Michelle Nickerson
micnick.bsky.social
Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
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Historian of twentieth-century America who lives in Chicago
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Good point, @nellstra.bsky.social my response to this, though, is that things change really fast. It feels too early to start planning for how to deal with that situation. I would love to hear what other people think, however
I haven't seen any discourse so far about the AHA conference and ICE activity. That being said, I'm tagging some people who I think are going to AHA... @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social @micnick.bsky.social @drmendozan.bsky.social @cjdenial.bsky.social
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I haven't seen any discourse so far about the AHA conference and ICE activity. That being said, I'm tagging some people who I think are going to AHA... @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social @micnick.bsky.social @drmendozan.bsky.social @cjdenial.bsky.social
Congratulations on finishing your dissertation, that is huge? Where are you now and what are you up to?
Hi Colin, thanks for getting in touch again!
This is a great thread. And it it comes from the great
State of New Jersey
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.

They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
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was recently told by a scholar of some note that it was out of bounds to compare trump's purge of black people from the federal government to wilson's efforts to resegregate the federal bureaucracy
1/2 Just-dismissed Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, has a PhD from U Chicago, is in numerous scholarly societies, has wide acclaim. She is also first African-American to lead LoC.

The dismissal note did not say "Dear Dr. Hayden" or "Dear Madame Librarian" or even "Dear Carla."
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“The Disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.”
Preach!
Thank you @mollieoreilly.bsky.social
Since there's not much going on in the Catholic world, I thought it'd be a good time to make my debut as a contributor to Catholic Women Preach. Get ready with me for Good Shepherd Sunday! www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/05...
Fourth Sunday of Easter: May 11, 2025
Mollie Wilson O’Reilly reflects on the readings for Fourth Sunday of Easter. Acts 13:14, 43-52 | Revelation 7:9, 14b-17 | John 10:27-30
www.catholicwomenpreach.org
I wonder if some of the Cardinals voted kind of like Canadians… Where #PopeLeoIV was sort of like an anti-Trump vote?
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
Habemus Papam. The only thing better than getting off the plane at O’Hare to hear that we have Pope names Leo is that said Pope Leo is a Chicagoan
I have been a feminist forever. I have a born-male child. I get what your saying, but I also felt like I spent my kiddos elementary school years trying to get him to “behave” in ways that were, looking back, impossible
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This is basically what trump is doing for everything now
Primping for the warrior ethos
They can rant about woke science, but the truth is that people are interested in cures, discoveries, and breakthroughs. If American researchers are not doing it, the $$ and the treatments will move outside our borders.
Ha!
Nation Can’t Believe It On Harvard’s Side
I am relieved that he is still with us
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The only thing standing between voters and voter suppression is the U.S. Senate. If 60 Senators vote for the SAVE Act, millions of voters will be disenfranchised and we're headed down the path of one-party-rule. We can't let that happen. Call your Senator or message now: bit.ly/4hZ7B…
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