Clare Sammells
@csammells.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Food, Tourism, and Latin America (Bolivia, Argentina, Antarctica). Lover of plants AND zombies. Barbershop singer. Assoc Prof at Bucknell U but all opinions are my own.
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I’ve been saying on this site and on the old one for years that pundits are great, opinion-slinging is a noble profession, but none of them could eat without journalists providing facts on which to opine. Weiss is firing the sharks and hiring more remoras.
Turns out that Bari Weiss's all hands at CBS today is to announce she's bringing on some anti-vax guys and Niall Ferguson. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/b...
January 27, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I’ve been saying on this site and on the old one for years that pundits are great, opinion-slinging is a noble profession, but none of them could eat without journalists providing facts on which to opine. Weiss is firing the sharks and hiring more remoras.
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As part of a career advice lecture with my grad students last summer, I asked them how much they thought their university paid me to teach the class they were currently taking
Several thought it was more than full-time faculty make
It's actually less than any 1 of the 25 of them pay in tuition
Several thought it was more than full-time faculty make
It's actually less than any 1 of the 25 of them pay in tuition
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 PM
As part of a career advice lecture with my grad students last summer, I asked them how much they thought their university paid me to teach the class they were currently taking
Several thought it was more than full-time faculty make
It's actually less than any 1 of the 25 of them pay in tuition
Several thought it was more than full-time faculty make
It's actually less than any 1 of the 25 of them pay in tuition
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As a Canadian, what I've learned so far:
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
January 27, 2026 at 3:07 AM
As a Canadian, what I've learned so far:
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
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It’s time to end federal impunity.
Right now, it’s all but impossible to sue federal agents when they violate your rights — unlike local police, who can be sued.
Today, the Senate votes on my bill to allow people to sue federal agents, not just local police.
We’ve had enough.
Right now, it’s all but impossible to sue federal agents when they violate your rights — unlike local police, who can be sued.
Today, the Senate votes on my bill to allow people to sue federal agents, not just local police.
We’ve had enough.
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
It’s time to end federal impunity.
Right now, it’s all but impossible to sue federal agents when they violate your rights — unlike local police, who can be sued.
Today, the Senate votes on my bill to allow people to sue federal agents, not just local police.
We’ve had enough.
Right now, it’s all but impossible to sue federal agents when they violate your rights — unlike local police, who can be sued.
Today, the Senate votes on my bill to allow people to sue federal agents, not just local police.
We’ve had enough.
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this morning in the Mpls suburbs: "There were 5 Ice vehicles staged around this neighborhood and the elementary school, they seem to be watching to bus stops during school kid pick up and drop off. I believe they are trying spook kids/parents so vulnerable parents would expose themselves"
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
this morning in the Mpls suburbs: "There were 5 Ice vehicles staged around this neighborhood and the elementary school, they seem to be watching to bus stops during school kid pick up and drop off. I believe they are trying spook kids/parents so vulnerable parents would expose themselves"
Finding some joy: I'm enrolling in a voice class with an AMAZING singer, focusing on Brazilian music. A good challenge for me!
January 27, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Finding some joy: I'm enrolling in a voice class with an AMAZING singer, focusing on Brazilian music. A good challenge for me!
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I love this spectacular Ruffed Grouse Pennsylvania resistance bird by Jen Rand ( @jenrand.bsky.social ). The star is a nod to the Quaker tenet of nonviolence, and the style harks back to PA Dutch folk art.
January 27, 2026 at 3:48 AM
I love this spectacular Ruffed Grouse Pennsylvania resistance bird by Jen Rand ( @jenrand.bsky.social ). The star is a nod to the Quaker tenet of nonviolence, and the style harks back to PA Dutch folk art.
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
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Hey @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and I are both Carleton grads and this fucking rocks - love to see a college protect its students from the goons instead of cutting deals with the regime.
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Hey @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and I are both Carleton grads and this fucking rocks - love to see a college protect its students from the goons instead of cutting deals with the regime.
