"Carol is, in fact, a portrait of deradicalisation; the comfortable dissenter in a position of privilege who must loosen her ethical boundaries to preserve that privilege (like so many of us, our ideals and morals shackled to capitalism even as it devours the world)." 😮‍💨🔥 What a read.

To think, 6 minutes ago, I had the arrogance to think my syllabus was done…

The US just left the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), which it was a founding member of in 2011 and chaired in 2023. FOC was established to protect free expression and human rights on the Internet in coordination between governments, civil society, academics, and businesses.

Includes International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property; International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies.

Important note with this: Autoplay settings are local to your device. Turning it off on mobile doesn't mean it's off on desktop.

This is some of the best advice for today.

Yesterday I labored over six sentences (feat. around 14 citations) and it felt like a *really* productive day of writing.

I cannot tell you just how *tremendously hard* various volunteers have worked on this massive @unbreaking.org update: sifting through awful, terrible news every single day, identifying connections and themes, all to build a clear picture of the harm the federal government’s caused.

@edyong209.bsky.social ??

Museum folks! I'm running a small, anonymous & unscientific survey about how much museums and other heritage organisations pay writers. If you have a moment, please respond, and share if you can. Thank you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“One park service superintendent, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation and losing their job, said the communication they’ve received from higher-ups clarifies that national park staff will not only have to review, but also carry out the removal of content by the deadline.”

I love institutional conscious uncouplings. ““Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi have mutually agreed, in the best interest of the magazine, to let her contract expire at the end of the year,” Condé Nast, the publisher of Vanity Fair, and Ms. Nuzzi said in a joint statement on Friday.”

This is such evocative writing… "But while Pantone tries to invoke the color's connotation as a fresh start or blank canvas, remember that the white of a new sheet of paper is born from the brown-trunked trees that were planted, nurtured, cut, pulverized, bleached, and pressed."

“The only possible explanation for this is the remarkable success of safe-sex campaigns that were spearheaded and designed by activists and supported by state and commonwealth governments, sometimes quietly, that were convinced by the case that moralising about sex would not prevent transmission.”

African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations

What a cool event.

That was… fast.

I cannot foresee anything bad that might come from this…

Next semester’s syllabus practically writing itself…

And so it was ordered…

"One in three museums said they had deferred or delayed infrastructure improvements or construction. One in four canceled or reduced specialized programs for students, rural audiences, individuals with disabilities, elderly people, or veterans. One in 10 laid off staff members."

“Blogs are one of the great literary inventions of our time. Coming somewhere between an essay and a diary entry, they are a form of personal journalism that is intimate and immediate... but they also have… a rough-edged informality that breaks down barriers. They are engaging.”

BALTIMORE! A friend of mine who is an art conservator just got grant funding for a project on how to preserve queer stories and objects if anyone is interested please pass this flyer along

!! "This marks the first time that the Museum has resolved an ownership claim for works of art that were wrongfully taken under the conditions of slavery in the 19th-century U.S."

@5easypieces.bsky.social is writing again! This brings me such joy.

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social You were fantastic today. Thank you for such a strong defense of libraries and museums and the deep social infrastructures of care they support.

One amazing speaker after another! Let's talk abt libraries and public spaces, shall we? We just heard from the magnificent @tressiemcphd.bsky.social here at the Teach-In in Defense of History and Museums. When a talk begins with a quote from Prince 💜 ... you know it's gonna be lit! #publicspaces

I’m on the train down to the History and Museum teach-in. Very excited to listen, learn, share, and build community and connection. If you’re in DC, hopefully I’ll see you there!

“UC Berkeley… has had enormous power in shaping the social and physical environment of its surrounding community. Because this university sits at the nexus of public good, profit, and plunder, our project is history not only *for* the public but also *of* the public.”

I’m excited to be joining the line-up for this Sunday’s teach in in defense of history and museums. There is much to learn and do, but we’ll do all of it better together. Hopefully I’ll see you there. linktr.ee/historyteachin

Has there even been a more apt visual metaphor?!

DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin

“This administration can erase African American history from websites; order exhibits removed from Smithsonian museums and National Park Service sites; and even order a Confederate monument returned to Arlington National Cemetery…”

Feeling very proud of my Wikipedian-in-Residence colleagues who tackled an armed suicidal man. Andrew Lih, Wikimedia Laureate 2022, prised a loaded gun from his hand. Richard and Andrew are bookish computer guys who work in libraries. That takes some guts.

Chris Van Hollen for Senate Minority Leader. We need someone at the helm who understands the fight we're in and is willing to fight it. As far as I've seen, no one in the Senate Dem caucus is speaking with more clarity or conviction.

This sounds like an amazing book, but “Due to new U.S. customs regulations, we are unable to accept orders from the United States." We are kept further from new knowledge again.

“But the data out of Montgomery County, Maryland makes one thing unmistakably clear: this crusade is not a mass movement. It’s the obsession of a vanishingly small minority…”

"Mapping the Black Digital and Public Humanities" invites Black Digital and Public Humanities project directors to submit their projects to an interactive map and searchable database of 650+ international #Black #DigitalHumanities and #PublicHumanities projects. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

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This sounds so good.

This sounds so good.

I miss a world where we wrote and engaged with each other about DH in small bites. @dhnow.bsky.social helped create that community and I'm glad it's back. digitalscholar.org/dhnow-and-co...

Good.

This is excellent.

Woke up to discover that the roads were blocked on all sides by the Maryland Cycling Classic, then proceeded to have an absorbing, if unexpected, day watching some great cycling—dashing from the TV to the street when the riders passed by. It was a much needed distraction and a lovely day.

All right, putting it out into the world… if anyone back in Australia has hot tips on a job for a museum studies professor who loves teaching and public programs and has leadership and strategic thinking skills, I’d love to hear them. Holding on here, but longing to be back in Oz.

I saw three of these on my walk to work…

Watching how Mayor Jacobs and Gov. Pritzker are having to explain why they oppose Trump’s military occupation is infuriating. Those of us who live in Baltimore, Chicago, and other cities cited by Trump are not a backdrop for a strongman’s show of power. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Oh no!!

"None of us can imagine what it is like to be subjected to the unremitting physical, psychological, and social violence of chattel slavery. But museums such as the NMAAHC bring us closer ... by sharing 1st person accounts of those who lived through that terrible violence."