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Elizabeth Drummond
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Historian | Nationalism | German-Polish borderlands | Max Thalmann | German Studies Collaboratory | usual disclaimers that views my own and reposts ≠ endorsements | she/sie | https://eadhistory.org/
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I finished the latest episode of Only Murders in the Building last night and, well, you be the judge...
Renee Zellweger as Camila in Only Murders in the Building, standing at a lectern that says The Camila Club in an script font in gold, with a gold embossed seal saying CC in the center and The Camila Club around the edges. The white wall behind her is covered in the same logo gold on white. Donald Trump in blue suit and red tie exiting the Oval Office. Next to the door is a sign that says The Oval Office in a script font in gold.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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I will never not think of these two photos when I hear the name Pelosi, also when she maintained decorum during the SOTU and then very publicly ripped up T's speech afterwards.
📷 left: Andrew Harnik/AP/REX/Shutterstock (I think); 📷 right: White House
Man in dark coat (Chuck Schumer) and Nancy Pelosi in a gorgeous red (MaxMara?) coat, putting on her sunglasses, walking out of the White House. Nany Pelosi in a blue suit, standing up at an oval table and pointing across it; the table is surrounded by white men and one orange one directly across from her.
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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It's been such an honor and so much fun to serve as emcee for LMU's Global Conversations this fall! Three fascinating conversations and Finding Your Roots episodes: John Legend, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Joe Manganiello, each in conversation with FYR creator Professor Henry Louis Gates.
Photo of 4 men and 5 women, with Henry Louis Gates and John Legend in the center. I am second from the left. Photo of 4 women and 2 men, with Sheryl Lee Ralph and Henry Louis Gates in the middle. I am on the left. Photo of 3 women and 2 men. Joe Manganiello is second from the left. Henry Louis Gates is second from the right, and I am on the far right. White woman with shortish, blondish hair and dressed in black (me!) at lectern.
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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I love this photo. It shows, like his videos, how much Zohran Mamdani loves NYC & New Yorkers in all their diversity. Cuomo doesn't; he seeks power for its own sake, & his vile racist fearmongering reveals contempt for that diversity. 📷 Brandon Stanton, Humans of New York (from FB), dearnewyork.com.
Photo of a group of young people sitting and standing with Zohran Mamdani sitting cross-cross center-front. At Brandon Stanton's "Dear New York" exhibition in Grand Central.
November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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So excited to dig into this graphic history from @richardivanjobs.bsky.social and to see how I can integrate it into my world history through graphic narratives course.
Book cover – red background, with black circle in the middle, including two panels from the graphic history in top left and a panel from the graphic history plus the photo on which it is modeled in bottom right. The text in top right reads: Richard Ivan Jobs and Stevan Van Wolputte with Manuel Bolom Pale. The title is over the black circle: In the Land of the Lacandón. The text in the bottom left reads: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism.
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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My NASA swag...here on earth. #HATM
NASA badge: blue circle with what "stars" scatter throughout the circle, a white circle showing an orbit, and and a "red" comet (?) swooshing across the circle. NASA is written across the blue circle.
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Back in August 2017, I made my own viewer for the solar eclipse. "I scienced the shit of it!" (humanities-level science, of course 😂) #HATM
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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I have been a loyal reader of the @nytimes.com Kids Section for the past 8 years. The last issue was today. 😢 Reading kids talk about what's important to them was always my favorite part. Case in point: this advice about conquering middle school. The advice is just as good for college – and life!
Photo of piece in NYT Kids Section 8/31/25 How to Conquer Middle School Find your people. Or person. It doesn't have to be a lot: Just one person you trust can be enough to help you pull through those years. Julia H., 16, San Francisco Speak your mind. Whenever you see something unfair or wrong, don't just walk away from it and pretend that you don't have the capability to do something about it yet – you do! Phillip C., 17, Lawrenceville, NJ Try not to hold a grudge. Anything you might think is worth holding a grudge over is probably not worth it. I have almost lost, and seen others lose, amazing friendships on account of holding a petty grudge. Sophia B., 14, Chattanooga, Tenn I wish I knew that grades didn't define my life. If I could go back, I would tell middle-school me that my parents would love me no matter what my report card said. Fanta D., 15, the Bronx Don't be afraid to do things that are different from what your friends are doing. Everyone has different interests, and just because you may not see them in classes or activities doesn't mean you won't stay friends. Slyvi T., 15, Wauwatosa, Wis A lot of people, when they think of middle school, think about the idiotic things they said, or the terrible fashion choices they made. What I wish I knew is that you don't have to check the boxes everyone has set up for you. I was always too much of this or too little of that to someone, and now I wish I had respected myself as a whole person, instead of as someone else's fill-in-the-blank. Bella R., 15, New York Life advice in just 6 words: Everything will change – don't be scared. Fiona H., 9 From our August 2019 issue.
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Is anyone surprised that T caved and abandoned our allies?

🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Screenshot of NYT page, showing photo of Putin and Trump on red carpet in Alaska. Headline reads: “Live Updates: Trump Backs Plan to Cede Land for Peace in Ukraine. After meeting the Russian president, President Trump told European leaders he know favors giving up unoccupied Ukrainian land to Russia to end the fighting, a concession Ukraine has long opposed.”
August 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Today's @mississippifreepress.org email includes this image, taken at the Memorial for the Murdered for the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin. I was wondering if it was intentional, a subtle message to an admittedly niche audience, but it's used quite a bit & is available on Unsplash (Toa Heftiba).
An image of concrete stele in the background with two hands reaching to touch each other in the foreground. Text reads: This MFP Week: This July 4th, It's Hard to Feel National Pride Deputy Editor Nate Schumann reflects on the state of his patriotic spirit amid so much political division and social unrest in the United States. "My version of patriotism is wanting my country to improve to a point were it exemplifies empathy and basic human decency in all its practices," he writes. "Meanwhile, too many leaders are sowing unrest ... creating division that is fueled by bigotry and ignorance under the guides of pragmatism." Read yesterday's full Editor's Note by Nate Schumann and make a donation today to help us expand Free Press journalism in Mississippi. Your support is crucial in ensuring we continue delivering the vital information our readers rely on and deserve.
July 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Thought of you when I took these two photos yesterday in Zagreb. The surveillance camera in the first one brings in our present too.
Photo of an old sign with text in Croatian (St. Katharine Trg) and German (obscured first word, likely Katherine, Platz), with surveillance cameras above, on building in the old town of Zagreb. Photo of an old sign with text in Croatian (Gozpodzka Vulicza) and German (Herren Gasse) on building in the old town of Zagreb.
June 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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LMU’s Marymount Institute was founded to preserve the legacy and contributions of the RSHM Sisters and the Marymount educational tradition. The unwavering commitment of the RHSM Sisters to our immigrant neighbors is a model for us all.
Screenshot of Facebook post from the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Western American Area: As Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Western American Area, we have watched with great concern the militarization of our streets in the ongoing ICE raids. We stand with our immigrant brothers and sisters, including those who are undocumented, the majority of whom are not criminals, but hardworking individuals who care for our elderly and our children, prepare our meals, mow our lawns, and provide us with fresh fruits and vegetables. All persons are created in the image and likeness of God, and deserve humane treatment when approached by law enforcement officials. We believe that all persons have the right to due process as guaranteed by the US Constitution, and we want Congress to enact immigration reform that provides a more just way to full citizenship. We believe in the God of the Exodus who listens to the cry of our vulnerable and marginalized people here in Los Angeles, and we will collaborate with all those who honor, respect, and act in solidarity with all members of our human family, especially the undocumented.
June 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Made this poster during the first admin, and it’s even more relevant now. #NoKings
Poster that says STUDY HISTORY at the top. Below that headline is a photo of Hans Scholl, Sophie School, and Christopher Probst. Below the photo on the left is the quotation “Nothing is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowing itself to be ‘governed’ without opposition by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instinct.” (The White Rose, Leaflet 1, 1942). On the right is a photo of the White Rose Memorial in Munich, where pamphlets are scattered on the stones. Contact information for LMU History is at the bottom of the poster.
June 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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If the protesters really wanted to trigger people, they would start waving the Fiesta Flag.
“Fiesta Flag” of Los Angeles: 3 vertical stripes with jagged edges, green, yellow, and red, with the seal of LA on the yellow stripe.
June 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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I’ve been reading Wright Thompson’s “The Barn” and read this passage about Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood shortly after reading Kai’s post about DJT’s speech – about people who honorably served a country that systematically oppressed them. Think about that, remember them.
Screenshot from “The Barn” – the text reads: “Private First Class Robert E. Robert-son, Vietnam vet, 4th Infantry Division, died in 1966. He lived at South St. Lawrence and Forty-Second and is buried in the same cemetery as Emmett Till. There's a long history of soldiering in this part of Chicago. Milton Olive started working in Lexington, Mississippi, during the Freedom Summer to register voters, and his grandmother got so scared for his life that she shipped him back up north to the South Side, where he joined the army to fight a different kind of enemy. That seemed safer; his family didn't fear the Vietcong nearly as much as white Mississippians. Milton learned how to jump out of airplanes and then, in a jungle clearing on a Fri-day, dove onto a grenade to save the lives of his friends, including his racist lieutenant. A year later President Johnson presented Olive's parents the Congressional Medal of Honor, the eighth ever given to a Black man. His dog tags are now on display at the intersection of East Thirty-Fifth and South Giles.”
May 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Congratulations to all the LMU ‘25 graduates, especially a great graduating class from History. #lmugrad And yes, our speaker was Questlove!

