The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

If the right *truly* believed Charlie Kirk was a defender of free speech and someone who was fine with dissenting opinions, they wouldn't be engaged in a massive campaign to punish anyone who didn't "mourn him properly." They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social & @nursingclio.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe nursingclio.org/2025/08/20/m...

This week @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social argues that in a post Roe vs Wade world “Women who lose pregnancies, even before viability, are targeted in ways that strongly resemble early modern infanticide investigations.” nursingclio.org/2025/08/20/m...

We are so excited to have @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social back writing with us! Lara is one of our new writers-in-residence. She will be publishing a series of articles over the next year for NC.

Such an important piece. Thank you, @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social.

Laws and rules about "bereavement" for miscarriages are problematic b/c people have a variety of emotional responses to pregnancy loss. Care for women, but don't force them to call it "bereavement." www.cnn.com/2021/04/07/o...

The NIH just cancelled funding for research on how menopause affects the brain and can make it more vulnerable to Alzheimer's. Because Trump's people think it's unfair to study "women's health." Maybe we really do need to be talking about "menstruating people" and "pregnant people," since

"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.

Working out of the Mobile Studio today. Got a new drummer. She’s young, but she’s solid 🥁😉

I’m proud to join the great Cyndi Lauper in the fight for women’s rights & healthcare. Go to www.bonfire.com/girlswantrights2025 to get a shirt and learn more about the #GirlsJustWantToHaveFundamentalRights Fund. @tidescommunity.bsky.social

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

New song. Godspeed? Angels In The Ashes? Feeling a little rusty, but wanted to share.🤘🏻💙

"The historian Lara Freidenfelds made a similar argument in her excellent book, The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy... The process of creating new life is fragile, and reversible; it can be heartbreaking to attach so much meaning and hope to something so tenuous." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

My NEH grant was terminated in service of a new focus on “patriotic programming,” but as an American and an Americanist, I know that resisting this dangerous decision and the broader movement of which it is a part is my patriotic duty. Wrote abt it @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1936...

You know who’s a really effective messenger? Somebody who’s cleaned up their partner’s miscarriage before. Tell THOSE stories. Bring it home.

Yeah? Which parts would you like to hear about? Mopping up the blood that I found her unconscious in, with our bath towels? Or cleaning up the other bodily fluids after she fell off the toilet & almost bled to death? 💔

Thrilled to announced that @dsc250.bsky.social & my latest, "From Medical Exceptions to Reproductive Freedom" was just accepted by Michigan Law Review!! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Thread on the paper below:

Check out the podcast below from my friend, @ryanhamilton.bsky.social, where we talk about how abortion bans are unconscionably vague, leading to significant harms on all aspects of reproductive healthcare, including miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, etc.

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

NEW: The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected 👇

✨NEW PUBLICATION✨ @sshmedicine.bsky.social I am over the moon that my new article “unmarried women’s experiences of accessing the pill in Scotland c. 1968-1980” is finally out OPEN ACCESS in SHM. It draws on 31 #oralhistory interviews eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Revisiting Porsha Ngumezi's death from an untreated miscarriage under Texas's abortion ban, in the light of the arrest of a Texas midwife for allegedly prescribing abortion medication: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqMC...

I know most media outlets are sharing the news, but if you need a source/link, here’s one: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Historian of medicine Elena Conis describes the illnesses for which we now have vaccines: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Ryan is right, men need to step up in the fight for reproductive rights. Picture your life partner bleeding out on the bathroom floor because the hospital won't treat her miscarriage. Then vote/live/speak out like abortion bans are the emergency we know they are.

I recently spoke to Lone Star Live about what happens next, especially here in Texas, as we continue the fight for Abortion Rights. ✊🏻💙 ‘Texas tried to kill my wife’: Ryan Hamilton isn’t done advocating for abortion rights Full story: www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/03...

We are thrilled to hear that @kweingarten.bsky.social has published a new book! This is a fantastic resource for scholars and students.

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I love her! Everybody should subscribe to Abortion Every Day on Substack

Austin, TX. Here I come. See you tomorrow for A.I.A. ✊🏻💙 #abortionishealthcare

I feel like Musk is a very specific type of nerd who thinks he’s not meant to be a nerd, but that if he tries hard enough he can break into being a cool person, so he’s mean to the other nerds, but also not liked by the cool people. Basically he’s the guy who wore a fedora in high school.

"If anything is forbidden now, it is that medical and science journals, whose duty is to stand for integrity and equity, should bow to political or ideological censorship." @jocalynclark.bsky.social, @kamranabbasi.bsky.social, @bmj.com #TrustInScience www.bmj.com/content/388/...

PrEP only if you’re making/feeding a baby?? This is the weirdest, most misguided, most pernicious hybrid of pronatalism and homophobia that I’ve ever seen.

I have a confession . . . I was an “overhead cost”. I was a beaker washer, agar plate pourer, research secretary. I was paid by “overhead cost” fees. Loved it. Those “overhead cost” jobs allowed this rural kid to become a physician. Please tag how #OverheadCostJob impact u.

This is a REAL BILLBOARD here in Texas. Are these people serious?! 🤦🏻‍♂️🤬 cc @jessicavalenti.bsky.social #abortion #reproductiverights #texas

Legislators, law enforcement, and physicians’ “confusion over where the line between preserving health ends and preserving life begins have complicated medical care and put pregnant people at greater risk.”

Freezing scientific funding isn’t abstract. In medicine, life or death is often dictated by time. Temporary delays can cause great harm.

In other words, "ejaculate responsibly," to quote Gabrielle Blair. www.newsweek.com/mississippi-...