💚 Mandi Barnard, Ph.D. 🍂🍁
@mandisbarnard.bsky.social
Cat Mom, Historian of Modern Britain. Study gender in English state funded primary education, crime, and poverty. Recently worked in US History, recovering the histories of enslaved and freed Black workers on a southern college campus. Views Mine. She/Her
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Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Here is the fundraiser for Renee Good’s wife and son, from a very trusted source.
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Reminder:
The Department of Homeland Security released a Maryland woman who was held for 25 days despite evidence that her lawyers say proves she was born in the United States and is a citizen.
After 25 days, ICE releases Maryland woman who says she is a U.S. citizen
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was detained in December despite her legal team’s claims that she was born in the United States.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Reminder:
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People are already in the streets after an ICE agent shot a woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis today. Here are some @wired.com tips for protecting yourself from your government. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
People are already in the streets after an ICE agent shot a woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis today. Here are some @wired.com tips for protecting yourself from your government. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
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70+ free printable "How to Report ICE" zines with info on the SALUTE protocol and local hotline numbers for all over the country! Including some in Spanish!
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
70+ free printable "How to Report ICE" zines with info on the SALUTE protocol and local hotline numbers for all over the country! Including some in Spanish!
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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I want the media to understand just how close what happened today is to where George Floyd was murdered. 0.8 miles.
January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I want the media to understand just how close what happened today is to where George Floyd was murdered. 0.8 miles.
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New from @candicebernd.bsky.social: At a time when the globe is warming at alarming rates, Venezuela's oil reserves represent a "climate bomb" waiting to go off. Here are the Gulf Coast companies hoping to tap into that blood money ...
Why Houston Oil Majors Are Hesitant to Go All In on Venezuela
Though petro-giants have long sought lost assets in the South American country, they have reasons, for now at least, not to leap at Trump’s invitation to join his war on the climate and the…
www.texasobserver.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
New from @candicebernd.bsky.social: At a time when the globe is warming at alarming rates, Venezuela's oil reserves represent a "climate bomb" waiting to go off. Here are the Gulf Coast companies hoping to tap into that blood money ...
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Whether we are participating in local discussions making decisions for our communities or writing for broad audiences we share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language that embeds tech companies’ marketing pitches, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.
We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI' | TechPolicy.Press
We share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.
www.techpolicy.press
January 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Whether we are participating in local discussions making decisions for our communities or writing for broad audiences we share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language that embeds tech companies’ marketing pitches, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.
Is today an act of piracy or what?
Interdiction in international waters?
I really get that there are no rules, but other folks might fight back at some point soon, and idk what then.
I guess we will soon learn.
Interdiction in international waters?
I really get that there are no rules, but other folks might fight back at some point soon, and idk what then.
I guess we will soon learn.
January 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Is today an act of piracy or what?
Interdiction in international waters?
I really get that there are no rules, but other folks might fight back at some point soon, and idk what then.
I guess we will soon learn.
Interdiction in international waters?
I really get that there are no rules, but other folks might fight back at some point soon, and idk what then.
I guess we will soon learn.
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Trump’s White House has a webpage about January 6, 2021.
Its distorted narrative is filled with lies and falsely claims:
“In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies…”
Its distorted narrative is filled with lies and falsely claims:
“In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies…”
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Trump’s White House has a webpage about January 6, 2021.
Its distorted narrative is filled with lies and falsely claims:
“In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies…”
Its distorted narrative is filled with lies and falsely claims:
“In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies…”
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The Vietnam War Era origins of parachute play in PE class
What’s so interesting is SO much fitness culture comes out of the military - this came out of the antiwar movement
What’s so interesting is SO much fitness culture comes out of the military - this came out of the antiwar movement
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The Vietnam War Era origins of parachute play in PE class
What’s so interesting is SO much fitness culture comes out of the military - this came out of the antiwar movement
What’s so interesting is SO much fitness culture comes out of the military - this came out of the antiwar movement
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The Georgian Lords welcomes in the new year with a post by Robin Eagles on the likely identification of new Black voters in 18th-century London and Hertfordshire:
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s...
#HistParl #skystorians
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s...
