Megan McShea
@meganmcshea.bsky.social
Lead Archivist, https://www.afrocharities.org/
Sunday poet
Baltimorean
she/her
Shea rhymes with day
https://megan-mcshea.github.io
Sunday poet
Baltimorean
she/her
Shea rhymes with day
https://megan-mcshea.github.io
I hate these photos so much. Make it stop.
I understand the choice to use these photos in news articles about the Epstein files, but it's still bizarre to me that opening the news every day is like advancing to the next slide in a dead pedophile sex trafficker's perpetual vacation memories reel. And this could go on for weeks.
December 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I hate these photos so much. Make it stop.
“As histories get written, rewritten and masculinized, these women’s stories are very much in danger of disappearing,” he says.
This guy's doing the lord's work at the getty
This guy's doing the lord's work at the getty
Jonathan Furmanski has been digitizing the battered, often unlabeled, relics of the International Videoletters, a feminist video exchange network that ran from 1975 to 1977. https://loom.ly/LvDOoow
Saving Lost Feminist Video Letters
A Getty conservator preserves rare pieces of guerrilla media
www.getty.edu
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“As histories get written, rewritten and masculinized, these women’s stories are very much in danger of disappearing,” he says.
This guy's doing the lord's work at the getty
This guy's doing the lord's work at the getty
Reposted by Megan McShea
You can't say you care about affordability when you leave wronged consumers hanging in the breach. Abandoned complaints by the numbers:
Trump's CFPB to Nearly a Million Americans: Goodbye, We Prefer Not To Help You · Consumer Federation of America
If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were to close its doors today, 836,588 Americans would be left waiting for an answer to the complaints they have filed with the CFPB. According to…
consumerfed.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
You can't say you care about affordability when you leave wronged consumers hanging in the breach. Abandoned complaints by the numbers:
These stories are the stuff of archivists' nightmares
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
These stories are the stuff of archivists' nightmares
Reposted by Megan McShea
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
www.kqed.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Reposted by Megan McShea
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Reposted by Megan McShea
Here are some actions you can take to defend gender-affirming care in your hospital system.
CMS EMAIL TEMPLATE TO SEND TO HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP
EMAIL TEMPLATE FOR RFA FAMILIES AND ALLIES TO SEND TO HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP TEAMS ABOUT CMS RULES (ADDRESSES FOR LEADERSHIP GROUPS ON PAGE 2) (Please personalize with whatever you have time for) Su...
docs.google.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Here are some actions you can take to defend gender-affirming care in your hospital system.
Reposted by Megan McShea
Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.
Brown University has over 1,200 surveillance cameras. Why that wasn’t enough to capture video of the shooting suspect | CNN
CNN spoke to several security experts to better understand the growth of Brown’s surveillance system, why its cameras failed to capture the attack or suspect, and the concerns about privacy and academ...
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.
Reposted by Megan McShea
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
Reposted by Megan McShea
i guess @alsobrooks.senate.gov draws the line at risking the lives of trans youth and letting the federal government not improve their lives
RFK Jr. and his sycophants are risking children's lives all to satisfy their own cockamamie conspiracy theories. The federal government is supposed to improve our lives, not kill us.
This is the most dangerous in a long string of actions by RFK Jr. He must be fired or resign.
This is the most dangerous in a long string of actions by RFK Jr. He must be fired or resign.
BREAKING: The CDC's vaccine advisory panel votes to stop recommending the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.
December 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
i guess @alsobrooks.senate.gov draws the line at risking the lives of trans youth and letting the federal government not improve their lives
Reposted by Megan McShea
Updated my running list of studies on the mental health impacts of gender-affirming medical care during adolescence
The new qualitative study (N=60) asked patients how accessing gender-affirming medical care prior to age 18 impacted their lives.
jackturban.substack.com/p/the-eviden...
The new qualitative study (N=60) asked patients how accessing gender-affirming medical care prior to age 18 impacted their lives.
jackturban.substack.com/p/the-eviden...
