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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 15h

For #SquittleDay (squid and cuttlefish day!): 🦑
Bakufu Ohno (Japan, 1888-1976)
#Cuttlefish (Mongo-ika), 1940
From Familiar Fishes of Nippon (Dai Nihon gyorui hanga-in)
Oban, 40.3 x 28.4 cm
ukiyo-e.org/image/jaodb/...
#JapaneseArt #CephalopodWeek

vintage Japanese color woodblock print in landscape orientation, illustration of an inking cuttlefish (light brown & light blue body, black ink), with seals and signatures on lower left

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 3d

From the current issue: “Dams and the Deep Earth: The 1967 Koyna Earthquake and Human Agency in the Anthropocene”

by Elizabeth Chatterjee and Sachaet Pandey-Geeta Mantraraj (University of Chicago)

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Dams and the Deep Earth: The 1967 Koyna Earthquake and Human Agency in the Anthropocene*

Abstract. On 11 December 1967, a large earthquake devastated the village of Koynanagar in Maharashtra, western India. Many blamed the new Koyna hydroelectr

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 1d

This is me not making a wisecrack about the Econ Department.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 1d

Opting out of this AI licensing agreement, which was auto sent on a weekly basis by a certain publisher, was far from simple.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde

His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 1d

We're delighted to announce that @williamcavert.bsky.social has been awarded the Dyos Prize for 2024!

The Dyos Prize is awarded to the best article submitted to #UrbanHistory in the previous calendar year.

Check out 'Industrial brewing in early modern London' here: doi.org/10.1017/S096...

White text on maroon background reads: Urban History Dyos Prize 2024

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

doomscroll break

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LOLed from this one. (Maybe because I'm currently trying to sell a house.)

The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

Real Estate: Wouldst This Suit M’Lord?

Tis a humble and rudely constructed domicile, true, but ’tis warm and dry, and there be space enough to lay your head on some flax and pass an evening’s time.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 6d

According to Wikipedia: "Rowan is a restaurateur who owns multiple eateries in The Hamptons." 😆 🤣 😂

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davideelder.bsky.social @davideelder.bsky.social · 6d

Another great one! m.youtube.com/watch?v=snLU...

David Gborie | Gbirth Of A Nation (Full Comedy Special)

YouTube video by 800 Pound Gorilla Media

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 8d

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

Many in Memphis acknowledge that crime in the city is a real problem. And while President Trump's federal intervention might not be their ideal way to handle it, they're hoping it can provide some much-needed relief.

Memphis sees opportunity in Trump's plans for federal intervention

Many in Memphis acknowledge that crime in the city is a real problem. And while President Trump's federal intervention might not be their ideal way to handle it, they're hoping it can provide some much-needed relief.

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 9d

Happy 75th Anniversary of Peanuts, everyone!

Ad from Chicago Tribune 10/2/1950

Ad from the Chicago Tribune announcing the beginning of the comic strip Peanuts. Shermy and Charlie Brown stand, shielding their eyes as they look into the distance under a sign that says, "Watch Out For Children"

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 9d

More absolutely terrible news.

Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 9d

The White House fired many members of the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday, with the council's website showing that only four appointees of President Donald Trump were retained.

White House fires many members of the National Council on the Humanities

The White House fired many members of the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday, with the council's website showing that only four appointees of President Donald Trump were retained.

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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 10d

brb, forming an elite heist team to free The Roots.

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 11d

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW

Twentieth-Century China
Volume 50, Number 3, October 2025

tinyurl.com/38jh39xt

Contributors:
Anne Reinhardt
Peter Zarrow
Gyatso Marnyi
Ben Hales
Wuyutong Yao
Denise Y. Ho
Andrew Morris
Alan Baumler
Hongshan Li

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW

Twentieth-Century China
Volume 50, Number 3, October 2025

Hopkins Press Journals

Contributors:
Anne Reinhardt
Peter Zarrow
Gyatso Marnyi
Ben Hales
Wuyutong Yao
Denise Y. Ho
Andrew Morris
Alan Baumler
Hongshan Li

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 11d

My finest work

Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 12d

Did you hear about the guy who murdered someone for an $189 book? ...

...It was a Brill killing.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 12d

Did you hear about the guy who murdered someone for an $189 book? ...

...It was a Brill killing.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 14d

They think departments have enough money for every faculty member to invite a conservative to give a talk? That's cute.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 16d

Not always...

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 17d

🧵 3/3

UWP is now correcting and reprinting the book, which should be out soon. UWP has frozen sales and will reach out and arrange to provide anyone who has already purchased the book with corrected editions. I will post an update when the corrected version is ready.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 17d

🧵 2/3

If you have a copy of the book now, you will discover some typos. These are not major errors, but -- after working on the project for nearly a decade -- I want the book that is published to be the one that I actually signed off on.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 17d

🧵 1/3

I'm incredibly excited about my new book _Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People_, so it came as a shock when, after getting my author copies, I discovered that University of Washington Press printed the uncorrected proofs rather than the corrected proofs that I supplied them.

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Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 17d

Green Day O'Connor

Micah Muscolino @mmuscolino.bsky.social · 17d

Ruin a band with Supreme Court Justice

Eric Burdon & Warren

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 17d

Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice

John Marshall Mathers

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