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Patty Ingham @patriciaingham.bsky.social · Jul 21

What a great thread! Thanks.

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Patty Ingham @patriciaingham.bsky.social · Jun 23

This is the dawning of the age of the ukulele. What do I need to know??

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Meredith Hindley @mhindley.bsky.social · Jun 18

Dearest humanities friends, I’m sending up the humanities bat signal. Heard a NEH colleague that orgs aren’t submitting requests for close out costs on terminated awards—which they are entitled to!! Here’s what to do: 1/

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I would prefer not to @thequeengeek.bsky.social · Jun 14

AG Ellison staying at the No Kings rally despite being on the assassin’s hit list to tell the crowd to not be stopped, to keep marching is exactly what I needed in this moment.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Jun 14

Raskin: You are not our king, and we are not your subjects. We will never be your subjects. All of us born here on this land are citizens and your executive order is nothing but bad graffiti on the Constitution, and we're going to wash it off today

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 14

NEW: In the city where US troops are turning on US citizens, an uprising.

This is LA right now. Thousands protesting against Trump, authoritarianism and fascism.

“These numbers are absolutely overwhelming downtown Los Angeles.” - MSNBC

#NoKings #50501Movement

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · Jun 14

Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

No Kings protest at the Minnesota State Capitol

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eric anders @ericanders.bsky.social · Jun 14

Pussy Riot on the steps of City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, unfurling a banner that says IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE RUSSIA. #NoKings

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Jun 14

Trump’s provocations have turned Angelenos into pedestrians

Victor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social · Jun 14

Los Angeles. Just wow.

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Patty Ingham @patriciaingham.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hundreds of all ages in Pittsfield, MA!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jun 6

Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.

Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:

1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

www.spencer.org

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Patty Ingham @patriciaingham.bsky.social · Jun 5

Disagree, sort of! I think there are plenty of late-medieval instances that demonstrate the development of the two bodies sovereignty—as esp pertinent to British fantasies surrounding King Arthur. Just sayin’

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · May 29

I'm sure I'll take shit for saying this, but this passage from Glenn Loury's Chronicle interview perfectly captures for me the civilizational necessity of a relatively autonomous academic sphere. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · May 23

A few more cronies for funsies:

Kushner: Harvard/NYU
Ramaswamy: Harvard/Yale
Thiel: Stanford
Sacks: U of Chicago/Stanford
Andreesen: U of Illinois
Bezos: Princeton
Zuckerberg: Harvard
Epshteyn: Georgetown/Swarthmore
Wiles: U of Maryland
Lutnick: Haverford
Patel: U of Richmond/Pace

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · May 23

Trump: Penn
Vance: Yale/Ohio St
Musk: Penn
Miller: Duke
Hegseth: Princeton/Harvard
RFK Jr: Harvard/UVA
Rubio: U of Florida
Bondi: U of Florida
Bessent: Yale
Ratcliffe: Notre Dame
Vought: George Washington
Roberts: Harvard
Alito: Yale
Thomas: Yale
Gorsuch: Harvard
Kavanaugh: Yale
Barrett: Notre Dame

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Mr. Antifascism @mrantifascism.com · May 13

The Library of Congress just delivered a masterclass in independence—blocking Trump appointees after he abruptly fired the Librarian. Staff stood firm, called Capitol Police, and refused to cede control. A bold stand for the separation of powers when it matters most. This is the way.

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AAUP @aaup.org · May 3

Everybody, guilty or innocent, is entitled to due process.

Over 260 faculty, staff urge IU to undo Xiaofeng Wang’s termination

Wang and his wife were fired the same week the FBI searched their homes.

www.idsnews.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 1

www.acls.org/news/acls-ah...

ACLS, AHA, and MLA File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities

Lawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff.

www.acls.org

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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · Apr 24

Call for Contributors!

@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!

Deadline: 30 September 2025

More info here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...

Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies

Call for ContributorsThe Routledge Companion to Book StudiesEdited by Michael Durrant and Cynthia Johnston Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London

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jvancamp.bsky.social @jvancamp.bsky.social · Apr 21

Lawsuits by major national organizations have been filed to fight grant cancellations at IMLS and Dept of Ed. Why has nothing been filed to fight cancellations at NEH, most especially the state humanities councils? Letters objecting to the cancellations aren't enough. www.salon.com/2025/04/21/t...

The art of resistance: Trump’s attack on humanities triggers a blowback movement

The rise of resistance to Trump takes root in rural America

www.salon.com

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Patty Ingham @patriciaingham.bsky.social · Apr 17

And I am sorry this has to you!

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Patty Ingham @patriciaingham.bsky.social · Apr 17

This is, in key ways, the story of my life. I realize I may not be the clearest prose stylist, but people regularly cite my books and either AVOID the argument entirely, or get it backward. It's super frustrating.

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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · Jan 17

The Association for Computers and the Humanities is offering $1K start-your-project awards for folx "facing barriers in initiating digital scholarship." Applications due 1/27!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Patty Ingham @patriciaingham.bsky.social · Apr 13

I've actually been thinking this a lot lately. Thanks for passing on the article.

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