Caitlin G. DeAngelis
graveyard historian; spouse to @fionawh.im; she/they 🏳️🌈
Cambridge, Massachusetts
THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance) globepequot.com/9781633888999/the-c…
- People are being so brave, putting their values into action. What can you do today to step up your actions in support of the organizers in Minnesota, the organizers in your own community, or your vulnerable neighbors? Whatever you're already doing, can you do one small thing more?
- “If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- I don’t want to be delusional or self-aggrandizing. But I believe that Harvard’s ongoing entanglement with Epstein was connected to how it investigated the history and legacy of slavery at Harvard. (based on my experiences as the head researcher on the Harvard and Slavery project, 2017-2019)
- Speaking on behalf of a religion that actively sought to spread itself to every country in the world whether invited or not, Speaker Johnson would like to share with you the Biblical case for strong borders.
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View full threadIt is actually amusing to see him come down firmly on the side of historical context when it suits him--he does it so infrequently that he's very bad at it.
- Wait. I am certainly no scholar of the Bible. But doesn’t the fact that this passage comes in the context of the Exodus imply that it is instructing them to not repeat the injustices perpetrated by Pharaoh (in his capacity as ruler, not his personal relationship with Moses)?
- Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas. Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member. We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
- So they’re just chasing people around the park with guns drawn via @apnews.com
- This is another outrageous attack on the dignity and safety of trans people — part of the ongoing campaign to eliminate them. Also, *everyone* is less safe when a state is stripping legal ID from a scapegoat group. It’s a direct attack on trans people. It’s also precedent.
