So my next project on company towns in the post-WW2 years feels more relevant than anticipated.

Sorry, Margaret.

@MagusX99 AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 “English doesn’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” - J.D. Nicoll

Judd Legum To be clear, 6y.o. Ruby needs a police escort just to go to school but 8y.o. Baby Conklin can't watch a Disney film about it? It's an interesting parallel between Mama Conklin's actions & the fact that Ruby was alone in her class all year BC every white parent pulled their kids.

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We are deeply saddened to learn the cause of death of Olympic medalist and world champion sprinter, Tori Bowie. Black women die at exceedingly higher rates due to pregnancy-related complications. We face a much higher risk of maternal death due to various reasons including

Things have gone from bad to worse in the fight within the Texas State Historical Association. The rogue interim exec. director is in unfettered control of the organization for the next months, pushing a reactionary agenda to change the content of publications. /1

Mississippi state senator Kathy Chism (R) is calling to bring back the state’s Confederate-themed flag because, “Our people fought and died under that flag.” The flag was changed in 2020 but some Republican leaders are now calling to go back. mississippifreepress.org/34094/senator-…

1. According to Ron DeSantis, textbook publishers are trying to indoctrinate students by incorporating "woke" concepts into social studies textbooks But DeSantis has provided few details So we've obtained Florida's reviews of the textbooks Follow along if interested 🧵

⁦Texans are using a record account if electricity right now, hitting 80.4 GW on the real-time ticks. ERCOT_ISO⁩ Demand will have to stay above 80.148 GW for the hour to become an official record.

Dr. Deborah Gray White went through hell and high MF water throughout her career to get where she at now only for this to happen minutes after her plenary remarks. Ah hell naw man.

The only thing that kinda surprises me about what happened at The Berks is that it was said into a microphone. We all unfortunately know white women scholars like this. And I’m tired of “we have to do better” not ending with being better.

then the ten authors cogently explain the difference between the serious study of the past and veneration of ancestors, linking Bryan's stance to attacks on CRT and the like. /11

Every account of a serial killer’s life and personality is like, “He seemed very successful and normal. Unless of course you count his obvious and obsessive hatred for women, which we didn’t.”

more of this, please. Hanks is exposed to a horrific event in US history, and instead of being angry that he is exposed to something upsetting, he's outraged at the people who kept this in the dark for so long. Serious adults want to understand the world in which they live.

I’ve had SO many of these. My latest favorite was “Dark Jaguars” in place of Black Panthers. Dr. Martin Luther Ruler. Earthy-Colored vs. Board of Learning Institution. I can keep going.

NRA forgets that poodles were literally bred to hunt waterfowl and that their signature “fancy haircut” was designed to keep their joints and organs warm in the freezing water. They were even used in war. I fully believe that the hatred for poodles is rooted in misogyny.