Heather Munro Prescott
@knittingclio.bsky.social
Professor Emerita of History at Central Connecticut State University
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
REM
The Replacements
The Ramones
The Pixies
B52s
REM
The Replacements
The Ramones
The Pixies
B52s
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Run-DMC & Beastie Boys
Prince
The Hold Steady
boygenius
Car Seat Headrest
the last 20-odd minutes of waiting to take turkey out / put sides in suuuuuuuuuucks
Run-DMC & Beastie Boys
Prince
The Hold Steady
boygenius
Car Seat Headrest
the last 20-odd minutes of waiting to take turkey out / put sides in suuuuuuuuuucks
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
The Cure
New Order
R.E.M.
Pixies
The Cranberries
The Cure
New Order
R.E.M.
Pixies
The Cranberries
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
REM
The Replacements
The Ramones
The Pixies
B52s
REM
The Replacements
The Ramones
The Pixies
B52s
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Amazing! As the post says, we may lose something when we don't take the time and space, with the associated cogitation it allows, to work our way through manuscript sources, but it's a rare luxury to have that time and space these days, and this RA is above and beyond helpful.
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Amazing! As the post says, we may lose something when we don't take the time and space, with the associated cogitation it allows, to work our way through manuscript sources, but it's a rare luxury to have that time and space these days, and this RA is above and beyond helpful.
Me too.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Me too.
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The CDC is lying about vaccines. 🎁 defector.com/vaccines-do-...
Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism, No Matter What The CDC Website Now Says | Defector
On Nov. 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—a name that feels increasingly misleading, given Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s track record of sowing outbreaks of infectious diseases—quietly…
defector.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The CDC is lying about vaccines. 🎁 defector.com/vaccines-do-...
Who would have thunk it?
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Who would have thunk it?
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"An overweening faith that our genes make us who we are is a terrifying thing."
Today's #histSTM lunchtime read: @nccomfort.bsky.social discusses James Watson's gradual embrace of genetic determinism in an essay for @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
#histbio #histsci
#eugenics #DNA 🗃️📜🧬
Today's #histSTM lunchtime read: @nccomfort.bsky.social discusses James Watson's gradual embrace of genetic determinism in an essay for @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
#histbio #histsci
#eugenics #DNA 🗃️📜🧬
Opinion | James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"An overweening faith that our genes make us who we are is a terrifying thing."
Today's #histSTM lunchtime read: @nccomfort.bsky.social discusses James Watson's gradual embrace of genetic determinism in an essay for @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
#histbio #histsci
#eugenics #DNA 🗃️📜🧬
Today's #histSTM lunchtime read: @nccomfort.bsky.social discusses James Watson's gradual embrace of genetic determinism in an essay for @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
#histbio #histsci
#eugenics #DNA 🗃️📜🧬
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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
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New from 404 Media: IRS accessed a massive database of Americans flights without a warrant. Shows where and when someone flew, the credit card used. Hundreds of millions records; the airlines sell this data to the government through a broker they own
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
IRS Accessed Massive Database of Americans Flights Without a Warrant
A bipartisan letter reveals the IRS searched a database of hundreds of millions of travel records without first conducting a legal review. Airlines like Delta, United, American, and Southwest are sell...
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New from 404 Media: IRS accessed a massive database of Americans flights without a warrant. Shows where and when someone flew, the credit card used. Hundreds of millions records; the airlines sell this data to the government through a broker they own
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
www.404media.co/irs-accessed...
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11/16/1869 — b. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, American physician, #publichealth pioneer, suffrage leader. Key figure in early intl medical care + relief organizing efforts. First president, Medical Women’s Intl Assn(1919-24); wrote “Wmn Doctors of the World” ('57) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #MedSky
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
11/16/1869 — b. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, American physician, #publichealth pioneer, suffrage leader. Key figure in early intl medical care + relief organizing efforts. First president, Medical Women’s Intl Assn(1919-24); wrote “Wmn Doctors of the World” ('57) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #MedSky
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President James Garfield was correct.
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
President James Garfield was correct.
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This is my husband's review of Alice Wong's amazing "Disability Visability." If you haven't picked up a copy, I highly recommend it.
May she rest in peace as her work continues on after her.
nursingclio.org/2021/03/02/r...
May she rest in peace as her work continues on after her.
nursingclio.org/2021/03/02/r...
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is my husband's review of Alice Wong's amazing "Disability Visability." If you haven't picked up a copy, I highly recommend it.
May she rest in peace as her work continues on after her.
nursingclio.org/2021/03/02/r...
May she rest in peace as her work continues on after her.
nursingclio.org/2021/03/02/r...
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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Woodchipper solidarity
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Woodchipper solidarity
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“There are Epsteins everywhere for those with eyes to see”
Wrote about Epstein, the misogynistic culture that protected him, and the banality of evil when it comes to harming women and children. He was not a unique man.
open.substack.com/pub/houseofm...
open.substack.com/pub/houseofm...
This Is How The World Works
Epstein, and the violence we all live with
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“There are Epsteins everywhere for those with eyes to see”
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Even MAGA has limits.
MAGA Rages After Trump Dunks On American Workforce To Defend Visas For Foreign Workers
www.comicsands.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Even MAGA has limits.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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I have to tell you what really happened to the plums...
Elise New seems to have offered them to Woody Allen in exchange for his involvement with her edX MOOC.
One creepy slimey scammy thing after another in those files.
(via splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app)
Elise New seems to have offered them to Woody Allen in exchange for his involvement with her edX MOOC.
One creepy slimey scammy thing after another in those files.
(via splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app)
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I have to tell you what really happened to the plums...
Elise New seems to have offered them to Woody Allen in exchange for his involvement with her edX MOOC.
One creepy slimey scammy thing after another in those files.
(via splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app)
Elise New seems to have offered them to Woody Allen in exchange for his involvement with her edX MOOC.
One creepy slimey scammy thing after another in those files.
(via splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app)
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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👀
Interesting email here from Elisa New, Harvard professor and wife to Larry Summers, to Epstein, reflecting on Lolita.
"...it's about a man whose life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl."
"...it's about a man whose life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl."
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
👀
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Trump is dining with top Wall Street executives at the White House tonight — just months after giving them a huge tax cut in his Big Ugly Bill.
Meanwhile, his regime is continuing to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of hungry Americans.
"New Golden Age."
Meanwhile, his regime is continuing to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of hungry Americans.
"New Golden Age."
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Trump is dining with top Wall Street executives at the White House tonight — just months after giving them a huge tax cut in his Big Ugly Bill.
Meanwhile, his regime is continuing to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of hungry Americans.
"New Golden Age."
Meanwhile, his regime is continuing to withhold SNAP benefits for millions of hungry Americans.
"New Golden Age."
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Breaking: Mike Johnson just announced that he'll swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday at 4pm ET.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Breaking: Mike Johnson just announced that he'll swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday at 4pm ET.
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If I were @schumer.senate.gov, I would not agree to help Republicans fund this regime on the "promise" of an ACA vote at a later date. It didn't work the last time when they promised to fund DC. It won't work this time either. The House won't touch it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If I were @schumer.senate.gov, I would not agree to help Republicans fund this regime on the "promise" of an ACA vote at a later date. It didn't work the last time when they promised to fund DC. It won't work this time either. The House won't touch it.
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