historianess

annaleen, 1 month ago to random

I asked my media studies students to look at the New York Times' op-ed page to determine what the paper's Overton Window is. Most thought it was fairly liberal, but others thought it was just kind of silly. One commented simply, "These are really absurd topics for articles."

StillIRise1963, 1 month ago to random

I don’t care if fascist Hope Hicks cries.

rbreich, 1 month ago to random

Let's be clear. There is no place for antisemitic harassment or violence on campuses or anywhere else. None.

But protesting the slaughter in Gaza is not in itself antisemitic, and having armed police arrest peaceful student demonstrators is never acceptable.

historianess, 1 month ago to random

The son of our department administrator (who is a student at NYU) was also arrested last night. I now know personally over a dozen faculty and students arrested last night.

When faculty were arrested last night, they were standing with their arms linked to protect students from arrest.

historianess, 1 month ago to random

Happening now at NYU: I am not sure how many students have been arrested; they sent in the NYPD in full riot gear.

At least two of my close colleagues, both in the history department, have been arrested.

NYU President Linda Mills should resign before we vote no confidence.

ParadeGrotesque, 2 months ago to random

3 body problem: great series, great casting, disappointed they decided to move the action from China to the UK.

Invincible s02,e05, e06: the goriest episodes yet.

Shogun e05 tonight. I expect war, especially after that massacre in the last episode.

historianess, 2 months ago to random

Bring back the guillontine.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/business/biden-corporate-jets-taxes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

ParadeGrotesque, 2 months ago to random

Let me get this straight. At this stage, we may have:

• Total nuclear annihilation (the 70s called, they want their MAD doctrine back),
• Strangulation by micro-plastics,
• Boiled alive by runaway climate change,
• Dystopian life servitude to a billionaire ruling class with nostalgic return to brown & black shirts on the side (for good measure),
• Black Plague returns (aka Covid-24 + Ebola or some such),
• All of the above.

Can we all agree that Terminator style AI is an outside bet?

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

I can't quite figure out what situation Lauren Boebert is dressed for.

historianess, 3 months ago to random

Thinking for no apparent reason about Bush v. Gore (2000).

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

The ONLY WAY to deal with SCOTUS is to impeach and enlarge.

historianess, 3 months ago to random

Today is the fourteenth anniversary of the murder of Trayvon Martin.

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

"Slaveowners sexually assaulted and abused their women slaves—and demanded reproduction from them. Rape was used as a tool to both force the women into submission and increase the profit of slaveholders through breeding. The slaves did their best to resist and rebel against such violence, while white women failed to oppose the gruesome behavior perpetrated by their husbands."

https://www.theroot.com/21-truths-and-myths-about-the-transatlantic-slave-trade-1851246946/slides/16

historianess, 3 months ago to random

A woman nearly died AND lost a fallopian tube because of Texas's abortion ban.

And her mother initially supported the Texas laws but now sees how they affect women. I'm really sick of this stuff where people don't have compassion until something bad happens to them or someone they love.

#roerage

https://web.archive.org/web/20240223174119/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/23/texas-woman-ectopic-pregnancy-abortion/

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

White people are TAUGHT to be racists. How many times do we have to cover the BASIC material?

historianess, 3 months ago to random

Gender-based income inequality persists:

"In all degree fields, the median earnings of women were less than those of men. For example, women and men with computer science degrees earned $91,990 and $115,500, respectively. Among economics degree holders, women earned $84,750 compared to $107,300 for men. Women with general education degrees earned $55,030 compared to $68,420 for men. Among history degree holders, women earned $62,980 and men earned $81,270 in 2022."

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/field-of-degree-earnings.html?fbclid=IwAR3iiZhu2BhhRYIPLdvDUIpWSEGnVC9upMh1uwUTnpYLybRDXWHTAUCm0aU

historianess, 3 months ago to random

Welp, my dishwasher has kicked the bucket, and it will be some weeks before it can be replaced. (Thanks, supply chain issues!)

It seems I will be...washing my dishes BY HAND for the foreseeable future.

YIKES.

ParadeGrotesque, 4 months ago to random

I want a shrubbery, a double bacon XXL burger, US$ 250,000 in $10 bills, a one way ticket to Valparaiso (business class) and a vanilla milk shake.

Is that too much to ask?

lavaeolus, 4 months ago to earlymodern

Does anyone hear read Early Modern vernacular Spanish (1583, 1608, 1614) and would help me with a translation of ~ 50 words?
@histodons @earlymodern @earlymodons

StillIRise1963, 4 months ago to random

My great-grandfather was born enslaved.

ParadeGrotesque, 4 months ago to random

Today was 4 hours of meetings, that could have been replaced by 4 short emails.