truly a phenomenal weekend - and not just because we were in Granada! long live the real housewives of Ferrol (my fake title for my very real presentation) muchísimas gracias a todos!!!

It's time for the next step in securing a strong contract: electing our bargaining committee!

Our second GECC newsletter went out last week and we invite the community to subscribe and share! hssgecc.beehiiv.com/p/gecc-newslet…

I’ve adored these these joyful festivals, and they’re part of why I like City of Minneapolis and am happy to be here. this will be a loss. also! nobody tell my parents that I hard-launched the possibility of not moving back to the KC area (!!!)

Tomorrow, our bargaining committee will sit down with the university administration for the first time. Tomorrow, UMN GLU-UE Local 1105 once again makes history here at the University of Minnesota. Get excited, get energized, get organized! umnglu.org

As are the grad workers of the History of Science and Medicine department!!! #buttons4bargaining

need a seasonally appropriate version of summer of solidarity

this grad student left her lunchbox on the city bus: rip lunchbox, rip favorite Tupperware, rip delicious homemade butternut squash soup

GLU-UE has a rally coming up! Come gather in solidarity on Friday, December 1st at 12:45 pm. We'll be meeting between Carlson and Wilson Library. We need to show the bosses that grad workers want strong international worker's rights, workplace safety, and job transparency!

The Forbes Union is walking out to protest management's unwillingness to bargain with us in good faith. My colleagues and I are asking you to not read Forbes’ stories or engage with content for the next couple of days. #FedUpWithForbes

KC I am begging you to use this for good and build mass transit that 1) serves the city and 2) connects the suburbs to the city and 3) allows people to get from the airport to the city! let people visit (and live) without a need for cars (!!!!!!)

It is grad student appreciation week at the UMN. Grad workers are sharing if they feel appreciated in their workplaces. We will be sharing responses throughout the week. Share you thoughts here: forms.gle/1XjRdbaMyTE1sH…

UMN Admin recklessly closed buildings w/out consulting faculty/grads/staff, & apparently with no thought whatsoever to the serious consequences of their actions. Presumably in an attempt to turn sentiment against the encampment, who pose no actual threat to building operations.

the grad student/early career dinner is in full swing AAHM! thanks to all who made it possible. and obvi, this KC gal is campaigning for a field trip to Boulevard after…

hmed conference thoughts! it means a lot to be in a kind field…especially as I navigate ~tough~ family chronic illness news and my grandma’s death, I’m struck by the care of so many colleagues & pals. life is a lot rn, but very glad to be at AAHM in KC this weekend!!!

fellow scholars still on this hellsite: does anyone have scholarship recs on the Vatican’s 1869 assertion that human life begins at conception? has anyone the change (quickening -> conception) and WHY it was made?? can’t quite find it … maybe diss work, maybe just curiosity!

twin cities: my aqua/blue Aventon e-bike was stolen this evening outside Palmer's bar (West Bank/Cedar-Riverside). any tips appreciated by this carless (and now, bikeless) phd student happy back to school to me :((((( #bike #Twincities #minneapolis #bicycle #ebike

Come work with me! Creighton is hiring a *tenure track* Assistant Professor specializing in African and African Diaspora history. I’m on the search committee, so feel free to reach with questions! More details and to apply at apply.interfolio.com/152617