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gabrielwinant.bsky.social
Historian, opinions my own. Hand upon the dollar, eye upon the scale. He/him.
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I started trimming my beard with scissors because I'm pressed for time and could do spot work, and now I'm addicted to it and think it looks good

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Pediatrician says to give the baby fluoridated toothpaste, the internet says that's nuts. what's the verdict

submitted 12 days ago • 25 comments

What’s the best child safety kitchen cabinet lock to get? There’s surely one correct answer

submitted 21 days ago • 8 comments

proud to call @gabrielwinant.bsky.social my colleague, comrade, and friend chicagomaroon.com/47073/viewpo...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Do I know anyone relatively near central CT with a car, a modest yen for adventure, an optional love of modernist poetry, and a venmo account so I could pay them for a task that would take about two hours?

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

why do youtube videos I embed in powerpoint always skip when I try to play them for my class

submitted 48 days ago • 9 comments

S is for SOLIDARITY—let’s help the Sesame Street workers as they fight the expropriation of kid’s media! Sign the below and spread the word! @kimkelly.bsky.social @ericblanc.bsky.social @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/soli...

submitted 53 days ago • 4 comments

I think campuses may boil over with anger, but I admit I’m worried it will happen too soon as much as I’m worried it will happen too late

submitted 57 days ago • 4 comments

Trump is now going to try to force every major university to capitulate like Columbia But he can be stopped — if faculty, students, and campus unions rapidly & deeply organize + mobilize to force their admins to fight back

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢 "Moral Economies of the Polycrisis. Conflict, Critique, and Legitimation in Critical Times" Workshop, June 16-17 University of Hamburg Deadline for abstracts: 07/04 Supported by the Economic Sociology section of @dgsoziologie.bsky.social linuswestheuser.com/cfp-moral-ec...

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

If you are looking for a break from doomscrolling, I highly recommend FRAGILE JUGGERNAUT, a podcast on the history of CIO from @haymarketbooks.org It gives an in-depth look at 20th century US labor history and serves as a great entry point into the work of historians of the period.

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

The level of antisemitism like actual antisemitism against Jews that people are willing to tolerate for the sake of Israel is truly extraordinary. And I'm not even addressing the racism against Palestinians here.

submitted 67 days ago • 52 comments

Listen to this episode of the Dig if you want to feel optimism about the labor movement

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

This statement from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is perfectly embodying why the administration chose to go after Khalil first, because they know Democrats are so consumed by their own hate for Palestinians/pro-Palestinian protestors, they can only muster up the most milquetoast of responses.

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

Really seeing what Thompson was getting at at the end of Whigs and Hunters

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Faculty, he's joking about killing your students.

submitted 69 days ago • 22 comments

So the LA Times replaced me with an AI that defends the KKK www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/so-the-la-...

submitted 69 days ago • 17 comments

this is why he shut down twitter for the day maybe

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Here is an open letter signed from UChicago AAUP signed by over 200 faculty to our administration on what we believe this moment requires: uchicagoaaup.wordpress.com

submitted 69 days ago • 53 comments

Things you could do: -NSJP has called for a day of action 3/11; hold a rally or protest. -send senior faculty to meet with admin and demand guarantees they won’t coordinate with ICE or admin -have all campus unions demand admin non-cooperation or compliance with Trump agenda

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

Chicago!! Very excited to see you in one week with @gabrielwinant.bsky.social

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

this exhibition looks incredible, really wish i could see it before it closes next month

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Traveling this weekend, so I’ve just shared a Special Saturday #ScholarSunday thread—my 212th of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Share widely & enjoy, all! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments

Co-sign this whole thread. The attack on federal workers is an attack on all of us and the very idea of public goods.

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

For the historians in our midst 🗃️, here's an excerpt from @gabrielwinant.bsky.social's conclusion of sorts that considers what was lost and gained in the handoff from social to institutional political historical analysis - and the promise of uniting them. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-...

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

The new Capital reviewed in The Nation by Alyssa Battistoni:

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

Higher Ed Labor United, AAUP, CWA, AFT, and the UAW—that’s who’s fighting; join or die www.labor4highered.org

submitted 96 days ago • 3 comments