Tell Trump: No War for Israel U.S. taxpayers are paying $60 million dollars every single day for a war against Iran at a time when many Americans can't afford groceries, housing, health care, and education. Tell President Trump: N...

I just signed a petition telling President Trump: No War for Israel! Help reach the signature goal — add your name too: nowarforisrael.org?source=blues...

I was talking about this with my students yesterday—throughout Western Europe, Nazism is treated in public spaces and memorials as a nightmare, as horror that must never be repeated.

If slavery and Jim Crow received the same commemoration in the US, we'd be a very different country.

“The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration”

My NEH grant has been terminated

Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars

You can’t say history isn’t relevant

I am so angry that so many people, here and elsewhere, were willing to pretend they thought that protests against genocide were antisemitic. That playacting allowed them to get here.

Thank the 15 Senators Who Voted to Block Weapons to Israel On April 3, the Senate voted to block $8.8 billion of weapons to Israel, including more than 35,000 one-ton bombs. Only 15 Democratic and independent Senators voted for these resolutions, demonstratin...

Thank you to the 15 US Senators who voted to block more arms to Israel!

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Hands Off! National Day of Action Rally and March · Hands Off Join us and The 50501 Movement to rally and march to show that we are fired up and ready to resist the Trump/Musk agenda - in the city where it all started. Whether you're outraged by skyrocketing he...

Hands Off! rallies around the country this Saturday. I'll be at the one in Philly!

mobilize.us/s/mYAIN7

Alabama stands up!

This is such a travesty!

After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.

URGENT: Save the NEH I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.

Save the NEH!

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Trump Live Updates: Federal Worker Cuts, Ireland's Leader Visits U.S. and the Latest Ukraine News

Really really really bad for the humanities www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

The NEH staff is the most thoughtful group of people I've ever worked with. With their small budget they have done so much. Thank you NEH, incl @neh-odh.bsky.social. @ach.bsky.social

On Israeli TV, extremism reigns and the Gaza horror is completely screened out ***

A content analysis of the most popular Israeli TV news channel found that on 50 randomly selected news broadcasts, there were only 4 mentions of Palestinian civilians killed across 6 months. And only twice did they include any images.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Opinion: Portland’s monuments should include the writers who inspire us As the city reckons with its public monuments, it should look to honor its literary giants as well, writes Literary Arts Executive Director Andrew Proctor. The city can start by honoring one of Oregon...

Andrew Proctor of Literary Arts writes, "Even as a 'book town,' Portland has few monuments to our writers ... The city should look to rectify this oversight and can start by memorializing one of Portland’s most groundbreaking authors, Ursula K. Le Guin."

Entry for ABCEDARY in 7th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica

Excited today when I ran across a new word in the 1842 Ency. Britannica. Mentioned it to my wife, a former librarian, who knew it well, since it refers to every kid's alphabet book ever made. 🫥 Live and learn.

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New to BlueSky. Trying to find my DH, Victorianist, and writing friends. Busy meanwhile researching the history of knowledge, and improving machine-readable text from historical editions of Ency. Brit. I think everyone should be retired--it's the only way to get stuff done.