black.girl.historian, phd

When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

Edgelords doing an AI drive-by to cancel scholarly grants is awful. But what’s most damning is the willing participation of Michael McDonald and Adam Wolfson in destroying the agency they led www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

Screaming "wtf" and waiting for a spontaneous uprising is going to discourage you. There won't be a spontaneous uprising. That's just not where the people are at.

Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.

If you can't attend a protest, I would suggest speaking to your values in whatever ways you can, and attending to something *you can do*. Remember, many things are happening at once. They want to keep your head spinning.

Let purpose preempt despair.

Wait. Did everything we once "pinned" disappear once posts could be bookmarked?!

iykyk *deep sigh*

$400,000 worth of lobster stolen en route to Costco stores, shipper says The lobsters, which were not alive, were on their way to Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota, according to Rexing Companies.

This is New England's version of the Louvre heist.
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Reclaiming a Whitewashed History of the Great Depression A new exhibition focuses on Black Southerners documented by photographers like Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Ben Shahn.

Crafting Sanctuaries: Black Spaces of the Black Great Depression South, a new exhibition at the Museum of Art and Light in Manhattan, Kansas, showcases a broader view of FSA imagery, focusing on Black Southerners documented by photographers hyperallergic.com/reclaiming-a...

absolutely tf not.

Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...

*link* www.imls.gov/news/stateme...

Okay, @nehgov.bsky.social, you're next!

The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers “You shouldn’t have put your content on the internet if you didn’t want it to be on the internet,” Common Crawl’s executive director says.

"Common Crawl’s executive director, Rich Skrenta, has publicly made the case that AI models should be able to access anything on the internet. 'The robots are people too,' he told me."

bitch no they not

African American Cemetery Parcel Returned to Descendants The Maryland Board of Public Works approved the return of a small parcel of land that was an African American cemetery in Cabin John

The Maryland Board of Public Works approved the return of a small parcel of land that was an African American cemetery in Cabin John to the descendants of Morningstar Tabernacle No. 88. www.mymcmedia.org/african-amer...

The cover of Baltimore Beat. It is a photo of a Black woman standing against a white wall. She wears a black top and blue jeans. In the background, a painting of a Black woman can be seen hanging on a wall.

Issue 72 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover is a photograph of artist Amy Sherald. It was taken by SHAN Wallace.

Lincoln University announces plans for campus museum | Jefferson City News-Tribune An African American museum is coming to the Lincoln University campus.

Lincoln University announces plans for campus museum www.newstribune.com/news/2025/no...

MFA Boston returns works by 19th-century enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs The terms of the restitution of the two ceramic pots have been cast in the mould of Nazi war-loot agreements

something beautiful

#MuseumsAreNotNeutral #DaveThePotter

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SAU Mourns the Loss of Alumnus, Historian & BlackPast Founder Dr. Quintard Taylor - Saint Augustine's University Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) joins with the global community of scholars, historians, educators, and alumni to mourn the passing of Dr. Quintard Taylor (December 11, 1948 – September 21, 2025), ...

Saint Augustine’s U joins the global community of scholars, historians, & educators to mourn the passing of Dr. Quintard Taylor, a distinguished class of 1969 alumnus whose life’s work elevated Black history, expanded access to knowledge, & inspired countless minds. www.st-aug.edu/sau-mourns-t...

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GMU President Refuses to Apologize for Diversity Efforts, Lawyer Calls Ed. Dept. Claims ‘Absurd’ In a 10-page letter, Gregory Washington’s lawyer says the Trump administration conducted an incomplete and haphazard investigation full of “gross mischaracterizations.”

“Gregory Washington, George Mason University’s first Black president, will not be apologizing over diversity initiatives he’s pursued since his hiring in 2020” 👏👏👏

BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections.

They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.

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Also, if you want me to come talk about this or zoom into your classroom in the spring, this is a great time to ask! Or if you want to review it or something like that! But also, no pressure, I'll live

Please stop sharing Substack links.

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THIS.

WE HAVE PACKED THE BOV TO SAY SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL, SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT!!

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I thought it was just me since the lime one is so good.

Daniel Kwan Has a Plan to Tackle AI’s Hollywood Takeover and It Requires “Unprecedented” Action The Oscar-winning filmmaker of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ delivered a passionate plea for the future of Hollywood during a conversation with Jaron Lanier presented by Berggruen Institute’s St...

Talking to people at all different levels in Hollywood, “there’s this feeling that [AI] is inevitable,” says Oscar-winning filmmaker Daniel Kwan. “We cannot allow the tech industry to set the terms for our industries.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

'We have to insert ourselves': For Black women, seeds of wealth start with homeownership Baltimore-based nonprofit Black Women Build is helping women purchase homes by connecting them to funding, resources, DIY skills and community.

If you're short on hope and joy lately, I have just the thing. This story from our amazing fellow Eden Turner on the nonprofit Black Women Build, which is helping women purchase homes & build wealth, is beautiful. (It also features a monstera named Big Birtha 🥰)
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