Denise D. Meringolo
@ddmeringolo.bsky.social
Immediate Past President, NCPH. Public History Professor. Mom. Dog Lover. Anxious Extrovert. DEIA & true empathy are critical ingredients of meaningful community. I am proud of my organization & my employer, but I speak only for myself. She/Her not ma’am.
Anthea Hartig, the director of the NMAH, responding to 🤡's sycophants who wasting more taxpayer $ on 'questioning' about this: “Examining the harder chapters of our history is not the same as hostility toward America" "Telling our history fully is not anti-American.” 🎯🎯🎯
Repeat after me: "The center is too far right." Don't think about winning your election; think about what it would actually take to protect and serve residents of the United States. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
‘It’s scary’: Scandal sends Wisconsin Dems into freakout mode over governor’s race
The Democratic establishment is alarmed that a top candidate’s collapse and the surge from a democratic socialist could cost them the governorship.
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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
NCPH rejects authoritarian efforts to rewrite and simplify history; the Trump administration’s attempt to control knowledge; efforts to silence the voices of communities of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals; and the dismissal of intellectual freedom, expertise, and collaboration.
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My fervent hope is that I am smart enough to retire and get out of the way before I become THIS out of touch.
Mediaite@mediaite.com · last mo.‘I’m Done, I’m Not in That F*cking Political Party’: James Carville Freaks Out After Progressives Win Big in Democratic Primaries
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
A.I. is killing students’ writing homework, but to get around it, teachers are making students write in class. By hand.
How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)
High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence.
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It’s obvious that almost all media organizations are failing to cover the biggest threat to humanity. And there’s no improvement in sight. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #climatecrisis
A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Join us in DC this spring for an NCPH Mini-Con ncph.org/conference/r...
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
nytimes.com
Particularly during these dark days, art and laughter matter, and I am grateful for O'Hara's body of work. Especially the warm and wonderful Schitt's Creek. Also, I am now old enough to utter the words, "Seventy One is SO YOUNG!"
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo agoCatherine O’Hara, award-winning actor of big and small screen, dies aged 71
Just as we don’t have a respectable First Lady, we no longer have a real Justice Department.
Don Lemon arrested by federal authorities after protest at Minnesota church service
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post Friday on X that Lemon was arrested, as were three others, "in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one. It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the state will lead an investigation after federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis.
What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
Funny how the Fourth Amendment keeps getting treated like a suggestion box.
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
This makes me physically ill. I suppose a particular type of American will hold their wedding at a plantation before honeymooning in Gaza.
haversack@hsack121.bsky.social · 8mo agoivanka rump's husband, pos jared, presents $112.1 billion plan for beach side luxury resort on shattered ruins of Gaza www.timesofisrael.com/us-said-to-p...
The thing MAGA fails to understand: if high ranking Democrats are caught up in Epstein’s pedophile and sex trafficking ring, WE WANT THEM ARRESTED TOO. We do not worship politicians.
A person can live on holiday cookies and coffee, right?
“No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever — not President Trump, not President Biden, and not anyone else,” the lawsuit states.
Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project
President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.
apnews.com
If self driving cars become the norm, I will be staying completely off the roads
