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Colorado-born and raised, Boston-based. Writer. Historian. Pulitzer Prize Finalist. Author of “Saving Yellowstone” (2022) and “The Three-Cornered War” (2020). 2024-25 Rogers Fellow at the Huntington Library in SoCal. http://www.megankatenelson.com
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Timeline cleanse. A hiker on the Mt. Hollywood Trail, amidst the marine layer

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The right-wing assault on American history and public historians continues. 🤬

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This is happening in spite of the fact that the president is not in charge of the Smithsonian. It's not an executive branch government agency, rather it's chartered by Congress and under a board of regents created by statute, none of whom are even appointed by the president.

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I reported another Instagram account for pretending to be me and Meta (real people? AI? who knows?) has decided that the account is not violating their community standards. FFS. I am this < > close to abandoning that site forever.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Trump is just creating this tariff chaos because he revels in his power to move markets, right?

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Read this brilliant piece, Blueskis. @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social makes the case for @nehgov.bsky.social and humanities research, which "is most centrally concerned with figuring out what America is, and what makes—and imperils—its yet unrealized greatness." newrepublic.com/article/1936...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

🎉🎉🎉 in this house we take a break from doom to celebrate the good news of the best colleagues and encourage others to pick up a copy of Freedom Enterprise

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

If you are on this app, reading and writing posts and comments in your chosen language(s), you have benefited from the humanities. #savetheNEH @nehgov.bsky.social

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Genius.

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Mass protests don’t do much to shift policy but they do create a sense of community in resistance. We are not alone!

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Posters for tomorrow's #handsoff2025 protest!

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

Some Friday joy amidst the dumpster fire

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Best Twitter riposte of the day.

submitted 12 days ago • 18 comments

These rumors have been confirmed, Blueskis. I am enraged.

submitted 13 days ago • 27 comments

Blueskis, I am hearing rumors that DOGE is at the NEH building. - They will fire 50-70% of staff. - Almost all open grants since 2021 will be closed. - Almost all NEH Grant programs will be eliminated. Note: this has not yet been confirmed. What is confirmed: DOGE CAN GO FUCK THEMSELVES.

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List of words/phrases Trump and his lackeys have flagged in executive branch programs. Day 17 - these are the last words and phrases on the list. For now. #ShoutThemOut #bannedwords #censorship women women and underrepresented

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Guess March is going out like a lion, because my 218th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books is one of my biggest ever! Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...

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List of words/phrases Trump and his lackeys have flagged in executive branch programs. Day 16 #ShoutThemOut #bannedwords #censorship unconscious bias underappreciated underprivileged underrepresentation underrepresented underserved undervalued victim victims vulnerable populations

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SIGNS OF SPRING feed! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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