Throwback to Antalya 6 weeks ago. Kaleiçi and Aspendos Next stop, Albufeira in May and hopefully Croatia and Istanbul later this year

Friends, I'm going to teach an adult education class on the Aztecs and Mayas (also other Indigenous cultures in Mexico). Gimme some snappy titles! I'm crap at writing them! Gracias!

Windy and rainy 4+ miles with a mile of absolute mud and muck. Very slow but a solid training run

decorated a bit for Christmas already

If you use the Turnitin AI detector, do you find that it's pretty accurate? I've got nearly an entire class whose papers are 75% or more AI generated only. I specifically told them not to do this.

New piece forthcoming:“Carcerality in Mexican History.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Legal History. A comment from the editor: "I'm not sure anything like this exists for the field, so you've done immense service in creating this comprehensive bibliography." Super proud of my work!

Because everything in the world seems absolutely terrible right now, he’s my first successful logburner fire. Now to get up, start revising some articles, and begin the process of switching visas and job hunting

To follow up on my previous post, as it’s evident I’ll never get to teach it again at my former institution, I do a really great and wildly popular class on Aztecs, Incas and Mayas (I didn’t create the class or come up with the title, but I made it “mine”).

Looking for some online teaching for next semester! World history, any theme of LatAm history, I’m your girl!!

Completed my first half marathon in 2:22.25. I’m well pleased, it was windy and hilly at times, but I did it. And I loved it. And I raised over £400 for #rspcasuffolk! #ipswichhalf Now back to job hunting…

The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House: Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social

But”the media” is mostly complicit in this madness, so why would they call him on this?

UK based folks: does anyone know of agencies that specifically assist skilled workers or global talent in finding new roles? In the US they’re called headhunting firms, but I don’t know if that’s the right term in the UK? I’d consider Ireland as well

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.- William Shakespeare, The Tempest

Teaching at a new university for the first time. I'm really excited to "meet" (virtually) my students at University of Louisiana. I've even taught myself Panopto!

Half marathon training going well, even though I’m very slow. First #parkrun today and did a further three miles after

Also, give a little love to the pups and kitties of Suffolk by donating to my Ipswich Half Marathon goal! You can donate in £ or $ and many thanks! www.justgiving.com/page/michele...

Right-o, so I’m teaching the Colonial LatAm survey online for the first time in a few years. I’ve not taught a full semester online class in awhile, so I’m struggling a bit with final assignments. Any suggestions hivemind?

Trying to explain to a Brit why I can’t just up and switch to a better paying job, whilst on a visa in their country, is so goddamned exhausting that I just give up

A good post. I still teach online here and there, but as someone who left a tenured position in the US for the UK, moving abroad to a new academic position is available to a select few, to which the author alludes. UK higher ed is a mess and immigration policies restrictive. No academic post for me!

Absolutely ☠️🤣

US Police State (to the tune of Agnostic Front’s NY Police State, for all you old punk rockers) What the fuck is going on

This is a great piece. Perhaps I’ll draft my own someday about leaving the academy in 2022 for the precarity (and poverty) of immigration to the UK. But this piece by @shannonmattern.bsky.social is brilliant for today

Hey so does anyone know of headhunters or agencies that scout talented folks who require visa sponsorship for the UK? Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers). Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things. TIA

Hey so does anyone know of headhunters or agencies that scout talented folks who require visa sponsorship for the UK? Asking for a friend (seriously, I’ve done some googling and get conflicting answers). Also looking for funding orgs so I can do some smart, big important things. TIA

Montserrat, you are pretty magical

Holiday mode engaged

Two more days until Spain. Let’s see how my Spanish has held up after like 6 years of not speaking it. Also, time for all the gazpacho and croquetas

That’s absolutely repulsive. “This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally, and ethically, and whatever is likable about our people’s warm patter does not in any way forgive what we have done to the world.” www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Good god… I mean, I know the US ignores most IHRL treaties anyway, but this is an abomination www.vox.com/scotus/41616...

I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

This is such a disastrous policy and yes I’m selfishly irate about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

To hell with every last one of these monsters and the equally vile monsters who voted for Trump

If your department is looking for a skilled an experienced teacher of LatAm/US/World History online, I know a girl ☺️

Who wants to gift a girl £40,000? Because between the immigration white paper the UK has put out and some other stuff, this girl probably needs a new start somewhere yet again 😫

Leiston Abbey and Greyfriars Abbey (Dunwich)

I hope every Pride parade in the country happens at the same time as Donold’s military one.

Happy to entertain online LatAm teaching gigs, research help, leads on Human Rights work, you name it. UK Visa required, unless part time/remote (😢) I have some big ideas but until then, I need a side hustle that isn’t pub work

He’s absolutely not one of the top MS-13 members. Having written declarations for immigration courts, asylum seekers are scrutinized, as are testimonies submitted on their behalf. This is such bullshit from a bullshit administration

The waves crash with timeless rhythm along the rugged coast of Inis Meáin, #Ireland. Part of the Aran #Islands, Inis Meáin is known for its wild Atlantic beauty, traditional stone walls, and deep connection to #Irish heritage. [Damien Marshall]

And I had to post about Italy because I cannot keep wallowing in the horrible fucking immigration nightmares and the conversation with my brother-in-law about whether or not we’re in a dictatorship yet. This is madness and I’ll lose my mind otherwise

Trip to Italy all booked! Napoli and Isola d’Ischia in July. Now to figure out how to get there (ideally train, but…)

* Cuisine, Consumption, and Identity * Constructing Motherhood: Public Health and Gender in Modern and Colonial Mexico * Roundtable: Doing Expert Witness Work on Latin American Asylum Cases

Had a lovely @rmclas-conference.bsky.social in Ottawa seeing so many old friends and sharing ideas. Looking forward to next year (and getting back to Canada someday soon)

Really interesting panel, unless you’re afraid of clowns ☺️ @rmclas-conference.bsky.social

So excited for @rmclas-conference.bsky.social starting on Wednesday! It’s so difficult being an independent scholar and struggling to find work, but I’m really looking forward to talking about my asylum work and seeing so many friends and colleagues in Ottawa! Here’s hoping there’s big things ahead

Basically operating on 25 hours of door to door travel and very little sleep in the last two weeks, and I’m an emotional basket case