Elise Armani
@earmani.bsky.social
Art / historian, midwesterner, product of public schools
Minneapolis → New York → Omaha
📖 What Was America: Art, Culture, Politics in the Bicentennial Era (Yale University Press Fall 2026)
Minneapolis → New York → Omaha
📖 What Was America: Art, Culture, Politics in the Bicentennial Era (Yale University Press Fall 2026)
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that bus driver is *cooked* in the midterm elections; just let him drive until then
January 20, 2026 at 3:09 PM
that bus driver is *cooked* in the midterm elections; just let him drive until then
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it is happening again theonion.com/this-war-wil...
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
it is happening again theonion.com/this-war-wil...
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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This is not what the problem is. We have many excellent, talented, engaging science communicators.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
Scientists are partly to blame by not learning to effectively communicate in lay language on modern communication channels. That information void is then ripe for disinformation to fill.
Embed lay comms & accessibility skills into academia.
Embed lay comms & accessibility skills into academia.
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is not what the problem is. We have many excellent, talented, engaging science communicators.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
Their reach is deliberately truncated by the social media companies, and billionaire-owned news outlets do not platform them.
One day you start a book about American cultural history and then.. before you know it your browser is auto-loading Muppet Wiki.
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
One day you start a book about American cultural history and then.. before you know it your browser is auto-loading Muppet Wiki.
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Gamergate is like Ronald Reagan in that it is a clear point on a graph after which everything gets worse.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Gamergate is like Ronald Reagan in that it is a clear point on a graph after which everything gets worse.
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
Among the things that have been disappeared off of .gov is Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s “Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture” a stunningly simple, evergreen treatise on how to approach federal building design.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Among the things that have been disappeared off of .gov is Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s “Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture” a stunningly simple, evergreen treatise on how to approach federal building design.
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what stage of capitalism is this
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
what stage of capitalism is this
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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The true story behind Sherita, a brutal tale of old Brooklyn and a predatory real estate spree. Debbie Nathan and I dug deep to expose the brothers behind it, who hid behind phony last names.
The Terrible Truth About Sherita, Brooklyn’s Beloved Billboard Dinosaur
The vanished icon of Atlantic Ave. was the relic of a secretive family who grabbed buildings from immigrant owners across the booming borough.
www.thecity.nyc
May 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The true story behind Sherita, a brutal tale of old Brooklyn and a predatory real estate spree. Debbie Nathan and I dug deep to expose the brothers behind it, who hid behind phony last names.
Booker speech to Schumer supporting Whitaker is a real vibe shift 🍅
April 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Booker speech to Schumer supporting Whitaker is a real vibe shift 🍅
Duomobile authentication is Duo the owls greatest ally
February 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Duomobile authentication is Duo the owls greatest ally
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They prosecuted and persecuted Aaron Swartz for so much less
"Meta torrented "at least 81.7 terabytes of data across multiple shadow libraries through the site Anna’s Archive, including at least 35.7 terabytes of data from Z-Library and LibGen" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
”Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
arstechnica.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
They prosecuted and persecuted Aaron Swartz for so much less
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As the EOs and orders keep coming, I keep thinking of the exhibit in the Berlin Jewish Museum that displays the 962 anti-Jewish laws and policies in order as they came down. These kinds of drumbeats are designed not just to oppress but to normalize oppression. www.jmberlin.de/en/jmb-journ...
February 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As the EOs and orders keep coming, I keep thinking of the exhibit in the Berlin Jewish Museum that displays the 962 anti-Jewish laws and policies in order as they came down. These kinds of drumbeats are designed not just to oppress but to normalize oppression. www.jmberlin.de/en/jmb-journ...