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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 3d

Men would rather collapse a government than go to therapy

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, I’ve tried that too. The quality of their non-AI responses are plummeting as well in my CNF class. Poetry? They’re writing good stuff.

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 6d

You teaching seated classes? My online asynch CNF class has been filled with AI use.

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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 8d

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

#LongCovid

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years - npj Dementia

npj Dementia - COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of new-onset vascular dementia in adults ≥50 years

www.nature.com

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 9d

They took down the Klan.

FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center after MAGA push

The SPLC is the second civil rights group to lose its affiliation with the agency this week.

www.politico.com

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 9d

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 10d

They did it again. Italy ftw

ROME (AP) — More than 2 million people across Italy rallied in over 100 cities Friday for a one-day general strike to support the residents of Gaza and a humanitarian aid mission, Italy's largest union said.
Italian unions proclaimed the strike after the Global Sumud Flotilla that was trying to break Israel's naval blockade to deliver aid to Gaza was intercepted by Israeli naval forces Wednesday night. Protests and demonstrations have sprung up all over Europe and globally since then, but they have been particularly strong in Italy.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

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MN BIPOC KidLit Creators @mnbipockidlit.bsky.social · 13d

We’d love to see you at one of our upcoming events, in partnership with More Than a Single Story and @hclib.bsky.social !

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 21d

The Sonoglyph Collective will welcome @tishjonespoet.bsky.social and @heideerdrich.bsky.social at our Friday, September 26th gig at the Lafond Arts Center in Saint Paul. 7:00 PM. 15.00 suggested donation at the door, but everyone is welcome. Not wheel-friendly. :( sonoglyphcollective.com/events/

Events – The Sonoglyph Collective

sonoglyphcollective.com

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 22d

New Substack with poem by the magisterial Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and prompt. Thank you, Lena. Thank you, Kazim Ali for recently reminding people to donate to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. www.pcrf.net

open.substack.com/pub/sunyungs...

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 24d

No snow. 😂

Alerts from NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN (UNOFFICIAL) @mpx.nws-bot.us · 24d

CHANHASSEN MN Sep 20
Climate Report:
High: 71
Low: 59
Precip: 0.0"
Snow: 0.0" Snow Depth: 0"
at Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:39:37 +0000 via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26d

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 27d

Is the online class using AI and the on-campus class is not?

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Sep 9

With students heading back to the classroom, a group of cognitive scientists and AI researchers has published one of the most forceful and evidence-backed calls yet to reject the "uncritical adoption of AI" in academia:

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia

A new paper calls on academia to repel rampant AI in university departments and classrooms.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Sep 14

Reminder @theguardian.com has a partnership with OpenAI; which explains this thinly sourced excuse of an article that relies on ONE Masters student and OpenAI's International Education Lead countered by measly words of "caution" from ONE university admin.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 14

Vacuous, generic and scattershot advice for incoming 1st years on the use of AI at university. Especially liking 'Chin recommends giving it class notes and asking it to generate practice exam questions.' Surely we can't be the only programme that supplies students with past & practice exams?

How to use ChatGPT at university without cheating: ‘Now it’s more like a study partner’

The ubiquitous AI tool has a divisive effect on educators with some seeing it a boon and others a menace. So what should you know about where to draw the line between check and cheat?

www.theguardian.com

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · Sep 13

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

www.theguardian.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Sep 12

good lord, they did the photo thing for white murderers. again.

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pivoted so hard they affected the earth's rotation

headline from The Telegraph featuring a smiling, clean cut photo of the alleged killer

The scholarship student with an all-American upbringing accused of killing Charlie Kirk
Tyler Robinson, 22, grew up in a middle-class family in Utah, with both parents registered Republicans

Connor Stringer
Deputy US Editor
Connor Stringer
Related Topics
Utah, Crime
12 September 2025 9:34pm BST

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Cracked Walnut Presents: “Expressions!” and Writers for Democratic Action (Jarvenpa, Hasse, Kysar, Kleber-Diggs, Isaac) - East Side Freedom Library

Cracked Walnut Presents: "Expressions!" and Writers for Democratic Action Featuring Diane Jarvenpa, Margaret Hasse, Kathryn Kysar, Michael Kleber-Diggs and Donna Isaac Thursday, September 18, 7:00-8:3...

eastsidefreedomlibrary.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank goodness All About Eve just started. What a night! Sometimes cinematic escape is the only recourse.

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Witch’s Black Kat Marchán 🐈‍⬛🧙🏼 @zkat.tech · Sep 10

I’m sorry but let me unbury this lede: *the genAI industry is literally the financial engine that is powering the fascist regime in the United States*

I hadn’t even made this connection and now I’m even more horrified by this tech than I have ever been.

Boosterism == fascism, literally

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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · Sep 9

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 7

The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says

The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

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