Charlotte Canning
@cmcanning.bsky.social
Performance historian. Reader. Teacher. Feminist. Views my own and represent no one else. She/hers
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Charlotte Canning
@cmcanning.bsky.social
· Jul 10
Theater Helps Us Remember the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later
'Inherit the Wind' changed how people understand, and remember, the legendary Scopes trial.
time.com
The Scopes Trial began 100 years ago today. Why do we even remember it? The power of theatre. Live performance makes things real and relatable.
7) Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry: Février (1412-16)
February 9, 2026 at 3:59 AM
7) Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry: Février (1412-16)
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Concentration camps:
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
Former ICE Facility Worker 'saw people laying in feces' at Baltimore Detention Center
Whistleblower provides internal documents alleging severe overcrowding, mistreatment months before viral video sparked national outrage
www.wusa9.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Concentration camps:
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
"I saw people lying in feces, throwing up, and sleeping in urine."
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Our entire lives, our families, our children and grandchildren, are basically poker chips to these warped assholes. All they can do with them is stack them up and compare them to other billionaires' stacks. While kids die.
guess my main issue with billionaires is they stole billions of dollars from the rest of us and they will never even fucking use most of it. what is the point of having 200 billion dollars man, 100 billion dollars is already infinite dollars. hoarding that much wealth is a hateful and violent act
February 9, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Our entire lives, our families, our children and grandchildren, are basically poker chips to these warped assholes. All they can do with them is stack them up and compare them to other billionaires' stacks. While kids die.
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“A group of activists handed out more than 25,000 towels emblazoned with the words ‘ICE OUT’ to Super Bowl attendees on Sunday, hoping they will raise them throughout the game, and especially during Bad Bunny’s halftime performance, to protest the Trump admin’s immigration enforcement operations.”
Organizers hand out more than 25,000 “ICE OUT” towels at Super Bowl for halftime protest
A group of activists handed out more than 25,000 towels with the words “ICE OUT” to Super Bowl attendees on Sunday, hoping they will display throughout the game.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:07 AM
“A group of activists handed out more than 25,000 towels emblazoned with the words ‘ICE OUT’ to Super Bowl attendees on Sunday, hoping they will raise them throughout the game, and especially during Bad Bunny’s halftime performance, to protest the Trump admin’s immigration enforcement operations.”
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Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
grateful to work at a place that always lets me write about how much i love gay women
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Amber Glenn, a queer icon from Texas, is about to make Olympic history
The American figure skater's unapologetic queerness feels more important than ever.
www.chron.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
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“from March to September, OCR resolved more than 7,000 discrimination complaints, but about 90% were resolved by the department dismissing the complaint, meaning staff received information from complainants but did not proceed to investigate.”
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.
The Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, watchdog says
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
“from March to September, OCR resolved more than 7,000 discrimination complaints, but about 90% were resolved by the department dismissing the complaint, meaning staff received information from complainants but did not proceed to investigate.”
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“The problem is that we have accelerated into a consuming and exclusive narrative about science in the national interest.”
Some day I’ll stop sharing my v personal perspective on how devastating humanities has in fact devastated science. Not today.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
Some day I’ll stop sharing my v personal perspective on how devastating humanities has in fact devastated science. Not today.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
Did My Father’s World Die with Him? Grieving the Incalculable Costs of “STEM.” - The Scholarly Kitchen
Grieving my father's death feels inextricably tangled with grieving the catastrophe overtaking the whole of our research infrastructure.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
“The problem is that we have accelerated into a consuming and exclusive narrative about science in the national interest.”
