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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 2h

Saw this Guy! He put together suchh an amazing cosplay that i almost punched him!

Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 2h

I also received these awesome nyc civics comics that can be found online here. They're great reads for kids sites.google.com/schools.nyc....

NYC Social Studies & Civics Hub - Comics Group

Civics for AllComics Group

sites.google.com

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 4h

I'm a huge fan of standardized tests because they help match students who are more likely to succeed, increase social mobility, and diversify societies leaders.

See this fantastic analysis from Raj Chetty to learn more: opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/u...

https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-co…

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 4h

Princeton is requiring #SAT scores again for admission because test scores predict student success
But using SAT scores also increases social mobility!
Rich students (top 1%) benefit immensely when there are no test scores because they have legacy & non-academic points (which don't predict success)

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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 7h

Had a lovely chat with the great @gregpak.net and got to tell him about Iron Hulk aka Amadeus Cho on the new Iron Man and his awesome friends series that my son enjoys. I hope Marvel sent him a memo about Amadeus appearing in the show and perhaps a check along with it

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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 7h

Got to meet @cullyhamner.bsky.social at NYCCC he brought back my Malibu Ultraverse dreams with this drawing of Alec Swan Firearm! A reference only @devinagonistes.bsky.social will appreciate!

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 1d

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 1d

Oh boy

a man wearing a cape says so much to catch up on

ALT: a man wearing a cape says so much to catch up on

media.tenor.com

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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 1d

Great writer! His work on the 80s Transformers and GI Joe isn't iconic. I'll need to check out this 2010 run

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 1d

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Kristina Šekrst @epiphenomenal.bsky.social · 1d

Accurate.

#academia #academy #philsky #philosophysky #philosophy #science

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

Great point from @mjtoma.bsky.social: Millions of us absolutely do see what's happening to the USA.

"We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends."

newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 2d

Goldman: “We estimate that seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims increased to about 235k for the week ended October 4th, by combining the Department of Labor (DOL)’s pre-released seasonal factors with this afternoon’s release of state-level claims.”

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 2d

High inflation and lack of jobs leave Americans frustrated with the economy
#NumbersDay
www.marketwatch.com/story/high-i...

High inflation and lack of jobs leave Americans frustrated with the economy

Americans have soured on the prospect of finding new jobs, a new survey shows. And they’re still frustrated by persistent inflation, giving them little confidence that the economy will improve soon.

www.marketwatch.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d

Our latest paper in @jamanetworkopen.com where we asked: Following the #COVID pandemic, has SARSCoV2 circulation been associated with health-related absences from work and labor force exits? @yaleemd.bsky.social @princetonecon.bsky.social @brookings.edu 1/ jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 2d

In 2018 I was going through some stuff and I wrote a very personal essay interpreting what was then the entire HALLOWEEN franchise. I think it's pretty good so check it out some time.

The Shape of Evil: Confronting darkness through the ‘Halloween’ series | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA

Two years ago, but it seems closer to ten, a nice deputy editor for a new publication approached me to write a piece. He had been reading me forever and was

outlawvern.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

It's time we kick medical practitioners off the university campus and deny them the term "doctor" while we're at it.

Obligatory clip:

Brooklyn Nine Nine - Doctor - S05E14

YouTube video by Nyko

www.youtube.com

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Sapphire Papi @al-weighs.bsky.social · 3d

“You muzzled APPA!?”

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3d

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 3d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 3d

I want to remind everybody that it is extremely not normal for academics to “flee” the United States.

Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 3d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 4d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Sy Islam @iosyislam.bsky.social · 4d

10 horrors to get to know me

✝️ Frailty
🪡 audition
👰 ready or not
🏒 Friday the 13th part 4
🐺 the howling
🧙‍♂️ the witch
🔥 drag me to hell
🪰 the fly
💀 night of the living dead
🎃 Haloween

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 4d

10 Horrors to Get to Know Me

🎃 Halloween (original)
🦈 Jaws
💀 Army of Darkness
📕 In the Mouth of Madness
🐕 John Carpenter's The Thing
📽️ Sinister
🧟 Night of the Living Dead (original)
📖 Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
👾 Alien
🐙 Creature From the Black Lagoon

James Van Fleevil Dead @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 4d

10 Horrors to Get to Know Me

🪐 Alien
🛍 Dawn of the Dead
📖 Evil Dead II
🪰 The Fly
🎃 Halloween
✉️ The Invitation
🐆 The Leopard Man
📽 Peeping Tom
⌨️ Pulse
🪦 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

It’s a start anyway.

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