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S.J. Pearce

@homophonous.bsky.social

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Andalusi lit and cultural history at NYU. Medieval, but not like that. Trying to strike a balance between critical and creative writing. Chaos muppet, always. Still perfecting my gazpacho.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · Jul 21

Here’s the pre-order link for my poetry chapbook, Incident Names, out with @finishinglinepress.bsky.social in November. It’s discounted now but I know individual book budgets are tight, so I’d love it if folks suggested their local libraries order a copy! www.finishinglinepress.com/product/inci...

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Rufus Hickok @rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 8h

Seems like his deep and sincere love of the Jewish donor people ran up against his loyalty to his antisemite friends.

Charlie Kirk Israel furor deepens as friend leaks haunting final texts

A friend of Charlie Kirk released more text messages from a leaked group chat where the Turning Point leader raged about 'bullying' Jewish donors.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 9h

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 10h

Amazing!

S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 10h

I think I offered to scan some maps from this book for someone on here. If it was you, remind me?

S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 10h

It’s fantastic!

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 12h

Ok, did not expect “The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe” to feel quite so relevant to this moment.

Here’s Edmund, deciding to side with the leader who he’s been told disappears people.

He did want Turkish Delight and to be a prince (and later a king) and to pay Peter out for calling him a beast. As for what the Witch would do with the others, he didn't want her to be particularly nice to them - certainly not to put them on the same level as himself; but he managed to believe, or to pretend he believed, that she wouldn't do anything very bad to them, 'Because,' he said to himself, 'all these people who say nasty things about her are her enemies and probably half of it isn't true. She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are. I expect she is the rightful Queen really. Anyway, she'll be better than that awful Aslan!' At least, that was the excuse he made in his own mind for what he was doing. It wasn't a very good excuse, however, for deep down inside him he really knew that the White Witch was bad and cruel.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 10h

I found the book I thought I had lost in the move!

(It was actually published first in English but I need the translation for a class I teach in Spanish.)

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Alex Segura @alexsegura.bsky.social · 17h

Just announced at NYCC: I’m writing a KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic with artist @davidhahn.bsky.social in partnership with @nycschools.bsky.social #civicsforall comics program, covering and explaining student rights when it comes to immigration enforcement.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t adequately express how mystified and nauseated I am by the conversation about Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize that corporate media is now leading. But as a journalist, attorney, historian and Trump presidential biographer I’m now obligated to make the case *against* in full.

Here it is:

Media and MAGA Calls for Trump to Catch a Nobel Peace Prize Rather Than An ICC War Crimes Indictment Are Obscene

The second-biggest threat to global peace after Putin has earned a cell for war crimes—not a humanitarian award. That his grotesque and scammy appeal for a Nobel Peace Prize is working is terrifying.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 12h

It also tells you a lot about the way the people in charge view the Christianity that they pretend to wield as a cudgel.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

a muppet with red hair is standing in front of a light

ALT: a muppet with red hair is standing in front of a light

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

STORY: ORANGE MAN LIE AGAIN

OLD WAY: “CRITICS SAY STATEMENT MAY BE MISLEADING.”

ANIMAL WAY: HIT KICK DRUM, YELL “LIE!” HIT TAMBOURINE, WHISPER “but other side lie too” IN SOFTEST MIKE JOHNSON VOICE.

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Alan Burdick @alanburdick.bsky.social · 1d

A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

www.nytimes.com

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

(Narrator: She was not, in fact, speaking seriously.)

S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

ROTFL!

Seriously though, there were some popes and antipopes all at the same time, so maybe just the one pope doesn’t matter as much?

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

And it sounds like those people in the fucking tree house would happily have him back!

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

Yes… I’ve read several medieval texts that suggest that’s the case.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

Update: Zohran is IN A FUCKING TREE HOUSE. WITH THOSE PEOPLE.

Pictures via @abbystein.bsky.social.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

I know it's sort of a cold take but your perspective on US foreign policy dramatically improves once you consistently read or watch non US media

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 2d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 1d

I think there’s an excellent chance he does all of this but to Sweden.

Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not Catholic, so perhaps I’ve misunderstood, but I thought that ministering to the poor was well within its remit.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

My pop culture references are starting to get stale, and then this one just fell into my lap.

S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

Each of them famously said, more or less, if you want to understand me, then go learn Spanish.

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