Some day I’ll stop sharing my v personal perspective on how devastating humanities has in fact devastated science. Not today.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
Some day I’ll stop sharing my v personal perspective on how devastating humanities has in fact devastated science. Not today.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
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First, a reminder to check out our website’s Announcements page for more opportunities to share your work, such as at the upcoming Jane Austen Summer Program that this year connects to the 250th of the Declaration of Independence! @janeaustensummer.bsky.social
blackwhiteandread.com/announcements/
blackwhiteandread.com/announcements/
Announcements
If you have a talk coming up, a book on its way, a podcast trailer to drop, or an accomplishment to celebrate, we want to help you share it!
blackwhiteandread.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
First, a reminder to check out our website’s Announcements page for more opportunities to share your work, such as at the upcoming Jane Austen Summer Program that this year connects to the 250th of the Declaration of Independence! @janeaustensummer.bsky.social
blackwhiteandread.com/announcements/
blackwhiteandread.com/announcements/
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The very concept of acknowledging racism was kind of bad and they were wrong to do it pissed them off so much they started a culture war and broke the world so they wouldn't have to "apologize for being white." There's no way in hell they could survive what marginalized folks go through.
Can cis hetero whites imagine what it's like to be the targets of Trump's hate? Somalis & Black folks generally watching him spew antiblack bigotry & immigrants generally watching him spew xenophobia? Just at the level of him constantly dragging us through the mud with what comes out of his mouth.
February 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The very concept of acknowledging racism was kind of bad and they were wrong to do it pissed them off so much they started a culture war and broke the world so they wouldn't have to "apologize for being white." There's no way in hell they could survive what marginalized folks go through.
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This is why I moved off Substack to Ghost. The Nazis will migrate to any big platform but when a platform actively promotes them, that is a choice
for the terminally online this is *far* from a revalation and also, i *really* hope that it will push more people to jump to another platform. there are places that will help you migrate your newsletter and don't profit off hate speech.
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This is why I moved off Substack to Ghost. The Nazis will migrate to any big platform but when a platform actively promotes them, that is a choice
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Like dont tell me saying “Fuck Bush” was meaningless when Natalie from Dixie Chicks was literally being threatened with sniper executions at her concerts for saying it
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Like dont tell me saying “Fuck Bush” was meaningless when Natalie from Dixie Chicks was literally being threatened with sniper executions at her concerts for saying it
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Thomas Merton's letter to a young activist:
'Do not depend on the hope of results... concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.'
jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
'Do not depend on the hope of results... concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.'
jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
February 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Thomas Merton's letter to a young activist:
'Do not depend on the hope of results... concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.'
jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
'Do not depend on the hope of results... concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself.'
jimandnancyforest.com/2014/10/mert...
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What *about* that 5-year-old US citizen? Finish the sentence, Congressman. What does that hypothetical child have to do with Liam Ramos? Spell it out. Don’t just say “but what about our kids” and stop there. Explain your logic.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
What *about* that 5-year-old US citizen? Finish the sentence, Congressman. What does that hypothetical child have to do with Liam Ramos? Spell it out. Don’t just say “but what about our kids” and stop there. Explain your logic.
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I hope folks grasp the fascistic resentment underpinning this shit, and the fact that there is nothing these AI robber barons would like more than to automate human creativity because they resent it and wish to devalue, own, and control it and us.
The whole article is repulsive but this passage is at the core of it. She has no interest in writing books, she wants to win some kind of competition that nobody entered
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I hope folks grasp the fascistic resentment underpinning this shit, and the fact that there is nothing these AI robber barons would like more than to automate human creativity because they resent it and wish to devalue, own, and control it and us.
Tell me you know f*ck all and about the performing arts and their history without telling me you know f*ck all about the performing arts in their history.
Opinion | Maybe It’s Time to Close the Kennedy Center for Good
Washington isn’t a cultural hub, the building is ugly, and its leaders don’t much care about the arts.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Tell me you know f*ck all and about the performing arts and their history without telling me you know f*ck all about the performing arts in their history.
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We absolutely can afford a UBI, and we do need it, regardless of any impacts AI ends up having.
The cost of UBI is its net cost, not its gross cost. If you get $15k and pay $7k higher taxes as part of the deal, that cost is $8k not $15k.
