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D.A. Smith @daveaddisonsmith.bsky.social · 44m

Shadow Puppets, Songs, and Sacred Feasts (my latest book, and the second I've worked on with Dan Michon) has won the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender Scholarly Edition in Translation Award! What an incredible, unexpected honor.

iterpress.org/book-awards/

Book Awards & Recognitions - Iter Press

SSEMWG Josephine Roberts Award for a Scholarly Edition Honorable Mention SSEMWG Teaching Edition Award SSEMWG Scholarly Edition in Translation Award

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 12h

in case you want some non bullshit about antifa here is something i wrote

buttondown.com/theswordandt...

We Keep Us Safe: On Antifa

This past Saturday, Donald Trump announced that his administration would be deploying federal troops to Portland, OR, authorizing the military to use “full...

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 17h

My union—the LA Times Guild—has authorized a strike with the support of 85% of our membership.

This comes after years of brutal layoffs and no cost-of-living raises since 2021.

Next up: we bargain. But if we have to strike, we will 🪧
laist.com/news/la-time...

LA Times union votes to authorize strike for first time ever

The L.A. Times Guild has been negotiating over their contract with management for three years.

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UE @ueunion.org · 15h

In a new profile about him by GoErie, newly elected and incoming General President of UE Scott Slawson said, "I think that those who have the ability have the responsibility... For me, it's about trying to drive positive change. It's about the health and welfare of working class people."

For more than a decade, Scott Slawson led Erie's largest industrial union. He's moving on

Millcreek Township's Scott Slawson takes over Nov. 1 as president of the national United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

Get the tshirts before they sell out

Limited Edition DSA Spooky Season T-Shirt

Special Limited Edition Spooky Season inspired black tee. Designed by Stephanie Monohan *** Due to an overwhelming response MD, LG, XL, 2X, 3X sizes are currently back-ordered. The order cut off for t...

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Senator Molly Cook @mollyfortexas.bsky.social · 2d

This November, Texans will vote on 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution. Here’s a quick breakdown of what each one would do.

I’ll be back soon with a deeper look at what these amendments mean for working Texans and who stands to benefit. Stay tuned!

#Texas #Houston

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 1d

Can't pick what to get with your free bookshop shipping? THE SHAMSHINE BLIND is a good choice if, for some reason, you're looking for a story about people toppling a theocratic conspiracy to energize you

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CoinOps McGillicutty @coinops.bsky.social · 2d

New fiction up at Neon Dystopia!

www.neondystopia.com?p=100043378

If Memory Serves – Neon Dystopia

www.neondystopia.com

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 3d

Bookshop is having an Anti-Amazon sale, with cheap e-books and free shipping for print today and tomorrow:

bookshop.org/lists/ebook-...

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CUPW @cupwsttp.bsky.social · 2d

CUPW Picket Line Locations
https://bit.ly/3UXqpRc

#SupportCUPW #canlab #cdnpoli @CanadianLabour

CUPW Picket Line Locations | Lieux de piquetage du STTP

CUPW Picket Line Locations

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Texas AFL-CIO @texasaflcio.org · 4d

Hilton Americas-Houston workers like Marcela are making history as the first-ever hotel workers to go on strike in Texas history – and they're going to win!

Donate to the @unitehere.org Local 23 strike fund to support the fight in #HTX: www.gofundme.com/f/support-hi...

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 3d

Loved chatting with @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social about all things NYC—and the urgency of standing up to Trump and ICE to protect our neighbors and our communities.

Brad Lander Wants New York City to Resist

The NYC Comptroller talks ICE, Trump, Zohran, and Brooklyn.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 4d

Today in 1977, Jimmy Carter became the first US president to participate in a classified Missile Attack Conference exercise (IVORY ITEM), designed to familiarize him with his singular role in executing the nuclear war plan by simulating a response to surprise Soviet ICBM attack on the United States.

