Reposted by Rachel PitkinMichael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026A student in my history fellowship program has placed her blog posts on the Bayside Historical Society’s webpage. It’s part of a program where I place students in local historian’s offices across NYS. Do us a favor and share this. I’d like her posts to get some hits. Thanks, friends. It’s good work.baysidehistorical.orgTales from the Archives - BHS Blog - Bayside Historical SocietyThe Archivist of the Bayside Historical Society takes you on a journey of discovery through the history of Northeast Queens. 01412
Reposted by Rachel PitkinDavid Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Yes I said it. 282
Reposted by Rachel PitkinDavid Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 16/06/2026My latest in Boston Review: 0179
Reposted by Rachel PitkinDissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Join Boston Review and Dissent for an event with Adom Getachew, Aziz Rana, and David Waldstreicher on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. secure.givelively.org/event/boston-… 0166
Reposted by Rachel PitkinLeon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 27/04/2026David Waldstreicher does historiography better than anyone else I know 🗃️ 1205
Rachel Pitkin @raepitkin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Thanks for coming, Melanie! It was nice to meet you “irl” — if even briefly! 110
Reposted by Rachel Pitkinmelanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 18/04/2026this #oah26 panel on coerced labor and resistance in carceral spaces was fascinating and it is so striking to me that institutional history remains such a lively and potent area of study 2133
Rachel Pitkin @raepitkin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Is there a way to access your article for non-subscribers? 400
Reposted by Rachel PitkinJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The academic rediscovery of “reading books” in the era of digital colonialism. It’s going to be a thing. Lit is standing in the corner with their eyeglasses on the tips of their nose glaring at this thread, saying “we told you like 10 years ago.” 114114
Reposted by Rachel PitkinJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026It’s going to sound quaint, but the best way to resist an AI takeover of the humanities is to assign physical books, sit around, read them, and argue about ideas. Academic has become such a competitive arena, that we ourselves are trained to look for the winning angle, instead of the best education. 15626125
Reposted by Rachel PitkinTyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 03/02/2026Garcia, up again, ends by holding up a photo of Stephen Miller and says: "There is probably no single person who has done more damage and more harm to people across this country...than this man right here. It's our job...to hold him responsible for the crimes that are happening to U.S. citizens." 201838480
Reposted by Rachel PitkinMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky 180179075777
Reposted by Rachel PitkinJonny Diamond @jonnydiamond.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Powerful writing @literaryhub.bsky.social today. This, from Kao Kaila Yang, on preparing for the worst with her children, was a gut punch: lithub.com/letter-from-...lithub.comLetter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…”Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f… 23921
Reposted by Rachel PitkinScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/01/2026JD Vance's strategy for succeeding Trump as head of the MAGA movement is predicated on retaining and exciting the support of violent Nazis all around the US. That's what makes his Holocaust commemoration so unique. 461811483
Reposted by Rachel PitkinJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 28/01/2026Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it 24858241251
Reposted by Rachel PitkinKristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.comtheverge.comI grew up with Alex PrettiThe kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend. 496171856826
Reposted by Rachel PitkinDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The 2029 Pretti Good Act will establish a commission to identify all agents, create a detailed accounting of all acts, and hold criminally liable as necessary. Agents who voluntarily and truthfully disclose will be granted some leniency, provided their crimes did not include murder or torture. 632312551
Reposted by Rachel PitkinA Damned Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This should be a piece of every Dem’s platform. 010623
Reposted by Rachel PitkinMatt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year. 142206987873
Reposted by Rachel PitkinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!" 759296429466
Reposted by Rachel PitkinHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Call your senators. ICE today is a product of ICE of yesterday, of our carceral and policing and security logic — that’s all true. But shooting civilians point blank in the street with impunity is turning a corner we won’t come back from. Please call them today & tell them not to fund this. 627498
Reposted by Rachel PitkinKathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 24/01/2026the star tribune’s live blog has no paywall right now 16925
Reposted by Rachel PitkinNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE, which murdered a man in cold blood in Minneapolis this morning, tried to order local police off the scene. The police chief ordered local police to remain on the scene. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 413535
Reposted by Rachel PitkinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming) 17403078014339
Reposted by Rachel PitkinBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them. 224115173328
Reposted by Rachel PitkinRobin Riley @riley.pub · 24/01/2026Reached out to my Senators imploring them to play hardball with the budget. Calling my Congressman to renew demands that they replace Minority Leader Jeffries. 072
Reposted by Rachel PitkinAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity 1020256979765
Reposted by Rachel PitkinIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Top two articles are about ICE abducting a 5 year old and a 2 year old. Below that, news about a historically large protest and general strike. Then articles detailing how ICE lies about their actions and how the White House makes/publishes fake images about the anti-ICE protests. 13803320
Reposted by Rachel PitkinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/01/2026New in PN: What if we just stopped paying taxes? "Like many other blue states, Minnesota pays more to the federal government than it takes in. But why should the state continue to subsidize a government bent on destroying it? What if it just … didn’t?"publicnotice.coWhat if we just stopped paying taxes?Where there's a will there (might) be a way. 54879112401
Reposted by Rachel PitkinMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/01/2026If you’re defending kidnapping a five year old, you’re losing 431181563465
Reposted by Rachel PitkinSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 23/01/2026At a time when ICE is rounding up 5-year-olds, terrorizing communities and killing American citizens, the last thing we should be doing is increasing its funding. I will vote NO on the upcoming spending bill to fund Trump's domestic army. 1763686661
Reposted by Rachel PitkinSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 23/01/2026The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...oregonlive.comICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospitalThe Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally. 7422821314
Reposted by Rachel PitkinSyreeta McFadden @reetamac.bsky.social · 14/01/2026"Homeland Security refused to release more information, unless the tribe “entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.” The audacity of this demand. apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comOglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detentionThe president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for th... 03720
Reposted by Rachel PitkinPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/01/2026PBS News notes this Sunday will be “PBS News Weekend’s” last due to federal budget cuts 12929001364
Reposted by Rachel PitkinAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The National Catholic Reporter publicly labeled JD Vance a “moral stain” on the Roman Catholic faith. The blistering piece went on to point out Vance's “twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity” for inflaming tensions by maligning a woman killed by ICE rather than promoting healing.ncronline.orgCatholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee GoodAfter the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing. 1361429425
Reposted by Rachel PitkinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Here is another expert breakdown of the shooting. Think its helpful to have a collection of these since the consensus seems pretty solid that the ICE official is responsible here. bsky.app/profile/tvmo... 414147
Reposted by Rachel PitkinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Post also has a detailed breakdown of the video that disputes the Trump administration claims on their home page. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...washingtonpost.comVideo shows ICE agent in Minneapolis fired at driver as vehicle veered past himAn analysis of video footage raises questions about claims by President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis. 214334
Reposted by Rachel PitkinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026This breakdown confirms what anyone who looked at the video could see: that the DHS account was an obvious lie. *The agent put was not in her path, was not in danger. *He also fires *after* the car is moving away from him. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...nytimes.comVideo: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in MinneapolisAn analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire. 20665188
Reposted by Rachel PitkinJosephine Riesman @josie.zone · 09/01/2026Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears: archive.is/ur35j 5060933049
Reposted by Rachel PitkinKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028. 15928746621346
Reposted by Rachel PitkinTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago. The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a... 16069482582