Jen Bolmarcich
@jbolmarcich.bsky.social
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Hello, armor lovers! ⚔️ My latest for @hyperallergic.com is a review of the reopening of the arms and armor galleries at the @worcesterartmuseum.bsky.social. As you will see, there is a global take on armor from Corinthian helmets to Samurai to Mughal soldiers to the Mandalorian that I loved.
A Millennia-Long Fascination With Armor
The Worcester Art Museum’s reopening of its armor galleries goes far beyond the romance with medieval Europe.
hyperallergic.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Hello, armor lovers! ⚔️ My latest for @hyperallergic.com is a review of the reopening of the arms and armor galleries at the @worcesterartmuseum.bsky.social. As you will see, there is a global take on armor from Corinthian helmets to Samurai to Mughal soldiers to the Mandalorian that I loved.
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On Toni Morrison’s 95th birthday (Feb. 18) I will be in conversation at the 92nd St. Y in NYC w/ archivist, poet & professor Kevin Young and poet Reginald Dwayne Betts about Morrison’s impact & a new edition of her lectures. You can attend in person or stream from afar!
www.92ny.org/event/toni-m...
www.92ny.org/event/toni-m...
www.92ny.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:01 PM
On Toni Morrison’s 95th birthday (Feb. 18) I will be in conversation at the 92nd St. Y in NYC w/ archivist, poet & professor Kevin Young and poet Reginald Dwayne Betts about Morrison’s impact & a new edition of her lectures. You can attend in person or stream from afar!
www.92ny.org/event/toni-m...
www.92ny.org/event/toni-m...
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
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NEW: Rx Inspector, our free, searchable tool, allows you to look up where your generic prescription drug was made.
From patients and doctors to researchers, it is already reshaping how people make decisions. “This is a godsend,” one professor told us.
From patients and doctors to researchers, it is already reshaping how people make decisions. “This is a godsend,” one professor told us.
“A Godsend”: ProPublica’s Rx Inspector Tool Is Helping People Find Critical Safety Information on Generic Drugs
Health care workers are changing how they counsel patients. Experts are using our database to support their research. And some consumers report they’ve discovered troubling records at the factories wh...
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
NEW: Rx Inspector, our free, searchable tool, allows you to look up where your generic prescription drug was made.
From patients and doctors to researchers, it is already reshaping how people make decisions. “This is a godsend,” one professor told us.
From patients and doctors to researchers, it is already reshaping how people make decisions. “This is a godsend,” one professor told us.
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THIS THIS THISITY THIS THIS
Also, the arctic vortex wandering south like this IS an indicator of climate change, as it is due to the destabilization of the jet stream and oceanic currents.
Yes, it’s cold across part of the United States today.
This does *not* mean the global-scale patterns of long-term warming linked to climate change are not happening.
The United States covers only 1.8% of the planet. And a few days is only 0.03% of the 30 years we average for climate statistics.
This does *not* mean the global-scale patterns of long-term warming linked to climate change are not happening.
The United States covers only 1.8% of the planet. And a few days is only 0.03% of the 30 years we average for climate statistics.
January 23, 2026 at 10:09 PM
THIS THIS THISITY THIS THIS
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Hospitals like Adventist need to provide a mechanism for getting these families into (and out of) the hospital without being detected because ICE is clearly just waiting in the parking lot for anyone who looks latine. This is the same place where that ICE shooting happened earlier in the month.
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Hospitals like Adventist need to provide a mechanism for getting these families into (and out of) the hospital without being detected because ICE is clearly just waiting in the parking lot for anyone who looks latine. This is the same place where that ICE shooting happened earlier in the month.
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Friday 13th February is a big day. It's a Friday 13th. It's Galentines Day. It's the 7th anniversary of us becoming a registered charity. And we're launching our fourth issue of Lip Service! We're coming together for a Big Birthday Gash, and yo are invited... www.outsavvy.com/event/32638/...
Big Birthday Gash Tickets - London - OutSavvy
🪩🎊 Join us to celebrate the launch of Issue #4, one whole year of Lip Service, and seven years of charitable status🎊🪩With the publication of our fourth issue of Lip Service, we're also celebrating twe...
www.outsavvy.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Friday 13th February is a big day. It's a Friday 13th. It's Galentines Day. It's the 7th anniversary of us becoming a registered charity. And we're launching our fourth issue of Lip Service! We're coming together for a Big Birthday Gash, and yo are invited... www.outsavvy.com/event/32638/...
