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Mary Lewis

@profmarylewis.bsky.social

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Historian of France and its overseas empire. Living on unceded Pequossette land. Researching the French Empire after the Haitian Revolution. Parent, partner, citizen, defender of democracy, avid gardener. RTs not necessarily endorsements.

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · Apr 15

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social has been among the best messenger of what’s wrong with this admin. He should replace Schumer.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Apr 15

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Nice recap

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 19h

So cool. And that was supposed to be Thank you! (not Thank you?).

Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

Everything is awful except perhaps playoff baseball.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 1d

The NYT's news pages did a solid job of covering the role of billionaire Marc Rowan in concocting the incredibly dangerous "compact" by which the Trump administration proposes to take over American universities.

But the opinion pages invited Marc Rowan to offer a rather wolflike defense. A brief 🧵—

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 7d

The Times' coverage of Rowan's role has been remarkable. It is sad to me that after forcing his alma mater, Penn, to oust a really good president for incredibly poor reasons, Rowan's megalomanical next thought was "maybe the federal government should do this everywhere" and they're actually trying.

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

One of the other world’s best cats says hello.

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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 1d

I’ve been reading EKGs since 2003

Never been able to tell the age of someone just by looking at it

#justsaying #thathesfullofshit

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing! Did I catch Ruby Bridges among the images? Anyway, thank you?

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

🙀

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus @nytimes.com, I believe in a marketplace of ideas but you really don’t have to publish this drivel.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

That took *unthinkably* long!

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨30 years after coming out in English,

Michel-Rolph Trouillot's SILENCING THE PAST

est paru *enfin* en français!!!

Veuillez partager ces bonnes nouvelles avec vos meilleurs amis et collègues francophones! 🗃️🇭🇹

www.amitiefm.ht/post/michel-...

Michel-Rolph Trouillot : « Faire taire le passé », une autre approche de l’Histoire

Trente ans après sa parution en anglais, Silencing the Past de Michel-Rolph Trouillot (1949-2012) paraît enfin en français sous le titre Faire taire le passé – Pouvoir et production historique (Lux Éd...

www.amitiefm.ht

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

Yup

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 2d

@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact."

President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."

The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 1d

Found this just incredibly depressing, more than anything.

An easel sign reads, “UCLA
ATTENTION
No events are permitted in this area today. Per Policy 852, this location is NOT designated for public expression activities.
Individuals participating in an event or a public expression activity in this area are subject to discipline and/or arrest.
Scan for policy information.”

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seahawkfan @seahawk007.bsky.social · 1d

Plywood???

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

What does @jaketapper.bsky.social think?

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

I did hear about this and I don’t know that I have TEA but I have THOUGHTS

first of all let us not skip past the symbolic significance of “Leo signed the document on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi”

Julia L @calenmir.bsky.social · 1d

@clairewillett.bsky.social wanted to make sure you hear this (and hear any tea you might have regarding this): www.ncronline.org/pope-leo-bla...

Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document

"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.

www.ncronline.org

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! Perhaps some opposition growing?

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 2d

Just spent hours corroborating the facts for one sentence of a chapter. People have no idea what goes into history writing. 🗃️

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 2d

So sorry, Celeste. It is hard.