It's Freedom & Liberation Day in Charlottesville, commemorating the day Union soldiers commanded by George Armstrong Custer ended slavery in this region. Many freed people became prominent citizens. Some of their portraits & stories are in our catalog. The pdf is free!👇🏽 at.virginia.edu/vop-catalog

Today is Liberation and Freedom Day In Charlottesville! March 3, 1865, is when word of liberation from slavery reached the area. A reminder below that much of what we experience as Cville/UVA culture was built by enslaved individuals & families. www.cvillepedia.org/Liberation_a...

I sure hope I'm wrong but it feels like Trump has now kicked off WWIII.

Things look bleak. But you’re not alone. Wanna do something? Get involved in local organizing! It’s also a great way to lower your anxiety and make new friends! 😉

TODAY, Saturday, 3-5pm @raqc-cville.bsky.social More than ever I’m looking forward to learning from @emily.gorcen.ski about resisting disinformation and manipulation.

Despite increasing awareness of media-driven manipulation, we are as vulnerable as ever to being victimized by a system that does not have our interests at heart. We'll learn how media is weaponized and how we can fight back to protect ourselves and our communities.

It’s tough for a speech to be this fascist and this boring at the same time #SOTU2026

the town of emporia consists entirely of the I-95/Rt 58 intersection & the gas stations that surround it, this is now an ICE surveillance node for all of south central VA

Friends, I am hiring two scholar-advisors this year! Come join the best advising team in the country (for real). Please help me spread the news about this great opportunity! This is a permanent, non-time limited instructional staff position, and I will be happy to answer questions!

Seriously, lines around the block! One is always visible in Harrison/Small, downstairs gallery. Open to all!

A refrigerator over-performer: Garlic confit. Cook garlic cloves low in olive oil. Put them on absolutely everything. What else?

See, not just me. Arepas Steakhouse, people.

You all have to start going to Arepas Steakhouse. We were just almost the only folks in there at 6:45 on a Friday and that food is too good for that.

"Looking back over my life, the throughline for my brand of joy is the spontaneous creation of ridiculousness." I feel so seen by this line. Do you also do silly outfits alone? (Try it)

More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes. Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted. Beautiful and devastating all at once.

It Wednesday. send toot

Curious about collective bargaining? Me too! Join on Saturday, all are welcome.

Can't. Tia is asking about my girlfriends.

Can't. I see a bad moon rising.

Beautiful. True.

Finally got to eat at Arepas steak house tonight and it was just as good as I'd heard! Already excited to go back and try different things.

Someone hacked into Chicago’s DOT traffic sign who knew the assignment :::

Valentine's came around my 4th date with my now-husband. He handed me a huge box and I thought RED FLAG because... We barely know each other. But it was a fire extinguisher. And I was smitten. Because I had nearly set the kitchen on fire the previous week. 15+ years later, same dynamic.

Where did the data go? Since 2025, federal data on health & climate has been disappearing from gov websites. For #LoveData26, librarian Laura Hjerpe explores the legal fight to restore access and how you can help rescue at-risk info: https://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/wheres-data #DataRescue

"good news, we can use your Ring camera to find your pets" is clearly the least objectionable introduction to, "hey we're going to use your camera for surveillance purposes outside your control"

GUYS

Bad Bunny wins the super bowl! We can stop playing now

That's 91.1 for Cville or www.wtju.net from anywhere.

@wtjuradio.bsky.social is totally killing it with this Jesse Welles show. Just heard "Red" and "The Poor", two of my favorites. Tune in and throw them a few bucks if you can... we're lucky to have such great local radio!

This is a devious, unpatriotic administration. Time for massive resignations. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The investigation into the murder of Renee Good was terminated because the findings might undermine Trump’s declaration that she had driven over an ICE officer. If you’re tracking signs of fascism, “no research that might have findings counter to Dear Leader’s claims” is a big one.

Announcer just said the creators of this opening ceremony dance described it as "a movie taking place in front of our eyes" and I guess I'd like to know where movies usually take place for them

Do you guys remember when the athletes in Paris were all crammed on boats? There'd be like 65 people on a yacht and then 5 on a souped up canoe? They really got everybody in Paris to contribute boats to that one. Oh and I guess Lady Gaga feathered her way in and I didn't question it. Sorry, Mariah.

Sorry Stanley Tucci... I'm still trying to figure out what Mariah Carey is doing here

In case you thought this was a joke.

My favorite thing about the Olympics so far was the people dressed like coffee makers.

So... no shade on Mariah Carey... But was she just there so JD Vance wouldn't be scared by all the foreigners?

In case you need a laugh.

in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits

Funny wisdom welcome but this came after hearing that a friend's student employee said, "I'd like you stop giving me new work (while continuing to pay) since I'm figuring out what other job I want to do instead"... After spending months already in this purgatory. Friend... Not how jobs work.

I'm really grateful for the wisdom that comes with age & experience... Like the fact that if you're going to heavily moisturize your hands you should turn the bathroom door knob first, lest you get trapped in there with gripless hands. What's your wisdom?

Hello from my 25th minute atop the Emmet/Ivy garage, waiting to move.

Start off your day with some Langston Hughes. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...

We have masked agents taking over American cities and federal agents arresting reporters. Is the Republican Congress ever going to stand up to Trump or will they continue to sit idly by?

Thank you, senator.

This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.

Re-upping these threads for my Charlottesville peeps. Antifascist researchers like @ignitetheright.net @latenightafa.bsky.social @letsgomathias.bsky.social still work to ID these Unite the Right rally creeps — some of whom have moved on to Drumpf administration adjacent positions. We keep us safe.

one must imagine Sisyphus doing snow removal

This is cool. The City of Charlottesville & the United Way are connecting seniors & others in need with volunteers who will clear snow & ice for them. "Residents who need help with snow or ice removal may call 434-972-1702 to request assistance." www.charlottesville.gov/m/newsflash/...

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.