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Boosting this again because it's a good resource and also to stress the ALERTA guidance. As someone responding to calls, the more specific you can be the better. Addresses or landmarks are key. Vehicle descriptions make identification easier. The less time we need to spend finding ICE, the better.
If you live in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont save these numbers for the various ICE watch hotlines
January 23, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Boosting this again because it's a good resource and also to stress the ALERTA guidance. As someone responding to calls, the more specific you can be the better. Addresses or landmarks are key. Vehicle descriptions make identification easier. The less time we need to spend finding ICE, the better.
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Something lost on JD Vance—and much of the news media—is that no legal or other reason existed to arrest the 5-year-old child’s father either. Not even the administration has articulated any reason to cage people while their asylum or other cases are proceeding.
January 22, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Something lost on JD Vance—and much of the news media—is that no legal or other reason existed to arrest the 5-year-old child’s father either. Not even the administration has articulated any reason to cage people while their asylum or other cases are proceeding.
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But our archive will never replace the power of the originals that were at 6th & Market. Again, the community fought to have the history recognized.
#SaveOurSigns
#SaveOurSigns
This is why we did the work of #SaveOurSigns The signs of the presidents house in #philly will remain available in our archive. We will not forget our history.
This is why we did the work of #SaveOurSigbs The signs of the presidents house in #philly will remain available in our archive. We will not forget our history.
saveoursigns.org
saveoursigns.org
January 23, 2026 at 12:18 AM
But our archive will never replace the power of the originals that were at 6th & Market. Again, the community fought to have the history recognized.
#SaveOurSigns
#SaveOurSigns
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I have a colleague in TX and here's what I told her today:
1. run the faucets at a drip, including the cold
2. open undersink cabinets
3. DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS.
1. run the faucets at a drip, including the cold
2. open undersink cabinets
3. DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS.
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
January 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I have a colleague in TX and here's what I told her today:
1. run the faucets at a drip, including the cold
2. open undersink cabinets
3. DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS.
1. run the faucets at a drip, including the cold
2. open undersink cabinets
3. DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS.
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UMass-Amherst is hiring “a specialist in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world” !
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
UMass-Amherst is hiring “a specialist in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world” !
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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PhD here, built a website with other PhDs devoted to organizing PhDs and future well respected people to criticize and comprehend kleptomaniac grifter plagiarist incapacitating machine
against-a-i.com
against-a-i.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:31 AM
PhD here, built a website with other PhDs devoted to organizing PhDs and future well respected people to criticize and comprehend kleptomaniac grifter plagiarist incapacitating machine
against-a-i.com
against-a-i.com
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"Every summer in Europe, now, is getting unbearably hotter...If you are using excess deaths as a tool for measuring heat mortality, you are looking back 3yrs to get your avg... what happens when those No.'s are elevated every yr? Excess deaths are baked into the background data &the baseline shifts”
Why heat kills - School of Medicine and Public Health
www.med.wisc.edu
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 AM
"Every summer in Europe, now, is getting unbearably hotter...If you are using excess deaths as a tool for measuring heat mortality, you are looking back 3yrs to get your avg... what happens when those No.'s are elevated every yr? Excess deaths are baked into the background data &the baseline shifts”
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ICE agents in Maine kidnapped a college student after a minor car crash. They ran his plates, shoved him into a car, and shipped him down to Burlington, Massachusetts. ICE agents refused to let him call a lawyer.
ICE detains 18-year-old USM student in Westbrook
Sandrine Koumba said she doesn’t know why her son, who has no criminal record, was detained after a minor car crash Tuesday.
www.pressherald.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 AM
ICE agents in Maine kidnapped a college student after a minor car crash. They ran his plates, shoved him into a car, and shipped him down to Burlington, Massachusetts. ICE agents refused to let him call a lawyer.