Try calculating the costs of not doing UBI. Include fascism.
The cost of UBI is its net cost, not its gross cost. If you get $15k and pay $7k higher taxes as part of the deal, that cost is $8k not $15k.
Try calculating the costs of not doing UBI. Include fascism.
My Sunday Times piece: The idea that we will need a universal basic income because of all the jobs that will be displaced by AI is gaining traction, but it is wrong on several counts:
We can’t afford a universal basic income — and don’t need it
www.thetimes.com/article/70cd...
We can’t afford a universal basic income — and don’t need it
www.thetimes.com/article/70cd...
We can’t afford a universal basic income — and don’t need it
If AI massacres jobs, the state will never find £1.5 trillion a year to keep us going. Targeted help would be far more sensible
www.thetimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
We absolutely can afford a UBI, and we do need it, regardless of any impacts AI ends up having.
The cost of UBI is its net cost, not its gross cost. If you get $15k and pay $7k higher taxes as part of the deal, that cost is $8k not $15k.
Try calculating the costs of not doing UBI. Include fascism.
The cost of UBI is its net cost, not its gross cost. If you get $15k and pay $7k higher taxes as part of the deal, that cost is $8k not $15k.
Try calculating the costs of not doing UBI. Include fascism.
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Reminder that ICE was invented after 9/11 to terrorize people on US soil.
W’s “war on terror” incl mass surveillance, even more racial profiling & aggressive policing & treating immigration as a security issue. Muslims & Brown folk perceived as such can tell you how that went.
Abolish.
W’s “war on terror” incl mass surveillance, even more racial profiling & aggressive policing & treating immigration as a security issue. Muslims & Brown folk perceived as such can tell you how that went.
Abolish.
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Reminder that ICE was invented after 9/11 to terrorize people on US soil.
W’s “war on terror” incl mass surveillance, even more racial profiling & aggressive policing & treating immigration as a security issue. Muslims & Brown folk perceived as such can tell you how that went.
Abolish.
W’s “war on terror” incl mass surveillance, even more racial profiling & aggressive policing & treating immigration as a security issue. Muslims & Brown folk perceived as such can tell you how that went.
Abolish.
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Good report here on how very little TANF funds actually go to supporting low income families. It has become a slush fund for states to spend on things that have little to do with program’s mission.
“How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States
Republicans and Democrats alike decry the lack of oversight for America’s famous antipoverty experiment.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Good report here on how very little TANF funds actually go to supporting low income families. It has become a slush fund for states to spend on things that have little to do with program’s mission.
“How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The cowardice and censorship continues apace!
NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The cowardice and censorship continues apace!
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The pace of hiring in the U.S. has dropped off precipitously for a number of reasons, ranging from tariff uncertainties that mean companies have a tough time planning to workers staying in their jobs.
This Is Why It’s So Hard to Find a Job Right Now
A ‘deep freeze’ has enveloped the U.S. labor market. A whole bunch of factors are at play.
on.wsj.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The pace of hiring in the U.S. has dropped off precipitously for a number of reasons, ranging from tariff uncertainties that mean companies have a tough time planning to workers staying in their jobs.
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crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
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Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
February 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
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This guy too. These two skiers make me proud to be American, I hope they both win
Chris Lillis and Hunter Hess both skiers in Team US made clear today that they wanted to represent a country that treats people with love and respect. Both athletes declared themselves as anti-ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This guy too. These two skiers make me proud to be American, I hope they both win
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The current president has made almost 4 billion dollars since he was voted in office 🙃 This episode breaks down how he made that money and how it compares to other presidents.
www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...
How the Presidency is Making Trump Richer : Up First from NPR
Before President Donald Trump’s first term, he was in a “tight spot” financially, according to New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick. At the start of his second term, Kirkpatrick says, Trump was in an “...
www.npr.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The current president has made almost 4 billion dollars since he was voted in office 🙃 This episode breaks down how he made that money and how it compares to other presidents.
www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...