Ivory Item: Carter First U.S. President to Participate in Nuclear Drill

Washington, D.C., May 31, 2024 - On 6 October 1977, President Jimmy Carter and top U.S. national security officials dialed into a secret “Missile Attack Conference” (MAC) to coordinate a response to a...

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 4d

One of the largest school districts in the nation, which was taken over by the state of Texas, deciding to shut out local media (us at chron.com and the Houston Chronicle included) should be a bigger story imo

Chron.com @chron.com · 4d

Get ready for the news, straight from the source.

HISD plans to shut out outside media, hire its own news crew

Get ready for the news, straight from the source.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d

Every word of this is a lie.

The issue before is now is very simple and clear. There is a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country. It is well organized and funded. And it is shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general. The only remedy is to use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks.

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Letícia Oliveira @bicicreta.bsky.social · 5d

A Greta é MUITO foda. E pensar que tinha gente de esquerda que torcia o nariz pra ela, essa menina tem mais coragem do que todos que ficavam xingando ela do sofá de casa

Nathaniel Hoffman @paleomedia.bsky.social · 5d

Greta is an international hero many times over.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Amorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social · 5d

Jenny George—

Fortune
Autumn, with its vivid exchanges,
streams the avenues
of an old city. The falling leaves
produce a kind of wedding.
There's a thinness to the air.
Golden cottonwoods tremble with their visions.

We walk along the street
with our shoulders nearly
touching. One of us
carries a bag of delicate pastries
wrapped in paper like sticky jewels.

Here, says the Future, that famous comic.
Here are your lives. They are yours
to live in extravagantly.

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D.A. Smith @daveaddisonsmith.bsky.social · 5d

A fine way to wind down a Saturday spent cleaning house, putting up Halloween decorations, and playing D&D. All hail Witching Season Films, Slasher Dave, and October.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnBm...

Halloween Atmospheres: Volume I

YouTube video by Witching Season Films

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 5d

We need a word for the practice of lying in bed with cold feet because your cat is hogging the bed throw & somehow it feels criminal to disturb their sleepy sweetness. Though it’s possible that the word for this concept exists in cat language & it is “sucker.” #Caturday

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Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · 6d

An impressive analysis of the broader context surrounding the current contract dispute at Canada Post. The author puts workers at the center of the story, showing of how changes in the structure of work at the post office concretely affect workers’ lives.

maisonneuve.org/article/2025...

Return to Sender

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 6d

The American cities Trump has vowed to invade one by one produce 90% of this country's GDP. We must withhold these funds, and our infrastructure, from the United States Government, until these invasions stop

If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this

The Point Of No Return

We Are At War, Whether We Want To Be Or Not

www.bannedinyourstate.com

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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 6d

We all suspected this but it’s incredible to see a systematic study on the automation of caste bias in GPT-5. The harm is immense, especially when we consider India is already OpenAI’s second largest market. Screenshots of findings that will haunt me below www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/01/1...

OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias.

www.technologyreview.com

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Texas Standard @texasstandard.bsky.social · 6d

Residents of a northeast Houston neighborhood known as Settegast have experienced some of Texas’ dirtiest air.

Readings of an air pollutant known as PM2.5 are higher than any other monitor in the state:

The neighborhood with Texas’ dirtiest air is still waiting for help

Any improvement for Settegast’s air quality is likely years away.

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Bobby Cole @bobbyfortx.bsky.social · 7d

Great find from @lonestarleft.com, on the heels of the recent Public Citizen investigation into Greg Abbott's pay-to-play tactics that have landed him millions of dollars in campaign donations. He's been doing it for decades.

Greg Abbott Has Been Practicing In Political Favors For Decades - Money For Play News Piece 1997

YouTube video by Lone Star Left

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 7d

One Battle After Another is an instant classic that digs into the complicated parts of revolution and plays fast and loose with its politics. aftermath.site/one-battle-aft...

Teyana Taylor shooting a machine gun while pregnant in One Battle After Another. She wears plaid, boots, cargo pants, and a beanie and is in a field with sparse vegetation.

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