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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 31m

This is exactly how I feel when I'm editing student concert reviews and there are grammar mistakes

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 1h

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 1d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 1h

The most painful experience I've had as an educator was supporting one of my students, a Mexican-American child of immigrants, last winter as he carried new worry himself or his family would be taken by ICE and THEN after he lost his scholarship from UM when the regents cpariciously canceled it

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 3h

When colleges take steps to ensure the success of Black and Hispanic men, they run the risk of retaliation from conservatives who would resegregate education.

“But the alternative won’t guarantee being spared from hostile policymakers.”

To Save Higher Ed, Seek Our Black and Hispanic Men - Public Books

Policymakers and institutional leaders seeking to preserve higher education’s functionality should consider the enrollment and completion rates of Black and Hispanic men.

www.publicbooks.org

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 6h

Marvellous Minoan clay vessels made by creative potters on the island of Crete during the Aegean Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago! 🤩

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

From the Aegean Bronze Age, Minoan clay vessels with black handpainted decoration.on a pale biscuity-coloured slip

Top left - clay flask decorated in Minoan ‘Marine Style’’ with an octopus with tentacles writhing around the body of the vase. Additional motifs such as seaweed and rocks represent the seabed. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC

Top right - clay rhyton in the shape of a bull’s head. A rhyton is a type of pouring vessel used for filling cups or making liquid offerings. There is a pouring hole at the bull’s mouth. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1375 BC

Bottom left - Nautilus vessel - clay rhyton depicting the seabed with nautili, corals and seaweed. From Phaistos Palace, 1500-1450 BC

Bottom right - Basket shaped rhyton decorated with double-axe motif. There is a small pouring hole in one of the bottom corners. From Pseira, 1500-1450 BC

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h

They’re actively working to resegregate housing, and our “allies” refuse to name racism while they’re doing so...

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 3h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 2h

I look forward to reading this, thanks for writing it!

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Marian Wilson Kimber @mwilsonkimber.bsky.social · 3h

Here's my essay about how one concert program in the State Historical Society of Iowa—now being dismantled—changed my life: www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/10/t....

The theft of history

Marian Wilson Kimber: I have wondered if the box of women’s club programs that changed my life will end up in the dumpster.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 3h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 3h

Man, I wish I had better self-esteem back then, I was a handsome fellow!

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 3h

Behold, Garrett as a Junior in High School

Photo of myself from my high school year book in 2005, which was my junior year of high school

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 12h

hey friends, we still need to raise about 800 Euros

next Friday (on the 17th) we are leaving this apartment and I have no idea where we can go next or how

I appreciate all the reposts, shares with your circles and donations, everything helps

Thanks ❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 3d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 3h

I see today is the Red River Rivalry

Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 3h

I need to add scones to my baking game because I just need more scones in my life

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Redwall Feasts Bot @redwallfeasts.bsky.social · 3h

They took afternoon tea under a gnarled plum tree, eating warm fruit scones topped with elderberry jam.

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 4h

Isaac requested this song this morning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZQl...

Huntrix - Takedown (Lyrics) | K-Pop Demon Hunters

YouTube video by TikTokHymn

www.youtube.com

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 4h

TOMORROW 5-7pm Eastern on Inhailer.com I spin some brand new indie music and take us back to 2005 for a bit with some forgotten indie bangers and I'll explain how that year Gang of Four scooped Taylor Swift on the thing she's most highly-regarded for

Inhailer Radio | Cincinnati | Independent Radio | Indie Music

Inhailer Radio is Cincinnati independent radio. Founded in 2017 to fill the void left by beloved radio station WNKU.

Inhailer.com

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12h

time to try to get 6 good hours of sleep

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12h

very pleased that the game is over

Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12h

I see it now, Cal Raleigh does have a prominent-looking posterior when he is in his batting stance

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12h

what if Peter Gelb walked out of the bullpen right now and revealed that this baseball game has been an experimental production of Thomas Ades' opera "The Exterminating Angel"

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12h

This is like when that really tall American tennis player had that really long major match with that shorter French tennis player

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12h

What will I tell my wife in the morning when I groggily wake up?

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12h

This could be the cover to a metal album

Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 12h

Current* conditions near St Joseph, MI:

View looking south over Silver Lake Beach as it meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2025-10-11 04:36:11 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in St Joseph: 62.13 F | 16.74 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: NW at 3.444 mph | 5.54 kph // Humidity: 84%

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12h

Oh boy

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 13h

Is the Mariners fan in the "Big Dump 62" shirt the RW radio host who is the heir to the Dick's Drive-In empire?