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Angie Calcaterra

@acalcaterra.bsky.social

Professor of Indigenous Studies and Early American Lit; parent who needs more sleep; too many cats. Views are my own.

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Rebecca Nagle@rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Native people are written out of the American story. Without us, you don’t know what happened.” To get the full story, listen to First America–the true story of how the United States came to be. And how our current political moment is 250 years in the making.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just a reminder that immigrants inside Delaney Hall are on their ninth day of a hunger and labor strike in protest of inhumane conditions and this was Governor Sherrill’s response last night:

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3mo ago

RIGHT NOW: NJ state troopers with riot gear are forcing protesters supporting the hunger strikers of Delaney Hall and media ppl down the street. They’re firing flashbang grenades at the ground to force people to disperse, per the @statuscoupnews.bsky.social livestream www.youtube.com/live/yTlpCYk...

AAUP@aaup.org · 7mo ago

Melissa McCoul was a senior lecturer in the English department at Texas A&M University, where she taught contemporary children’s literature. She was terminated from her position without due process after a student filmed a complaint about in-class discussions of gender. Listen to her story.

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10mo ago

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

Dan Vock@danvock.bsky.social · 11mo ago

At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...

At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans

Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs holding facility in Broadvi…

chicagotribune.com

Angie Calcaterra@acalcaterra.bsky.social · 12mo ago

not a new observation but ….. EVERY AI GUIDANCE DOCUMENT I READ BEGINS WITH SOME VERSION OF “AI HOLDS GREAT POTENTIAL TO REVOLUTIONIZE HIGHER EDUCATION,” CITES NO EVIDENCE FOE THIS CLAIM, AND THEN GOES ON TO LIST ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WITH AI. 😩 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · last yr.

They did it. They terminated my NEH grant. Their letter went to my junk mail. This is an active grant that would have finished on June 30. “Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government” They are so afraid of us.

Full text April 3, 2025 Dr. Joseph Rezek Dear NEH Grantee, This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement. Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFR§200.340. For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders, including but not limited to: E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025), Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy; E.O. 14151 (Jan. 20, 2025), Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing; E.O. 14168 (Jan. 20, 2025), Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government; and E.O. 14190 (Jan. 29, 2025), Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling. The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for the administration, and due to exceptional circumstances, adherence to the traditional notification process is not possible. Therefore, the NEH hereby terminates your grant in its entirety effective April 3, 2025.