Liz Loveland

lizl_genealogy@federate.social

Historian (<a href="https://federate.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#history</a>) & pro genealogist (<a href="https://federate.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#genealogy</a>) originally trained in <a href="https://federate.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#anthropology</a> & <a href="https://federate.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#archaeology</a>. New M.A. in History of the Family. Some research interests: slavery in the northern colonies/US, <a href="https://federate.social/tags/EarlyModern" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EarlyModern</a> era, women's history, African-American history, genocide.Tr

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Post #2411409
&quot;&#39;In the United States, Donald Trump&#39;s second term as president has led to an alarming deterioration in press freedom, indicative of an authoritarian shift in government,&#39; RSF said. &#39;His administration has weaponized institutions, cut support for independent media, and sidelined reporters.&#39;&quot; https://www.dw.com/en/global-press-freedom-at-all-time-low-in-2025-rsf-says/a-72411797
Post #2411408
This is now at the top of every page on PBS sites
Post #2411407
Horrific. https://www.dw.com/en/doctors-without-borders-hospital-bombed-in-south-sudan/a-72426173
Post #2411406
When I was doing my thesis research in NZ on mid 19th century assisted emigration a year ago, a report came out that 1000 Kiwis were emigrating per week. It seems it has continued to worsen: &quot;Figures remain high, with 69,100 leaving in the year to February 2025...&quot; I wonder if many are still blaming immigrants. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/leaving-new-zealand-record-departure-numbers
Post #2411405
https://www.dw.com/en/harvard-magna-carta-copy-is-original-experts-say/a-72548684
Post #2411404
Totally the kind of email newsletter subject heading you receive in a functioning democracy
Post #2411403
&quot;I think these brilliant works of art often blind us to the violence they are depicting,&quot; says a museum director close to retirement age, having apparently never talked to a single woman about any of the works of art he referenced in this talk nor in this answer to an audience question.
Post #2411402
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zkRlr7Q9VE&amp;t=35s
Post #2411401
Response I&#39;ve sent to a query: &quot;I am surprised that as the founder of a for-profit company, you would contact people through their professional profiles asking them to write for exposure rather than for a fee. I hope that you will reconsider doing this in the future. For-profit companies asking professionals of any field to write for free (&quot;exposure&quot;) lowers the pay and devalues the work of all writers, and in my opinion it is particularly inappropriate to do...
Post #2411400
There are a lot of products being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination of cucumbers. There&#39;s a table at the link. https://www.fda.gov/safety/major-product-recalls/2025-recalls-cucumbers-associated-bedner-growers-inc-boynton-beach-florida-due-potential-risk
Post #2411399
https://www.rawstory.com/kim-sajet-smithsonian-firing/
Post #2411398
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/05/pompeii-tour-guides-decry-lengthy-queues-as-visitor-numbers-soar
Post #2411397
https://www.crisesnotes.com/the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-eliminates-the-office-of-financial-research/
Post #2411396
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/13/kim-sajet-national-portrait-gallery-director-resigns-trump-firing
Post #2411395
Unsubscribed from a newsletter today: &quot;Very disappointed that your newsletter today included a long screed about how the protests must be peaceful because otherwise they will use them against us, because it makes clear that you still don&#39;t understand that they will simply make stuff up if there is nothing they think they can use.&quot;
Post #2411394
In a class this week I learned Renoir was, and I quote, &quot;a virulent antisemite.&quot; So I asked a scholar of Impressionism I know about it and learned that not only do museums usually omit this, but many actively suppress attempts to mention it. Renoir died over a century ago. What are we even doing here? 🎨
Post #2411393
I’ve been having a rather lousy week and then the man in front of me in line at the cafe paid for my order like we were in Naples. 🥹
Post #2411392
Locals, my garden club&#39;s annual plant sale is coming up this month on Sunday, September 21st! Forget about the news for a little bit and get some cheap, locally proven plants! #CambMA #Boston