Cassandra
@historycass.bsky.social
She/Her
HIST/PHIL faculty at a Texas CC. Lover of old garden roses, Austen, Tolkien, sci-fi, romance, history, and philosophy. Ed.D in Educational Technology. I read a lot. 💙📚🍎🏛️🗃️
HIST/PHIL faculty at a Texas CC. Lover of old garden roses, Austen, Tolkien, sci-fi, romance, history, and philosophy. Ed.D in Educational Technology. I read a lot. 💙📚🍎🏛️🗃️
😭 But in a good way.
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
😭 But in a good way.
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This is Mandy. She has been told she has certain noodle-like qualities. Takes it as a compliment though, because everyone loves noodles. 13/10 (IG: spacecitysighthounds)
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is Mandy. She has been told she has certain noodle-like qualities. Takes it as a compliment though, because everyone loves noodles. 13/10 (IG: spacecitysighthounds)
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"The craft on display alone is enough to bring a tear to your eye,” writes @christylemire.bsky.social about Chloé Zhao’s transcendent HAMNET.
Hamnet movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
The craft on display alone is enough to bring a tear to your eye.
www.rogerebert.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"The craft on display alone is enough to bring a tear to your eye,” writes @christylemire.bsky.social about Chloé Zhao’s transcendent HAMNET.
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One of the best films of the year, perhaps the best, Hamnet opens in limited release today. I spoke to a very philosophical Chloe Zhao about navigating personal grief in the film and holding a mirror to an audience. And much more... #Oscars
Chloe Zhao On 'Hamnet': 'It's Not My Job To Tell People How They Should Feel'
Chloe Zhao was going to participate in a stage production of Our Town, but then Hamnet came her way and let her explore grief once more
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
One of the best films of the year, perhaps the best, Hamnet opens in limited release today. I spoke to a very philosophical Chloe Zhao about navigating personal grief in the film and holding a mirror to an audience. And much more... #Oscars
Time to rewatch Impromptu. Also need a good bio of her.
‘When I want beautiful flowers I gather them on my own, barefoot.’ 🌺
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
Spending this morning with writer, lover, mother & figure of scandal George Sand – or, Aurore Dudevant – & my goodness what a life!
(Portrait by Charles Louis Gratia, c. 1835)
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Time to rewatch Impromptu. Also need a good bio of her.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Beautiful! What a difference.
Cities like Paris are showing that urban greening thru street & place transformation is just COMMON SENSE, for cooling cities that are getting hotter due to the #ClimateCrisis, and for reducing emissions, cleaning the air, and improving quality-of-life!
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Beautiful! What a difference.
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An old post of Clay Sanger.
ALL of my books are on sale for #BlackFriday.
Choose one or choose an author that you enjoy and gift that book to someone you care about.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR/
#books #booksky #authors
ALL of my books are on sale for #BlackFriday.
Choose one or choose an author that you enjoy and gift that book to someone you care about.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR/
#books #booksky #authors
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
An old post of Clay Sanger.
ALL of my books are on sale for #BlackFriday.
Choose one or choose an author that you enjoy and gift that book to someone you care about.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR/
#books #booksky #authors
ALL of my books are on sale for #BlackFriday.
Choose one or choose an author that you enjoy and gift that book to someone you care about.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWC9P4TR/
#books #booksky #authors
I love buying books. My bookshelves hate me though. 💙📚
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I love buying books. My bookshelves hate me though. 💙📚
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"Death By Lightning," the GAR, and Black Civil War Veterans
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"Death By Lightning," the GAR, and Black Civil War Veterans
No doubt, many of you have had a chance to watch Netflix’s mini-series Death by Lightning, a dramatization of the life and assassination of President James A.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Death By Lightning," the GAR, and Black Civil War Veterans
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
Just a true gent all the way through. His early death was such a loss.
Uh…. Was this his Dirty Dancing interview reel? I’m calling it an official prequel
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Just a true gent all the way through. His early death was such a loss.
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In my original reply to Dale, I noted that he was wearing a thin jersey t-shirt, which revealed the outline of his nipple (a well-known erogenous zone, even for men). The t-shirt, of course, was once considered underwear.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In my original reply to Dale, I noted that he was wearing a thin jersey t-shirt, which revealed the outline of his nipple (a well-known erogenous zone, even for men). The t-shirt, of course, was once considered underwear.
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I am glad I watched the series on the American Revolution and believe it tells the most inclusive story I have ever heard on this era. The series conveys the lived experiences of numerous groups, rather than offering a blow-by-blow account of military maneuvers.
www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
#HATM
www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
#HATM
The American Revolution | All Episodes Now Streaming | Ken Burns | PBS
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States. Stream the full documentary from Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt.
www.pbs.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I am glad I watched the series on the American Revolution and believe it tells the most inclusive story I have ever heard on this era. The series conveys the lived experiences of numerous groups, rather than offering a blow-by-blow account of military maneuvers.
www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
#HATM
www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
#HATM
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I have great respect for working dogs
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I have great respect for working dogs
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Doomscroll break
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Doomscroll break
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November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
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Talk about a timeline cleanse
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Talk about a timeline cleanse
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
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Maternal mortality came down over history because of specific, measurable interventions.
Human childbirth is difficult and hazardous for both mother and child. Early adaptations to this hazard were to have more children, which worked at a human population level, but didn't change individual risk.
Human childbirth is difficult and hazardous for both mother and child. Early adaptations to this hazard were to have more children, which worked at a human population level, but didn't change individual risk.
This is one of the most horrific and evil things I have ever read. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Maternal mortality came down over history because of specific, measurable interventions.
Human childbirth is difficult and hazardous for both mother and child. Early adaptations to this hazard were to have more children, which worked at a human population level, but didn't change individual risk.
Human childbirth is difficult and hazardous for both mother and child. Early adaptations to this hazard were to have more children, which worked at a human population level, but didn't change individual risk.
Drop the link! #Spuffy
I've just written a 15k word essay that examines the Spike-Buffy relationship in #BuffyTheVampireSlayer for no other reason than I really wanted to. I used to love the show, have most of it committed to memory. Don't know why, but I've thinking about it (and these two) a lot lately. #BtVS #Spuffy
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Drop the link! #Spuffy
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The thing about a mixtape is that you absolutely did not want your crush to make inferences based on your song choice and the extremely important song sequence. But also you absolutely *did* want them to make inferences.
Back when the Deep Magic was written, including REM’s Nightswimming or more than 3 Peter Gabriel OR Indigo Girls songs was code for “I love you.” The tape could be placed in the crush’s locker or “accidentally” left behind in their car, to be experienced in absentia so as not to ruin it.
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The thing about a mixtape is that you absolutely did not want your crush to make inferences based on your song choice and the extremely important song sequence. But also you absolutely *did* want them to make inferences.