The Evidence for Gender-affirming Medical Interventions for Transgender Adolescents
Research suggests gender-affirming medical care results in better mental health. Here are the studies.
jackturban.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Updated my running list of studies on the mental health impacts of gender-affirming medical care during adolescence
The new qualitative study (N=60) asked patients how accessing gender-affirming medical care prior to age 18 impacted their lives.
jackturban.substack.com/p/the-eviden...
The new qualitative study (N=60) asked patients how accessing gender-affirming medical care prior to age 18 impacted their lives.
jackturban.substack.com/p/the-eviden...
Reposted by Megan McShea
Bowie, MD: Archivist, Film and Special Media (term), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Bowie, MD: Archivist, Film and Special Media (term), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
archivesgig.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Bowie, MD: Archivist, Film and Special Media (term), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Reposted by Megan McShea
angela alsobrooks, grand marshall of the 50th baltimore pride parade
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
angela alsobrooks, grand marshall of the 50th baltimore pride parade
Reposted by Megan McShea
Alsobrooks is fucking trash.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Alsobrooks is fucking trash.
Reposted by Megan McShea
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
Reposted by Megan McShea
PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves immigration detention after federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves immigration detention after federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Reposted by Megan McShea
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
Reposted by Megan McShea
Hey Baltimoreans, I would LOVE to get more folks on this Wednesday evening's @fullstorybaltimore.tours ~Frederick Douglass' Fell's Point~ tour!
If you know anyone who'd be interested, can you please let them know? &/or share this Facebook post link, if you're on FB? www.facebook.com/share/p/17cX...
If you know anyone who'd be interested, can you please let them know? &/or share this Facebook post link, if you're on FB? www.facebook.com/share/p/17cX...
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Hey Baltimoreans, I would LOVE to get more folks on this Wednesday evening's @fullstorybaltimore.tours ~Frederick Douglass' Fell's Point~ tour!
If you know anyone who'd be interested, can you please let them know? &/or share this Facebook post link, if you're on FB? www.facebook.com/share/p/17cX...
If you know anyone who'd be interested, can you please let them know? &/or share this Facebook post link, if you're on FB? www.facebook.com/share/p/17cX...
Reposted by Megan McShea
the ICE watch chat for Baltimore is really starting to go off in the past week or so pls get trained and linked up bsky pals if you have not already xo
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
the ICE watch chat for Baltimore is really starting to go off in the past week or so pls get trained and linked up bsky pals if you have not already xo
Reposted by Megan McShea
☃️☕ You’re invited to a CFPB Union rally! 🪧💈
HOW THE VOUGHT STOLE YOUR MONEY
1-2pm Thursday, Dec 11
CFPB HQ, 1700 G Street NW, Washington, DC
There will be hot cocoa, good people and good vibes, as well as a special holiday performance.
HOW THE VOUGHT STOLE YOUR MONEY
1-2pm Thursday, Dec 11
CFPB HQ, 1700 G Street NW, Washington, DC
There will be hot cocoa, good people and good vibes, as well as a special holiday performance.
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
☃️☕ You’re invited to a CFPB Union rally! 🪧💈
HOW THE VOUGHT STOLE YOUR MONEY
1-2pm Thursday, Dec 11
CFPB HQ, 1700 G Street NW, Washington, DC
There will be hot cocoa, good people and good vibes, as well as a special holiday performance.
HOW THE VOUGHT STOLE YOUR MONEY
1-2pm Thursday, Dec 11
CFPB HQ, 1700 G Street NW, Washington, DC
There will be hot cocoa, good people and good vibes, as well as a special holiday performance.
Reposted by Megan McShea
He looks like he’s trying to stop his dog from leaving him
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
He looks like he’s trying to stop his dog from leaving him
‼️
Statement: #IMLS Reinstates All Federal Grants (via #IMLS) www.imls.gov/news/stateme... #libraries #museums
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
‼️
Holy shit this is a cool job listing (NAACP archives/research deputy director) ldftm1.rec.pro.ukg.net/NAA1500NAAC/...
ldftm1.rec.pro.ukg.net
December 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reposted by Megan McShea
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Reposted by Megan McShea
9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them.
styleguide.transjournalists.org
styleguide.transjournalists.org
Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...
styleguide.transjournalists.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them.
styleguide.transjournalists.org
styleguide.transjournalists.org