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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 11h

We will go back to the days when philosophers talked about perceiving and knowing "the red barn"

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Tzfardea Tzedek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · 1d

They've done it. They've reinvented "autism is a Jewish plot to weaken the West" from a brand new set of crazy ass starting assumptions.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1d

have reached my final form: doing a story on a train

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 2d

May it be so

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Hamas plans to release all 20 living hostages this weekend, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority of Gaza. https://to.pbs.org/4nHBlyR

Israel and Hamas have agreed to 'first phase' of Gaza peace plan, Trump announces

Hamas plans to release all 20 living hostages this weekend, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority of Gaza.

www.pbs.org

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 2d

He did tell the military leadership that this is their new assignment

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 2d

Well, I watched a bit of the video. The guy who is quoted as saying "I would like to see them clean up the city" wants them to pick up trash— i.e., paper, wrappers, empty cans—littering the streets.

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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · Sep 10

Job Openings!

Columbia Theological Seminary invites applications for *two* full-time tenure-track faculty appointments in Old Testament.

More info here: www.ctsnet.edu/careers/

Careers

Search for Vice President of Institutional Advancement

www.ctsnet.edu

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 3d

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 3d

Let me give a proper & full attempt at an answer, rather than just the quote skeet answer because this is one of the most important questions that can be asked right now. What we're seeing is an ongoing attempt to rework American state & societal formation into a white Christian herrenvolk. 1/

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know what is in Mr. Carney’s heart but I do know that Canadians will see this moment as sarcasm with a thin veneer of politeness

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 4d

***Job Opportunity***

Open Rank Professor, History of Technology, University of California - Irvine

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 8d

***Attention Historians***

Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for October 2025.

A thread.

I will update the thread over the course of the month.

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Nature’s Edge @edge-nature.bsky.social · 5d

One of the great treats of autumn are the painted ladies stopping in the garden on their way south.

A bright, orange, black and white butterfly, stopping on a pink flower.

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 5d

I will look for the book. Often I think of Sartre’s old essay on existentialism where he gives examples of dilemmas people face, like “Do I join the resistance or do I protect my elderly mother?” Greed and ambition aside, these questions come up when they do and people choose in the moment.

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 5d

Yes my three year old was also confused about time, and consistently misused the words “yesterday” and “tomorrow.” It did not occur to me until today that living in the end times could be consistently confusing to minds of all ages.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 5d

Sea ice extent in the Chukchi Sea (northwest of Alaska) has increased rapidly and is now higher than last year and the 1991-2020 median. Unusually early in the season for recent years, some nearshore ice has formed on the Beaufort Sea coast between Pt. Barrow and Harrison Bay. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

Left: Chukchi Sea daily sea ice extent 1979 to 2025 with the past two years and the smoothed 1991-2020 median highlighted. Right: NWS Alaska region sea ice concentration analysis to October 4, 2025.

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 5d

An owl rescue & redemption tale.

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 5d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 6d

There’s no prohibition against touching a living pig or cat or dog or bird or bunny or tarantula or snake or any animal. Make as many friends as you like!

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Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social · 6d

“The people will stay here like the stars are stuck in the sky; they are not going to move as they shouldn’t, because our treaties say so. We should be unhindered, we should be unmolested and free to roam in our territories and our homelands” - Michelle Paul
#Mikmaki #Unimaki #NSpoli #LandBack

Mi'kmaw land protectors vow to stand their ground as Nova Scotia law passes

Nova Scotia has passed the Protecting Nova Scotians Act which allows police to move in and remove land protectors from Hunters Mountain.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 7d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 7d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 7d

Hell to the no, says this Charlotte-Mecklenburg voter. Doesn’t sound like the voice of someone who is open to “a serious solution-driven dialogue.”

Jordan Green @byjordangreen.bsky.social · 7d

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police is calling for National Guard deployment to Charlotte, NC over the wishes of Mayor Vi Lyles.

The FOP has previously criticized Lyles for utilizing police protection in response to threats.

H/T Hunter Sáenz, WSOC-TV

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 7d

Nap time

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 7d

For our entire lives the state has been slowly conditioning us to accept dehumanization and unrestrained violence. It's the carceral state. Intentional scarcity and poverty. The exploitation of people around the world and within our borders. Designations of "criminal" and "terrorist."

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan @onsophiastreet.bsky.social · 9d

Is it illegal to be on Team Metatron?

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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