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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · Jan 7

'Sutton Hoo & Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?' This is one of the most exciting things I've written (so far..!). Thanks to everyone who helped.
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 20h

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 20h

I found the war on Christianity

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

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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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING:
House cancels in person meeting today, won't meet this week and won't meet until after Senate votes on continuing resolution...

is avoiding calling members into session to avoid voting on measure to open Epstein files.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

The humanities grad school papers on this dynamic are gonna go on forever.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 22h

I am on all these podcast advice email lists, and they all want to persuade me to turn my podcast into a video podcast.

No. I am an elder millennial with a journalism degree. The phrase "pivot to video" still makes me break out in hives.

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Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 1d

Truly an "lol::sob" sitution

🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 1d

Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.

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Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 1d

WOOF

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Ian N Mills @iannelsonmills.bsky.social · 1d

If you're interested in the long life of Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans, I'm presenting some of my research at UMass Amherst.

Open to the public!

Joseph A.P. Wilson @josephapwilson.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you
@iannelsonmills.bsky.social
for agreeing to present on your research for my early Christianity class. We got a big lecture hall and made the lecture open to the public.

Haec Epistula Non est Pauli
10/28/2025, 11:30 AM,
65 Bartlett Hall
130 Hicks Way, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 2d

It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2d

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 3d

My review of Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities is up at BMCR:

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review share.google/agnGwlBZmvkJ...

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent! Congratulations!

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 3d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 3d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 3d

"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans."

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

WHITEHOUSE: What happened to the $50k in cash that the FBI paid to Tom Homan in a paper bag?

BONDI: The investigation of Mr Homan was subjected to a full review by the FBI. They found no credible evidence of any wrongdoing

W: That was not my Q

B: You're welcome to discuss this with Director Patel

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 3d

She’s left us no choice. It’s time for Isaac Chotiner to interview Bari Weiss.

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 3d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 4d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 4d

Guys like this are just using public positions to audition for more lucrative spots in extremely well-funded private think tanks, etc., and it’s a gross breach of responsibility that hurts children and their families.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
🧵

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 4d

You can now search the Anthropic database for your books 📚 and then file a claim directly if your work was stolen: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 5d

New issue of Journal of Early Christian Studies Vol. 33, No. 3 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55688 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social

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