Dr. T. Flo
@tnflorvil.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/working on several projects, including a bio of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/
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Dr. T. Flo
@tnflorvil.bsky.social
· May 3
Happy Heavenly Birthday to May Ayim! She would have turned 65 years old today. Although we are not kin, I feel kinship with her. Next August 2026 will mark 30 years since her passing.
After all these years of studying her, I still do not consider myself an expert on her.
After all these years of studying her, I still do not consider myself an expert on her.
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Firing a professor for protesting is unacceptable. Colleges and universities should embrace free speech, not trample on it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/tenured-professor-fired-pro-palestinian-protests?CMP=share_btn_url
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/tenured-professor-fired-pro-palestinian-protests?CMP=share_btn_url
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Firing a professor for protesting is unacceptable. Colleges and universities should embrace free speech, not trample on it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/tenured-professor-fired-pro-palestinian-protests?CMP=share_btn_url
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/tenured-professor-fired-pro-palestinian-protests?CMP=share_btn_url
It has been over a month since I fell and fractured my ankle in multiple places. I have learned a few additional lessons. 1) I really needed to slow down, and the fracture has helped with that. I wish I had found a less painful method, but it is what it is. 2) This too shall pass.
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It has been over a month since I fell and fractured my ankle in multiple places. I have learned a few additional lessons. 1) I really needed to slow down, and the fracture has helped with that. I wish I had found a less painful method, but it is what it is. 2) This too shall pass.
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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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Let's see if we can get at least $500,000 for something that repudiates all that shit, shall we? gofund.me/2f12393af
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Let's see if we can get at least $500,000 for something that repudiates all that shit, shall we? gofund.me/2f12393af
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I used to do a thing on the other app where you describe a person you're holiday shopping for and I tell you a really good book they would like (usually history but other ones too). Y'all want to do that this year? Comment if so. 🎄
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I used to do a thing on the other app where you describe a person you're holiday shopping for and I tell you a really good book they would like (usually history but other ones too). Y'all want to do that this year? Comment if so. 🎄
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Back pain during pregnancy isn’t just a mild annoyance—it can cause serious harm. Read University of Iowa professor Julie Vignato on why doctors and patients should take these symptoms seriously. This article was republished from @us.theconversation.com.
Back Pain During Pregnancy Is Often Dismissed as a Passing Discomfort−A Nurse Explains Why it Should Be Taken Seriously and Treated
Many people do not know about the serious harms that untreated pain in pregnancy can cause.
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Back pain during pregnancy isn’t just a mild annoyance—it can cause serious harm. Read University of Iowa professor Julie Vignato on why doctors and patients should take these symptoms seriously. This article was republished from @us.theconversation.com.
I had a heavy lunch and I fighting the urge to sleep before a 2pm meeting.
a young man is laying on a bed with his hand on his head .
ALT: a young man is laying on a bed with his hand on his head .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I had a heavy lunch and I fighting the urge to sleep before a 2pm meeting.
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♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
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The President of the United States thinks hepatitis is transmitted ONLY via sexual contact; this is incorrect.
The most powerful man on Earth just suggested we stop vaccinating infants for hepatitis and revisit the question when they are 12 and “fully formed.”
Obviously a terrible idea—here’s why:
The most powerful man on Earth just suggested we stop vaccinating infants for hepatitis and revisit the question when they are 12 and “fully formed.”
Obviously a terrible idea—here’s why:
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The President of the United States thinks hepatitis is transmitted ONLY via sexual contact; this is incorrect.
The most powerful man on Earth just suggested we stop vaccinating infants for hepatitis and revisit the question when they are 12 and “fully formed.”
Obviously a terrible idea—here’s why:
The most powerful man on Earth just suggested we stop vaccinating infants for hepatitis and revisit the question when they are 12 and “fully formed.”
Obviously a terrible idea—here’s why:
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There’s a new Paul Myers Overshare, read it for free, consider subscribing if you can support my work. pulmyears.substack.com/p/planes-tra...
