Toni Salazar L., PhD 🧿🇲🇽
@mexhistorian.bsky.social
Historian, Modern Mexico. 🇲🇽 MLIS 📚
Chicagoan
Disgruntled Metroplexual
Tavern-style only🍕
White Sox ⚾️
Sheltie lover🐶
Cat lady🐈⬛
ADHD 💊
BC survivor 🎀 FCK CNCR
D&D 🎲 🐉 🗡️
MST3K 🛰️❤️
DayZ 🎮
Chicagoan
Disgruntled Metroplexual
Tavern-style only🍕
White Sox ⚾️
Sheltie lover🐶
Cat lady🐈⬛
ADHD 💊
BC survivor 🎀 FCK CNCR
D&D 🎲 🐉 🗡️
MST3K 🛰️❤️
DayZ 🎮
Pinned
Donate | Team Brownsville
www.teambrownsville.org
Please consider a donation this holliday season to Team Brownsville providing humanitarian assistance for asylum seekers. They help asylum seekers who find themselves in Brownsville, Texas and those who are waiting in the Mexican cities of Matamoros and Reynosa. Thank you.
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
LOL
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
LOL
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What the fuck kind of logic is this?
“5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that says the First Amendment doesn’t acknowledge a right to receive information”
How are we to have a democracy without the right to information?
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...
“5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that says the First Amendment doesn’t acknowledge a right to receive information”
How are we to have a democracy without the right to information?
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...
Supreme Court clears way for Llano County library book removals
Seven residents launched a challenge in 2022 to the removal of 17 books, which included topics on race and gender. They won a reinstatement of the titles, but lost on appeal.
www.texastribune.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
What the fuck kind of logic is this?
“5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that says the First Amendment doesn’t acknowledge a right to receive information”
How are we to have a democracy without the right to information?
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...
“5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that says the First Amendment doesn’t acknowledge a right to receive information”
How are we to have a democracy without the right to information?
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Nothing is more Republican than a group of solely men discussing women's health.
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Nothing is more Republican than a group of solely men discussing women's health.
We canceled all streaming services three months ago and I haven't missed them at all. We've got enough physical media at home and through the library to last us into the next decade.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We canceled all streaming services three months ago and I haven't missed them at all. We've got enough physical media at home and through the library to last us into the next decade.
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"Among the crowd was a 17-year-old high school student from Astoria who attended P.S. 166.
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Among the crowd was a 17-year-old high school student from Astoria who attended P.S. 166.
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,' he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
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When I began writing and researching Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship--African American, Native Americans, and Immigrants, I thought I was writing a historical book. I am horrified & disgusted it is suddenly relevant to current politics.
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
When I began writing and researching Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship--African American, Native Americans, and Immigrants, I thought I was writing a historical book. I am horrified & disgusted it is suddenly relevant to current politics.
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Here's a short piece I wrote to explain to smart laypersons what the birthright citizenship clause is for and why it's in the Fourteenth Amendment. Excerpted from my forthcoming book. Ungated:
History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important
The 14th Amendment aimed to overturn restrictive state laws while making the Constitution more inclusive.
time.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Here's a short piece I wrote to explain to smart laypersons what the birthright citizenship clause is for and why it's in the Fourteenth Amendment. Excerpted from my forthcoming book. Ungated:
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It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
My cousin had her naturalization ceremony at Faneuil Hall nine years ago and it was one of the highlights of her adult life. The cruelty this administration demonstrates is reprehensible. These people completed the requirements, they should have their ceremony and citizenship granted.
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
My cousin had her naturalization ceremony at Faneuil Hall nine years ago and it was one of the highlights of her adult life. The cruelty this administration demonstrates is reprehensible. These people completed the requirements, they should have their ceremony and citizenship granted.
More concerning changes afoot at UTAustin:
"The School of Information and the College of Natural Sciences announced plans to consolidate the computer science, statistics and data science, and information degree programs into one school, according to a Nov. 18 email..."
"The School of Information and the College of Natural Sciences announced plans to consolidate the computer science, statistics and data science, and information degree programs into one school, according to a Nov. 18 email..."
School of Information, College of Natural Sciences plan consolidation of some areas of study
The School of Information and the College of Natural Sciences announced plans to consolidate the computer science, statistics and data science, and information degree programs into one school, accordi...
thedailytexan.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
More concerning changes afoot at UTAustin:
"The School of Information and the College of Natural Sciences announced plans to consolidate the computer science, statistics and data science, and information degree programs into one school, according to a Nov. 18 email..."
"The School of Information and the College of Natural Sciences announced plans to consolidate the computer science, statistics and data science, and information degree programs into one school, according to a Nov. 18 email..."
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I discovered this book via @annaleen, but it went to my mom’s house who started reading the essays, found it “pretty deep” and “after reading a few…felt overwhelmingly emotional”, crying, missing her husband, and sent me a message saying “what a book, written […]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I discovered this book via @annaleen, but it went to my mom’s house who started reading the essays, found it “pretty deep” and “after reading a few…felt overwhelmingly emotional”, crying, missing her husband, and sent me a message saying “what a book, written […]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
[Original post on mastodon.world]
@tapirtrouble.bsky.social What an awful situation. Incidentally, I have a phobia around the fear of encountering rabid animals and I will turn around and go home if I see a bat flying around at dusk when I'm out with the dog. There was a rabid bat found in the next town over last fall. NOPE
This is extremely rare and extremely awful. “The report said that organ donations are not routinely tested for rabies “because of its rarity in humans in the United States and the complexity of diagnostic testing.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Kidney Recipient Dies After Transplant From Organ Donor Who Had Rabies
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@tapirtrouble.bsky.social What an awful situation. Incidentally, I have a phobia around the fear of encountering rabid animals and I will turn around and go home if I see a bat flying around at dusk when I'm out with the dog. There was a rabid bat found in the next town over last fall. NOPE
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Normalize the dismantling of intrusive, nonconsensual surveillance technologies
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Normalize the dismantling of intrusive, nonconsensual surveillance technologies
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For those keeping track, we are at the sitting member of congress being pepper sprayed by federal agents while trying to protect her constituents stage of fascism.
AZ Rep. Adelita Grijalva says she was pepper sprayed during Tucson ICE raid
"When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed."
www.fox10phoenix.com/news/az-rep-...
Video from @repgrijalva on Instagram.
"When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed."
www.fox10phoenix.com/news/az-rep-...
Video from @repgrijalva on Instagram.
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For those keeping track, we are at the sitting member of congress being pepper sprayed by federal agents while trying to protect her constituents stage of fascism.
"Morning" and "hope" stand out. Still depressed with "Texas."
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Morning" and "hope" stand out. Still depressed with "Texas."
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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When everyone knows it's probably Grandpa's last Christmas so everyone makes a big deal about him
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When everyone knows it's probably Grandpa's last Christmas so everyone makes a big deal about him
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As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
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I talk a lotta shit for someone who still chokes back tears when Rudolph sets out on that ice floe all alone
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I talk a lotta shit for someone who still chokes back tears when Rudolph sets out on that ice floe all alone
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This is constantly happening. A paramilitary force is violently enforcing second-class status for nonwhite people the United States with the support of police forces across the country. Sure, ICE must be abolished, but so must every institution that supports such brutality. & this cannot be reformed
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is constantly happening. A paramilitary force is violently enforcing second-class status for nonwhite people the United States with the support of police forces across the country. Sure, ICE must be abolished, but so must every institution that supports such brutality. & this cannot be reformed