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Today was the Cold War in class…for real, ended with this clip

Nearly anything by Emile de Antonio

Hello from Claremont, CA! #nokings

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center’s zendo destroyed by fire No one was injured but the zendo was completely lost to the fire, as well as some of the library.

Terrible news, esp folks who study Buddhism in the US. The zendo and library were burned down. It was founded in 1967 by S Suzuki. #academia #amrel

www.lionsroar.com/tassajara-ze...

This is such a sad day to be a historian, esp. a Chicana historian who has spent nearly 30 years trying to highlight ppl like Dolores…so sad for her…him? Don’t care about securing any legacy of his. #historymatters #academia

Awful

Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years

Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

This and the NYT article, deeply troubling. #latinohistory #historymatters

Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming. In Rome, Some Call His View Heresy.

Someone out there is working on this…what is going on? #amrel

Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming. In Rome, Some Call His View Heresy. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...

Over 100 Latino Christian leaders say Trump adviser Samuel Rodriguez’s reach is misrepresented The letter’s signers say they were prompted to speak out because of the damage the Trump administration’s immigration policies have done to Latino communities.

Some of us have been saying the same thing for years as researchers yet, journos have not moved from the same narrative. Wanna bet nothing changes

religionnews.com/2026/03/11/l...

Yesterday was TJefferson day in my US survey class…first time many of these wonderful mostly Latine, mostly first gen students have ever heard of Notes…Virginia or Sally Hemming…I love my job #historymatters

ICE kidnapped 5 people from my community this morning. I don’t live in Minneapolis. I live in LA County. They’re still here and their still brutalizing.

I see the Colossus of the North is at it again…just kidding, we’ve never stopped…ever #Venezuela

Semester’s over/went for a 6 mile hike/watching the Lakers eating guilt free peanut butter cookies.

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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

1. KISS (first concert)
2. U2 (dozens)
3. Paul McCartney
4. Taylor Swift
5. Midnight Oil

Orthodox Church Pews Are Overflowing With Converts

Buried in the story: neoconfederate Orthodox! That should be the headline

Orthodox Church Pews Are Overflowing With Converts www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

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Late to this, but what is the #rapture is today thing? That’s silly, the Rapture happened when women started wearing pants

Bud Crawford!!!!! An exceptional fighter #CanelovCrawford

#CaneloCrawford been waiting for this fight for years!!! I’ll take Bud

Ppl who are constantly shocked at how awful SCOTUS is now…check out the 19th century…been awful for centuries…with minimal exceptions

Yep everything is awful like everyday. But Taylor is engaged! So today is saved

Finally got our passports! Just in case the place gets unlivable…you get me. Now to pack the Go Bags 💼

Back at it…adjunct life till retirement b/c retirement is out of reach…that’s academia!
Year 25…been back to teaching intro history classes & really love it! #academiclife #adjunctlife #firstdayofclasses

Youngest and I finally applied for passports…no reason why we waited so long, but soon, we’ll all be able to flee!

Enrollment woes at the local cc where I’ve been working, still have classes, just not all the classes…ah the life of an adjunct who’d really like to retire but can’t…you get me #academiclife #adjunctlife

RIP Ozzy…🤘🏼

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JD Vance showed up in LA, mocked our senator and crawled back into his bunker, chickenshit loser