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Robbie

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Oinpegitjoig Mi'gmaw. Wrote The Savage and Modern Self: North American Indians in 18th-Century British Literature and Culture. Next book on Indigenous material culture in the 18thc. Teach 18th-century lit and Indigenous Studies at Princeton.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · Dec 19

Guess I haven’t done this yet: I do 18th-century lit and Indigenous studies, lately museums, collecting, and Indigenous art and aesthetic expression. First book on Native people in 18thC British lit, next book on reading Indigenous material culture in the 18thC. utorontopress.com/978148750344...

University of Toronto Press - The Savage and Modern Self

The Savage and Modern Self examines the representations of North American "Indians" in novels, poetry, plays, and material culture from eighteenth-century Br...

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 8h

Last week, Public Books published a roundtable that we put together on higher ed under Trump. Six contributors, six essays, six ideas for what those of us in higher education can do now to make the world a little better, a little saner, and a little safer. Read the series here (my intro below):

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 4d

“Taken together, our roundtable contributors present a suite of ideas that, if enacted, just might make higher education more livable for us all.”
The full series “Higher Ed Under Trump” is live at Public Books. Read all the contributions here:

Toward the Next American University: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Higher Ed - Public Books

The path higher education was on before Trump’s reelection was neither certain nor stable. There is not much to go back to now.

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Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 7d

It's pub day for my book, "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," which chronicles the rise of the tech right and their role in the 2024 election. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.
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Gilded Rage | Linktree

A searing look at the rise of Silicon Valley's far right. Out October 2025.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 1d

In the words of Wilde, “There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 1d

It didn't get the memo that it's Indigenous Peoples' Day!

Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 1d

My computer calendar informs me it is "C*lumbus Day"

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 1d

"Indians pour liquid gold into the mouth of a Spanish conquistador," detail from Theodor de Bry, c.1594.

Image of a group of men holding down a spanish conquistador while pouring a liquid into his mouth

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 4d

Getting into the Halloween spirit with medieval books at the Morgan Library.

Image of skeletons attacking men in a medieval book

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 3d

Lost in this is the amazing border on the right hand side

Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 4d

Getting into the Halloween spirit with medieval books at the Morgan Library.

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Andrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social · 7d

#EarñyModern

Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 8d

I’m speaking at Fordham University at 6pm on Thursday for people in NYC! Lincoln Center campus, the talk will be on Indigenous tobacco epistemologies and poetics in the long 18th century.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 8d

I’m speaking at Fordham University at 6pm on Thursday for people in NYC! Lincoln Center campus, the talk will be on Indigenous tobacco epistemologies and poetics in the long 18th century.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 8d

It will in part use the Mi’kmaw concept of Netukulimk, or the responsible gathering of sustenance for oneself and one’s community, to explore the topic

Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 8d

I’m speaking at Fordham University at 6pm on Thursday for people in NYC! Lincoln Center campus, the talk will be on Indigenous tobacco epistemologies and poetics in the long 18th century.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 11d

In the past 4 weeks in Chicago, ICE/CBP have snatched hundreds of people off the streets & homes, shot & killed a single-father in his car, smashed & abandoned countless cars, and deployed chemical munitions at protesters, journalists, & now on public streets. Today they cuffed an alderperson.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 11d

This is the second edition, but like the first it was published by Cusick in Tuscarora territory.

Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 12d

It’s pretty widely available online but am unsure if there is a recent print edition. Here is one place:

digitalcommons.unl.edu

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 12d

There were other accounts I’m aware of, but as letter and journals, and not self-published like this. Cusick also did all the amazing illustrations.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 12d

While the Nova Scotia government works to pass its controversial law that would make it illegal to block forest roads in the province, Mi’kmaw land protectors say they’re not going anywhere.

Mi’kmaw land protectors vow to hold their ground in face of new law

Mi'kmaw land protectors in Cape Breton say they're not going anywhere even if Nova Scotia passes law controversial law.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 12d

The first English language account of traditional Native stories written by a Native author, by David Cusick, a Tuscarora.

The title page from an old book dated 1828

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 13d

“Where in the world is this allowed to happen?”

From on the ground in Gaza, UNICEF Spokesman James Elder tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the worst things he’s seen — including children targeted by quadcopters and shot at American aid sites.

Watch: zeteo.com/p/unicef-gaz...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13d

BREAKING: Israel has begun intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is carrying 500 people from around the world seeking to bring aid to Palestinians starved by Israel's siege.

The crew includes 24 Americans, EU Members of Parliament, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, and Greta Thunberg.

BREAKING: Israel Begins Intercepting 44-Ship Global Sumud Flotilla

The massive flotilla, which Italian and Spanish ships shadowed until it approached Gaza, is the fourth one attacked in the last year.

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 13d

A portfolio or envelope case made of birchbark and dyed porcupine quills by a talented Mi’kmaw artist around c.1910 and featuring the traditional 8-pointed star— I love this object. Relatedly, it‘s Mi’kmaq Treaty Day!

A portfolio case with an ornate design made of porcupine quills, including the traditional Mi’kmaw star design.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13d

happy 90th birthday @davidharvey.org! been learning from you for as long as I can remember. grateful for these commemorative essays!

www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/h...

Harvey at 90: A Verso Series

Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy. This month, in honour of David H...

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Robbie @londonmikmaq.bsky.social · 13d

I’m so curious about what documents this might have once contained.