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medieval studies PhD student @UNM. lover of cats and elves. he/him.
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damon.kiesow.net
So, 65% of the annual NEH budget.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Jun 10
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says deploying Marines and National Guard to protests in Los Angeles will cost $134 million.
June 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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popelizbet.bsky.social
we must consider Sisyphus journaling
tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · May 30
Actually I enjoy trying to find and discover myself in hell. Become a writer
June 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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farleigh.bsky.social
This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵
Person dressed as a knight with a trans flag and a cape with a trans flag shield that says “Trans Knights are human Knights”
June 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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komaniecki.bsky.social
"I'd crusade if the new Pope asked me to" wow, cool. What if he asked you to love and protect immigrants
May 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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alexkirshner.com
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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jameeljaffer.bsky.social
NYU conditioned a student's right to speak at graduation on his agreement not to call attention to human rights abuses. www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
Statement By NYU Spokesperson John Beckman
www.nyu.edu
May 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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lydiakiesling.bsky.social
Unbelievable cowardice from NYU. Like rank, pathetic, reputation-destroying cowardice. How someone could put their name on a statement like this is beyond me. Protect Logan Rozos at all costs. www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
Statement By NYU Spokesperson John Beckman
www.nyu.edu
May 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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queermedieval.bsky.social
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
a medieval style digital drawing of an androgynous brown-skinned knight on horseback on a hill, stabbing a long gold spear into a blue dragon on the ground. the knight has a gold halo behind their head and wears a suit of silver armor with a nonbinary flag striped tunic and a trans flag as a cape. their horse is white, with blue tack with trans pride trim. there is black gothic text at the top and bottom of the image reading “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.” there’s an ornate pale blue border around the image, filled with pink and blue scrollwork, gold hearts filled with colorful flowers, a smiley bat, two smiley moles, and two smiling frogs holding up trans flags.
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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pressley.house.gov
This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
A graphic that reads Free Rümeysa Öztürk with a photo of her.
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.

This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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homophonous.bsky.social
The campus without walls can’t brook Doctors Without Borders.
March 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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tacobellquarterly.org
Life is a nightmare. You might as well write about it.
March 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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mforpalestine.bsky.social
Israel has killed 500 Gazans since Wednesday. If you're doing business as usual, you're part of the problem.

It's not too late to walk out of the #MAA2025, disrupt business as usual, demand divestment, join us for OAMS, organize for Palestine.

@medievalacademy.bsky.social DIVEST NOW

#MedievalSky
Image of the door of a Harvard building with a big banner--white background, red and black words--that reads Hey Hey Hey MAA / How many Gazans / Did U Kill 2Day?
March 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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mforpalestine.bsky.social
Hey @medievalacademy.bsky.social,

We heard you had some visitors and you called the cops on them.

Your $ supports violence overseas, your policies support violence here. We expected nothing else, but we still hope you'll DIVEST NOW

#MedievalAcademy #MedievalSky #AcademicSky
mforpalestine.bsky.social Medievalists for Palestine @mforpalestine.bsky.social · Mar 20
Hey, hey, MAA, how many Gazans did you kill today?

An autonomous group disrupted the Medieval Academy of America's conference at Harvard University today, dropping multiple banners and redecorating conference signage.

#MedievalSky #AcademicSky
Six images of various banners protesting the Medieval Academy of America's support of genocide. The last image features a cop car, highlighting how the Academy called upon the police as a disproportionate response to this autonomous action.
March 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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mforpalestine.bsky.social
Hey #MedievalSky, over a 100 of your peers have registered to the Open Access Medieval Studies conference. You can join too!

This is the time to come and gather and be in solidarity. Take action!

To view the schedule and register go: linktr.ee/mfp_lestine
Gray background with three boxes that simulate abstract paintings with the colors of the Palestinian Flag OPEN ACCESS MEDIEVAL STUDIES March 20-22 Medievalists for Palestine Conference Registration Open To view the schedule and register, visit: linktr.ee/mfp_lestine
March 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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votevets.org
Trump’s Pentagon is erasing Navajo Code Talkers—Indigenous warriors who helped win WWII—from military websites. This isn’t about “efficiency.” It’s about whitewashing history and erasing those who don’t fit his MAGA narrative.

MORE: www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
March 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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coreyryung.bsky.social
This isn't anti-DEI - it's retelling history as a story with only white men in it. The tale of the Navajo Code Talkers is essential to understanding the Allies' victory in WWII. Removing it because the people involved were non-white is segregationism.
March 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM