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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 11h

a bar not a cookie but these were phenomenal

sallysbakingaddiction.com/lemon-bars-r...

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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 9h

It’s a shame we’re closing philosophy departments at the exact same time society as a whole is questioning whether the identification of truth and the maintenance of a shared reality are worthy efforts anymore.

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 22h

once again, every body say it with me: book burning is not a meaningful form of oppression in itself in the 21st century united states, it is almost exclusively ritualized violence in effigy directed at, and threatening, the people the burned books represent

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Tom (Anne) Brinton @tombrinton.bsky.social · 19h

Simply egregious.

Tom (Anne) Brinton @tombrinton.bsky.social · 19h

My dog's tooting tonight is absolutely beyond the pale.

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 1d

www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado who lives in hiding after attempting to run against President Nicolás Maduro.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuela's María Corina Machado

"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist," the committee said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Tom (Anne) Brinton @tombrinton.bsky.social · 19h

My dog's tooting tonight is absolutely beyond the pale.

Tom (Anne) Brinton @tombrinton.bsky.social · 20h

What could possibly go wrong?

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 1d

Reading request! If you could recommend one text that explored the history of an idea/concept in a riveting and surprising way what would it be? Please re-skeet if you can. I know this is a niche ask.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

youfeellikeshit.com my therapist told me about this. it's a little walk through on how to feel better when you feel like shit. im working through it now. it is, delightfully, in twine

Need a nap?

youfeellikeshit.com

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jAy Ph.D. @jayrotoole.bsky.social · 1d

Two months until the release of the hardback edition of my academic book, Exploring Early Modern Sexualities. The Desires of King James VI & I (11th Dec).

Available for pre-order now!

#EarlyModern #Historian #QueerLit #EnglishLit #Royals

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Tom (Anne) Brinton @tombrinton.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to report that my short story "Keys" is forthcoming in Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 2.

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Tom (Anne) Brinton @tombrinton.bsky.social · 1d

Sent a copy of my first print fiction pub to my mother and got in return a screed about her own accomplishments, the strong implication that she likes my friend's work better, and some unhelpful advice about how to "improve."

You guys, I think she's threatened.

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Pat Wahler @patwahlerauthor.bsky.social · 3d

#booksky #writers #writing

Text: Good writing habit: use active voice. If the words sense any weakness at all, they'll rise up and seize control of the page, sowing chaos and death. Beware the words... -The Writer's Mysterium

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 3d

Wisdom, moral imagination, an enlarged sympathy for those who live or have lived differently from yourself. This is what you get from studying the Humanities. So quite important, actually.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 2d

Want to hear about a party that isn’t too keen on democracy, deporting people who side with their opposition and stifling the opposition press to remain in power?

The Alien and Sedition Acts have a LOT to say.

Crystal Kile @crystalkile.bsky.social · 3d

America at 250: A History

Lecture 7: “What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, and More” with Professor Joanne Freeman

The relevance of revisiting The Whiskey Rebellion will shock you

RIYL “Hamilton”

youtu.be/jMJLuErzYtg

DeVane Lecture, Class 7 – What Kind of Nation? Democracy, Hamilton, Jefferson, and More

YouTube video by YaleCourses

youtu.be

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Jonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · 3d

Look what came in the mail today, @uncpress.bsky.social @simpsonvos.bsky.social @profsommerville.bsky.social! 🗃️

Printed copy of Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis held by the author in the background

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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

nyti.ms

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

doomscroll break

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 4d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Tom (Anne) Brinton @tombrinton.bsky.social · 3d

Writing friends, I need a venue that will consider a long short story (10k words), horror genre, trans and queer themes.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life

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Tom (Anne) Brinton @tombrinton.bsky.social · 3d

Fun time to be teaching the fall of the Roman Republic.

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 6d

They say to do something every day that scares you, so I'm finally going to look into the wheezing, chthonic kaleidoscope I found in the catacombs.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 6d

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct. 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights. ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association

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