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This is happening! An NH friend of mine lives just across the river from Maine and works over there sometimes. He said the locals are already picking out ICE agents at restaurants and bars, on the streets and at stores to berate them and run them off. Mariners will just say people are "from away"
Hey, let’s go to Maine in the dead of winter, a time of year that certainly won’t make us more recognizable to a populace that has the ability to spot an out-of-stater from 500 yards away.
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 AM
This is happening! An NH friend of mine lives just across the river from Maine and works over there sometimes. He said the locals are already picking out ICE agents at restaurants and bars, on the streets and at stores to berate them and run them off. Mariners will just say people are "from away"
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A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
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I was on my way to a meeting when I heard ICE was at the Zipps on Central Ave. In the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, ICE should cease these operations immediately. People are terrified, and this escalation is not making anyone safer.
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I was on my way to a meeting when I heard ICE was at the Zipps on Central Ave. In the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, ICE should cease these operations immediately. People are terrified, and this escalation is not making anyone safer.
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Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.
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ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
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Close the ICE death camps!
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Close the ICE death camps!
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Una librería no es una biblioteca. No confundáis la cultura con el mercado.
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Una librería no es una biblioteca. No confundáis la cultura con el mercado.
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Congratulations to Roberto Alvarez, the 2026 Bronislaw Malinowski Award Winner!
For more info, visit our website: appliedanthro.org/awards-prize...
#SfAA #SocialScience #Anthropology #AppliedAnthropology #SfAA2026 #Malinowski
For more info, visit our website: appliedanthro.org/awards-prize...
#SfAA #SocialScience #Anthropology #AppliedAnthropology #SfAA2026 #Malinowski
January 26, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Congratulations to Roberto Alvarez, the 2026 Bronislaw Malinowski Award Winner!
For more info, visit our website: appliedanthro.org/awards-prize...
#SfAA #SocialScience #Anthropology #AppliedAnthropology #SfAA2026 #Malinowski
For more info, visit our website: appliedanthro.org/awards-prize...
#SfAA #SocialScience #Anthropology #AppliedAnthropology #SfAA2026 #Malinowski
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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
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Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
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What these goons don't seem to realize is that decades of neoliberal policies have forced the work of care downstream--from the state onto families, and then onto women, who've had to get very good at caring for others through the crises that those same neoliberal policies tend to create.
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:09 PM
What these goons don't seem to realize is that decades of neoliberal policies have forced the work of care downstream--from the state onto families, and then onto women, who've had to get very good at caring for others through the crises that those same neoliberal policies tend to create.
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Similarly when people tell me, "It must be an exciting time to be an immigration and constitutional law scholar!"
<Big giant sigh>
<Big giant sigh>
Twice this week when meeting a new person I've gotten an excited "Wow, it must be an exciting time to be a political scientist!" and both times I've answered "Not really. That's like telling someone it's an exciting to be a surgeon when there's a 63 car pileup on the highway."
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Similarly when people tell me, "It must be an exciting time to be an immigration and constitutional law scholar!"
<Big giant sigh>
<Big giant sigh>
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One of the benefits (?) of living in the Lehigh Valley is we are living near the Peeps factory, and therefore have access to their annual in-store flavors. This year:
-Sunny D
-Strawberry Poptarts
-Chili Lime Mango
(also, I hate Peeps, but love the Peep energy around here)
-Sunny D
-Strawberry Poptarts
-Chili Lime Mango
(also, I hate Peeps, but love the Peep energy around here)
New store-exclusive Easter Peeps to include strawberry Pop-Tarts, SunnyD
Just Born and its Peeps are bringing out some unique store exclusives for Easter 2026, including strawberry Pop-Tarts, SunnyD and mango chili lime.
www.lehighvalleynews.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
One of the benefits (?) of living in the Lehigh Valley is we are living near the Peeps factory, and therefore have access to their annual in-store flavors. This year:
-Sunny D
-Strawberry Poptarts
-Chili Lime Mango
(also, I hate Peeps, but love the Peep energy around here)
-Sunny D
-Strawberry Poptarts
-Chili Lime Mango
(also, I hate Peeps, but love the Peep energy around here)
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.