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Nancy Wingfield

@nmw1.bsky.social

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Habsburg historian, occasionally, some Successor States; fan of cats, good coffee, wine, the Austrian Riviera, NYC, Paris, Prague, & Vienna. Under contract to write a book that stubbornly refuses to write itself. I've been awarded a medal! .. more

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · Sep 4

It was good to co-author alongside @clarekelly.bsky.social & Caitríona Leahy & with the input from Harun Šiljak & Norah Campbell. We are clearly not the only ones thinking like this, both within Trinity & beyond, so let's build community to #resistAI

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Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI

Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 4h

So many mistakes; so little time.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 4h

Typical Czech tale, such stories appear in numerous history articles/books/novels; glad @nytimes.com has finally figured out it's a thing. Great it's about Slovenia/the Austrian Riviera. shttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/realestate/slovenia-italy-portoroz-history.html

This Family’s Home Has Stood for a Century — in Four Different Countries

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks. My comment was rhetorical.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 1d

So, shaming ICE, are we? Will it work?

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 1d

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Brigitte Le Normand 🟥 @blenormand.bsky.social · 3d

My ERC project FeMMiWork is hiring two PhDs! One will look at women from Italy, and the other, women from Turkey.

Please distribute through your networks! Deadline to apply is November 30.

vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

Two PhDs in the History of Migrant Women's Labour in Postwar Europe

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 1d

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Nations and Nationalism @nationsnationalism.bsky.social · 2d

Now seems like a good time to remind our followers that "[u]niversity professors, professors emeriti and associate professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion" can make nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. www.nobelprize.org/n...

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 1d

Bad Bunny speaks better English than most of the administration, not to mention Melanoma.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Children that were kidnapped by invading Russian barbarians, not displaced.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 1d

🥰🥰🥰 You reap what you sow, I guess.

Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 1d

But that doesn't really answer my question, which is about how the Idahoans will frame it.

Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, mostly NATO.

Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 1d

You think? 😂

Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 1d

How's the right-wing GOP universe in Idaho gonna frame this as Biden's fault? 🙄

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 2d

My Portlania cousin says the crocheting & knitting across generations continues unabated. Two patrol cars so completely enveloped the occupants were unable to escape. I'd like to see a pic of the demonstrating witches & unicorns, pls. BTW, a group of frogs is an army.

l’il bigisland @lbigisland.bsky.social · 2d

This is actually crochet, but this is what the nanas in Portland are doing to claim their city. Mark your territory nanas.

A tree trunk covered in colorful crocheted granny squared yarn.

Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 2d

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.

Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 2d

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Kevin St. Alder @kevinstalder.bsky.social · 2d

Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏

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Nations and Nationalism @nationsnationalism.bsky.social · 2d

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Kevin St. Alder @kevinstalder.bsky.social · 2d

Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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l’il bigisland @lbigisland.bsky.social · 2d

This is actually crochet, but this is what the nanas in Portland are doing to claim their city. Mark your territory nanas.

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.

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