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Glenn Shepard
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Ethnobotanist, anthropologist, polyglot & filmmaker living and working in Brazilian Amazon; traditional medicine, sensory ecology, Indigenous media; New York Review contributor; Blog: Notes from the Ethnoground https://ethnoground.blogspot.com .. more

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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · Jul 25
Infinite Jest: an homage to #DavidFosterWallace I made many years ago for an #InfiniteJest film festival. This short film imagines J.O. Incandenza on set with Mme. Psychosis as they make the fatal samizdat from the eponymous novel. Enjoy, but not too much…

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Infinite Jest IV
Infinite Jest IV (Digital video, color w/sound; 8 minutes) ©2011 by Glenn H. Shepard Jr. and Lee Matney Infinite Jest, inspired by the novel by David Foster…
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Alt_Rogue @altrogue.bsky.social · 15h
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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 16h
Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h
George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 20h
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 1d
but of course...

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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 2d
"In bed with my phone": more self-care death metal by the one and only Anthony Vincent, with guest appearance by Tom McGovern

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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 3d
The Red Room...

#TwinPeaks #DavidLynch
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David Lynch's Worlds @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social · 3d
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 3d
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Yup
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Rhonda in PNW 🩵🦋 @rhondasrealm.bsky.social · 4d
Where was he on January 6?
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 6d
October 5: Apologies for the bad news, but today is one of the 3 unluckiest days of the year in the Roman calendar. Definitely let people know that the underworld opens up to the living today (mundus patet) and so you just can’t leave your house, especially to sail (also on August 24 & November 8).
The tomb was designated the “Tomb of Cerberus” after the incredible mural of Hercules fighting the three-headed dog that guarded the underworld.
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 6d
Agreed!
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 6d
"Edgelord Apocalypse": razor-sharp new episode of What Rough Beast podcast by @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social with feral scholar and Tik-Tok philosopher @cybelecanterel.bsky.social on #BlackPill nihilism and Charlie Kirk's assassination virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/the-edgelo...
The Edgelord Apocalypse
Cy Canterel brings us deep into black-pill doom
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 7d
Not necessarily agreed, however it would be a wise political move for Democrats to negotiate a return to tax-free status in exchange for more reasonable caps on tuition & other steps to make college education more accessible & affordable rather than remaining a lifetime debt trap.
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 7d
Dartmouth says No to Trump. Go Green! 🌳💚
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 7d
It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
Office of the President Dear Dartmouth community, As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” I am deeply committed to Dartmouth’s academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence. You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves. Best, Sian Leah Beilock President

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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 7d
Tax the rich, not the universities
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 7d
If Yale were a person, it's $41.4B endowment would make it only the 23rd richest America. It's less than a tenth of Elon Musk's wealth, less than a sixth of Larry Ellison's.

So how come it's fine to put a wealth tax on Yale, but unworkable and economically destructive if applied to them? 🤔
Yale to Trim Budgets as Higher Endowment Tax Tops $300 Million
Yale University is cutting costs and offering retirement incentives as it prepares for higher US taxes on its endowment income and reduced federal funding.
www.bloomberg.com
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d
“Trump is lying. Speaker Johnson is lying. Full stop.”

Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social on Trump & Johnson claiming Dems are pushing for health coverage for undocumented immigrants.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 7d
It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
Office of the President Dear Dartmouth community, As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” I am deeply committed to Dartmouth’s academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence. You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves. Best, Sian Leah Beilock President
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 7d
If Yale were a person, it's $41.4B endowment would make it only the 23rd richest America. It's less than a tenth of Elon Musk's wealth, less than a sixth of Larry Ellison's.

So how come it's fine to put a wealth tax on Yale, but unworkable and economically destructive if applied to them? 🤔
Yale to Trim Budgets as Higher Endowment Tax Tops $300 Million
Yale University is cutting costs and offering retirement incentives as it prepares for higher US taxes on its endowment income and reduced federal funding.
www.bloomberg.com
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 7d
DEI is dead! Long live DEI! But only for MAGA... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump offers top universities funds if they boost conservative ideas
Brown and MIT among nine schools told to back conservative views or risk losing federal support, sparking free speech fears
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 8d
very bad take

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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 8d
Looks like a fun and weird read indeed! And also highly relevant, at least psychologically and perhaps also historically to the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories in the current moment
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 8d
"I didn't see it" is only one small, cowardly step away from "I was just following orders."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
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Virginia Heffernan @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social · 8d
One of my favorite episodes of What Rough Beast so far.
@cybelecanterel.bsky.social on The Edgelord Apocalypse.

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The Edgelord Apocalypse
Cy Canterel brings us deep into black-pill doom
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Doc000 @doc000.bsky.social · 8d
People realizing that even an A.I. generated leopard will, in fact, still eat your face.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 9d
Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.
Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’
The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 9d
“Which ethnobotanist put foxglove... into the Lion’s mane chai that killed the victim?”

A sneak preview of my latest article, "Mysteries from the Ethnobotany of
Matsigenka Hunting Medicines," from Dennis McKenna's most recent #psychedelics symposium

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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 9d
New book by Brazilian anthropologist Carlos Fausto on magic, art and ritual (in Portuguese)

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A magia dos artefatos
Ardis da arte navega nos domínios da antropologia do ritual e da arte, com foco na interação entre pessoas e coisas. O livro se propõe a investigar diferentes mecanismos que dão vida a imagens e objet...
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 10d
my book_smoke & mirrors_ is out on oxford scholarship online. i have many feelings, mostly good! this was a difficult write for many reasons.

so i hope you find something useful in it if you read it.
Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions
Abstract. Smoke & Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions is a book about how magic disappears from early Christian texts that feature
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Glenn Shepard @tweettropiques.bsky.social · 11d
Indigenous knowledge systems should be recognized as an essential science for biodiversity

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Sistemas de conhecimento indígenas devem ser admitidos como ciência essencial à biodiversidade
O reconhecimento do protagonismo dos povos originários no esforço de regeneração planetária é fundamental para a vida perseverar
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