katelanddeck
Historian of Women Airforce Service Pilots Book w @crownpublishing
History Prof; Doc film producer; Public Historian; talking head; Bluesky Elder Certified; linkedin.com/in/katherine-kate-l… https://katherinesharplanddeck.com
- Reposted by katelanddeckTrump is deporting grad students and strawberry pickers and 4-year-olds with brain cancer, but importing white racists from South Africa and the families of Mexican cartel leaders. Do I have this right?
- MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration. apnews.com/article/el-c...
- At jury duty today and the little introductory video taught us all about the Magna Carta and its influence on the American government. Maybe we should reflect on that as we watch the destruction of the rule of law today. #thatisall
- Missing my wonderful mother today on this first mother's day without her. Give yours a big hug if you can. It goes fast.
- Love seeing @jelaniya.bsky.social on @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social tonight!
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- No. The title page and bibliography do not count as part of your required page count. #thatisall
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- This is really fascinating. I have many questions and concerns, but the potential as a research tool is intriguing.
- ✨✨Maps & newspaper research from LwM & MRM teams (@danielwilson.bsky.social @joshrhodes.bsky.social @jonhistorian61.bsky.social @nottinauta.bsky.social @ruthahnert.bsky.social @npedrazzini.bsky.social @kallewesterling.bsky.social + more) featured in @pnas.org this week! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- I am giving a final exam and the sky outside is getting dark, the thunder and lightning intense. Students are trying to stay focused but man, this is distracting. Hoping the lights stay on.
- Reposted by katelanddeckTexans, we need all hands on deck to stop SB 37. Please use this tool and take a few minutes to write members of the House higher ed committee encouraging them to reject this destructive bill.
- 🤠The SB 37 hearing in the House Higher Ed committee is today! Use this tool to contact the committee members to voice your opposition to this disastrous bill! #WhenWeFightWeWin #StrongerTogether #LetEducatorsBeEducators
- Reposted by katelanddeckThis is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die. “This is an abomination.” (🎥 Middle East Eye)
- 5.8 million kids w long covid.
- Reposted by katelanddeckSince Alcatraz is in the news, did you know that in 1969 a group of indigenous protesters occupied and reclaimed the island for 18 months, becoming one of the most important moments for the American Indian Movement and contemporary Native American History?
- Reposted by katelanddeckBen Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox. “In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
- Reposted by katelanddeck“I think that 1970 will be known as the year of the beginning, in which we really began to move on the problems of clean air and clean water and open spaces for the future generations of America,” said President Richard “Tricky Dick” Nixon (R), on signing the Clean Air Act
- Reposted by katelanddeckOur story on Trump's historic conflict of interest is on A1 NYT today, with the play it deserves. Trump both appoints the financial regulators and profits from the regulatory rollbacks his appointees are engineering--while his crypto company takes tens of millions from overseas investors.
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- Reposted by katelanddeckHappy Hitler committed suicide day to all who celebrate
- Excited to be on @wnyc.org and @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social this morning at 11:10 EST to talk about 100 years of women in the military- including the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII. Call in and say hi!
- Looking forward to chatting with @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social tomorrow 4/30 at 11:10 EST for their 100 Years of 100s things celebration. I'll be talking about women in the military. Listen if you can! www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/
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- Looking forward to chatting with @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social tomorrow 4/30 at 11:10 EST for their 100 Years of 100s things celebration. I'll be talking about women in the military. Listen if you can! www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/
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- Just in case anyone wonders when the shortages are going to begin. @carlquintanilla.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com
- If you like ebooks or audio books, mine is on sale in a few places. Now seems a particularly important time to learn about these women pilots from WWII, including their fight in the 1970s to be recognized as Veterans. Thanks for helping them not be forgotten or erased from our history. #404
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- So proud to be associated with @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social as a @crownpublishing.bsky.social author. #Fight
- @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Online Ceramics have teamed up on a bold new Reading is a Right collection — and 100% of PRH’s net proceeds will be donated to ALA to further our work to defend libraries and fight censorship. 🧡 online-ceramics.com/collections/...
- Reposted by katelanddeckGélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after. But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
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- Reposted by katelanddeckYou can't report on this garbage without informing readers of the literal identical policy under Hitler. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
- Just a day after he gave a public Easter blessing, Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday. apnews.com/article/vati...
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- Reposted by katelanddeckMark Paoletta is the guy at the center of the Harlan Crow painting with Clarence Thomas, sitting on the pedestal of the weird Native American statue.
- Reposted by katelanddeckThis might be the most accurate skit that has ever appeared on TikTok and that’s a strong field
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[Not loaded yet] - Reposted by katelanddeckUS students. Looking to apply to graduate school? Had an offer rescinded recently? The University of British Columbia in Canada will re-open the application portal in some departments for US students from April 14-18. Details: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #ubc #AcademicSky #PhDSky #ScienceSky
- Reposted by katelanddeckBooks by racists remain in the Naval Academy library, but books that study or seek to explain racism have been purged. Indeed, the books that could best explain what Hegseth is doing to the US military will no longer be available to its officers. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/infantiliz...
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- Reposted by katelanddeckAlso: The Jonathan Stickland mentioned in the above article is the same political operative who, weeks after Paxtons impeachment, was forced out of Dunn and Wilks political empire after we reported on the extensive white supremacist ties he had built (including secretly hosting Nick Fuentes)
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- Reposted by katelanddeckWhen I was a kid, I never could quite grasp how the Dark Ages happened, how a society would *choose* to walk away from science and knowledge. Probably with the help of a bunch of liberals who were quiet when the targets were minority groups or thinkers who made them uncomfortable.
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- Reposted by katelanddeckThe National Weather Service has paused automated services that provide severe weather alerts in languages other than English after the government contract for those services expired, the agency confirmed to PBS News.
- Thought some folks might like to see this. 25% of his presidency golfing. He is at a golf tournament this weekend as well. www.usatoday.com/story/news/2... trumpgolftrack.com
- Reposted by katelanddeckThe National Humanities Alliance is collecting information on canceled NEH grants to share with congressional leaders. This is legit fact finding in support of competent lobbying. If you've had your grant canceled, do let them know. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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- Reposted by katelanddeckThe Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country. The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US. He had a golf tournament to get to.
- Reposted by katelanddeckAfter crashing the stock market, Trump is now in FL for the rest of the week hosting the Saudi-owned LIV golf league at his course.
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- Reposted by katelanddeckThe President straight up lied when he said the US is now charging tariffs at half the rate other countries charge. They made up those tariffs out of whole cloth. We now likely have the highest tariffs in the developed world, and even higher than many developing countries.
- Reposted by katelanddeckA few tips for NEH grantees: 1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP. 2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
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- Reposted by katelanddeckMillions of you, around the world, have put the lessons I wrote in #OnTyranny in late 2016 to good use. It has been humbling to learn how from courageous and creative dissenters, protestors, and oppositionists. I was honored when John Lithgow volunteered to read them aloud.
- Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
