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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey

@hermioneclone.bsky.social

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Associate Professor and Co-Chief Diversity Officer at SUNY Canton. YA series books, C19AmLit, WWI, fandom. Queer (pan/demi) Wiccan. 🏳️‍🌈📚☕ Views my own, not employer's. https://linktr.ee/emilyhamiltonhoney

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · Jun 12

A preorder link is live! 😊 If you would like the book and can preorder, that is a *huge* help, but if you can't, I completely get that. The best thing you can do in that case is request that your university or local library orders a copy - that helps sales, too! mcfarlandbooks.com/product/news...

Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · Jun 6

There is a book cover and an official title for the #Newsies book, and I am so incredibly delighted!!! ❤️ Preorder links should be available very soon, and I will share those as soon as I can.

Book cover for "Newsies, Newsies - Read All About It! Essays on the film and Broadway productions." Edited by Emily Hamilton-Honey; forward by Vincent DiGirolamo. The cover shows a black and white photo of a denacing newsboy. The text is black on a yellow background, and loose pages of newsprint frame the edges.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 21h

Elevating today’s ICE arrest of a journalist and American citizen in Chicago

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 14h

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

I had a great time on Aftermath talking about how you can use Assassin’s Creed as a method of tracing the pathway to the world we live in.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

The Assassin’s Creed series was a canary in the coal mine for our modern, engagement-obsessed world. @ckunzelman.bsky.social explains:

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton shares health update after sister’s ask for ‘prayers’ for star: ‘I ain’t dead yet!’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/08/dolly-parton-health-update-prayers-sister/?utm_content=1760130003&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Dolly Parton shares health update after sister asked for 'prayers'

Dolly Parton has offered fans an update on her health, assuring them she 'ain't dead yet', after her sister encouraged 'prayers' for the star.

www.thepinknews.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities. n.pr/4h0Wh1g

Where has Trump suggested sending troops? In cities run by Democratic mayors

In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.

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AO3 Status @status.archiveofourown.org · 1d

[update] Scheduled: Maintenance will begin as scheduled in 60 minutes.

AO3 Maintenance

Maintenance will begin as scheduled in 60 minutes.

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's "war on woke" has put Indigenous arts and culture institutions in a challenging position. “Without being able to transmit our traditional knowledge and oral histories, unfortunately, it feels like we’re at the end of a long genocide," one culture worker told me. Read my reporting here:

Facing Defunding, Indigenous Culture Workers Resist

The proposed elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities threatens Indigenous libraries and arts programs.

newsletter.mariannedhenin.com

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 1d

The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

Since its FOIA Friday, I’d be interested in the rental car receipts for these vehicles they’re plowing through traffic all over the country. Wonder if DHS is springing for the damage waivers or paying out huge bills on insurance claims from the rental companies.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 1d

Madeleine Charnaux French war correspondent, sculptor, aviator. Flying licence 1934 won records & long distance prizes 17k km air travel. Awarded Legion of Honour #WWII 1939 Vichy France ran school training women aircraft mechanics &radio operators d #OTD 10 Oct 1943 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madelei...

Madeleine Charnaux in B&W head & shoulders photo

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Ayanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 1d

It was unlawful then, and it's unlawful now.

Trump is using the government shutdown HE created to continue attacking federal employees and harm families.

The cruelty is the point.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Breaking news: The Trump administration began laying off federal workers while the government is shuttered, fulfilling threats from President Trump to take advantage of the closure to shave off more parts of the federal workforce he dislikes.

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown

White House budget director Russell Vought said reductions-in-force were underway.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe actually sign those bills on your desk specifically focusing on trans protections too while you're there.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

The Trump Administration’s removal of LGBTQ suicide prevention programs this summer was a disgrace.

I just signed legislation requiring student ID cards in public middle schools, high schools, and colleges to include the Trevor Project’s crisis and suicide prevention hotline.

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 1d

What on earth did this platform do that uglified all the emojis???

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 1d

Reading request! If you could recommend one text that explored the history of an idea/concept in a riveting and surprising way what would it be? Please re-skeet if you can. I know this is a niche ask.

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Erika! 🫂🫂❤️❤️

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

He's literally speaking out against the idea of representation for the American people and saying we have a corrupt SCOTUS that does what we want. Just saying it all out loud

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 1d

I can't say anything explicit yet, but - I got some much-needed scholarly joy today! Goddess, this is still my favorite part of this exhausting job - scholarship energizes and excites me like no other part of the job does. Yay for scholarly joy! ❤️🎉

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 1d

This is true - you did know more! But yes, the DeVos' did (and still do) wield a lot of conservative political influence in Michigan (💵💲), and Betsy was in Engler's ear the whole time he was "reforming" (read: gutting) our public schools.

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Ooof, yes. Engler and DeVos did a number on the public schools!

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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 1d

I think that story that came out about Miller telling the generals they didn't understand the limits of international law so it was okay to bomb boats is so telling because it reveals how Miller approaches legality, not in terms of what the law says, but in terms of what will enforce it

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1d

"Miller plainly believes there’s a latent majority out in the country that can be sleepwalked into authoritarianism."

What comes across in this excellent @gregsargent.bsky.social profile of the infinitely loathsome Stephen Miller is that his is a very deliberate strategy. Must-read.

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 1d

This is what their "school choice" and school vouchers and charter schools rather than public schools bullshit has been about the whole time.

Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, destroying public education has been on their agenda since the 1980s. I lived through what Betsy DeVos and John Engler did in Michigan. This isn't new, just the extreme logical endpoiint.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: Cutting federal funding. Weakening civil rights protections. Injecting God into the classroom.

Here are some of the ways Trump’s Department of Education could upend public schools.

How Trump’s Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to know.

www.propublica.org

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Profit Greenly @profitgreenly.bsky.social · 1d

~40% of the ENTIRE corn crop of the US is used to make ethanol. This gets blended with gasoline to power well under 10% of our vehicle miles. If we converted 100% of our vehicles to EVs installing solar on a small fraction of the land this corn is grown on would power them all.

US domestic corn use graph from 1980 to 2020. The orange bar representing "Alcohol for fuel use" (aka ethanol) starts growing in early 2000s, explodes before 2010 and stays huge through the graphs 2022 end. This explains most of the increased corn production in the US.

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited to be hosting @drreznicek.bsky.social in a couple of weeks - join us for a discussion of extreme Romantic bodies 🖤💪🦵👀 - our seminars are free, online, open to all!

EHUNineteen @ehunineteen.bsky.social · 1d

We are delighted to announce the first seminar in our 25/26 series: the wonderful @drreznicek.bsky.social will be presenting on ‘Too Bodily: Disability, Care, & Belonging in Romantic Novels’ on Wednesday 29th October at 6pm.

Free! Online! All welcome!

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This is a sneak preview of our poster image as we finalise details - it’s a coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson after G M Woodward from 1801 called ‘The Quack Doctor’s Prayer’ with a kneeling doctor praying over a box with a duck drawn on it. In the background there’s a candelabra and pink hangings.

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