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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 3h

And you thought you'd get away from this if you didn't hold town halls, anymore.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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mercia (but spooky🎃) @merciawintersage.bsky.social · 16h

hi #Canadians and bon matin

please take two minutes to fill out this survey.

i’m betting you probably don’t want AI-enabled authoritarianism, resource poisoning, and climate devastation like what has already taken shape in the U.S.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social · 15h

No, that's the Brits and Europeans. Except for semicolons, which go outside the quotation marks because why not.

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S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social · 17h

If everyone would just use footnotes, we could avoid this particular blame game.

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 17h

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 17h

it helps me, as a reader, to imagine the words SPONSORED CONTENT written across the masthead of every major newspaper and tv news outlet now

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 20h

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social · 17h

Nope.

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Brad Hostetler @bradhostetler.bsky.social · 1d

We're hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art History at Kenyon College, with a specialization in any field of Asian Art. Please apply! careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

Kenyon College - Details - Assistant Professor of Asian Art History

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

My undergrad told me yesterday that Google was on campus handing out swag and full year "free" access to Gemini pro and wow this feels like the credit cards/free tshirts promos of my college years

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 1d

This is genuinely totalitarian, real Valle de Los Caídos stuff, not built out of genuine affection for the fallen but to enforce veneration

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 2d

Bill filed in #Florida Legislature would make every single college & university name one street after Charlie Kirk. And the bill even specifies WHICH street at each one. (But the governor doesn't want streets used for political messages, which is why no rainbows!) www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...

Bill would make Florida colleges, universities name streets after Charlie Kirk

A new bill would make all of Florida's public state universities and colleges rename one roadway on their campuses after Charlie Kirk.

www.tallahassee.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Exhibit #1 million that you can just DO THINGS. These folks came up with an idea and have now implemented it. We can all do something where we are. I just donated to their efforts.

Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...

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monicatranel.bsky.social @monicatranel.bsky.social · 1d

Starving their base: Republican shutdown hides rural Montana's hunger

In the time of the Republican Grim Reaper We the People can support local food banks, register people to vote, gather data, and be the eyes and ears on the ground that the Reaper fears.
open.substack.com/pub/monicatr...

Starving their base: Republican shutdown hides rural Montana's hunger

The republicans shutdown starves their own voters

open.substack.com

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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 2d

This essay is very good but for the love of god let us not forget the staff, who run each and every one of these universities and stand to lose everything the faculty do (and then some) newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social · 1d

I have smart friends who write cool books!

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

*screaming*
(This is US distributor. The Concordia UP pre-order page AND DISCOUNT CODE go live next month, when I'll start up the promo machine. But lookee that covvvver 🤤)

Illuminating Media

Reveals the hidden power of medieval manuscript decoration and its lasting influence today. The overlooked art of late medieval English manuscript illumination—its initials, borders, and non-figurativ...

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 1d

Important FYI for UVA folks

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Kelly @kirwinged.bsky.social · 1d

The consequences of failing to extend these tax credits will be devastating to individuals, families and hospitals. Red states will be disproportionately impacted, due to the lack of Medicaid expansion in the same states. The Republicans are eating their own.

KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Weighs Political Consequences of Health Policy Legislation | KFF

KFF's Health Tracking Poll finds that more than three-quarters of the public say they want Congress to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits that are set to expire at the end of this year. If th...

www.kff.org

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

“Before RFK Jr. took office, measles cases were rare. Vaccination requirements kept our communities safe. I urge you: do not listen to anti-vaccine rhetoric. Do not gamble with your child’s health… Vaccinate them. Spare them — and yourself — a lifetime of pain, regret, and unanswered “what ifs.””

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James Vizzard @jwvizzard.bsky.social · 1d

Virginia has a critical statewide election next month and there’s still time to register/update. There’s even same-day registration (but that takes more work) www.elections.virginia.gov/citizen-port...

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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 1d

House Republicans have been on vacation for 20 days.

The government is shut down and health care costs are exploding.

Cancel the vacation, and let’s get back to Washington. We have work to do.

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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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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 1d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

If you live in NYC and you would like to plug into public library organizing, you can join NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org. Information is here: nycplan.org

We're kicking off a City Council focused campaign this month so it's a good time to join in and do some work.

NYC Public Library Action Network

Join NYC PLAN at our upcoming Public Library People’s Assembly It will be held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on the Upper West Side on Saturday, October 4th from 12:45pm-4:30pm.

nycplan.org

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Leah | Miyazaki Mango arc 🎃 @ideocene.net · 2d

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