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Anne Leader

@anneleaderphd

Art historian. Author of The Badia of Florence. Non-Resident Visiting Fellow, IATH @UVA. Italian art and architecture. Editor/creator of digitalSepoltuario sepoltuario.iath.virginia.edu. GenX. Dachshund enthusiast. https://anneleader.substack.com

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The real question is why does anyone but a straight white “Christian” man continue to vote for them? Until that stops, the GOP will wear its bigotry out in the open.

06.03.2026 22:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Next week's cover of The New Yorker. "War-a-Lago" by Barry Blitt.

06.03.2026 19:05 👍 1957 🔁 641 💬 53 📌 35

Very excited for this.

06.03.2026 12:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Many congratulations!

06.03.2026 11:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Statues Were Mostly Men or Nude Women. So These Knitters Got to Work.

This is so fabulous. The Statues Were Mostly Men or Nude Women. So These Knitters Got to Work. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/a...

06.03.2026 01:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'

How did Americans elect this man not once but TWICE???
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06.03.2026 00:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

Amen. Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ousts Noem as Homeland Security Secretary www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

05.03.2026 19:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

Just shared this piece with a friend and he replied back with a screenshot cancelling his subscription.

BOYCOTT BABY!

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05.03.2026 11:14 👍 34 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 1

Sobering reminder of the importance of foreign correspondents. So thoroughly embarrassing and enraging. America needs a regime change

05.03.2026 11:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Enjoyed the show today millennial @timmiller.bsky.social, but 55-year-olds are not boomers! Solidly #GenX.

As of 2026, the youngest Baby Boomers (born in 1964) are turning 62.

05.03.2026 01:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So love that. Old enough to remember it even. Published a fairly accessible article on a Florentine bookseller and his tomb last year. Fun stuff!

04.03.2026 22:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sigh.

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04.03.2026 22:36 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Those who don’t know their #history….

04.03.2026 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Building Community in Houston Kate Sayen Kirkland’s Building Community in Houston: Alice Baker, Julia Ideson, and Ima Hogg presents three Houston women who used their family, financial...

Now out! Very proud of my hometown and the latest book by my mother on its history. www.tamupress.com/book/9781648...

04.03.2026 15:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Still baffled as to why he ran

04.03.2026 03:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes: #NEH supports projects and moreover PEOPLE. Which is why it's all the more egregious that 1,400 grants were terminated and over 100 employees were fired in April 2025.

Support funding for NEH, but also please support justice for those who were economically harmed last year.

04.03.2026 01:59 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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Tired of #doomscrolling? Alternative content at anneleader.substack.com!

04.03.2026 00:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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For whom the bell tolls A reflection on an artwork in the context of recent news involving violence.

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03.03.2026 01:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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For whom the bell tolls A reflection on an artwork in the context of recent news involving violence.

Alas, another meditation on art in a time of violence. #Iran
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03.03.2026 00:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our survey of Western Art wraps up the #Prehistoric Era with Stonehenge tomorrow. Subscribe today so you don't miss it!
#art #history #goodnews
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02.03.2026 23:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.

24.06.2025 23:47 👍 1503 🔁 425 💬 17 📌 16
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Çatalhöyük So cool. So confusing.

An interruption to your doom-scroll.
Enjoy!
#history #goodnews

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25.02.2026 12:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Çatalhöyük So cool. So confusing.

First Neolithic post dropped today. Please check it out and share! substack.com/@anneleader/...

24.02.2026 15:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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About our community of art lovers An ongoing conversation about humanity's need for art

Join us! New content tomorrow open.substack.com/pub/annelead...

23.02.2026 15:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gross

23.02.2026 03:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ugh. I used to give presentations to local activists about how to use Twitter. Really amazing how ruinous Mr musk is

23.02.2026 03:04 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No one needs to stay on Twitter. I have not regretted quitting at all.

23.02.2026 03:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Do You Back Into a Parking Spot or Back Out?

I feel seen.

Do You Back Into a Parking Spot or Back Out? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/s...

21.02.2026 17:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Third American death linked to ICE crackdown uncovered by Newsweek While the 23-year-old's death was reported in March 2025, it was not made clear that a federal agent fired the fatal shot.

“Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was shot by an ICE Homeland Security Investigations officer in South Padre Island, Texas, on March 15, 2025, after what ICE described as a failure to follow law enforcement instructions during a traffic incident.”

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20.02.2026 20:31 👍 165 🔁 96 💬 5 📌 7

So which is more odious now, Claude or ChatGPT?

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