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Head’s up —
As states check voter registration against a mashup of federal data, a new complaint says US citizens are getting kicked off state voter rolls as a result. www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
DHS’s Data Grab Is Getting Citizens Kicked Off Voter Rolls, New Complaint Says
As states check voter registration against a mashup of federal data, a new complaint says US citizens are getting kicked off state voter rolls as a result.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Head’s up —
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This is a great step forward in limiting ICE's ability to operate in Massachusetts courthouses and the Legislature must pass this.
Masks off and warrants out: State Sen. Edwards files bill to curb ICE actions at Mass. courthouses
The legislation would ban anyone inside a courthouse from wearing a mask; require law enforcement officers to state their purpose to court officials; and require ICE agents to have a judicial warrant ...
www.wbur.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 AM
This is a great step forward in limiting ICE's ability to operate in Massachusetts courthouses and the Legislature must pass this.
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Subway cars bound for the MBTA are detained at US ports, and that's leading the company finishing the cars to furlough half its workforce in MA: https://bit.ly/4qE3zfA
CRRC to furlough 161 Massachusetts workers due to detained subway car shells
The manufacturer under contract to build the MBTA's new Red Line fleet will furlough nearly half its workforce in Massachusetts this spring as subway car shells from China remain detained at U.S. ports.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Subway cars bound for the MBTA are detained at US ports, and that's leading the company finishing the cars to furlough half its workforce in MA: https://bit.ly/4qE3zfA
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Proud of our MHB faculty Dr. Pablo F. Gómez! His new book Bloody Numbers reveals how the Atlantic slave trade invented modern ways of quantifying human bodies. Stunning cover, essential read, coming June 2026. go.wisc.edu/utf88a. #MedicalHistory @uchicagopress.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Proud of our MHB faculty Dr. Pablo F. Gómez! His new book Bloody Numbers reveals how the Atlantic slave trade invented modern ways of quantifying human bodies. Stunning cover, essential read, coming June 2026. go.wisc.edu/utf88a. #MedicalHistory @uchicagopress.bsky.social
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salute to all the brave people in Minnesota who are bringing back shame
"Research would tell us that most ICE agents entered into these jobs in part because they want approval, and they want to affirm their masculinity in public," said sociologist Nicole Bedera. "An ICE watch works by surrounding these people ... with disapproval."
Observing ICE agents is 'a de-escalation tactic,' sociologist says
The federal government has accused ICE watchers of breaking the law. Sociologist Nicole Bedera said ICE watchers have science behind them. She spoke with MPR News host Clay Masters.
www.mprnews.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
salute to all the brave people in Minnesota who are bringing back shame
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Massachusetts, and the Fall River / New Bedford area in particular, has a very large Portuguese population.
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Massachusetts, and the Fall River / New Bedford area in particular, has a very large Portuguese population.
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I called it. Despite stipulating that HHS would not enforce cutting off hospitals from medicaid funding, it did not stop investigations and this hospitals would continue stopping provision of care.
The latest is Lurie Children's hospital.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/l...
The latest is Lurie Children's hospital.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/l...
January 20, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I called it. Despite stipulating that HHS would not enforce cutting off hospitals from medicaid funding, it did not stop investigations and this hospitals would continue stopping provision of care.
The latest is Lurie Children's hospital.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/l...
The latest is Lurie Children's hospital.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/20/l...
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If democrats want to do like….anything to slow down ICE, low hanging fruit is passing this bill that prevents them from using mobile face recognition surveillance.
www.404media.co/new-legislat...
www.404media.co/new-legislat...
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 AM
If democrats want to do like….anything to slow down ICE, low hanging fruit is passing this bill that prevents them from using mobile face recognition surveillance.
www.404media.co/new-legislat...
www.404media.co/new-legislat...
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I am pleased to learn that my forthcoming book is now listed on bookshop dot org, and there’s a nice little discount! Nice if you want to avoid the evil empire (the website not Man United)
bookshop.org/p/books/whit...
bookshop.org/p/books/whit...
White Power: Policing American Slavery
Policing American Slavery
bookshop.org
January 21, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I am pleased to learn that my forthcoming book is now listed on bookshop dot org, and there’s a nice little discount! Nice if you want to avoid the evil empire (the website not Man United)
bookshop.org/p/books/whit...
bookshop.org/p/books/whit...