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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

Mental Hellth | P.E. Moskowitz | Substack

You're not crazy, the world is. Click to read Mental Hellth, by P.E. Moskowitz, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

sharing this resource, thanks!

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 1d

Calling all U.S. Researchers: "Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut?"

The NYT wants to hear from you. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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

www.nytimes.com

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

I mean...

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

just signed contract for #yotambien anthology contribution; last thing in R&R is to create a map at the end of the intro...told my therapist, early 20's life changes compelled me to center the work from the heart + despite exhaustion, feels GOOD to set boundaries 2 center what makes me bloom 🌸

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

talking to my boss reminds me to be diplomatic; it's amazing how I curb my outrage when I'm reminded I got support and if someone really pisses me off, I can say I'ma do what I do and I have the support of my boss...IMAGINE, being respected at work becoming a NORM 👀

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · Apr 27

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.

It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

Graphic of Washington Post poll from April 18-22, 2025, showing "Majorities of Americans oppose various Trump proposals"

highlighting two lines in particular:
"Increasing the Federal Government's role in how private universities operate" - 28 percent support, 70 percent oppose
"Reducing federal funding for medical research" - 21 percent support, 77 percent oppose

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Meet the couples who are redefining what it means to be in a relationship, including those in gay-straight and same-sex platonic marriages.

“If anything, I think we are taking the sanctity of marriage to a whole new level,” one person said.

He’s gay. She’s straight. They’re happily married.

Meet the couples who are redefining what it means to be in a relationship, including those in gay-straight and same-sex platonic marriages.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Legal Ruling Forces God To Add Cancer Warning To Earth https://theonion.com/legal-ruling-forces-god-to-add-cancer-warning-to-earth/

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks 4 this quote @iquitcigs.bsky.social - students & i discussed digital democracy, algorithmic literacy + the extent to which being 'here' for each other is possible.

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 3d

LOVE this and also, gonna use that quote in my social media class.

I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 5d

“Turns out, it wasn’t Twitter we loved. It was each other” @booksstlouis.bsky.social @2bdynamic.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social @lalawriter71.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @kellymiller.bsky.social @rockafowlers.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social @rockape65.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 3d

when folks ask me how i'm doing, i tell them i got family in the chi and in pdx...their reaction lets me know how informed they are. #iykyk

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 3d

Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard before Birth #Science #Biology #Neurobiology #brainresearch #linguistics #fetaldevelopment

Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard before Birth

Babies process foreign languages they heard in utero much like their mother tongue, researchers find

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 3d

Talked to pres of garden club re: collecting food scraps DOES meet LO's; if someone hasn't written a paper, we should write one... ;)
maybe that'll be where I take the op-ed

Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 4d

LOVE flowers

FeistyEnglishTeacher @flower-power.bsky.social · 4d

Hibiscus continue to produce new buds and flowers. #ColorADay #PinkMon #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastMonday #Flowers #FlowerReport 🌱 #OnlyBeautifulThings #Photography

A hot pink dinner plate size hibiscus with a magenta center rises above four blossoms in various stages of growth . Bright green foliage surrounds the display.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 4d

Birth in Gaza often means sharing incubators, giving birth without anesthesia during power outages, and risking infection because water and sanitation systems are destroyed. interc.pt/42vx3lD

A photo illustration of a mother and child, overlaid with the headline, "Mothers in Gaza Give Life to the Next Generation of Palestinians Despite Genocide," and the DEK, "As the Israeli government enters the third year of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, mothers keep bringing new Palestinians into the world."

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 4d

What's funny = none of them had art, which is what inspired the dataset. #metadata #genai #sourcesmatter

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 4d

As I process someone being banned for advocating for human rights here...
I'm reflecting on 2 GenAI platforms having 2 distinct reads of key terms I manually created for a dataset. Distinct LCSC AND minimal overlap of disciplinary foci.

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ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @davidmordecai.com · 4d

ICYMI

himham @himham.bsky.social · 7d

Since you've voluntarily invited a boycott, you get one.

A thread 🧵 about investors in Bluesky, who would love to hear your feedback by phone, snail mail, or email.

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 4d

Sharing this with my social media students as rec'd reading. Thanks for sharing article AND for TL;DR summaries

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Erika (she/+) @lionwanderer531.bsky.social · 4d

TFW students are moved by something they read AND you get to report to the homie that students <3'd their work.

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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 12d

In Ohio, starting on Monday 9/29, we'll be implementing an age assurance solution similar to what we're doing in South Dakota and Wyoming. Read more here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...