Dr. Erika L. Briesacher

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

One Day We Will Commemorate 9-11 Like the Civil War This essay originally appeared on the History News Network’s website back in 2011.

Some thoughts about the loss of my cousin and the broader question of 9-11 memory. 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Solidarity friend. Thanks for putting this so succinctly.

Love this for us!

I've been quiet here, but definitely looking to be more communicative. Checking in on everyone, hope you're making a way through all . . . this.

I guess it could happen here after all.

it needs to be said that while democratic elected officials are trying to get into the USAID building which was shut down by musk, CNN and MSNBC are showing the entirety of a trump press conference.

all you people who told us to calm down can go fuck yourselves

Yep. And now finding ways to combat it. Cheers, friend.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

In 1935, in compliance with the Nuremburg Laws, the German military dismissed all Jews serving in its ranks.

Just sayin.

What Percentage of a State's Primary and Secondary Education Revenue Comes from the US Department of Education | Created with Datawrapper Red dots represent states where Trump won the majority of the electorate, and blue dots where Harris did.

For those who care about education, here’s your graph for calls today on federal grants being frozen. Please if you are in a state that went for Trump, CALL CONGRESS, and point out that it hurts your state disproportionately MORE.

www.datawrapper.de/_/skaST/

That's really interesting--and I can totally see it, because it's such a salient experience in a lot of places.

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By all means let's keep building AI data centers that use a water supply the equivalent of Guatemala's yearly consumption. I mean, what could possibly go wrong

Holy cow!

Yep, she indexed my book. Highly recommend.

Thank you for the help with all this. The perils of getting reoriented!

This is awesome--thank you so much!

This is awesome. Thank you!!

Thank you friend!!

I definitely am behind the curve--would love any help! How do I get on that list? I'm slowly discovering the starter pack thing.
Happy to join the party! 😁

Using some of this in my book on homemade COVID facemasks. Material culture is activism.

I am so very slowly remembering a) I have an account here b) I have to rebuild my whole "thing" and c) I am hopelessly technologically unsavvy.

It's like learning my Gen-Alpha daughter's slang EVERY MOMENT.

Skibidi.