Planes, Trains, Automobiles, etc.
Part one of a series of tales from the John Candy: A Life In Comedy book tour.
pulmyears.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
There’s a new Paul Myers Overshare, read it for free, consider subscribing if you can support my work. pulmyears.substack.com/p/planes-tra...
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Why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is still the spookiest holiday read.
On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Nicholas, a celebration of the patron saint of children, travelers, sailors, toymakers, broadcasters, the falsely accused, repentant thieves, Greece, archers, unmarried…
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December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is still the spookiest holiday read.
I wish I could fly to Berlin to see Weihnachtsmärkte and friends.
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I wish I could fly to Berlin to see Weihnachtsmärkte and friends.
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
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As we follow the trajectory of the student at OU who wrote an essay citing zero sources and making no argument, got the instructor fired by claiming her 1A rights were violated, went on a tour of rw media and now seems poised to become a part of the TPUSA speaker circuit: (1/4)
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Everything so stupid, also the worst person in the Nuzzi scandal got to keep his cabinet appointment
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Everything so stupid, also the worst person in the Nuzzi scandal got to keep his cabinet appointment
So The Long Kiss Goodnight is also a Christmas movie. Teehee
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
So The Long Kiss Goodnight is also a Christmas movie. Teehee
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SCOTUS has agreed to hear arguments over the legality of Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship, the 1868 constitutional detail granting persons born on U.S. soil an American passport.
In doing so, the nation's highest judiciary has set the stage for a revolutionary decision. trib.al/Cpb1ir5
In doing so, the nation's highest judiciary has set the stage for a revolutionary decision. trib.al/Cpb1ir5
December 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
SCOTUS has agreed to hear arguments over the legality of Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship, the 1868 constitutional detail granting persons born on U.S. soil an American passport.
In doing so, the nation's highest judiciary has set the stage for a revolutionary decision. trib.al/Cpb1ir5
In doing so, the nation's highest judiciary has set the stage for a revolutionary decision. trib.al/Cpb1ir5
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more shame, less impunity
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
more shame, less impunity
😶
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Now in #paperback, The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley is an intellectual history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world order.
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#ReadUP #History
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#ReadUP #History
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Now in #paperback, The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley is an intellectual history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world order.
Order yours and enjoy 30% off with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#ReadUP #History
Order yours and enjoy 30% off with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#ReadUP #History
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ICYMI - Halle Berry is all out of f*cks
"Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row, But that’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women… by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either."
"Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row, But that’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women… by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either."
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
ICYMI - Halle Berry is all out of f*cks
"Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row, But that’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women… by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either."
"Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row, But that’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women… by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either."
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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Can’t keep Letitia James down — Grand jury confirmed
You’d think the DOJ would be tired of losing
You’d think the DOJ would be tired of losing
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Can’t keep Letitia James down — Grand jury confirmed
You’d think the DOJ would be tired of losing
You’d think the DOJ would be tired of losing
I taught my last classes yesterday. The students that I had this semester were lovely and made me remember why I enjoy teaching. I will have a few of them in the spring again. I am excited to teach Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The Global 1960s and Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives.
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I taught my last classes yesterday. The students that I had this semester were lovely and made me remember why I enjoy teaching. I will have a few of them in the spring again. I am excited to teach Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The Global 1960s and Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives.
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Interested in online far-right extremism and AI?
Check out my article in today’s @theconversation.com 👇
“Decades before AI, Telegram, and Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.”
theconversation.com/far-right-ex...
Check out my article in today’s @theconversation.com 👇
“Decades before AI, Telegram, and Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.”
theconversation.com/far-right-ex...
Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier
Neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists were early adopters of bulletin board systems, pioneering online recruiting and radicalization techniques long before the social media revolution.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Interested in online far-right extremism and AI?
Check out my article in today’s @theconversation.com 👇
“Decades before AI, Telegram, and Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.”
theconversation.com/far-right-ex...
Check out my article in today’s @theconversation.com 👇
“Decades before AI, Telegram, and Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.”
theconversation.com/far-right-ex...