Dr. Antje Gamble
@drantjegamble.bsky.social
Art Historian: Italian, Sculptural, & Exhibition Modernisms (Fascism & Cold War in 🇮🇹&🇺🇸) // Assoc Prof in KY // Working Class Academic // President of the Italian Art Society // she/her
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Welcome everyone!
I’m an art historian, who also organizes with her UCW chapter. I research Italian modern art stuff and exhibitions (check out my book 📕). I post about politics and academia and art and whatever strikes me.
Be chill or be blocked ✌🏼
Welcome everyone!
I’m an art historian, who also organizes with her UCW chapter. I research Italian modern art stuff and exhibitions (check out my book 📕). I post about politics and academia and art and whatever strikes me.
Be chill or be blocked ✌🏼
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The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
www.dallasnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The pretend University of Austin teaches "Forbidden Courses" with zero pushback even as the real universities are forbidding courses due to political pressure
This. And I’m so over people acting like we can’t all tell. It’s so obvious.
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This. And I’m so over people acting like we can’t all tell. It’s so obvious.
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extremely puritan colonizer voice: "stop doing human sacrifice so we can hunt witches"
native person: we don't do human sacrifice here
puritan colonizer: "ah, well, nevertheless..."
native person: we don't do human sacrifice here
puritan colonizer: "ah, well, nevertheless..."
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
extremely puritan colonizer voice: "stop doing human sacrifice so we can hunt witches"
native person: we don't do human sacrifice here
puritan colonizer: "ah, well, nevertheless..."
native person: we don't do human sacrifice here
puritan colonizer: "ah, well, nevertheless..."
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Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
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The struggle over history, from Wounded Knee to Thanksgiving to ICE detentions, is not a debate about the past. It is a struggle over who defines America and whose humanity matters.
A nation that cannot face its own history cannot repair its present.
truthout.org/articles/the...
A nation that cannot face its own history cannot repair its present.
truthout.org/articles/the...
The Right Wants to Write Indigenous People Out of US History. We Won’t Let Them.
The Trump administration is reviving the visual language of manifest destiny and weaponizing the US’s founding myths.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The struggle over history, from Wounded Knee to Thanksgiving to ICE detentions, is not a debate about the past. It is a struggle over who defines America and whose humanity matters.
A nation that cannot face its own history cannot repair its present.
truthout.org/articles/the...
A nation that cannot face its own history cannot repair its present.
truthout.org/articles/the...
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"They say you stand before the nation each year and spare one of my kind. A miracle in the season of slaughter. I think of that moment often. But I do not wish the pardon. Mercy is for those who fear the end. I was born for the table. Your table."
A Syncophantic Turkey Implores President Trump to Eat Him
I’ve been bred fine, Mr. President. Finer than the rest. When the light comes up over the pens, it strikes my feathers like a torch, and I know it ...
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"They say you stand before the nation each year and spare one of my kind. A miracle in the season of slaughter. I think of that moment often. But I do not wish the pardon. Mercy is for those who fear the end. I was born for the table. Your table."
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My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
www.folger.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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“A land acknowledgment is not enough. The land exists regardless of settler acknowledgment, which can only ever be the first step toward meaningful action. Next steps involve building relationships with that land as if it were your kin. Because it is.” —Joseph M. Pierce
Your Land Acknowledgment Is Not Enough
Land acknowledgment without action is an empty gesture, exculpatory and self-serving.
hyperallergic.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“A land acknowledgment is not enough. The land exists regardless of settler acknowledgment, which can only ever be the first step toward meaningful action. Next steps involve building relationships with that land as if it were your kin. Because it is.” —Joseph M. Pierce
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I was worried this was AI but it's real! www.walmart.com/ip/Playmobil...
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I was worried this was AI but it's real! www.walmart.com/ip/Playmobil...
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Every time a US veteran snaps people fall all over each other to point out the effects of war and literal physical changes that PTSD triggers, but one Afghan veteran snaps and we’re going to shut down immigration for all Afghans forever and I bet they’re working on revoking parole wholesale
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every time a US veteran snaps people fall all over each other to point out the effects of war and literal physical changes that PTSD triggers, but one Afghan veteran snaps and we’re going to shut down immigration for all Afghans forever and I bet they’re working on revoking parole wholesale
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A not-small part of what is going on with Trump and Hegseth is that they get sadistic glee out of torturing service members.
Trump is a draft dodger and Hegseth got pushed out of military. They're both failures at what they see as a test of manhood. So they lash out at those who didn't fail.
Trump is a draft dodger and Hegseth got pushed out of military. They're both failures at what they see as a test of manhood. So they lash out at those who didn't fail.
Pete Hegseth says Trump has asked him to add 500 more National Guard troops to Washington D.C.
It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
x.com/dowresponse/...
It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
x.com/dowresponse/...
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A not-small part of what is going on with Trump and Hegseth is that they get sadistic glee out of torturing service members.
Trump is a draft dodger and Hegseth got pushed out of military. They're both failures at what they see as a test of manhood. So they lash out at those who didn't fail.
