!! @shannonmattern.bsky.social I see your name called in vain.
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!! @shannonmattern.bsky.social I see your name called in vain.
Also, why are you citing things you havenβt read or verified?! I do not understand.
As the author of a forthcoming book on how Americans remember (and forget) George Washington's legacy, and a public historian who's worked on the 250th anniversary for almost a decade now, I have lots of thoughts about this. For now I'll just say to media friends interested in this story: hit me up.
Oh boy. A real doozy. If you haven't been following the @nehgov.bsky.social fiasco, this gift article will catch up up. If you have been following, prepare to have your rage stoked all over again. As one of the recipients of a cancelled grant, I have some thoughts /1
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
Huge NYT article on the back story of those two weeks in March/April 2025 when DOGE illegally terminated hundreds of NEH grants. Gift link!!
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
These cancellations were so much more horrible for other people than for me personally, as my fellowship was coming to an end. Huge losses to hundreds of people and dozens of long term projects and ongoing relationships. The loss to humanities has been incalculable
This and a ton of additional material from our NEH case is available on our website historians.org/lawsuit-to-restore-the-neh
So wonderful to see my home museum (and the first museum I worked at) in @theartnewspaper.bsky.social. The team there has done an amazing job. β€οΈ
I was coming over here to post thisβ¦
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social I'm interested in your observation that elite pushback was critical in the case of Bolsonaro and Yoon. Are there examples of successful democratic resilience in the face of elite capture, particularly when the media is also part of the machinery?
What Iβd like to understand is how much damage from this term could be undone somewhat quickly and easily? Obv. there are long-term effects like broken international relations that will take time to repair, but could the Dems easily stop the camps, bring health and EPA regulations back, etc?
Here for this content.
All seems ok.
This is a powerfully moving piece.
Hooray!
This is amazing. Congratulations!!
Sharna, how awesome. Congratulations!! Iβm excited to read it.
Miss you xx
removing a symbol of pride from a small park in the middle of the west village is really an enormous fuck you from the worst people on the planet
This is just delightful.
To help illustrate the issue with Rubio's delegation of a political appointee to act as Archivist of the US, and to see what Congress intended, here's a 𧡠on parallels between what some believe about the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and what others believe about the Presidential Records Act.
*BREAKING: Rubio is out as acting Archivist, and has illegally named an ineligble political appointee to "to serve and perform the functions of archivist"βwhich he did not have the authority to do.
My reporting expands on @federalnewsnetwork.com's scoop:
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lastcampaign.substack.com/p/rubio-out-...
I wrote about the Epstein files and what it teaches us about the rot in the art world.
THIRD PRINTING ALERT: This is my first book and @wehere.bsky.social's first book. The response has been overwhelming (two small printing selling out in a matter of days), but also has meant a bit of lead time in-between. If you've read and enjoyed, please share this out so more folks can explore!
Just when we need clear writing about the threats to arts and cultureβ¦
(fellow Aussie/immigrant here⦠where did you get the shirt?!)
In which @tressiemcphd.bsky.social scares the shit out of me.
βICE knows that it cannot shoot us all. But the Department of Homeland Security is close to being able to track us all.β www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Itβs beautiful
I wrote in TIME about what happens when a government sets out to reconstruct a nationβs cultural memory.οΏΌ
That sounds lovely.
