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Nick Barr
@nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
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Translator, Tofik Dibi's DJINN https://sunypress.edu/Books/D/Djinn. Race/religion in the Netherlands, other nerdy stuff. Bargain-basement lecturer/uni staff. Trombonist, http://bandavagosseattle.com. he/him
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nathankhensley.bsky.social
the code is PENN-HOLIDAY25 -- get yours now!
benwurgaft.bsky.social Ben Wurgaft @benwurgaft.bsky.social · 1d
Ah, @pennpress.bsky.social has just announced their holiday sale! 40% off means that the paperback of my book on philosophy's encounter with "the public intellectual," Thinking in Public, is about $20.

100% of the historical analysis for 60% of the price.

www.pennpress.org/978081222434...
Thinking in Public – Penn Press
Long before we began to speak of "public intellectuals," the ideas of "the public" and "the intellectual" raised consternation among many European philosophe...
www.pennpress.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
It’s always the ones you most expect, etc.
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Get it
allgrim.bsky.social All Grim Prints @allgrim.bsky.social · 2d
Today’s print run. Store’s open for 7 more days until 2026.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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nadiabouras.bsky.social
Een laffe, weglopende Wierd wanneer hij wordt geconfronteerd met zijn eigen uitspraken is vermakelijk, dat zeker. Maar ik weet eerlijk gezegd niet wat erger is: Wierd Duk zelf, of het programma dat hem uitnodigt om te praten over de bescherming van de ‘joods-christelijke’ tradities.
debroervanroos.bsky.social Tim Hofman @debroervanroos.bsky.social · 3d
dit is. zo tering vet.

bejaarde complotclown die al jaren jankt dat ie niet mee mag praten, mag eindelijk overal meepraten (nadat ie al overal mee mocht praten), en bij een beetje weerwoord wil ie opeens toch niet meer meepraten.

fan-tas-tisch.
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
Nothing like it
coolbikeart1.bsky.social Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 3d
The moment of glory with my daughter, August 2020. She had both a balance bike and training wheels, and had delayed for a long time, but then one day she showed up in helmet, elbow and knee pads, and was like, "It's time." And she just did it, first try.
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
Haven’t read this yet, but guaranteed to be a banger from @benwurgaft.bsky.social
sarahemilyduff.bsky.social Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 3d
‘Effective Altruism did not originate in the clean room of a thought experiment but in the matrix of compromise we call a social world … from conversations among elites and has necessarily been molded by the pressures on them and the opportunities afforded them.’

By @benwurgaft.bsky.social
Opinion | How a Thought Experiment Changed the World
Peter Singer and the roots of effective altruism.
www.chronicle.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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victinibcn.bsky.social
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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transform6789.bsky.social
hahahaha I hope every one of them are pissing their pants for the copious illegal actions they knowingly and callously engaged in
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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roelant.bsky.social Roelant Siekman🌱⚡️ @roelant.bsky.social · 3d
Mag ik uit de serie ‘racist loopt weg’….

…Wierd Duk loopt weg?

Kwartet!🤣

#HansJanmaat #ThierryBaudet #GeertWilders #WierdDuk
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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contingent-mag.bsky.social
Calling all contingent historians and their editors--if you haven't submitted for this year's lists, why not? Seriously, these are our most highly read pieces of the year. They are a great way to get your scholarship in front of people and SELL YOUR BOOKS.
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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lotfielhamidi.bsky.social
Los van bewezen incompetentie: het discrimineren van mensen die zelf pleiten voor discriminatie, waarom moeten we dat ook alweer afkeurenswaardig vinden?
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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jshelat1.bsky.social
A professor I had my sophomore year of college emailed to tell me I “deserved to be an English major.” It changed my life.
recursecenter.bsky.social Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 14d
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
Hurwitz: “When I try to make arguments for Israel, I realize I am talking through a wall of dead children.”
dropsitenews.com Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 4d
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.

Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
“You still love me, right Dad?”
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d
Trump smiled at Mamdani in a way he never has with JD, meanwhile he's outside the room grasping for any possible way to still glaze him looooool
JD Vance tweeting: "POTUS has a lot of good moments but this is an all-timer" in response to Trump telling Mamdani he can still call him a fascist
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Who could have seen this coming
Al is providing emotional support for employees - but is it a valuable tool or privacy threat? Nelson Phillips, University of California, Santa Barbara; Fares Ahmad, University of California, Santa Barbara People are increasingly using Al chatbots for emotional and psychological support. Now, companies are using it to support employees - raising a host of issues.
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
Slop Manager, Humanities Division
rcolesworthy.bsky.social Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 5d
I clicked and they’re looking for humanities professors to evaluate AI outputs—so if you need a side hustle or just, you know, a day job when your uni closes your department, there’s always AI quality control, at least til they don’t need us for that either
Email from LinkedIn announcing a job as “humanities professor” paying $50-$70/hour
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The case was brought not by administrators, but by workers and students in the UC system, one of the most prestigious public university networks in the country. A coalition of faculty, staff, and student groups and unions from UC schools sued the administration for violating their First Amendment rights to free speech and Fifth Amendment rights to due process. Not only did the University of California leadership have nothing to do with the case, but the school system leaders remain so cravenly wedded to capitulation that they're still in settlement discussions with the administration.
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
Straight onto the syllabus
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 5d
Mike Pence wrote an opinion piece for Fox News. Reading the headline, I was like, "Okay, seems like a normal take."

Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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pgoldsworthy.bsky.social
There are multiple places where you need to turn this off! Check your google workplace settings as well www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
This conversation hit me hard. As it should.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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ellipticalnight.bsky.social
I don't hate everything! I hate everything on offer, not the same
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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ryanboyd.bsky.social
Personally I think you shouldn't teach if you hate students. But that's just me!
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
nicolaaspbarr.bsky.social
My contingent faculty “career trajectory”
coolbikeart1.bsky.social Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 6d
1929
📷 Fosco Maraini
Photo of a person snapped mid-fall on a bicycle. He's riding on a snowy street.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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lromeranth.bsky.social
Now, in the context of what just came out about Larry Summers, and also the history of the Comaroffs, we have to ask how zealously “prosecutorial” was Harvard really?
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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If you're tired of watching our loser university leaders cower and cave, watch this right now
www.youtube.com/live/Y93bfoq...
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM