💚 Mandi Barnard, Ph.D. 🍂🍁
@mandisbarnard.bsky.social
Cat Mom, Historian of Modern Britain. Study gender in English state funded primary education, crime, and poverty. Recently worked in US History, recovering the histories of enslaved and freed Black workers on a southern college campus. Views Mine. She/Her
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Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
Another FUCKED UP thing this admin is doing to attack women’s power.
Take that shit to court!
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Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Yn a free society, universitye-level studye of the artes and humanityes sholde not be avaylable onlye to the wealthye and privileged.
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The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration - bioGraphic
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
www.biographic.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.
by @mambondiyani.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/the-collater...
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📣 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView
👻 @charlotte-millar.bsky.social, 'Ghosts and hidden geographies: the affective resonances of space in early modern London'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
👻 @charlotte-millar.bsky.social, 'Ghosts and hidden geographies: the affective resonances of space in early modern London'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📣 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView
👻 @charlotte-millar.bsky.social, 'Ghosts and hidden geographies: the affective resonances of space in early modern London'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
👻 @charlotte-millar.bsky.social, 'Ghosts and hidden geographies: the affective resonances of space in early modern London'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
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The Regency Era in Britain had a lot of heiresses. Some of them inherited money from Caribbean plantations and enslavement.
Our guest Miranda Kaufmann talks about her research on this topic and her book HEIRESSES, today on the podcast. pod.link/1489560920/e...
Our guest Miranda Kaufmann talks about her research on this topic and her book HEIRESSES, today on the podcast. pod.link/1489560920/e...
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Regency Era in Britain had a lot of heiresses. Some of them inherited money from Caribbean plantations and enslavement.
Our guest Miranda Kaufmann talks about her research on this topic and her book HEIRESSES, today on the podcast. pod.link/1489560920/e...
Our guest Miranda Kaufmann talks about her research on this topic and her book HEIRESSES, today on the podcast. pod.link/1489560920/e...
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So this confirms that the federal government faked a grand jury indictment against a political opponent in order to create the conditions for a fascist show trial.
Americans have no understanding of how far into the machinery of fascist governance we are.
Americans have no understanding of how far into the machinery of fascist governance we are.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So this confirms that the federal government faked a grand jury indictment against a political opponent in order to create the conditions for a fascist show trial.
Americans have no understanding of how far into the machinery of fascist governance we are.
Americans have no understanding of how far into the machinery of fascist governance we are.
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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🧵 As I read lots of social media responses to the US bishops' recent statements on immigration, I think lots of Catholics forget: not all rights are equally weighted or implemented.
And this isn't something new. This isn't moral relativism.
This goes back for centuries if not millennia.
And this isn't something new. This isn't moral relativism.
This goes back for centuries if not millennia.
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
🧵 As I read lots of social media responses to the US bishops' recent statements on immigration, I think lots of Catholics forget: not all rights are equally weighted or implemented.
And this isn't something new. This isn't moral relativism.
This goes back for centuries if not millennia.
And this isn't something new. This isn't moral relativism.
This goes back for centuries if not millennia.
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But I thought social scientists could just study LLMs now.
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
But I thought social scientists could just study LLMs now.
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Charlotte-Mecklebburg Schools, according to reports, saw 15% of its students absent today amid Border Patrol operations in Charlotte. If that percentage of 15% happens Tuesday in Wake County due to the Border Patrol coming to Raleigh, 24.000 students could be absent from school. #nced #ncpol #wcpss
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Finally!
My new book Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story is a comprehensive history of the efforts of the US government to remove native children from their families, from colonization to today. For middle grades, but for everyone.
You can pre-order here: www.rhcbooks.com/books/744961...
My new book Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story is a comprehensive history of the efforts of the US government to remove native children from their families, from colonization to today. For middle grades, but for everyone.
You can pre-order here: www.rhcbooks.com/books/744961...
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Finally!
My new book Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story is a comprehensive history of the efforts of the US government to remove native children from their families, from colonization to today. For middle grades, but for everyone.
You can pre-order here: www.rhcbooks.com/books/744961...
My new book Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story is a comprehensive history of the efforts of the US government to remove native children from their families, from colonization to today. For middle grades, but for everyone.
You can pre-order here: www.rhcbooks.com/books/744961...
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
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1000s of trucks sit stranded while Amawi describes “a parallel economic siege: bank accounts frozen, electronic wallets shut down, cash barred from entering, worn bills rejected… the deliberate “management of famine”…allowing commercial trucks in while knowing people have no money to buy anything”
🚛 Gaza NGOs coordinator, Eyad Amawi, tells Drop Site that the situation in Gaza remains one of genocide and “engineered suffering.” More than a month into the ceasefire, he says nothing has meaningfully improved: aid is still choked off, UNRWA is blocked from operating at full capacity, and only...
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
1000s of trucks sit stranded while Amawi describes “a parallel economic siege: bank accounts frozen, electronic wallets shut down, cash barred from entering, worn bills rejected… the deliberate “management of famine”…allowing commercial trucks in while knowing people have no money to buy anything”
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I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
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Surveillance Watch - an interactive map that documents the growing number of surveillance software providers #surveillance
www.theregister.com/2025/11/08/m...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/08/m...
Mozilla fellow Esra'a Al Shafei watches the watchers
interview: Esra'a Al Shafei spoke with The Reg about the spy tech 'global trade'
www.theregister.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Surveillance Watch - an interactive map that documents the growing number of surveillance software providers #surveillance
www.theregister.com/2025/11/08/m...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/08/m...
I came for the melanoma mohs and got a squamous cell too.
I need to be less spectacular at skin cancer. On my scalp.
I need to be less spectacular at skin cancer. On my scalp.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I came for the melanoma mohs and got a squamous cell too.
I need to be less spectacular at skin cancer. On my scalp.
I need to be less spectacular at skin cancer. On my scalp.
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Every year, in honor of the anniversary of Sherman's march to the sea, I share this article in which Gary Brecher eviscerates the New York Times and celebrates one of the most inspired campaigns in United States history
Happy 161st, you glorious bastard
Happy 161st, you glorious bastard
The War Nerd: Why Sherman was right to burn Atlanta
KUWAIT CITY — There are times when the sheer ignorance and ingratitude of the American public makes you sick. This week marks the 150th anniversary of Sherman’s March from Atlanta to the Sea, which...
web.archive.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Every year, in honor of the anniversary of Sherman's march to the sea, I share this article in which Gary Brecher eviscerates the New York Times and celebrates one of the most inspired campaigns in United States history
Happy 161st, you glorious bastard
Happy 161st, you glorious bastard
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Great minds think alike: it's Reconstruction time, apparently 😅 bsky.app/profile/djin...
I've had an uptick in orders for this print recently, for reasons which are not particularly mysterious to me
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Great minds think alike: it's Reconstruction time, apparently 😅 bsky.app/profile/djin...
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What is really going on in this society that elected Donald Trump president a second time?
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
Unterstützung von Donald Trump: Die Irrtümer über Donald Trumps Rückhalt
Rechtsruck, multiethnische Koalition, Held einfacher Leute: Trump gilt als fest verankert. Doch diese Überzeugung beruht auf drei großen Missverständnissen.
www.zeit.de
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What is really going on in this society that elected Donald Trump president a second time?
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
This skin cancer surgical place is doing brisk business. I’m the youngest one here today.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This skin cancer surgical place is doing brisk business. I’m the youngest one here today.
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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This time with the right link!
hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...
hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This time with the right link!
hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...
hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...