Miriam Walden

Anti-Amazon posters spotted in Seattle

"Maybe this war will be different..."
Stencil seen in Seattle

"Everything feels blurry" Children in Gaza struggle to learn after Israel's genocide robs them of schools and homes.

"We study, but the notebook isn't clear. Everything feels blurry."

"Sometimes I get dizzy and forget a lot."

"For these children, education is no longer a system or a curriculum. It has become a memory of a place, or a sound without drones."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Education #Military #Genocide

Yeah. Theory remains unproven.

Take Your Research Public Take Your Research Public is a free practical course aimed at academic researchers (from mid-PhD onwards) who want to develop writing for magazines, social media, podcasts, radio or the broad trade…

Very pleased to announce that TAKE YOUR RESEARCH PUBLIC is back for 2026. It's a practical course supporting PhD students and academics working on historical topics to translate their work into public-facing scholarship. Runs 2-23 June online. Apply by 20 April @dcahf-met.bsky.social

Flow chart detailing whether or not to start a union reform caucus.

Featuring our handy flow chart:

Just another reminder of how powerful an idea socialism is....scary powerful I guess, and seductive.

These depositions are my new favorite show. I cannot stop watching them.

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

“Follow your policies to exactness and keep impeccable records of it. That's our number one ask of librarians. And stop silently ‘weeding’.”

@laneyhawes.bsky.social delivers a masterclass to librarians from an advocate’s perspective. Dynamite interview. Kudos to @slupodcast.bsky.social!

We must protect patient care at Alameda Health System. Special Board meeting today 3:30pm to hear my letter with Sup. Miley to ensure layoffs deferred thru 6/30/26 so we can work together on options & solutions to impacts of federal budget cuts. Agenda: alamedacounty.granicus.com/DocumentView...

Moms Are Risking Arrest to Protect Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth The government wants to ban care nationwide, and hospitals are shutting down treatment. Parents just want it all to stop.

www.them.us/story/trans-...

Measles is 'worse than expected' in Utah, officials say Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation.

"She’s hearing from people sick with the virus:

'A number of them clearly said if they had known, they would have vaccinated themselves and their children against measles, but they didn’t realize how bad it was.'"

What happens when we downplay disease.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

How US-Israel war on Iran deepens Gaza crisis Expanding regional conflict shifts global attention as Gaza faces border closures, inflation and 'ceasefire' violations.

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And here is the full version of this piece! bsky.app/profile/kate...

Map snapshot depicting the predicted relative anomalousness of surface temperatures from the ECMWF ensemble over the Western U.S. in about a week from now. A a huge region of bright orange and red colors (depicting extremely high warm temperature anomalies) is centered right in the middle of the map, and covers essentially the entire region.

Lots of buzz online about an upcoming major March heatwave for the American SW & California. And in this case, it does indeed appear increasingly likely than an extremely anomalous and even record-breaking heatwave may envelop much of the SW about a week from now.

Albuquerque’s Mayor Said Arrests Were “Not the Solution” to Homelessness. Yet Jail Bookings Have Skyrocketed. Under Tim Keller’s leadership, the city has increasingly criminalized conduct associated with homelessness, causing a growing number of people on the streets to be arrested and jailed.

About half the jail population in Albuquerque is homeless. The county spends about $169 per night to jail inmates without significant medical or mental health needs. Housing individuals in the city’s year-round emergency shelter costs $44 a night.

In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...

I wonder what percentage of Americans knows that the CIA helped overthrow a democracy in Iran in 1953, installing a brutal dictator who tortured and murdered people. Republicans keep citing the 1979 Islamic Revolution as if that was the start of U.S.-Iran hostilities. Go back 26 years earlier.

I was in Mexico City for it today and the whole fucking city was shut down so women could march in the streets, wear purple and glitter and decry patriarchy. It was great !

Marco Rubio hanging out with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio at the "Shield of the Americas" event

Marco Rubio hanging out with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio at the "Shield of the Americas" event, in case you were still thinking it had some sort of legitimate purpose

This was completely unnecessary. It did not have to happen. Everything that has happened since February 28th did not have to happen

Palestinian historian and academic Walid al-Khalidi dies aged 100 The Jerusalem-born scholar leaves behind a legacy spanning decades of research and writing on the question of Palestine

A, monumental, loss. We have been so blessed to have Walid with us, all these years. A giant of a man. Today, a, great and vast, library burned down. Rest in sweet peace. Our hearts broken.

Palestinian historian and academic Walid al-Khalidi dies aged 100

www.newarab.com/news/palesti...

Literal black rain followed.

As the death toll climbs higher each day, we must remember:

Those being killed are not statistics. They are real people who had loved ones. Who had hopes and dreams.

Our leaders have a moral duty to stop this killing.

Be careful. Don't get into the story of the hose and the fishes.

Sign at the International Women's Day demonstration in Paris reading "hope is a discipline, Mariame Kaba"

At the International Women's Day demonstration in Paris today:

"Hope is a discipline", @prisonculture.bsky.social

there is no opposition party in the U.S.

AI Isn't A Ticket to an A — Jessica Calarco I teach a freshman seminar on kids and society. For their first project, my students create an infographic that aims to clarify a common misconception about “kids these days.” For reasons I’ll outline...

You're welcome to use/share this with your students. Here's a quick write-up explaining how I use it in my class, along with a link to a PDF version for easy printing/sharing.
www.jessicacalarco.com/teaching-res...

This is fabulous! Jess, can people use it?

North Tehran’s Aqdasiyeh oil depot is ablaze tonight after it was targeted by multiple US-Israeli airstrikes. Apocalyptic scenes filmed by Iranians driving on the nearby highway. Local reporters saying firefighters can’t put it out. This depot is critical energy infrastructure for Iran.