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teresamangum.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof still cooking with gas on 19th-century studies, animal studies, age studies burners. Co-editor U Iowa Press Humanities and Public Life book series.
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Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪

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Open letter from Lech Walesa to Donald Trump www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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2 year Postdoc opportunity in Environmental Humanities (focus on Multispecies Politics) at William & Mary. "We seek an individual with expertise in Multispecies Politics or Animate Ecologies...the postdoc will have substantial amounts of time to focus on their own research agenda."

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America is now seen as the nation that betrays other democracies around the world. I think that means we are no longer considered a democracy. It’s been one month.

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Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation. Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed. And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.

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"The protests were more than just an expression of outrage and an attempt to stop the slicing. They amounted to a massive public education project, showing the United States, in real time, the work its government actually does, and how many lives that work touches." inthesetimes.com/article/fede...

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A year ago this would have probably been the most cynical, alarming confirmation vote in U.S. history. It’s only arguably among the worst three this year. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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Washington Post got their hands on internal documents from DOGE showing the entire plan to implement resegregation. They're going to purge minorities from government by calling them DEI. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

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"Move fast and kill folks. Destroy their workplaces, labs, clinics, food distribution networks, institutes. It’s easy for us to see this engine of knowledge destruction as tremendously powerful. The point is to make us too afraid to fight." utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/02/line...

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And that was just as of yesterday....

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My new thing is having a total crush on congresspeople I’ve never heard of before saying awesome and correct things in congress about all this lawlessness and corruption.

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this is a really good, really scary, summary

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I didn't realize the US goal is to shoot things. Or people.

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I keep writing to my Iowa congressional representatives and just asking them to do their jobs--i.e. overseeing all government agencies and spending--rather than handing over all the duties that came with their elected office to a random oligarch bro. #DoYourDadblastedJob

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This is the person who wants to gut government spending for research, health agencies, programs addressing hunger, medicine for people living in poverty and who wants to cut taxes even further for corporations and billionaires? Oh, I see. (I just hope everyone else sees.)

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Hope to see Iowa City friends on Sat Feb 22 at the Englert. Doors open at 10:30. Use the link below to register.

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A little beauty as we head into another week of crazy.

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Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$: 🏈 Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people, reducing mass migration youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid

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I am so ashamed of Iowa’s senators. I thought they’d at least try to do their jobs instead of turning their responsibilities over to a renegade billionaire. #DoYourJob www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinio...

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Trump fires archivist of the United States, official who oversees government records

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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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higher ed is the largest employer in 10 states and in over 60% of the 100 largest cities. destruction of federal research funds is economic sabotage.

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The Emperor Nero energy is enormous

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BREAKING -- Trump says he's kicking undocumented immigrants out of Social Security. One small problem, though -- undocumented immigrants are ALREADY ineligible for Social Security benefits. You know, because they don't have Social Security numbers. Because they're undocumented.

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I'm unbelievably excited for RaceB4Race #Indigeneity. Have been looking forward to it since Scott Manning Stevens agreed to organize around this theme!!! You can watch / listen to a phenomenal lineup on ASULive #ShakeRace #RaceB4Race #CriticalIndigenousStudies news.asu.edu/asulive

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ELON IS ALLOWED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NOT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR STUDENTS & PARENTS. I WILL BE BACK.

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Trump is unilaterally cancelling people's Social Security benefits if he claims there is fraud. From there people will be required to hire a lawyer to sue the federal govt to get your SS benefits. This is how Trump and Musk plan to save $ to fund the tax cut for oligarchs.

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So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund. www.arts.gov/news/press-r...

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The gorgeous residential Gladstone’s Library Writer in Residence programme provides space and resources for up to four writers whose work engages with liberal values in the broadest sense. Writers at all stages of their career can apply. Please share :) www.gladstoneslibrary.org/events/write...

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My guess is that this is the kind of advice that will break out of “resist lib” containment 😳

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Amplifying since there's very little national coverage

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Hey it turns out we're getting rid of the CIA. "The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels." www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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My father, an ag economist, worked on numerous projects for USAID--doing wonderful work supporting rural agricultural communities around the world. This would have broken his heart.

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Why hasn’t EM been arrested for treason?

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This is clear-eyed about the levels of law-breaking we are facing right now. A republic, if you can keep it.

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We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

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Scene at Treasury

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Chuck Schumer: "Today Leader Jeffries and I are joining together to push legislation to prevent unlawful meddling in the Treasury Department's payment systems & protect Americans across the country ... we call our legislation, 'STOP THE STEAL'" 😂 Funny, but not! Sure hope the legislations passes!

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NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

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The administration says it will conduct a comprehensive review of grant recipients' political and social ideology before resuming any funding. www.everylibrary.org/statement_om...

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VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!

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New journal Public Humanities seeks articles for fascinating upcoming issues on Indigenous PH, science + PH, Harlem Renaissance, Creole gardens and decolonization, and more. (I'm honored to be part of the advisory board.) They also publish short, timely pieces. www.cambridge.org/universitypr...

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Unfortunately, this seem an apt time to share: A group of historians annotated sections of Project 2025, contextualizing and commenting on its plans to undermine environmental protections, exacerbate inequalities, and burn, burn, burn more fossil fuels. #envhist 🌎

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Not sure what BlS is for, so I'm creating a little anti-grief accountability corner for myself. Today--3 goals: 1) Write a letter of rec 2) Read versions of a presentation on sentimental/sane politics of interspecies utopias 3) Make my first apron in a retirement dream class with these fabrics.

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