Natalie
@historyadjunct.bsky.social
Still has teacup and skills, will travel. She/her.
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Natalie
@historyadjunct.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Finally left the bird site, but not before taking a final reminder of my warning from years ago:
My granny was a reliable, Depression-era, Democratic party voter all of her life. The only exception was for the Republican state representative who reliably brought turkeys to the senior center every Thanksgiving when their ss didn't go far. This matters, in addition to being good human behavior.
This year, Ms. Caroline, a beloved Senior in the #FightingFifth, called my office and shared with my team that she was terrified as the SNAP crisis began due to the Republican shutdown. When I got the message, I called Ms. Caroline back, and my family and I brought her the food she needed to get by.
December 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My granny was a reliable, Depression-era, Democratic party voter all of her life. The only exception was for the Republican state representative who reliably brought turkeys to the senior center every Thanksgiving when their ss didn't go far. This matters, in addition to being good human behavior.
Somebody send help. I woke up this morning to eat remainder beer cheese and crackers/ chocolate cookies from Christmas. I must take these leftovers to the DnD session lest I do this all the way to the New Year.
December 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Somebody send help. I woke up this morning to eat remainder beer cheese and crackers/ chocolate cookies from Christmas. I must take these leftovers to the DnD session lest I do this all the way to the New Year.
Unfortunately, tomorrow has arrived for me today.
“Your windows need scrubbing,” said Frog. “Your plants need watering.”
“Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!”
“Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!”
December 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Unfortunately, tomorrow has arrived for me today.
Have you listened to a two year-old belt "Defying Gravity" loudly and off-key because she loves her toy microphone so much? You really should, because it is pure joy.
December 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Have you listened to a two year-old belt "Defying Gravity" loudly and off-key because she loves her toy microphone so much? You really should, because it is pure joy.
Haha, Earl Hess was one of my undergraduate professors. Every military class I ever took was with him. Occasionally, someone would wander in thinking that they wanted to take military history. Only the history majors ever made it more than one round with him - logistics, logistics, logistics.
90% of military history is about where the latrines are dug. You cannot make war if you have dysentery.
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Haha, Earl Hess was one of my undergraduate professors. Every military class I ever took was with him. Occasionally, someone would wander in thinking that they wanted to take military history. Only the history majors ever made it more than one round with him - logistics, logistics, logistics.
Well. I've likely just ensured my husband's early demise, as this fudge isn't setting, and God knows he's going to come in here and eat the entire thing with a spoon on the pretense that I'm not serving it to guests anymore.
(No time to reheat and reset - gotta have that pan for other things).
(No time to reheat and reset - gotta have that pan for other things).
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Well. I've likely just ensured my husband's early demise, as this fudge isn't setting, and God knows he's going to come in here and eat the entire thing with a spoon on the pretense that I'm not serving it to guests anymore.
(No time to reheat and reset - gotta have that pan for other things).
(No time to reheat and reset - gotta have that pan for other things).
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How fast and far does Santa Claus travel every Christmas Eve? How long does it take for him to reach that speed? Physics professor Rhett Allain breaks down Old Saint Nick’s epic holiday journey.
December 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
How fast and far does Santa Claus travel every Christmas Eve? How long does it take for him to reach that speed? Physics professor Rhett Allain breaks down Old Saint Nick’s epic holiday journey.
And so it has passed that I have taken on the mantel of preparing the Christmas meal for the maternal side of my family. It's a strange realization that it is now me coordinating the family eating & being together. Not my grandmother, though she is still here. Me, in her house, four generations.
December 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
And so it has passed that I have taken on the mantel of preparing the Christmas meal for the maternal side of my family. It's a strange realization that it is now me coordinating the family eating & being together. Not my grandmother, though she is still here. Me, in her house, four generations.
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So you’re telling me that when your country welcomes talented people from around the globe, and brings them together in world-class universities, they make discoveries that save lives? Interesting.
UM researchers make breakthrough to treat form of leukemia
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
UM researchers make breakthrough to treat form of leukemia
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
UM researchers make breakthrough to treat form of leukemia
In part due to research by two University of Michigan researchers, a form of leukemia can be treated more easily through an FDA-approved drug.
www.detroitnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
So you’re telling me that when your country welcomes talented people from around the globe, and brings them together in world-class universities, they make discoveries that save lives? Interesting.
UM researchers make breakthrough to treat form of leukemia
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
UM researchers make breakthrough to treat form of leukemia
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
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"In particular, they persuaded HHS to renew scientists on term-limited appointments who were to be laid off."
This is likely untrue.
The major switches about renewals came after media exposure. That includes myself. It also includes the 12+ neuroscience PIs at NINDS.
After @durbin.senate.gov ...
This is likely untrue.
The major switches about renewals came after media exposure. That includes myself. It also includes the 12+ neuroscience PIs at NINDS.
After @durbin.senate.gov ...
December 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"In particular, they persuaded HHS to renew scientists on term-limited appointments who were to be laid off."
This is likely untrue.
The major switches about renewals came after media exposure. That includes myself. It also includes the 12+ neuroscience PIs at NINDS.
After @durbin.senate.gov ...
This is likely untrue.
The major switches about renewals came after media exposure. That includes myself. It also includes the 12+ neuroscience PIs at NINDS.
After @durbin.senate.gov ...
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I will also note I have heard from sources outside NIH, including in Congress, who feel like the renewals are not due to Memoli and/or Bhattacharya 'persuading' anyone -- but instead due to public attention and pressure.
December 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I will also note I have heard from sources outside NIH, including in Congress, who feel like the renewals are not due to Memoli and/or Bhattacharya 'persuading' anyone -- but instead due to public attention and pressure.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
If there is anything that my life in academia, as a historian, but particularly as mother has taught me:
The surest way you can ensure that people will hunt information out is to tell them they can't read/see it.
The surest way you can ensure that people will hunt information out is to tell them they can't read/see it.
December 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
If there is anything that my life in academia, as a historian, but particularly as mother has taught me:
The surest way you can ensure that people will hunt information out is to tell them they can't read/see it.
The surest way you can ensure that people will hunt information out is to tell them they can't read/see it.
We once spent an hour in strategic planning being held hostage over the Oxford comma.
No one who has ever witnessed a single faculty meeting could ever again claim that college professors are part of some sort of coordinated conspiracy to accomplish anything, let alone turn the entire US into a Marxist utopia/dystopia with an assist from their great pals in corporate boardrooms.
December 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We once spent an hour in strategic planning being held hostage over the Oxford comma.
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As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line.
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
JUST IN: This morning, hundreds of baristas have joined our national ULP strike.
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line.
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
Well, let's see the strategy then, buddies. Ah, yes, crickets.
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree. n.pr/3Xu36zt
For the first time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Well, let's see the strategy then, buddies. Ah, yes, crickets.
Everything is Tuberculosis is an important read for our times, but if I were to do it again, I would not recommend reading while one is recovering from a bad chest cold.
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Everything is Tuberculosis is an important read for our times, but if I were to do it again, I would not recommend reading while one is recovering from a bad chest cold.
We did Thanksgiving with just the immediate family due to an aunt's heart attack, grandmother's health & my own family coming down with plague. Pulled dinner together for us... then sat in a chair in which the back gave out, I fell head over heels, and my butt is gonna be blue tomorrow...
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We did Thanksgiving with just the immediate family due to an aunt's heart attack, grandmother's health & my own family coming down with plague. Pulled dinner together for us... then sat in a chair in which the back gave out, I fell head over heels, and my butt is gonna be blue tomorrow...