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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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KT @ktmuse12.bsky.social · 1d

This was in Westerville, OH, a suburb of Columbus.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 2d

In an unprecedented move, Senate Republicans just voted to erase public land plans in AK, MT, and ND, all to benefit corporate polluters. And they're not done yet: similar resolutions have already been introduced. Tell your members of Congress to choose the people over polluters: sc.org/LandsAction

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 5d

What the shit, Clarivate! Anyone using Ebook Central MARC records, be warned. They're jamming those records with AI generated metadata. Auto-enabled but you can disable it.

Dear Alex,
We are writing to share an important update coming to Ebook Central that will help improve ebook discoverability. At the end of October 2025, Ebook Central Express MARC records will include AI-generated metadata when publisher metadata fields are not available.

Why are we introducing AI-generated metadata to Ebook Central records?

Most publishers include subject information in their metadata, but there are times when this information is not included, leading to limited search availability in discovery systems. For this reason, we are providing AI-generated Library of Congress subject headings only when not available from the publisher to improve the completeness of our metadata and discoverability of Ebook Central titles.

Which AI-generated fields are included in Express MARC? 

The AI-generated fields will include Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) (6XX); Library of Congress Classification (050); Dewey Decimal (082); Description (520); and Source of Description (588). To learn more, please visit our FAQ page.

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 9d

When I see people
post that “this
is not who we are,”
I take a picture of the comment
(and what they are referring to)
and send it to the historian,
along with a question mark,
and usually the historian replies
“No, it is,”
though sometimes she adds
“but it doesn’t have to be.”

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 1

In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.

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ORIENTATION
FACT SHEET
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WAR DEPARTMENT-WASHINGTON 25, D. C. • 24 March 1945 FASCISM!
Note For This Week's Discussion:
Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis;
(2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.

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Thomas Peace @tpcanoe.bsky.social · 12d

The editors at Active History have put together a list of resources to help you contextualize the #NDTR & the history of #ResidentialSchools. activehistory.ca/blog/2025/09...

On the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) issued its final report on the history of residential schools in Canada. Mandated to “inform all Canadians about what happened in reside…

activehistory.ca

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 13d

In LA, community organizing has played a major role in slowing ICE down. Here are the strategies I saw while I was there.

Note: This is a shorter cut of a longer video that’s available on my other socials. All of which can be found here: linktr.ee/kevinfoster

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 16d

If we ever want to be at least a semblance of a democracy again, there must be a reckoning with what ICE has been empowered to do, and with all the people who empowered them to do it.

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Dr. Katherine Haenschen @drkath.bsky.social · 17d

The United States needs to embrace more of a collective culture rather than a ruthlessly individualistic one if we are to survive, and frankly that often seems impossible.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 18d

Come for my discussion of revisionist history, stay for my description of some of the controversies of the summer of 2019 which will make you long for the past.

What Is Revisionist History?

What is revisionist history--and is it dangerous?

contingentmagazine.org

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23d

ACIP members have voted to update the current pediatric and adult immunization schedules for FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines. The vote was a unanimous yes.

COVID-19 Vaccines - Vote #4
The pediatric and adult immunization schedules for administration of FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines should be updated as follows:
• Adults 65 and older: Vaccination based on individual-based decision-
making*
• Individuals 6 months to 64 years: Vaccination based on individual-based decision-making-with an emphasis that the risk-benefit of vaccination is most favorable for individuals who are at an increased risk for severe
COVID-19 disease and lowest for individuals who are not at an increased risk, according to the CDC list of COVID-19 risk factors.
*Also known as shared clinical decision making.

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 23d

I’m having intro chats with dissertation students this fortnight, and one of them asked which historians I’d recommend for beautiful writing they could absorb to further develop their own writing style.

So, gang, which are your favourite *writers* among historians, any time, any topic, any place. 🗃️

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23d

The ACIP has voted AGAINST requiring a prescription for COVID-19 vaccination. With a vote of 6 yes and 6 no, the decision went to the ACIP chair, who voted no.

Kennedy’s vaccine advisers remove prescription need for Covid vaccine, emphasizing personal choice

After heated meeting, healthcare professionals and experts left deeply confused about committee’s recommendations

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24d

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions

Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue)

West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

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KT @ktmuse12.bsky.social · 24d

This reflects what I am hearing too. People in the NPS are being forced to do an excruciating calculus - how much do you feed the beast to try to keep it off your back? What kind of response will best preserve the integrity of these sites & their interpretation in the long run?

Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 24d

Confusion and Questions Inside the National Park Service #NationalParks open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Confusion and Questions Inside the National Park Service

If you are confused about the news this week about the National Park Service, join the crowd.

open.substack.com

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Alicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 25d

I told my students that in times of unthinkable violence it’s more important than ever to look for & platform acts of care. there are so many ways we care for others & others care for us every day. this is the life we can aspire to lead: one of care & gratitude in the wake.

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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 25d

At a time when C0VID is (yet again) surging, you will never believe how hard it was to source and schedule vaccine boosters for my kids, even in a state that is prioritizing common sense over what some guy without a medical degree said. I deeply resent what an uphill battle it is to keep them safe.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 25d

If you’re trying to silence people who poked fun at you, or didn’t bow down & say what you want them to say…

You’re showing your fear and weakness.

If you really had power, none of this would matter.

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 25d

Today begins the process of removing interpretive assets across National Park Service sites that violate the president's EO. If you work for the NPS, please let me know what, if any, changes are taking place at your site. No names will be used. Thank you. #NationalParks 🗃️

cwmemory.com/contact-me/

contact

Use this contact form to get in touch with me. Please provide as much information as possible if you are interested in scheduling a speaking engagement, history tour or workshop. I will do my best to ...

cwmemory.com

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 26d

"At Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia, Trump officials have instructed park employees to take down a sign that criticizes the post-Civil War 'Lost Cause' ideology, which romanticized the Confederacy and denied slavery’s central role in the conflict." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/c...

Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Wear @michaelrwear.bsky.social · 28d

It is not just the act of violence but the spirit of violence that must be opposed. It is not just the action to harm another which must be opposed but the desire that harm would fall to another. If we do not have the courage to pursue a politics of love, our political heart will be consumed by hate

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