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Margaret Middleton

@magmidd.bsky.social
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They/them. Manchester, England. Freelance designer of playful learning experiences. Museums - Exhibit Design - Social Justice - Queer Possibility - Power of Play - Children's Museums margaretmiddleton.com

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billmiddleton @billmiddleton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Librarians. Government documents librarians. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record.
The revisions have scrubbed or softened accounts of violence, slavery, activism and lived experiences, raising questions about whose stories the government considers worth telling.
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Dr Secksy @drsecksy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It's less about banning the kids and more about destroying online privacy for everyone. Here in australia huge chunks of the internet are now inaccessible unless you send you drivers licence and picture of your taint to a Palintir subsidiary, and it is getting worse by the month.
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gretchjenn.bsky.social @gretchjenn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Check out latest on MuseumsActTogether Guest post from Margaret Middleton gretchenjennings.substack.com/p/responding...
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Responding to Backlash
“Despair is easy. Cynicism is easy. Hope, on the other hand, takes work.” Felix Mufti
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
As far as we know, the primary cause of death in ICE custody is a refusal to provide medical care. It’s a form of structural violence and extremely common component of eugenics and ethnic cleansings.
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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
shout about all our victories, because our oppressors want us hopeless. we are going to win over and over again
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This isn't just near Independence Hall. It's where Washington stayed while president, kept slaves, posted bounty ads for runaways, and rotated them back and forth to VA to evade PA's manumission law. This is what it's known for, this specific location's primary historical significance is slavery.
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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Just walked past a house getting roof work with the radio blasting. As soon as Natasha Bedingfield hit the chorus, four loud Yorkshire voices suddenly joined in from under the tarp. Bravo, lads.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 10/01/2026
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed. everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
#ICE is LITERALLY in every corner of the Twin Cities right now. In case you don't know, here are the areas with the confirmed sightings as of 1/9/26 at 11:00pm:
- Apple Valley/Burnsville/Eagan
- Richfield/Bloomington
- Midway/Frogtown
- Como/Dale
- East side/Maplewood
- North Minneapolis
- Shoreview Arden Hills
- Blaine
- Columbia Heights
- Shakopee/Prior Lake
- Inver Grove Heights
- West St. Paul
- South Saint Paul
- Lakeville
- Brooklyn Park/Brooklyn Center
PLEASE stay safe! They are detaining and harassing US citizens so if you can help it, STAY HOME!ICE is currently raiding an apartment complex near my home in Savage. Lots of children screaming. This is completely unnecessary. I'm certain these people being terrorized are hard working, law abiding individuals.&S!#%
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My brother's construction site was raided by ICE this
morning and 6 people were taken (they came after he left to a new site so he didn't get taken, but some of the crew did). MN companies need to do a better job at protecting their employees. They know ICE is present visibily in the Twin Cities so they need to not send their employees to work until ICE ain't roaming the streets!!
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&S!#%Ice is on 24th right by the resource center just started beating on someone for being under a blanket @highlight
And if you question me saying this I witnessed it with my own eyes!
They headed Southeast. White Jeep wagoneer grayish blue I think Toyota minivan
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
This looks like 1,000 videos I've seen from authoritarian states
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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather. “No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!” “No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
83 in 2025!
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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
These guidelines are beyond irresponsible. AHA lost all credibility with this one.
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Emma Martin @tibetcurator.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Call for papers closes in 2 weeks time!
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Kay @gothwhoreofbabylon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Please give a little money to the trans secret santa project, so a trans youth will know they’re not alone.
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Trans Secret Santa 2025
Help us bring festive joy to trans youth
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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I'm glad to have signed this statement in support of queer and trans staff at the National Library of Scotland, who by the sounds of it are going through an awful time at the moment: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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Jody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies. Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
all the staffers at teen vogue who just got laid off I hope yall feel how appreciated your work has been by so many.
