Julia Ruth Brown
ruliajuthbrown.bsky.social
Julia Ruth Brown
@ruliajuthbrown.bsky.social
Humanities academic • Mexico and the US • environmentalism via community • bilingual/bicultural parenting
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Wtaf. Also, this is irrefutable proof that Intro to Latin American studies classes are crucial, because in their absence people will still parrot 19th century “barbarism” sh*t like this.
‘They worship death’: Trump ‘border czar’ reveals extremist views in interview
The ‘great replacement’ theory, human sacrifice and torture videos: Tom Homan’s talk with Tucker Carlson offered a grab bag of far-right talking points
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March 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Seguro que es pa’ consolar a estos gringos como el 🍊que no pudieron aprobar ni el nivel 1 de español por mensitos 🤭
"In its nearly 250-year history, the U.S. has never had a national language at the federal level. Hundreds of languages are spoken in the U.S., the byproduct of the country’s long history of taking in immigrants from around the world."

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Exclusive | Trump to Sign Executive Order Making English Official U.S. Language
The U.S. has never had a national language in its nearly 250-year history.
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February 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Julia Ruth Brown
"In its nearly 250-year history, the U.S. has never had a national language at the federal level. Hundreds of languages are spoken in the U.S., the byproduct of the country’s long history of taking in immigrants from around the world."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump to Sign Executive Order Making English Official U.S. Language
The U.S. has never had a national language in its nearly 250-year history.
www.wsj.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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This is messed up in its own right, but suspiciously more so given that not long before this deportation, 🍊threatened Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal.
US deportees moved from Panama City to Darién jungle region, lawyer says
Local paper says 170 of 299 people kept under watch in a hotel transported to dense and lawless region
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February 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I’m more than ok with this.
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
February 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Any news outlet reporting Mexico conceded anything to Trump to get him to delay tariffs has not done its homework.
Trump boasts he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there
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February 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
#Ebooks and #audiobooks have helped keep my reading habit alive while feeding/caring for my kid. Just finished my second read of 2025: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich.
February 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Spent the afternoon with my baby listening to Raffi. The perfect wholesome, joyful antidote to everything 💕
January 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM