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kbgraubart.bsky.social
Historian of colonial Latin America and early modern Iberia. Mostly gender, race, indigeneity, slavery.
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Im probably gonna get in trouble for doing this,but Im gonna do it anyways I keep seeing all y’all stealing my Raising Canes cutouts and taking me to cool places,,, DO IT! Whoever steals me and takes me on the best adventure this summer,, I’m gonna pick one of ya and take ya to Canes with me

🚨🚨🚨 Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on his way back to the U.S. from El Salvador to face criminal charges. abcnews.visitlink.me/dp2AxT?cid=s...

Gorgeous, terrifying, sad piece by Michael Luongo in the Times today. Everyone deserves medical care; everyone deserves dignity. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/s...

U Michigan spent nearly a million dollars paying private spies to follow and harass its own students. The university is in crisis.

race does not equal genes www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...

Recap of today on Elon’s Twitter.

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

This is all very simple. Let the world's two biggest babies fight and visibly construct and build a world without them. Anybody who tries to welcome Elon Musk, the world's most preeminent ratfucker, into their political party should be put in a dog crate until 2029.

Earlier I could not write because I was stressed and depressed, and now I cannot write because (gestures) ALL OF THIS!

Things are cooking today.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

today

this is a day for those of us who have spent the last six months terminally online. this is for us and honestly, we deserve it.

As the prophecy foretold.

America rn:

Elon is crashing out in a way that is erasing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of value from his company.

The primary policy objective of the centrist political pundit is to keep making six to seven figures

This would be funny as hell, honestly.

Republicans Trying to Control Indiana University Meet Little Resistance www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...

1. BREAKING Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social is endorsing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social as her top choice for New York City Mayor. She tells the New York Times that she will be ranking Mamdani first on her ballot followed by the candidates listed in the post below.

The New York City mayoral primary debate, basically: Q: What is your biggest regret? 1st person: My regret? Not punching Cuomo in his big stupid face. Q: Okay that's time. Next person? 2nd person: Right in the fucking face. Q: Okay... 3rd person: I just want to add, you can punch him in the jeans.

Full coverage from AP. The ban takes effect at 12:01AM on Monday.

More than 1/3 for Cuba...

Heading to the debate.

this is excellent. watch his gestures

AI is Getting Worse, but It's Getting Worse

UNC's board has belatedly confirmed faculty's tenure awards, but made some incredibly alarming remarks along the way. On public outcry to the board's silence, one trustee wrote, "It is not good governance to give your child a cookie every time they lay on the floor and scream that they want one."

I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE. Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it. Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost

I... oh my god. amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...

Been helping the folks at CBS news think through admissions data in a post-sffa world. They collected the largest dataset so far of uni's fall 2024 enrollment by race (and standardized it). Caveat caveat caveat, the clearest trend is: www.cbsnews.com/news/college...

EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk’s Reign of Corruption Chronicled in Elizabeth Warren Report www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Andrew Cuomo knows: moving to New York City can be hard. But voting here shouldn’t be. 🏠 Already registered here? Update your address by June 9th 🧳 New or never registered? You must register by June 14th Head to zohranfornyc.com/vote. We’ve got an affordable city to win.

I’ve been marching for LGBTQ+ rights since Pride was considered a protest. And I’ll continue to march under this administration as a recommitment to the fight for equality today. No matter who you are or who you love, you have a home here in Illinois.

Federal government will close D.C.’s Dupont Circle during Pride, National Park Service announces www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Sound up. This is how you do it.

COOL!

"The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget proposes to terminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and provides $38 million to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Agency." bit.ly/4kEnEPo

Please read this if you’re planning to vote in the NYC mayoral primary. www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/02/c...

Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible. We have always been here.

Distressing receipts in this thread.

One of the wonders of social media is when nice people band together to do good things, and this is one of those moments. Derek Guy is truly lovely and his followers are generous and kind.

SCOOP: Elon Musk will not be fully exiting DOGE. In fact, federal workers from at least six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments, and President Trump himself said in a press conference today that “Elon's really not leaving.”

Congrats to all for whom it’s potentially about to get weird. Feel especially bad for the Karens who have endured enough already

Borrowing this energy!