Shirley Wajda
@stwajda.bsky.social
Historian, curator, knitter of the American experience, daughter & granddaughter of immigrants, waiting for Lefty & CLE World Series win. American material & visual culture, museum studies, craftivism, women's history, everyday life. Too many projects.
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My friend and colleague Eladio Bobadilla will soon publish a new and timely book, *Dangerous Migrations: Mexican Labor and the Fight for Immigrant Rights* -- a labor history of migration and struggle from below. Pre-order with discount using the code below.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
February 13, 2026 at 11:52 AM
My friend and colleague Eladio Bobadilla will soon publish a new and timely book, *Dangerous Migrations: Mexican Labor and the Fight for Immigrant Rights* -- a labor history of migration and struggle from below. Pre-order with discount using the code below.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Dr. Jerry Lewis was a wonderful man who took seriously & humanely his role as a faculty member. As my friend Molly Merryman says: “He [held] himself accountable for the students he didn’t save.” Honored to work w/him on Kent State's May 4, 1970 commemorations. www.facebook.com/reel/7649047...
13K views · 451 reactions | Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., Kent State Professor Emeritus of Sociology, who served as a faculty marshal during the May 4, 1970, campus shootings and later worked tirelessly to e...
Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., Kent State Professor Emeritus of Sociology, who served as a faculty marshal during the May 4, 1970, campus shootings and later worked tirelessly to ensure that the legacy of...
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February 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Dr. Jerry Lewis was a wonderful man who took seriously & humanely his role as a faculty member. As my friend Molly Merryman says: “He [held] himself accountable for the students he didn’t save.” Honored to work w/him on Kent State's May 4, 1970 commemorations. www.facebook.com/reel/7649047...
I have the notes to prove it. And now I can have the tee shirt.
February 13, 2026 at 1:44 AM
I have the notes to prove it. And now I can have the tee shirt.
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everyone shut UP it's gromit's birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY GROMIT
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
everyone shut UP it's gromit's birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY GROMIT
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Counterpoint:
-No it isn't.
-And yes you are.
-No it isn't.
-And yes you are.
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Counterpoint:
-No it isn't.
-And yes you are.
-No it isn't.
-And yes you are.
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Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles
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In 2023, under Joe Biden, the economy added 3 million jobs. In 2024, still under Biden, it added 2.2 million jobs. In 2025, under Trump, it added just 181,000 jobs.
You read that right - Trump is just that amazing.
You read that right - Trump is just that amazing.
Shock Poll: Americans Miss Joe Biden’s Economy
Here’s what they’re worried about.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
In 2023, under Joe Biden, the economy added 3 million jobs. In 2024, still under Biden, it added 2.2 million jobs. In 2025, under Trump, it added just 181,000 jobs.
You read that right - Trump is just that amazing.
You read that right - Trump is just that amazing.
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I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
1 person shot and killed by U.S. marshal in Northeast DC
A U.S. marshal shot and killed a person Wednesday afternoon in Northeast D.C. This shooting happened on Hay Street right in front of the Cesar Chavez Middle Public Charter School and not far from the ...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
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Sending this to my wife after I tell her I’m not taking out the trash
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Sending this to my wife after I tell her I’m not taking out the trash
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So I realize that stopping fascism is #1 on the menu, but we must push HARD for Medicare for All.
Our taxes should be for the health and common welfare of the people. Prevention is the best cure.
We don't need another billion dollar bomber. We need billion dollar healthcare.
Our taxes should be for the health and common welfare of the people. Prevention is the best cure.
We don't need another billion dollar bomber. We need billion dollar healthcare.
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
So I realize that stopping fascism is #1 on the menu, but we must push HARD for Medicare for All.
Our taxes should be for the health and common welfare of the people. Prevention is the best cure.
We don't need another billion dollar bomber. We need billion dollar healthcare.
Our taxes should be for the health and common welfare of the people. Prevention is the best cure.
