Alexa Woodward

Fun thing to think about very briefly: who currently has better lawyers, the United States or Nintendo

These dogs are having the time of their lives following this week's historic blizzard in the Northeast. Please enjoy. 14/10 for all

Abstract submissions close on March 3rd!

We are also extending a ✨ call for mentored reviewers ✨ if you advise excellent graduate or postdoctoral researchers you are welcome to recommend them to review for IC2S2 2026. Email IC2S2@uvm.edu to nominate mentored reviewers (or faculty colleagues)

I am not exaggerating when I say this. This will kill autistic people, particularly #ActuallyAutistic children.

New #pottery listed in my #ceramics shop: critterceramics.etsy.com

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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
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Bad Bunny 101

Ooookay here we go. Bad Bunny 101 condensed into six weeks of music, reading material, and perreo

Yeah.

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

This is extraordinary. I will miss Colbert so much, but he is going out blazing.

We're excited to welcome @begus.bsky.social as a keynote speaker for IC2S2 2026!

Fears of ICE Surge Galvanize Vermonters to Respond | Seven Days The threat of a large-scale immigration enforcement surge in Vermont has galvanized elected leaders and community organizers to prepare with a greater sense of urgency.

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Great article, not as depressing as the title. Worth a read!

YES

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

This judge does the thing quoting the Declaration of Independence at the Trump regime then adds for good measure: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power & the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds & are bereft of human decency."

It’s great.

"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.

...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"

For Liam.

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A worthy read in a time of so much noise. To be human, to feel this.

I really need some hope and positivity that government can be normal and good. That is even possible.

It’s hard to comprehend that this video was being made/shared while ICE was murdering Alex Pretti. I want this version of America.

One of the best films ever created

I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.

For the record, the small example I chose:

My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history

James Baldwin: "The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.