Trump is a draft dodger and Hegseth got pushed out of military. They're both failures at what they see as a test of manhood. So they lash out at those who didn't fail.
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The logic of occupation and empireis inherently circular
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The logic of occupation and empireis inherently circular
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What’s the over-under on national monuments he ruins?
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What’s the over-under on national monuments he ruins?
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We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
The today show trying to make the macy’s day parade relevant to the youths by having the hot wings guy on is so funny.
One: parades are only really fun in person
Two: colonial holiday for a country that is set up so they cannot succeed
Three: neo-fascism
One: parades are only really fun in person
Two: colonial holiday for a country that is set up so they cannot succeed
Three: neo-fascism
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The today show trying to make the macy’s day parade relevant to the youths by having the hot wings guy on is so funny.
One: parades are only really fun in person
Two: colonial holiday for a country that is set up so they cannot succeed
Three: neo-fascism
One: parades are only really fun in person
Two: colonial holiday for a country that is set up so they cannot succeed
Three: neo-fascism
Update: #Amtrak is just terrible at internal and external communication. 😑
Who is fucking with @amtrak.com in the frump admin? They cancelled a train we always take up to Chicago (it’s busy). Nonsense!
More people are taking trains now too (and flying is so precarious with no air traffic controllers). The fuck?!?
More people are taking trains now too (and flying is so precarious with no air traffic controllers). The fuck?!?
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Update: #Amtrak is just terrible at internal and external communication. 😑
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Gotta do what the man says... 😅 I've got two art history books to sell you:
NEW EXPORT CHINA (@ucpress.bsky.social, 2023) - www.ucpress.edu/books/new-ex...
MATERIAL SELVES (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2024) - www.bloomsbury.com/au/material-...
Perfect gifts for the art lovers in your life! 🎅🏼
NEW EXPORT CHINA (@ucpress.bsky.social, 2023) - www.ucpress.edu/books/new-ex...
MATERIAL SELVES (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2024) - www.bloomsbury.com/au/material-...
Perfect gifts for the art lovers in your life! 🎅🏼
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Gotta do what the man says... 😅 I've got two art history books to sell you:
NEW EXPORT CHINA (@ucpress.bsky.social, 2023) - www.ucpress.edu/books/new-ex...
MATERIAL SELVES (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2024) - www.bloomsbury.com/au/material-...
Perfect gifts for the art lovers in your life! 🎅🏼
NEW EXPORT CHINA (@ucpress.bsky.social, 2023) - www.ucpress.edu/books/new-ex...
MATERIAL SELVES (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2024) - www.bloomsbury.com/au/material-...
Perfect gifts for the art lovers in your life! 🎅🏼
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Art
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Art
The paperback of my book on a fascinating USA-funded Cold War exhibition of Italian art and design is on sale for the American holiday.
www.routledge.com/Cold-War-Ame...
www.routledge.com/Cold-War-Ame...
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The paperback of my book on a fascinating USA-funded Cold War exhibition of Italian art and design is on sale for the American holiday.
www.routledge.com/Cold-War-Ame...
www.routledge.com/Cold-War-Ame...
Check out this weird ai bot account that followed me (blocked now).
If you zoom into the photo there is an ai artifact in the right side of the glasses frame.
If you zoom into the photo there is an ai artifact in the right side of the glasses frame.
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Check out this weird ai bot account that followed me (blocked now).
If you zoom into the photo there is an ai artifact in the right side of the glasses frame.
If you zoom into the photo there is an ai artifact in the right side of the glasses frame.
Why do we still not have an option to remove followers @bsky.app ? These ai bots are a lot to deal with and I’m worried I’m gonna hit a block limit.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Why do we still not have an option to remove followers @bsky.app ? These ai bots are a lot to deal with and I’m worried I’m gonna hit a block limit.
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Educators still using OpenAI products in your teaching: please read this thread and then tell me why it’s so important to maintain a relationship with this gross company and its leaders.
NEW - OpenAI has responded to the lawsuit from the family of Adam Raine, the teen who committed suicide after months of talking to ChatGPT.
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Educators still using OpenAI products in your teaching: please read this thread and then tell me why it’s so important to maintain a relationship with this gross company and its leaders.
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Weird how we have all kinds of laws against practicing therapy without a license but it's apparently fine if it's done by a billionaire's lake-poisoning proxy robot
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Weird how we have all kinds of laws against practicing therapy without a license but it's apparently fine if it's done by a billionaire's lake-poisoning proxy robot
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This is the ultimate “bring back a past I’m nostalgic for without recreating any of the material conditions that made that possible.” Peak MAGA brain.
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, has been urging people for the past week to dress and comport themselves better as a way of restoring “civility” to air travel. On Tuesday, he added another item to his list of concerns: the quality of the snacks handed out on commercial flights.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Wants Healthier In-Flight Snack Options
Sean Duffy, who has been promoting greater decorum among air travelers, said he would like to see choices besides salty pretzels and buttery cookies.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is the ultimate “bring back a past I’m nostalgic for without recreating any of the material conditions that made that possible.” Peak MAGA brain.