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Olga Gonzalez-Silen

@gonzalezsilen.bsky.social

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Historian of Venezuela, Spain, Latin America, and the Atlantic World :|: Editor of the Diary of Philip DePeyster :|: Digital archivist harvard.academia.edu/OlgaGonzalezSi…

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...

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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”

“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I once worked at a university that gutted an entire (very popular and useful) learning center and replaced it with two guys who would teach you how to host blogs. every student had to have a blog. Every single one. Our syllabus had to mention blogs. We had to teach WITH blogs.

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Olga Gonzalez-Silen @gonzalezsilen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Voting in California requires lots of homework. So many elected positions and measures. I have been busy. So relief that my ballot only has one measure.

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Olga Gonzalez-Silen @gonzalezsilen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

@jjponcevazquez.bsky.social SOS. ¿Cómo se llama el esclavizador de Juan Bautista Montañés?

Text from Spanish colonial document from New Orleans. Having troubled to decipher the handwriting, specifically to read the name of an enslaver.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Camp East Montana is a massive tent camp sitting on Fort Bliss military base near El Paso, Texas. It opened in August 2025 and almost immediately became the largest ICE detention facility in the entire United States holding over 2,700 people. In tents in the Texas heat.

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 03/02/2026

The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...

Map identifying the approximate regions where various Indigenous groups lived in North America in 1776.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This is Liam Ramos. The five year old that ICE took from a Minneapolis school and sent BY HIMSELF WITHOUT HIS FAMILY to a detention facility in Texas. There are monsters among us and they are wearing masks, carrying guns, and work for the US government.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Turbulent times where you are? Savor some still, placid beauty from Ambrosius Bosschaert, 1620. Today is his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Beautiful all year round: painted flowers in a basket (plus a few escapees, & insects) by Ambrosius Bosschaert of Middelburg, 1614. Today is his day.

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Bárbara Zepeda @mbzepedacortes.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

www.cchs.csic.es/es/article/n...

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Nace la Colección de Historia del Gran Caribe: una mirada comparada a la región clave del Mundo Moderno | Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales

La Colección de Historia del Gran Caribe, dirigida por Consuelo Naranjo Orovio (Instituto de Historia, CSIC) y patrocinada por la Fundación Ignacio Larramendi, se presenta como un ambicioso proyecto d...

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Bárbara Zepeda @mbzepedacortes.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

It was an amazing panel! With insightful comments from the audience. I learned so much! We crowned the experience with an arepas lunch!!! #aha2026 #VenezuelanHistory @clahistorians.bsky.social

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Olga Gonzalez-Silen @gonzalezsilen.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Torrance, California. #NoKings

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