And congratulations to my GSP Hoyas mentee, who is graduating today from Georgetown’s SFS.

So proud of you all! Can’t wait to see what you do next!
Photo of LMU graduating class. Photo of Questlove at LMU commencement.
May 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Congratulations to Loyola Marymount University beach volleyball on a great season and tournament run. Almost got LMU our first NCAA championship. 2-2, down to the 3rd set in the #1 pairs match, playing against a pair of Olympians. Fell a little short but so much to be proud of.
Photo of television showing 2025 NCAA beach volleyball dual – featured match plus scoreboard with 4 other matches.
May 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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A Jesuit to the end…

From the NYT obituary: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/w...
Screenshot of text, which reads: “Francis did not stifle views he disagreed with and believed in a patient process - he called it discernment - in which ideas and proposals could be weighed before going forward.”
April 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Ovechkin is an incredible goal-score – no question – and congrats to him on the record. But take a look at the differential in total points: 2857 vs. 1619. Jagr is 2nd in career points with 1921. Gretzky just stands alone.
Stats for Wayne Gretzky, #99, C 1998-89 Season: GP 70, G 9, A 53, P 62, +/- - 23 Career: GP 1487, G 894, A 1963, P 2857, +/- +520 Stats for Alex Ovechkin, #8, LW 2024-24 Season: GP 71, G 42, A 27, P 69, +/- +17 Career: GP 1487, G 895, A 724, P 1619, +/- +62
April 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Took a break for an LMU baseball game on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon.
Photo of a baseball field on a sunny day with LMU players in the field and Tarleton State at bat.
March 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Almost full moon in one part of the sky, Space X Starlink launch in another part.
Building with a window with lights on, with nearly full moon in the sky above. Rocket launch in the night sky. Rocket going from right to left with trail behind it. Rocket launch in the night sky. Rocket going from right to left with trail behind it. Rocket launch in the night sky. Rocket going from right to left with trail behind it.
February 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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If don't already subscribe to @jamellebouie.net's newsletter, you should. A good reminder not to cede the field. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
"But here is where we need to begin to rethink our understanding of the Constitution, which is not purely — or even primarily — a legal document. It is, in its essence, a public and political document whose meaning is constructed as much from the bottom up as it is from the top down. The courts, and the Supreme Court, can say what the Constitution means for the law, but the sovereign people and their representatives retain the right to say what it means for them and their purposes." "Some of this will take place in courtrooms, yes, but most of it will happen on the political stage. It will be hashed out in social media and on the streets, as well as in campaigns and elections, town halls, City Councils and legislative chambers. And it will demand a genuine opposition party, one prepared to pick fights, capture the attention of the public and make as loud an argument as possible for an inclusive America and a more democratic Constitution. To cede the field — to retreat to the relative quietism of bipartisanship and kitchen-table issues — is to lose the game. Trump has sparked a fight over constitutional meaning. But the fight ends with him only if we let it."
January 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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A friend sent me this photo of a burned stop sign at Drummond St in the Palisades.

I did an image source to track down the original photographer, and it looks like it was taken by Aaron Huey, from National Geographic, @argonautphoto on Insta.
Photo of a burned street light pole with red stop sign with white cracks from the heat of the fires and a street sign that says Drummond St. 14900 W.
January 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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In the midst of all this, I salute the firefighters who are working non-stop (I don't say tirelessly b/c I know that they are exhausted) to fight fires. And they remind me of the U.S. Coast Guard who continued rescues on the Mississippi coast even after being ordered down. 7/10 Image: 3FishStudios
Standing brown bear wearing firefighter's helmet and hugging yellow cutout of the state of California.
January 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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You are always, always!, on alert, constantly checking the news and now the apps (thank god for Watch Duty). And that sense of high-alert anxiety has not been helped in in L.A. with 2 false alarm evacuations warnings in the space of 12 hours, one at 4am this morning. 3/10
Screenshot of Emergency Alert on telephone with evacuation warning.
January 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM