Tropics of Meta

Historiography for the masses. Cities, #mediastudies, #ethnicstudies, #publichistory #EastOfEast - *uncompromising solidarity with the people of Palestine*

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The historians appear to be optimistic, which is surely a sign of the end of the world

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Join Emily Dufton and Dr. Jerome Jaffe, Nixon’s Drug Czar for addiction treatment for a zoom discussion of Dufton’s new book and the longer arc of addiction treatment in the U.S. held by the Library of Congress on April 15, from 2pm to 3pm @emily_dufton https://t.co/eOtKPRQRc4

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This is so awesome. Glad these people are our most trusted allies https://t.co/EXjyG4gd4y

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viva #BenitoBowl https://t.co/L4ekiCubET

[Alex Sayf Cummings 🌹 @akbarjenkins]

Bleep, bloop, Boop https://t.co/DIZ8Vblyzh

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the fact that RFK Jr. and HHS are withholding childcare payments is such a great indication of how completely full of shit about whatever they supposedly care about these people are

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We're ringing in the New Year with a great new essay from Dr. Kevin Anzzolin about material culture and the iconography of labor in mid-century Mexico! https://t.co/nHxkSg4aGj

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@BL_Balthaser The NYT is so sclerotic and pathetic

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This is a big deal, especially for ratepayers in Georgia who've been getting soaked by @SouthernCompany & @GeorgiaPower for ages. Bravo!!! https://t.co/otry38Bfup

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Honestly, nice to see friend-of-the-blog George back to being a nasty bitch who loves drama https://t.co/M9f7Zgg9kb

[George Santos @Georgesantos]

Fuck you @CurtisSliwa I HATE YOU, your dumb wife, that stupid Beret of yours and all your fucking cats!

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Zohran out here quoting mufucking Eugene Debs in his victory speech. His rizz is an inexhaustible resource https://t.co/OVeAb2CL7W

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Dr. Emily Lu on Fanon's radical approach to psychiatry
https://t.co/a9BvkTMm3B

[Jude Webre @theotherjude]

Happy birthday to the hardest working man in the history business, and a total mensch

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This is so fucking sad: the legend D'Angelo passed at such an early age https://t.co/QoGw7geSAO

[Alex Sayf Cummings 🌹 @akbarjenkins]

Many years ago, I was in college and also a huge fan of The Book of Hours by the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Today I wonder if this was an adolescent infatuation — one of those things you get into fantastically but later feel embarrassed about... @tropicsm https://t.co/rGM2pz2lCL

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@theotherjude especially in the cesspool that is NYC/NY State politics

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This is an important essay about family history and the memory of the Holocaust by professor Jonathan Ablard. Thank you for sharing it with us https://t.co/Frp8DOrGzr

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I can’t exactly recall when I watched my last movie on VHS, but the cassette tape once defined my childhood. For kids of the 1980s and 1990s, videotapes were currency—expensive objects that you treasured, rewound, and wore out... https://t.co/F50RXTgtZQ

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For your Sunday: our weekly #aneurysms reading recs. With a little side of Rilke and Italian pop! @BostonReview @askmetafilter @brainpickings @aeonmag @laist @jacobin @pochogreatermx https://t.co/tB0HtP0idW

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Why public media like @kexp matter so much to us. We have to fight for this great public treasure that provides so much information and art to us. It's really really important. https://t.co/c7UBFlysIb

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The Democratic Party is apparently run by insurance claim adjusters, laid-off repo men and Sméagols who went through conversion therapy

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The epically talented and wise Kamala Harris has a 300-point plan to carpetbomb any kind of legacy she has left. Now she's saying she wanted Mayo Pete as running mate but decided against because he's gay. Can you imagine making worse of a lose-lose out of this? Just stop talking

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"Electoral identity risks" is an incredible way to put this