Jessica Wranosky
@jessicawranosky.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor of DH & History-Women, gender & sexuality hist &voting rights specialist.
Auntie Maime, “Life is a banquet. Most poor suckers are starving to death.Live!Live!Live!”
Posts are my own 1st Amendment.
www.jessicabrannonwranosky.com
Auntie Maime, “Life is a banquet. Most poor suckers are starving to death.Live!Live!Live!”
Posts are my own 1st Amendment.
www.jessicabrannonwranosky.com
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The hate has been seeping into people’s souls & hearts from precisely the sources they claim to oppose.
Check your heart & your soul. If you would react differently to a tragedy had it happened elsewhere or to people w/ different backgrounds than those affected, you might want to check yourself.
Check your heart & your soul. If you would react differently to a tragedy had it happened elsewhere or to people w/ different backgrounds than those affected, you might want to check yourself.
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A lovely story of an archivist reaching out for religious community support to fully understand a holy book in the collection, and that community getting a wonderful experience in return.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sikhs flock to see rare outing of ancient holy book in Edinburgh
The Guru Granth Sahib is so fragile it was taken to Edinburgh Gurdwara in a special convoy by curators for just a few hours.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A lovely story of an archivist reaching out for religious community support to fully understand a holy book in the collection, and that community getting a wonderful experience in return.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For anyone living with #LongCOVID who does not live in the US & is therefore not eligible for the Scripps trial - if you can manage to scrape together the funds to try this yourself -
www.wired.com/story/weight...
For anyone living with #LongCOVID who does not live in the US & is therefore not eligible for the Scripps trial - if you can manage to scrape together the funds to try this yourself -
www.wired.com/story/weight...
Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid.
www.wired.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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For anyone living with #LongCOVID who does not live in the US & is therefore not eligible for the Scripps trial - if you can manage to scrape together the funds to try this yourself -
www.wired.com/story/weight...
For anyone living with #LongCOVID who does not live in the US & is therefore not eligible for the Scripps trial - if you can manage to scrape together the funds to try this yourself -
www.wired.com/story/weight...
Wonder if she comes with a bone saw & a stick to bite on?
November 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Wonder if she comes with a bone saw & a stick to bite on?
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Tonight is the night and there is still time to join us!
Historians At The Movies is doing something special for the new Ken Burns series. Join in. Details below.
@lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social
@lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social
Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
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November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Tonight is the night and there is still time to join us!
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‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
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Extraordinarily honored to receive the American Society for Legal History’s Craig Joyce Medal for service to the Society for my work as editor of @lawandhistrev.bsky.social.
Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!
#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory
Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!
#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Extraordinarily honored to receive the American Society for Legal History’s Craig Joyce Medal for service to the Society for my work as editor of @lawandhistrev.bsky.social.
Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!
#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory
Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!
#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory
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How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? @kenlburns.bsky.social, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on what it took to film “The American Revolution”:
How Do You Film the Revolution?
What we learned making a documentary about a war so distant in time
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November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? @kenlburns.bsky.social, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on what it took to film “The American Revolution”:
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More than 30 years after his death, the work of Bob Ross continues to engage viewers. https://to.pbs.org/49Hzu96
Auction of Bob Ross paintings aims to fill funding gaps for public broadcasting
More than 30 years after his death, the work of artist and public television icon Bob Ross continues to engage audiences across the world. When Congress rescinded $1.1 billion allocated for public bro...
to.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
More than 30 years after his death, the work of Bob Ross continues to engage viewers. https://to.pbs.org/49Hzu96
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PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
Don’t throw shade at academics (faculty/students/whoever) who are at institutions doing things academics have no control over— unless you’re personally into being the kind of sadist who tortures those w/o power. Ppl are doing their best in survival mode—snark/targeting them is adding to the burden.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Don’t throw shade at academics (faculty/students/whoever) who are at institutions doing things academics have no control over— unless you’re personally into being the kind of sadist who tortures those w/o power. Ppl are doing their best in survival mode—snark/targeting them is adding to the burden.
