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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · Jul 18

He may be old but he still gets excited when seeing his owner... 🥺❤️ #dog #dogday

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 28

We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.

And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.

The time to organize is now.

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · Mar 5

I’m an attending author at the San Antonio Book Festival April 12th along with Stephen Graham Jones, Johnny Compton, Lilliam Rivera, May Cobb, Gabino Iglesias, Karen Russell, Laila Lalami, Martín Espada, Cristina Rivera Garza and so many more.

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Meet the Authors

More than 100 authors will be featured at the 13th annual San Antonio Book Festival on April 12, 2025.

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Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · Feb 26

Light morning jab.

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karenrab.bsky.social @karenrab.bsky.social · Feb 8

Speaking of February 1983, here's a version of 'Siamese Twins' released on 07 February 1983 with Steve Severin replacing Simon who was about to leave the Cure. I've always found it super weird, but I love the song so much.
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THE CURE with STEVEN SEVERIN – "SIAMESE TWINS" rare ('Riverside' music show, BBC2, 07 February 1983)

Dailymotion video by Costas

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Feb 6

The real scam: making you fear the “the other” while the rich rob you blind. I wish every American understood this.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 31

California DOE fires back against Trump's executive order:

"It does nothing"

"It is against federal law for the White House to dictate what educators can and cannot teach"

Will not comply.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jan 24

Save 30% on #NewBook "Under Pressure" by Max Brzezinski, which tells the story of David Bowie and Queen’s 1981 hit song “Under Pressure” and outline the political, cultural, and socioeconomic conditions from which it emerged. #Music #CulturalStudies
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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · Jan 21

What unions can do to fight back against mass deportation:
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How Labor Can Fight Back Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda

This is a frightening time for immigrant workers. President-elect Donald Trump ran on the slogan “mass deportations now,” and has appointed a team of anti-immigrant hardliners. The leadership of the D...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jan 20

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Mónica A. Jiménez @monijimenez.bsky.social · Jan 8

Couldn't be prouder of the homie @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social on this collab and on managing to keep it under wraps for as long as he did! History is for the people and what a great way to bring it to them! ❤️❤️

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Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' is a love letter to Puerto Rico. This professor helped him tell the island's history

Released Jan. 5, the record pays homage to the island’s rich rhythms like plena and salsa, and delves into it’s seldom taught history.

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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · Dec 26

Ban book bans!!

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Dec 9

In "Sounds of Black Switzerland," Jessie Cox shows how work by Black Swiss musicians opens up new ways of hearing and exploring the radical potential of Black thought.
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Cover of Sounds of Black Switzerland: Blackness, Music, and Unthought Voices by Jessie Cox. The cover has a minimalist design: an obsidian-colored crinkled paper overlays a smoke-like shape. The background is black. The title text is red and formatted vertically.

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Will Grady @williamgrady.bsky.social · Dec 1

I’m pleased to announce the release of my new book, Redrawing the Western: A History of American Comics and the Mythic West, published by @utexaspress.bsky.social

More details can be found here: utpress.utexas.edu/978147732998...

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Nov 29

Catch our authors at virtual and in-person events in December!
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Covers of Impossible Things, Fire Dreams, Life beside Bars, Indie Porn, Stay Black and Die, Excited Delirium, Little Man, Little Man, and ......And the Dogs Were silent arranged in a 4x4 grid.

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Arlene Dávila @arlenedavila.bsky.social · Nov 16

When they say “write the book you wish you would have read” - this is pretty much it-The introduction of “Nuyorican/Diasporican art” is now available for free downloads. A collective labor of love 👇 assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...

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Jorge N. Leal, Ph.D. @jorgenleal.bsky.social · Nov 15

Thanks for sharing more names to this starter pack. There are now 123 or so scholars who work on Latina/o/x studies included in this list. Please share and also send also send more recommendations of folks to include! ¡Entre más mejor!

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Latina/o/x Studies & Scholars

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