Ondine LeBlanc

#amediting & doing history as Editor of Publications @MHS1791| #amtweeting just for me abt lit, pubs, art & design, XML & archives | #amdrinking scotch.

[Dr. Kelly Carr @carr_mkelly]

Reupping a great thread ...

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

I am in awe of jessie little doe baird & thrilled that she will speak @MHS1791 on Jan 25. The phenomenon jessie set in motion--reclaiming a language that had been silent for a century+--is epic, truly mind-boggling. Join us to learn more: https://t.co/WFU2R4nKGc

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

The MHS event is hybrid, but I recommend taking the opportunity to see jessie in person if you are in the Boston area. The link to register is here: https://t.co/WFU2R4ncQE

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

I am in awe of jessie little doe baird & thrilled that she will speak @MHS1791 on Jan 25. The phenomenon jessie set in motion--reclaiming a language that had been silent for a century+--is epic, truly mind-boggling. Join us to learn more: https://t.co/WFU2R4nKGc

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

For more about the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project, see here: https://t.co/KapzRIarb9

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@jim_900 I think “carved” may be the more significant word there …

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@shookness10 @JuliusGoat Thanks for sharing. As the article says,not shocking but very disturbing.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

Incredible

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@jbf1755 Nathanael West’s _A Cool Million_ (1934) is similarly chilling, despite the more absurdist elements of the narrative. West’s work is cynical but powerful—and tends to lead to despair …

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@BrynnTannehill This part of Niemoller's biography is especially relevant to what we are seeing today: https://t.co/8WdFTdZPPQ

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@BrynnTannehill Martin Niemoller, famous for "First they came for," was a Lutheran pastor. He realized his mistake too late. https://t.co/ixG9ESuW94

[Tom Phillips @flashboy]

The Onion's supreme court filing is a proper banger https://t.co/7fcKOiFAa2

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@john_overholt Neighbood?

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@asymmetricinfo … this particular “you” wouldn’t be in existence to feel this sentiment or loss. I say this as someone who was nearly stillborn. Really, I have always found the idea that I should feel sad abt the idea of having not been born a tad inane, other than my parents’ sense of loss.

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@asymmetricinfo Phrased this way, the question asks “you” the reader, with years of lived personhood about which they would reasonably feel protective & possibly sentimental, to imagine never having come into that personhood. But then …

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@Acyn As a totalitarian statement, it could be quite accurate. I.e., she believes the only “true” Americans are Xtian and Nationalist, ergo most (if not all) Americans are Xtian Nationalists. It becomes the premise for taking citizenship rights away from anyone not in the category.

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@VardiShai @AndreaDennsison @hemantmehta I worry that people don’t really understand what quotation marks mean.

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@jackpype @ablnk @Acyn The term as used today draws upon an idea at the core of early 20th-century antisemitism. It was used as propaganda to promote the idea that Jews had no national allegiance—propaganda that made the Holocaust possible. Sorry this isn’t a DM, but this needs publicity.

[Ondine LeBlanc @oleblanc]

@MollyJongFast Using the word “troops,” even if metaphorically, just before talking about elections? No, that’s not threatening at all …