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I was due to take part in an event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social tonight but now I’m choosing not to go because I won’t cross a picket line. Solidarity to @pcsunion.bsky.social and the British Library workers.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
With the Trump administration cutting off SNAP benefits, I think it's really time to pull together. I made a little donation to City Harvest, and if you donate to any food bank and tell me what your small problem is, I'll give you a pep talk in Monday's newsletter! (Send me your receipt too!)
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The Complaint Apparatus open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
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The Complaint Apparatus
Some thoughts on the co-option of complaints
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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
If you ever think you're doing something new with visitor centered practice in museums, a children's museum has probably already done it.
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 23/10/2025
Opinion | Trans pride in the museum 🏳️‍⚧️ Margaret Middleton on how Manchester Art Gallery has opened its doors to transgender communities.
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Trans pride in the museum - Museums Association
Margaret Middleton on how Manchester Art Gallery has opened its doors to transgender communities
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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
How can museums stand in solidarity with their local transgender communities? “I think the biggest thing is opening their doors to us,” said trans activist Arlo West. “When museums stand up and say, ‘We support trans people,’ it sends a powerful message.” www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
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Trans pride in the museum - Museums Association
Margaret Middleton on how Manchester Art Gallery has opened its doors to transgender communities
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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
After the British museum theft and now the Louvre heist, the premise of Euro-custodianship of global south heritage is more than debatable. Return the possessions to their community custodians.
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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#Frauds is fun, I love a heist, I love queer museum antics, this was MADE for me. But jfc they better make out in series 2 or I will lose my mind.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Have you seen 3D animations from the IDF showing secret Hamas hideouts? According to Israel's +972 magazine, many have "serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets—sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators, and cultural institutions."
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How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda
An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.
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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
When in Cymru #Museums2025
A photo of Margaret's foot- jeans hiked yo expose an orange Welsh tapestry patterned sock in a brown dress shoe
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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Colonial-loot museum is hosting an Indian-themed gala. I don't know what's more offensive: normalising engaging with colonial loot -- did the funds dry up -- or 'fancy-dressing up' Indian.
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Paul Orselli @paulpow.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
How Do You Design One Space That Works for All Ages? blog.orselli.net/2025/10/how-...
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How Do You Design One Space That Works for All Ages?
A museum exhibit design blog from Paul Orselli and POW! Tricks of the trade, useful resources, and exhibit-y thoughts for designers and museum folks.
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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
It's not a coincidence that the first ai actor is a young white woman
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Eric Jacobson @carlericjacobson.com · 02/10/2025
Been saying [some version of] this at least since Michael articulated it so well on You're Wrong About... Excluding bigots from cultural and political influence because of their behavior is fundamentally different than bigots excluding people because of their identities and physical attributes...
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2025
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
follow for updates: www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Gaza Sumud flotilla live tracker: Israel begins to intercept ships
Activists on board Global Sumud Flotilla report interceptions after Israeli vessels approached.
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National Museum Directors' Council @nmdcnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Exhibitions Lead, National Museums Liverpool. Deadline 15 October www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/jobs/job/217... #Museumjobs
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Jobs - National Museum Directors' Council Website
Association of directors and chief executives of the UK's national museums, galleries, libraries and archives.
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Margaret Middleton @magmidd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
You know how when you're editing and you sing 🎵para... para... para-graph🎵 a la coldplay? No? Just me?
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Yes.
That argument rests on a flawed premise: that the right had been devoted to open debate and restrained government power, only reluctantly abandoning these principles to counter left-wing illiberalism. But the right did not learn cancel culture from the left; the modern right in America emerged as a censorious movement. It took decades for its free-speech faction to develop, and even then, it has only ever been a minority part of the coalition.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/09/2025
there are almost certainly more people — more blue collar laborers, specifically — involved in the cultivation and production of chardonnay grapes and wine than in coal
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 29/09/2025
American nostalgia is dangerous, especially because this country collectively prefers (American) dreams and myth-making instead of accurately remembering our history. Many of us are especially bad when it comes to nostalgia for our childhood and teen years, especially if we were or felt protected.
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