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...
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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · 7d
I can kind of see that.

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 8d
“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
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

Reposted by Joshua S. Weitz, Susan D. Amussen, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8d
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...
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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 19
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.
andycraig.bsky.social Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · Oct 19
Good thing the military isn't woke anymore and is willing to take the fight to our enemies, like Colombian fisherman and Interstate 5.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · Oct 19
Good thing the military isn't woke anymore and is willing to take the fight to our enemies, like Colombian fisherman and Interstate 5.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · Oct 19
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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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 18
Some of the inflatable participants (and good signs) at Merced #NoKings

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Oct 18
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

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Sierra Nevada Research Institute @snriucmerced.bsky.social · Oct 15
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
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: https://tinyurl.com/yc74v23y

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 14
I don't see why not, but there will be a US edition!

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · Oct 14
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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Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social · Oct 14
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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Dr Rory MacLellan @rorymaclellan.bsky.social · Oct 14
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...
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...
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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 14
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...

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 9
Well, and TikTok videos are such reliable sources of information, right? That’s where your students research their senior theses!

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 7
Not a weirdo. Tell them what’s happened.

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 5
I see what you did there! And James on cricket is so good!

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 5
Well, as the AHA says, everything has a history!

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 3
How do you cheat when choosing a topic? You choose what you care about!

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Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · Oct 3
Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · Oct 3
@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."

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Oct 1
Yes, he could write, and he *cared* about writing! And a very distinctive voice, which became increasingly personal over time.

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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · Sep 22
@davidveevers.bsky.social and others discussed historians who could write but the name 'David Underdown' did not appear in it, regrettably @sdamussen.bsky.social
_Start of Play_ by David Underdown

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Sep 20
Jenny Shaw on The Women of Rendezvous. Or Keith Wrightson Ralph Tailers Summer. Both great microhistories that are good reads but open up worlds - so methodologically helpful

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Susan Amussen @sdamussen.bsky.social · Sep 20
I still turn to it when I can’t cope with the news. Comfort watching.