We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.

Sitting with GMU history classmate @mebrett.bsky.social as we watch GMU classmate @faisdaudau.bsky.social + Denise Frazier + Hannah Krueger-Benson talk about work on amazing Frenchmen Notes public history project. #ncph2025 frenchmennotes.com

Musk’s staffers have entered an independent government agency by force. Employees from DOGE are now inside the Washington offices of the United States Institute of Peace. This comes just days after agency representatives were unable to gain access to the building on Friday being blocked by lawyers.

ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.

IMLS is under attack. They’ve been instrumental in digital humanities and GLAM. Make noise, spread the word, call your reps. IMLS co-funded my 1st NEH grant, which later became the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium & introduced 1000s of students of color to DH. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...