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Omg
Epstein-Barr virus is linked to development of the autoimmune disease lupus in new research
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The Virus That Causes Mono May Also Cause Lupus
Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr Virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus
www.scientificamerican.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Omg
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The FDA just removed a black box warning from hormone replacement therapy for menopause after decades on the market. A pharmacologist explains what these warnings are, why they matter, and when they change. buff.ly/jOBrEC6
What’s a ‘black box’ warning? A pharmacologist explains how these labels protect patients
The drug information sheets that the FDA requires companies to produce are living documents that get updated with new information.
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The FDA just removed a black box warning from hormone replacement therapy for menopause after decades on the market. A pharmacologist explains what these warnings are, why they matter, and when they change. buff.ly/jOBrEC6
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The U.S. Mint won’t produce pennies anymore, but they won’t vanish overnight.
They remain legal tender, and there could be close to 300 billion of them in circulation, Treasurer Brandon Beach said.
They remain legal tender, and there could be close to 300 billion of them in circulation, Treasurer Brandon Beach said.
So long, penny. The Treasury has officially stopped producing one-cent coins.
The U.S. Mint struck its final run of one-cent coins Wednesday, ending almost 230 years of near-continuous penny production.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The U.S. Mint won’t produce pennies anymore, but they won’t vanish overnight.
They remain legal tender, and there could be close to 300 billion of them in circulation, Treasurer Brandon Beach said.
They remain legal tender, and there could be close to 300 billion of them in circulation, Treasurer Brandon Beach said.
Omg.
How horrible
How horrible
Colourful children’s sand sold nationwide recalled amid asbestos fears
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Colourful children’s sand sold by Officeworks recalled amid asbestos fears
Chain among Australian retailers to have sold some of the affected Creatistics, Kadink and Educational Colours products since 2020
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Omg.
How horrible
How horrible
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I want to read a book about Georgia O’Keeffe and her life in New Mexico from the Native perspective by a Native author. I googled a bit but didn’t find anything.
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I want to read a book about Georgia O’Keeffe and her life in New Mexico from the Native perspective by a Native author. I googled a bit but didn’t find anything.
I know it’s not as great as everybody else’s, but omg this is North Texas— a street light to my left. I have never seen lights in the sky this far south.
Omg this is from my North Texas suburb front yard
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I know it’s not as great as everybody else’s, but omg this is North Texas— a street light to my left. I have never seen lights in the sky this far south.
Omg this is from my North Texas suburb front yard
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Omg this is from my North Texas suburb front yard
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I like that on social media we all pause and look at the sky and share what we see and it's good. It's good.
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I like that on social media we all pause and look at the sky and share what we see and it's good. It's good.
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Hey fellow backup girls, what foundation brushes do we love I am slowly getting back to doing more full face makeup not just eye makeup, so I need new makeup brushes and such. Honestly it has been over 4 years since I did a full face, which I did last night and yeah I need some new brushes.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Hey fellow backup girls, what foundation brushes do we love I am slowly getting back to doing more full face makeup not just eye makeup, so I need new makeup brushes and such. Honestly it has been over 4 years since I did a full face, which I did last night and yeah I need some new brushes.
This is extremely excellent news. The potential would be global changing life saving.
If this bears out this is perhaps the biggest health innovation since mRNA vaccines which like lol how crazy. This science interrupted the biological production of antibiotic producing mold and isolated an early molecule in the compound. That rules.
www.livescience.com/health/medic...
www.livescience.com/health/medic...
Antibiotic found hiding in plain sight could treat dangerous infections, early study finds
Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen antibiotic that shows promising in treating drug-resistant infections.
www.livescience.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is extremely excellent news. The potential would be global changing life saving.
😂🤣😂🤣😂😏😏😏😒😒😒😣😣😣😖😖😖😫😫😫 would be so so funny if not metaphorically so true.
"The materials you authored from sixth through eighth grade are now free and available to the populace (everyone) for adaptation, publication, or general enjoyment."
We Regret to Inform You That Your Middle School Diary Has Lapsed into the Public Domain
This letter is to inform you (the author) that your intellectual property (middle school diary) has officially entered the public domain due to you...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
😂🤣😂🤣😂😏😏😏😒😒😒😣😣😣😖😖😖😫😫😫 would be so so funny if not metaphorically so true.