#HistParl #skystorians
Steps towards identifying new Black voters in 18th-century Westminster and Hertfordshire - The History of Parliament
A few months ago, the History welcomed a guest post by Dr Gillian Williamson with her groundbreaking research into John London, to date the earliest known
historyofparliament.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:03 AM
The Georgian Lords welcomes in the new year with a post by Robin Eagles on the likely identification of new Black voters in 18th-century London and Hertfordshire:
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s...
#HistParl #skystorians
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s...
#HistParl #skystorians
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This from @johntrterry.bsky.social in @liberalcurrents.com is really good
www.liberalcurrents.com/to-my-studen...
www.liberalcurrents.com/to-my-studen...
To My Students on the Anniversary of January 6
The political violence of the Trump era is all today's teenagers have ever known.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
This from @johntrterry.bsky.social in @liberalcurrents.com is really good
www.liberalcurrents.com/to-my-studen...
www.liberalcurrents.com/to-my-studen...
Somebody go rescue those books if they aren’t shredded.
The Trumpists have shuttered the library at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and are going to throw away the books.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Somebody go rescue those books if they aren’t shredded.
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If the estimates are right, it puts water consumption of chat gpt for one month at greater than the city of Atlanta's water consumption for a YEAR.
May 5, 2024 at 2:56 PM
If the estimates are right, it puts water consumption of chat gpt for one month at greater than the city of Atlanta's water consumption for a YEAR.
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There's an app called Watch Duty that does realtime wildfire tracking. It started in California, and now does tracking in all 50 states. It was bulit and is run as a non-profit and relies a volunteer network of trackers.
I highly recommend it if you are interested in wildfire tracking.
#HATM
I highly recommend it if you are interested in wildfire tracking.
#HATM
Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.
www.watchduty.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 AM
There's an app called Watch Duty that does realtime wildfire tracking. It started in California, and now does tracking in all 50 states. It was bulit and is run as a non-profit and relies a volunteer network of trackers.
I highly recommend it if you are interested in wildfire tracking.
#HATM
I highly recommend it if you are interested in wildfire tracking.
#HATM
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As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County, North Carolina, the predictions were grim.
But there were no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these steep mountainsides and creeks.
Few grasped what was coming.
(Published May 2025)
But there were no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these steep mountainsides and creeks.
Few grasped what was coming.
(Published May 2025)
Helene’s Unheard Warnings
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County, North Carolina, the predictions were grim.
But there were no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these steep mountainsides and creeks.
Few grasped what was coming.
(Published May 2025)
But there were no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these steep mountainsides and creeks.
Few grasped what was coming.
(Published May 2025)
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QUERY FOR HISTORIANS (Not directly on preoccupying current events): I’m making tweaks to syllabi. I want to show students in a Craft of History class how to analyze academic articles (& talk about what AI summaries miss or mangle). What’s your favorite article, esp. in terms of compelling writing?
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
QUERY FOR HISTORIANS (Not directly on preoccupying current events): I’m making tweaks to syllabi. I want to show students in a Craft of History class how to analyze academic articles (& talk about what AI summaries miss or mangle). What’s your favorite article, esp. in terms of compelling writing?
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Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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“Insofar as LLMs are used to avoid reading, thinking, and writing, their use is incompatible with liberal education. It is not more complicated than that.”
open.substack.com/pub/mattdina...
open.substack.com/pub/mattdina...
Permission Structures
How AI-skeptic Professors Can Still Help Students Write Papers
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“Insofar as LLMs are used to avoid reading, thinking, and writing, their use is incompatible with liberal education. It is not more complicated than that.”
open.substack.com/pub/mattdina...
open.substack.com/pub/mattdina...
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hitting 2026 running with @victorerikray.bsky.social @liberalcurrents.com
"Many of MAGA’s forebears—including the Heritage Foundation—laid the groundwork with decades of curated discourse that recast desegregation as anti-white racism."
www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
"Many of MAGA’s forebears—including the Heritage Foundation—laid the groundwork with decades of curated discourse that recast desegregation as anti-white racism."
www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
Promoting a New Segregation
The Trump administration wants to make anti-Black racism great again.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
hitting 2026 running with @victorerikray.bsky.social @liberalcurrents.com
"Many of MAGA’s forebears—including the Heritage Foundation—laid the groundwork with decades of curated discourse that recast desegregation as anti-white racism."
www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
"Many of MAGA’s forebears—including the Heritage Foundation—laid the groundwork with decades of curated discourse that recast desegregation as anti-white racism."
www.liberalcurrents.com/promoting-a-...
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