Anne Leader
@anneleaderphd.bsky.social
Art historian. Author of The Badia of Florence. Non-Resident Visiting Fellow, IATH @UVA. Italian art and architecture. Editor/creator of digitalSepoltuario sepoltuario.iath.virginia.edu. GenX. Dachshund enthusiast. https://anneleader.substack.com
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Writing this post brought me some solace on this dark day in our country. I hope reading it brings some to you. #Minneapolis #ImpeachNoem
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If I know more about the relationship between population growth and business than Fox Business, I suggest you seek your financial guidance elsewhere
Fox Business does a segment about population growth slowing dramatically thanks to Trump, only seems vaguely aware that this is actually bad news
January 28, 2026 at 10:15 PM
If I know more about the relationship between population growth and business than Fox Business, I suggest you seek your financial guidance elsewhere
New section on the 'stack to organize all the art history lessons in chronological order. #art #history #WesternArt substack.com/@anneleader/...
Anne Leader (@anneleader)
Check out my new section “A History of Western Art” so all of our survey lessons will be in one place in chronological order! https://anneleader.substack.com/s/a-history-of-western-art
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January 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
New section on the 'stack to organize all the art history lessons in chronological order. #art #history #WesternArt substack.com/@anneleader/...
I find Scott Bessent very disappointing
Bessent: "I find Europeans very disappointing bc they're on the frontline of the Ukraine-Russia war. India started buying sanctioned Russian oil & guess who was buying refined products? Europeans. The Europeans have been funding war against themselves... they put trade ahead of the Ukrainian people"
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I find Scott Bessent very disappointing
It’s about damned time
BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:58 PM
It’s about damned time
Abbott is going to ruin @universityoftexas.bsky.social
one of the least-appreciated own-goals happening right now is the deliberate sabotage of our knowledge/research sector www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Texas Halts Hiring of H-1B Workers at State Colleges, Agencies
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state agencies and public universities to immediately freeze new H-1B visa petitions, curtailing a program that has also been overhauled by President Donald Trump.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Abbott is going to ruin @universityoftexas.bsky.social
Stephen Miller isn’t gonna like this! Also, the population drop thanks to Trump’s immigration crackdown is going to mean fewer dollars going into our economy. Fewer customers, fewer workers, but most importantly, fewer interesting neighbors.
Immigrants in the US consumed about 24% fewer welfare and entitlement benefits per capita than native-born Americans in 2023, new Cato Institute research finds.
Learn more from Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo: https://ow.ly/2w4Z50Y4Bsj
Learn more from Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo: https://ow.ly/2w4Z50Y4Bsj
January 27, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Stephen Miller isn’t gonna like this! Also, the population drop thanks to Trump’s immigration crackdown is going to mean fewer dollars going into our economy. Fewer customers, fewer workers, but most importantly, fewer interesting neighbors.
Thinking the NRA is not going to appreciate that statement
Q: Do you agree with the assessment from some of your own officials that Alex Pretti is a domestic terrorist or assassin?
TRUMP: Well, I haven't heard that, but he certainly shouldn't have been carrying a gun. I don't like that he had a gun.
TRUMP: Well, I haven't heard that, but he certainly shouldn't have been carrying a gun. I don't like that he had a gun.
January 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Thinking the NRA is not going to appreciate that statement
Very excited for my former classmate Alison Weaver who will take up the help at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery. A real loss for the Moody Center she so beautifully brought into being.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Very excited for my former classmate Alison Weaver who will take up the help at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery. A real loss for the Moody Center she so beautifully brought into being.
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Why are ICE and CBP even armed??? Being here without the correct visa or permit is not a crime punishable by death!!!!
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Why are ICE and CBP even armed??? Being here without the correct visa or permit is not a crime punishable by death!!!!
No one should ever have to write a post like this. Especially at the bloody hands of the current administration
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:14 PM
No one should ever have to write a post like this. Especially at the bloody hands of the current administration
“Even the name of the #ICE effort in Maine — Operation Catch of the Day — has infuriated some officials and voters.
‘It’s a grotesque name,’ said Shenna Bellows, the Maine secretary of state and Democrat who is running for governor. ‘People are not fish.’”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
‘It’s a grotesque name,’ said Shenna Bellows, the Maine secretary of state and Democrat who is running for governor. ‘People are not fish.’”
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On Immigration, the G.O.P. Finds Itself in a Shocking Place: On Defense
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January 27, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“Even the name of the #ICE effort in Maine — Operation Catch of the Day — has infuriated some officials and voters.
‘It’s a grotesque name,’ said Shenna Bellows, the Maine secretary of state and Democrat who is running for governor. ‘People are not fish.’”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
‘It’s a grotesque name,’ said Shenna Bellows, the Maine secretary of state and Democrat who is running for governor. ‘People are not fish.’”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
This morning? I thought we were stopping this madness
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This morning? I thought we were stopping this madness
Minnesotans know how to love their neighbors as themselves. Would the #fakeChristians of the administration only actually listen to the Jesus they claim to follow. #WWJD
January 27, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Minnesotans know how to love their neighbors as themselves. Would the #fakeChristians of the administration only actually listen to the Jesus they claim to follow. #WWJD
Great response to my latest reader survey. The optional comments, as well as the guided questions, let me know that I'm hitting the right tone. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/annelead...
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Great response to my latest reader survey. The optional comments, as well as the guided questions, let me know that I'm hitting the right tone. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/annelead...
So, have we updated to macOS Tahoe? Or are we still on Sequoia? Nervous to make the switch and what I've read so far doesn't really wow me.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
So, have we updated to macOS Tahoe? Or are we still on Sequoia? Nervous to make the switch and what I've read so far doesn't really wow me.
If only it were funny....
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
If only it were funny....
Stephen Miller yelling on #CNN is not my cup of tea
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January 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Stephen Miller yelling on #CNN is not my cup of tea
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Breaking NBC:
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Breaking NBC:
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
Clearly #ICE has much too large a budget.
Outrage is growing in Italy over the deployment ICE agents to assist US security operations at the Winter Olympics next month. https://cnn.it/3NJAMre
January 27, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Clearly #ICE has much too large a budget.
Lions and oxen and bison, oh my!
Cave painting in southern France
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January 27, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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If you’d like to be reminded of good things humans do, why not check out my new course on substack? #art #twitterstorians. Please share with your friends!
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Why Western Art?
The art of Europe and the United States
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January 26, 2026 at 3:21 AM
If you’d like to be reminded of good things humans do, why not check out my new course on substack? #art #twitterstorians. Please share with your friends!
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Statistic: 2/3rds of murders in Minneapolis so far in 2026 have been committed by DHS agents
January 26, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Statistic: 2/3rds of murders in Minneapolis so far in 2026 have been committed by DHS agents
Until Trump I was a total federalist. Now, not so much. #SupportMinneapolis.
Gov. Walz: "What side do you want to be on? The side of an all-powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace, and kidnap its citizens off the street, or the side of a nurse for a VA hospital who died bearing witness to such government?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Until Trump I was a total federalist. Now, not so much. #SupportMinneapolis.