We don't need another billion dollar bomber. We need billion dollar healthcare.
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This knitter endorses this Olympian.
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
This knitter endorses this Olympian.
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
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Dansk was a brand popularized at the store Design Research which was bought and destroyed by private equity in the late 1970s (it was ever thus)
News in the heritage brand world: faux-Scandi brand Dansk just got re-sold for $250,000 (?!?) in the Food52 breakup businessofhome.com/articles/foo...
I wrote about Dansk here, so many designs that look absolutely contemporary www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
I wrote about Dansk here, so many designs that look absolutely contemporary www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
February 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Dansk was a brand popularized at the store Design Research which was bought and destroyed by private equity in the late 1970s (it was ever thus)
He can go and live there first.
Elon Musk's ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. https://cnn.it/46sbAMm
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
He can go and live there first.
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
My excellent and smarter colleague Kyle Sandler and I said a few words about the Shakers, thanks to the kind folks at New Hampshire Public Radio!
The new film “The Testament of Ann Lee” follows the Shaker religious leader’s rise in England in the 1700s and her travels to America. Once here, the Shakers established several villages across the Northeast, including in Canterbury, New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire history behind new film 'The Testament of Ann Lee'
The film follows the Shaker religious leader’s rise in England in the 1700s and her travels to America. Once here, the Shakers established several villages across the Northeast, including in Canterbur...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
My excellent and smarter colleague Kyle Sandler and I said a few words about the Shakers, thanks to the kind folks at New Hampshire Public Radio!
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Hi, folks. I’m looking for at least one more person to create a panel for AHA 2027. I have a working paper on the legacies of the Indian slave trade in the 20th and 21st centuries and I’m working with someone who is focusing on slave patrols and the Southern system. Anyone interested? #historians
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Hi, folks. I’m looking for at least one more person to create a panel for AHA 2027. I have a working paper on the legacies of the Indian slave trade in the 20th and 21st centuries and I’m working with someone who is focusing on slave patrols and the Southern system. Anyone interested? #historians
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de facto House Arrest.
Yes, that's what it is.
Yes, that's what it is.
We are still over 2000 ICE ans DHS agents in Minnesota. In November there was 150. We have thousands and thousands of people living in de facto House arrest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The Minnesotans trapped at home, too terrified of ICE to go outside: ‘Our house is like a jail’
The surge of federal immigration agents has forced many families to remain inside for weeks, living in fear of roving ICE patrols snatching people off the street
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
de facto House Arrest.
Yes, that's what it is.
Yes, that's what it is.
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As I've said before, in my book We the People I have a chapter entitled "Mexican Americans Have Always Been Here," & while I didn't add, "Motherfucker," I'm hopeful it's implied.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/we-the-pe...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/we-the-pe...
We the People
"We the People." The Constitution begins with those deceptively simple words, but how do Americans define that "We"? In We the People, Ben R…
www.bloomsbury.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
As I've said before, in my book We the People I have a chapter entitled "Mexican Americans Have Always Been Here," & while I didn't add, "Motherfucker," I'm hopeful it's implied.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/we-the-pe...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/we-the-pe...
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Did You Know: More than 90% of hotels in the United States refused to take reservations from Black guests? The Green Book Project tells the story Black travel during Jim Crow. Share your story and contribute to the Community Map: greenbookproject.osu.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Did You Know: More than 90% of hotels in the United States refused to take reservations from Black guests? The Green Book Project tells the story Black travel during Jim Crow. Share your story and contribute to the Community Map: greenbookproject.osu.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
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All food comes from somewhere and from someone's labor
There are some great threads going about how awful sugar plantations were.
I just want to add something as a historical romance author: every time you see someone adding a sugar cube to tea in a historical romance, think of those threads and the blood-soaked cost of the sugar.
I just want to add something as a historical romance author: every time you see someone adding a sugar cube to tea in a historical romance, think of those threads and the blood-soaked cost of the sugar.
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
All food comes from somewhere and from someone's labor