Shayne Leslie Figueroa, PhD
@shaynefig.bsky.social
Food history professor and romance novel reader. Loves her cats and yours, very much.
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Great panel at AHA this morning with my amazing colleagues. We are always in our food history eras!
This is who runs this account.
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This is who runs this account.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Great panel at AHA this morning with my amazing colleagues. We are always in our food history eras!
January 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Great panel at AHA this morning with my amazing colleagues. We are always in our food history eras!
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
Seriously who do I talk to in the NFL about this unfortunate white pants situation.
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Seriously who do I talk to in the NFL about this unfortunate white pants situation.
I heard people wanted Chicago content?
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I heard people wanted Chicago content?
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
Would really like to see some subtle trolling of an incrementally bigger maple leaf on the Blue Jays caps each game.
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Would really like to see some subtle trolling of an incrementally bigger maple leaf on the Blue Jays caps each game.
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live your life so that when you die everyone talks about how hot you were and not how you were a hateful bigot
September 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
live your life so that when you die everyone talks about how hot you were and not how you were a hateful bigot
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it is my belief that when people spend years and decades of their lives poring over a subject I find really boring, like the law or regulations or medical research, I should just listen to them and spend my time on things I actually like doing and am capable of comprehending by myself
May 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
it is my belief that when people spend years and decades of their lives poring over a subject I find really boring, like the law or regulations or medical research, I should just listen to them and spend my time on things I actually like doing and am capable of comprehending by myself
Just gonna put this here. brucespringsteen.net/news/2025/la...
Land of Hope & Dreams EP | Bruce Springsteen
On May 14, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour in Manchester, England. Highlights from that first night are now available digitally as the “Land of Hope & D...
brucespringsteen.net
May 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just gonna put this here. brucespringsteen.net/news/2025/la...
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Springsteen addresses fans in the UK tonight:
“Rise with us.
Raise your voices against authoritarianism.
And let freedom ring.”
“Rise with us.
Raise your voices against authoritarianism.
And let freedom ring.”
Wow. Listen to Bruce Springsteen kick off his European tour, talking about what is happening here.
May 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Springsteen addresses fans in the UK tonight:
“Rise with us.
Raise your voices against authoritarianism.
And let freedom ring.”
“Rise with us.
Raise your voices against authoritarianism.
And let freedom ring.”
The best of all worlds - sports bracketology Conclave fun.
Special early Drinks With Broads POPE EDITION.
POPEWATCH 2025: An Early Edition of Drinks With Broads
Also: What's happening with the Beckhams??
drinkswithbroads.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The best of all worlds - sports bracketology Conclave fun.
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I look forward to speaking next week @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social @hastingscenter.bsky.social on the growing links between antiscience and antisemitism
www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-cen...
www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-cen...
Restoring Trust in Science, Medicine, and Public Health
A constructive, healing dialogue about building and enhancing public confidence in modern medicine and science. What role can such approaches play in
www.thehastingscenter.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I look forward to speaking next week @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social @hastingscenter.bsky.social on the growing links between antiscience and antisemitism
www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-cen...
www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-cen...
Post a movie from the year you turned 18.
April 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Post a movie from the year you turned 18.
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Everybody romanticizing about the heyday of American manufacturing needs to carefully listen to one (1) Bruce Springsteen song.
April 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Everybody romanticizing about the heyday of American manufacturing needs to carefully listen to one (1) Bruce Springsteen song.
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IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
April 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
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You can't acknowledge #WomensHistoryMonth without celebrating UFW co-founder @DoloresHuerta for all she has done since the early days and all she continues to do today to inspire and improve the lives of farm workers and working people. ¡Viva Dolores Huerta!
March 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
You can't acknowledge #WomensHistoryMonth without celebrating UFW co-founder @DoloresHuerta for all she has done since the early days and all she continues to do today to inspire and improve the lives of farm workers and working people. ¡Viva Dolores Huerta!
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Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
I’ve had the scream at 3:50 of MGMTs “Kids” as a default reaction sound efffect in my head when reading any news since November.
youtu.be/VHb_XIql_gU
youtu.be/VHb_XIql_gU
Kids
YouTube video by MGMT - Topic
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February 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I’ve had the scream at 3:50 of MGMTs “Kids” as a default reaction sound efffect in my head when reading any news since November.
youtu.be/VHb_XIql_gU
youtu.be/VHb_XIql_gU
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"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations."
Thanks to Our New Efficiency Czar, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Is Saving More Money Than Ever
“Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration…. Sources told CNN the ...
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations."
Choose your fighter: painfully dry hands season.
February 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Choose your fighter: painfully dry hands season.